Biting Off More Than One Can Chew [Sora X Lilly] (Closed)

Lilly slowly awakened, making a rather cute squeak as she realized her leg was still in pain. Rubbing her eyes softly, she looked about. "Where... Where is Lilly now?" Sitting up, she gasps. she hums and pushes her hands into the couch. With a wide grin, she seemed to be utterly pleased with how soft it was.

She was stopped from her plumping the couch cushions by an inherent curiosity overwhelming her. Sniffing, she limped about the house wandering into the kitchen. Squealing with delight, she begin looking at the fridge, seemingly attempting to figure out how to open it. With a huff, she wandered away from it, and kept exploring. With how her leg was damaged, she really shouldn't have been walking around on it like she was, but since when was Lilly ever cautious?

Suddenly, she heard a soft noise that she didn't remember ever hearing before. Her wide, purple eyes scanning, she came upon Sora's room. Recognizing the human quickly, she grins and wanders over to his bed, climbing in softly. Pursing her lips, she stares at him for a second. Good thing he didn't wake up, as a young girl, weightlessly perched on his stomach, staring at him with wide eyes wasn't creepy at all... She eventually laid on top of him, and he would be able to feel the whole 10 pounds the girl weighed when he awoke.

She eventually began sucking on his finger as she drifted off to sleep once more, eventually sucking his entire hand into her mouth. Her mouth utterly defied physics with how wide she could open it, and when he woke up, he would find this out. Her tongue was also quite long, being able to wrap around his wrist a full three times. However, she wasn't trying to eat him. It was like she was suckling on it for a sort of comfort as she slept.

Sora slept fitfully, making various faces as he did so, though not once did he stir more than this. In a dream he was having, he felt a small pressure on his chest, as if it were being pushed slightly, and his hand was moist for some reason. As he wandered through a forest, he kept wandering why, his internal chest wound panging every few seconds, sending a little bit of pain throughout his body. Eventually, he awoke without finding his way out of the forest, slowly. He sighed as he stared up at the ceiling, before realizing he still had the pressure on his chest, though it was very light. He looked at his chest, seeing a lot of purple hair blocking his view.

He tilted his head, before realizing that Lilly had been in his house. He laid back, stretching his arms, before he realized his left hand wasn't moving. He wiggled his fingers, only to realize that they were moist and touching something fleshy. (Sounds dirty, no?) He looked at where his left hand was, to see Lilly had engulfed his the whole thing, all the way up to the wrist, inside of her mouth. He nervously chuckled, before speaking gently. "Lilly.... Lilly... I need my hand back."

The shaking woke the little Arrancar up once more, but only halfway. It woke her up enough to yawn, and that would have allowed that moment of freedom to get his hand back. He would be able to see she sheer elasticity of her lips and cheeks, coupled with her rows of rather soft teeth. After this, however, she was right back asleep, softly breathing along with her slowed heart beat.

She did not stay like this, however. After a couple minutes passed, she smacks her lips and opened her eyes, looking to Sora gently. "Onii-chan? Wait... How did Lilly get over here, again?" She sniffed a couple times and nodded. "Right... Lilly was chasing the floating cake that led her to the plushy thingy, then the white box Lilly can't open, and then it fell in Onii-chan's hand~!" Well... That explained some things... She pursed her lips and raised an eyebrow as she just now realized how stiff her leg was. "Ummm... Did Onii-chan do something to Lilly's leg?"

Given the opportunity, Sora gently, yet quickly pulled his hand from her mouth. He softly rolled her off of him and onto the bed instead, careful not to let her leg hit it too hard. He sat up, wiping his saliva-covered arm on the blanket to try it off, before looking at her leg. He heard her ask about her leg, nodding as he spoke. "Yup, I had to stitch it up so it wouldn't bleed everywhere, and would heal faster. It was hard getting through the hierro, but I got it. I even got all the glass out." He said, as he stood up. "What's this about a floating cake and white box?" he asked, trying to think of if he had a white box in his home. He realized she was probably referring to the fridge or the stove, since they were both white.

"Take it easy on your leg, though. It's healing. If you're too active, you'll break the stitches." He said, before a thought occurred. He didn't know yet if she had given up her ideal to become Queen of Hueco Mundo. That was something he'd have to ask her, but for now, he'd just let things be. "Are you hungry? I'll make breakfast." He said.

Lilly pursed her lips. She wasn't exactly hungry, but she could always eat. With a wide smile and a complete disregard for his previous warning, she used her good leg and jumped onto his back, wrapping her arms loosely around his neck. "Onwards to the food, Onii-chan!" She giggles happily and squirms on his back, trying to get into a good position. Once again, since she was incredibly light, he would feel next to no strain carrying her.

