Sniffling a bit, she looked her at friend with red puffy eyes. She grabbed the hem of her simple white dress and used the soft fabric to wipe her eyes and nose before nodding, trying to take in a deeper breath to calm herself. Letting the tear-stained cloth fall back onto her lap, she gave her friend a small smile. She clasped her pinky around his outstretched one and answered the promise with a small whisper, “Always.”<br/><br/>With her breathing calmer, she sat there and just stared at her friend for a small while before rushing forward to cling to him once again, giving him one of the biggest hugs she could manage with her tiny body. She didn’t want that night to end, knowing that it could be the last for a long while before she’d ever get to be with him again. Before she could ever hug him like that again. So she made the most of the time she had with him in that moment, refusing to let go for even a second until there was no more time left for them. Until the morning sun rose. Until the scientist watching over Lucien found them huddled in the corner and gave Teri a small scolding for being out after dark.<br/><br/>“I love you, Lucien.” The small innocent girl whispered in his ear, giving him one more squeeze before being guided out of the holding cell by the tall man in the white coat. Suddenly she stopped moving at the door way of his room, she looked away from Lucien briefly, her brows furrowed in focus, feeling as if she could hear something she never heard before. She promptly turned back to look at him again with a more confident expression and a wider smile, “You’re right. We will see each other again...one day.”<br/><br/>Leaving them with this simple ray of hope, she left.