"C'mon! C'mon, c'mon! Hurry up, or I'll bite you~!" She growls playfully and nibbles on his ear, hoping it would urge him forward. She stopped to look at his expression, as if she was checking if he was taking her seriously. She seemed to only be messing with him, however, like a little sister would with her older brother.

Sora laughed, before saying, "Okay, okay, I'm going, I'm going." He stood up, his face only contorting for a second as his stomach muscles clenched, his face going back to the normal serene it often was, with even a small good-natured smile. He hiked her further up his back, placing his hands beneath her calves so he wouldn't drop her and have her land on her bad leg. He walked to the kitchen with the girl on his back, before reaching out with one hand to grasp the handle of the fridge, the door swinging out swideway. Inside was an assortment of food; mostly healthy fruits and vegetables. He reached into the top shelf and grabbed a package, which would be revealed to be bacon, setting it on the counter so he could grab eggs. He was surprised at how light Lilly was, given that she had a hierro and all. "How do eggs and bacon sound?" He asked, as he began getting out the necessary equipment. "And then later, after lunch, I've got ice cream." He added.

Lilly grinned widely the entire trip to the fridge, loving that Sora was willingly carrying her through his home. There was nothing she loved more than having someone, or something, bigger than her carry her around. It made her feel enormous! Kicking her feet, her Hierro was indeed strong, but only as strong as it needed to be. She had, arguably, the most adaptive Hierro in Hueco Mundo. It made it so that she could be light enough to carry, yet strong enough to withstand her fearsome explosive power.

As he opened the fridge, she giggles and hops off of Sora, landing on her good leg. "That's how you open it! Lilly thought you had to turn it or something..." She pursed her lips, then pouted, looking almost upset she couldn't figure it out. However, that lasted for only a split second as bacon was brought out. She watched it closely, until Sora asked her the question. "Neh? Bacon? Eggs? Ice cream? What are those?" Wait... Wasn't she just eating ice cream the other day?

Sora mentally facepalmed, before he tilted his head, closing the fridge as he went to grab a pan and oil. "Lilly, do you eat anything that looks good to you?" He asked, wondering if she knew what she was eating was ice cream or not. He was beginning to think she just ate what she thought looked edible. He grabbed the halved package of bacon, grabbing enough slices to fill the whole pan, putting them on immediately. Now that he thought about it, why had he grabbed the oil, when he preferred to just cook eggs in bacon grease instead? "And this is bacon." He said, almost tempted to have her smell the fatty goodness, before suspecting her of probably eating it from his fingers. Sora's mind was pulled back to Lilly's goal of defeating the Espada King, and becoming Queen, no matter how hard he tried to think of other things. He decided he might as well get it over with, and talk about it during breakfast, so as to get the air clear. He then suddenly realized something, and laughed at his own forgetfulness. "I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself the other night, but my name's Sora." He said, smiling at his own mistake.

Lilly slides about the kitchen, somehow remaining balanced on her good leg only, while yesterday showing next to no coordination at all. "Well... Sometimes... Lilly goes by color, mostly. White tastes sweet! Blue tastes fruity, but especially..." Lilly held up a finger and grins. "Lilly eats what she sees others eating. That's how Lilly knows it's edible!" She grins widely and then purses her lips, looking down to her leg. She stomped the ground with a thump of her bad leg, wincing. "Owwie... Not ready yet..."

She hums and looks back up to Sora and nods. "Sora... Onii-chan. Got it!" He had no idea how right he was, because she tended to eat things the moment they were classified as edible. With a spin, she sat down in the ground. "Lilly will just call you Onii-chan. You remind Lilly of her brother, anyways." She hums and flicks her finger, seemingly trying to get something off of it, but there was clearly nothing there. What an odd girl...

"You had a brother?" Sora remarks, as he flipped the bacon over. As he did so, a sizzling was heard of the bacon cooking, along with the sweet smell of the breakfast meat cooking, drifting about the kitchen. He set the fork down he had used to flip the bacon, before grabbing a bowl from another cabinet. He cracked four eggs into the bowl, before thinking better, and cracking a fifth one, grabbing another fork to beat the eggs into a totally yellow substance. "Well, you're in luck. I'll teach you what food's and, what what's good and what's not." He said, grinning. "The things I'm stirring up right now, are called eggs. They come from the egg shells." He said, contemplating on telling her that's where baby chickens also came from. He didn't know how she would react, however, so he decided to leave it for now.

Lilly grins widely, sniffing the air as the smell of bacon filled it. "Mmhmm. Lilly's old brother was really nice. One of the only people that was, actually..." She then pursed her lips and sat down, seemingly going through bad memories. "Well... His favorite thing was to give Lilly a glass of chocolate milk even before she woke up every morning!" She hums and nods. "Lilly knows what that one is. And bacon smells nice..." She grins again, kicking her feet in her chair. "Does that smell means it's getting ready to be eaten? Lilly's never eaten something that gets ready before..." Lilly continued sniffing the air as he cooked, not seeing a point in it. Then again, how often was there a time where she thought to that point?

Sora nodded as he listened, opening another cabinet to place the bacon upon, as it was practically done. One of the perks of Sora learning how to cook on high heat. "Well, I'm not trying to be like your brother or anything, but if you want chocolate milk, it's in there. I sneak a glass or two sometimes myself." He said, grinning, as he placed the plate in the microwave, pouring the egg mix into the pan to start frying. "The bacon? Oh yeah, definitely. It tastes better cooked than raw, trust me." He said with a disgusted face, remembering when he was younger and had been dared to eat a raw porkchop and bacon. He'd needed to be rushed to a hospital, due to having had stomach cramps and vomiting all night.

"And you cook food, because sometimes, you can get sick if you eat them raw." He said, before adding as an afterthought, "Well, at least us humans do." He said, chuckling, as he grabbed milk from the fridge to pour in the concoction, which would become scrambled eggs.

Lilly hums as she watches him cook the bacon, a cute curiosity in her eyes as she was riveted. It seemed even the sound of the bacon cooking enticed her. With a cute wiggle, she displayed her excitement by dancing around Sora as he cooked. She wasn't trying to get in his way on purpose, but she was doing a good job of it. She did listen to his words, however.

She danced over to the fridge and grabbed the chocolate milk, grinning widely. "Yeah! Thank you, Onii-chan~!" She then proceeded to swallow the entire container, grinning widely afterwards. "Just as good as when Raiza game me some!" She sighs happily and wanders back over to Sora, hugging his arm and humming.

A blank look crossed Sora's face as he watched her eat the whole carton of chocolate milk, before he snapped himself out of it. "Lilly, I don't mean to be strict or anything, but if you're going to be living here, you're going to have to follow proper etiquette." Sora said, frowning slightly, before opening a cupboard next to him, revealing cups of various video game and comic book characters. "These are cups. You pour the drink into them, and drink them from the cups. You'll need to use these if you want something to drink." He said, before smiling. "But for a while, since you're still learning, I'll be okay with it." He said, as he began whistling, flipping the eggs, soon after putting them on two separate plates. He set them on the table, and dished out bacon, giving Lilly a bit more than himself. He grabbed a fork and spoon for each of them, setting them next to the plates, before he sat down, waiting for Lilly to sit, and to see if she was going to use her hands, or attempt to use the silverware.

Lilly hums about this fact, apparently mulling it over. "Proper... Etiquette...?" she hummed softly, taking hold of a cup and pursing her lips tightly. With an odd look, she sat down and looked to her food. It looked rather amazing and smelled even better. Just as she was about to attack it, his words rang in her head, making her freeze. She wasn't even going to use her hands. She was going to straight-up face plant the plate. She looked to Sora as he sat, then looked to her plate, doing many, repeated double-takes between Sora and the plate. Then, Lilly froze, looking to Sora. "Nehh? Lilly doesn't live here. Lilly lives in Hueco Mundo in her cave."

Sora, nodded, as he picked up the fork, showing Lilly how to hold it. "Yeah, about that... I think you should live with me. You can say no if you want to, but Lilly, you're far better off here." He said. "Here, you have a chance to make something better of yourself." He said, as he used the fork to scoop up some of the scrambled eggs, chewing before he swallowed. "You could have your own room here, we can paint it, and then I can teach you about the world and all about it." he said, a hopeful look in his eyes as he waited to hear her answer. "And if you did, you could eat food like this every day." He said, a smile growing on his face at the last statement.

Lilly hummed, trying her best to exactly mimic Sora's movements as he ate. Much to Sora's probable relief, she was doing a good job. However, he was also mimicking his exact chewing speed. It was a little creepy, especially with a pair of giant, purple eyes staring at you all the while. Lilly raises her brow cutely as Sora says she'd be better off with her. "What do you mean? Lilly's a Hollow. Hollow eat people. That's why Lilly has her cave, because she ate the last person that lived there." She nods and grins, giving Sora an eggy grin before continuing. "Lilly doesn't need a room. Lilly just needs food, and lots of it. Lilly saw your food container. You don't have enough..." She gives him a cute pout, then continues. "Besides, Hollows are dangerous, especially Kamikaze-kun. He likes to watch stuff blow up."

Despite Lilly staring at Sora with bright eyes, copying his near-exact movements, wasn't daunted in the least. In fact, he found it kind of funny, as he had already figured why she was doing it. He listened to what she said, swallowing his food before he spoke. "Well, you don't have to eat people." He said, wondering if she realized that she was more towards an Arrancar, given that she had a Resureccion. "You could eat normal food, you know." He said, where she gave another valid point. "While you're here, you'd have to eat in moderation, of course, but still, I can get more food if need be. I've got a freezer out in the garage." He said, before listening to her point out that her zanpaku-to was rather dangerous. "And that's another thing. We'd have to learn to control that, or at least take it out of the city before you use it. Out of town, nobody really minds. You can use it all you want out there, even." He said, not quite double-thinking himself, but rather wondering if it were futile, and she had already made up her mind.

Lilly purses her lips and lowers her head. "Well... Lilly kinda... Well... She..." She couldn't look at him straight for some reason. She mumbled incoherently, apparently feeling horribly guilty about something. Suddenly, she looks up quickly and looks to Kilik, a somewhat angered expression on her face, yet she was all teary-eyed while she spoke. "Lilly doesn't wanna not eat! Lilly loves eating! Lilly can't do anything without eating..." She huffs and crosses her arms. "Besides, Kamikaze-kun doesn't work when I stop eating alive-dead things. Believe her, Lilly's tried..." Lilly then slammed her head on the table, basically now just throwing a fit. She then mumbles out pitifully. "Ehhh... Eggs... And bacon... Bacon's scratchy..."

Sora placed his head in his hands for a second, almost feeling like he had failed. He searched the deepest recesses of his mind, trying to think of something, anything, that would allow him to become a mentor of sorts to Lilly, to take one less dangerous person away from the world, and give back a person whom could become something good, and stand for something right within the world. Suddenly, as he had all but given up hope, an idea bit him. A rather good idea, at that. He listened to Lilly speak, the sense of guilt and frustration gone from his eyes

"You can eat though.. you can still eat!" Sora said excitedly, standing up, as he placed his palms flat on the table, a large grin covering his face. "Granted, you'll have to watch what you eat, but you can still eat all the Hollows you want, provided they don't want to try being good!" Sora exclaimed. "Hollows are the souls of bad people, and if you eat them, you would be doing a good thing." Sora said, a large smile plastering his face. "You would be helping me, and all of the people here, by saving them from the Hollows, and getting rid of one more bad person." he said. A blank look, however, crossed Sora's face as he recalled Lilly's last statement about bacon being scratchy and eggs being... eggs?

He sat down, the eyebrow above his patched-eye raised, as he wondered what she meant. "Did you chew your food all of the way before swallowing it, or were you just puffing out your cheeks like mine to mimic it the whole time?" he asked, trying to hold back laughter at the prospect. After that compromise, there was no way she could say no! All she had essentially needed was food, and the supply of Hollows were nearly limitless, so she could eat as many as she wanted. And when she wanted to eat or drink something for the flavor, rather than for nourishment and such, she could always eat what he had, so long as she didn't go over-board. In his own opinion, it was an excellent idea, but there was still the matter of becoming Queen of Hueco Mundo...

Lilly visibly twitched as she heard him mention eating Hollows. Sure, she did so when she was just a basic Hollow, but ever since evolving, she was somewhat above eating her "comrades". In fact, the very thing she was aiming to become was never seen eating Hollows, or anything else for that matter. Lilly was always certain that when she became an Espada, her release would refine and not require her to eat so much. She thought it over a bit, then mumbled into the plate.

Lifting her head, her face was utterly covered in eggs and bacon crumbs. "Hollows are bad and Shinigami are good? But... That means Lilly is bad... Lilly's a Hollow..." She purses her lips and mumbles once more. She then slaps the table exactly like he did, looking at him. "Then, Lilly wont be a Hollow anymore! Lilly will be a Shinigami now, like Onii-chan!" Her tongue snakes out and cleans her face very quickly, leaving her with a wide grin. then her face grew gloomy and she sighed. "Who is she kidding? Lilly will never not be a Hollow..."

Lilly blushed at his last question, looking away. "No! No, Lilly didn't do that... Lilly... Lilly know that the eggs taste... Eggy... And the bacon tasted a lot like the eggs... Y'know... Since there was so many eggs..." That would be true, were bacon the softer flavor...

Sora laughed, before saying, "No, you can't just become a Hollow." It was only then, he realized that Lilly probably did not know much more than all that most Hollow's knew; the basics, which were Shinigami, and sometimes Arrancar, Quincies, etc. They probably didn't often know what a Fullbringer was, or the difference between a Shinigami and anything else. "No, you're not a Hollow. You're an Arrancar. And Kamikaze-kun is a manifestation of your Hollow power. Not all Hollow's are bad, just a lot of them. Some of them are innocent people who weren't saved in time, but a lot of them were people that did bad things in life." He explained.

"Arrancar are evolved Hollows." He explained. "Hollows that rip off their masks, become Arrancar. And what's left of their Hollow spirit is placed into their zanpaku-to, or in your case, Kamikaze-kun." He said. "Shinigami try to save the souls of the unfortunate by sending them to a place called Rukongai, so they don't turn into Hollows, and hurt other people." He further explained.

His eyes narrowed, as he listened to Lilly talk about the eggs being eggy, and the bacon tasting like eggs. "Lilly, do you ever chew your food?" he asked, sighing, before shaking his head. Nevermind that now. That wasn't something he needed to focus on. For now, he needed to focus on the matter at hand; persuading Lilly to live with him. "See, Lilly? There's so much I can teach you." he stated. He sat down again, forcing himself to calm from his excited state. He picked up his fork again, eating his food before it got cold, delicately eating small pieces of egg with the fork, using his free hand to pick up a single bacon slice at a time. Bacon, to him, was one of the few times that you could get away with eating your food with your hands, as he found it annoying to try and eat it with a fork. He wouldn't admonish anyone else for eating bacon or other hardy foods with their hands, but if it was something like eggs, that could easily be used with silverware, well, he often would say something, if it was someone close to him.

Lilly purses her lips as she listened, actually being quite a good listener despite her normal attitude. Kicking her feet under the table cutely, she obediently watched Sora as he spoke. "So... Lilly is an Arrancar, not a Hollow... Lilly's mask?" She hums and reaches into her hood, pulling out a Hollow mask that looked like it was a blast shield with goggles, only half of the goggles were missing, still attached to Lilly's right eye. She places it on the table, along with her jeweled knife, looking at them both. "So... Kamikaze-kun's evil, but not Lilly? And Shinigami save souls?" Lilly pursed her lips. This was a bit much to take just on face value. This pretty much broke everything she knew or believed. In fact, she wouldn't have given it a second thought, had anyone else said it. However, this was the one person to show her kindness throughout her entire afterlife. If Sora said it, then it must be true. She kinda ignored what he said about chewing her food, as she was in mental limbo at the moment. She just wanted some closure. "Lilly... Lilly needs time to think... This is a lot..." With that, she stood up, and walked to his door, struggling with the locks. "Ummm..." She then turns the knob, looking back to him, then thinking for a second. Dashing back to him, she kisses his cheek, giving it a prickly feeling like pop rocks, and grins. "Lilly will find you sometime when she figures everything out..." With that, she wandered out of his house, leaving her discarded mask on his table right where she was just sitting. It was like a promise that she would come back to him eventually.

Sora nodded, as he watched her facial features very carefully. If she showed any sign of what she was thinking of, and it was negative, Sora wanted to be ready with a list of counter-arguments to persuade her to stay. He watched her reach into her hood, curious as to what she might still have. He was surprised to find she pulled out a mas, a Hollow mask at that. He smiled at the irony of the mask being a blast shield with part of the goggles missing. It was something she carried with her through her two stages, it seemed. He watched her thoughtful expression, rather surprised to find she was able to take this all in as easily as she was. Most children would have a hard to absorbing all of this information at once, let alone having the attention span to sit remotely still throughout it all.

Sora realized he had put some heavy information on her, but it was stuff that she would probably have preferred to know, rather than remain ignorant about these facts. He was slightly shocked to see her stand up, and walk towards the door. His smile faltered for a second, as he thought she was leaving. He realized she didn't take the mask, and grabbed it to hand it to her. What shocked him even more, however, was when she ran back and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled, as he realized she left the mask there on purpose. He stood up, walking to the door for a second, before shutting it.

Sora heard a knock on the door shortly after going to make a pot of coffee, trying to mull things over. He walked up, and found two police officer's who talked of a terrorist bombing the night before. They had found a bag of ruined works of art, and were told it was Sora's. He agreed they were his all too easily, but said he had been distressed because they, along with his lucky paintbrush, were stolen from him, and taken. He figured the robber must have thought them valuable and tried to pawn them off. The police seemed to accept this, as they drove away. Sora shut the door once more, walking back to the table and sitting down, as he held the mask in his hands. All of a sudden, he knew where his next painting's inspiration was going to lie.

And thus would be the creation of one of the area's biggest artpieces, "Ravenous Time-Bomb".

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