Ekko had left, before for [Name] to settle themself in. The next day he arrived, he came with a vial of some sort of weird substance within it. Of course, he'd go up to [Name] and tell them to drink it. But, he didn't tell them what was actually inside it.

This resulted in [Name] being reasonably suspicious, the two had a small little argument on it. Until, Ekko then said:

"It was...a sugar treat drink of sorts for you." The way he said the sentence was as if, it was irking within embarrassment in his tone, like he didn't really want to tell [Name] this.

This caused [Name] to smirk, raising a brow and spouted some teasing comments to Ekko, in which: the white-haired boy pushed them away in annoyance and handed the drink forcefully to them.

[Name] opened the cap, chugging down the drink and scrunched their nose within disgust. An explicit noise of horror came out of their lips from the sudden revelation of the taste, sticking their tongue out. 

"You...You tricked me."

"It was the only way, Firefly--"

"You-- lied to me..." [Name] cleared their throat, their lips twitched downwards and their shoulders slumped slightly. "You said-- it would taste nice. It tastes...like shit!" They groaned in disgust, using their hands to try slip off the taste from their tongue and whined about on how the taste was disgusting as hell, while Ekko merely rolled his eyes.

"It's not a big deal, Firefly. Besides, it might help to delay the affects of them...experiments. And, let's not forget, you do kinda look like shit too." Arms crossed, he pointed his index right finger at [Name's] popping veins and as it took a few minutes, the igniting vivid light slowly died down on it.

[Name] rolled their eyes, an indescribable huff left their lips. "Shut it, Doofus. You can't--lie. Too irresistible-- as...mutated beast." They grinned confidently, wriggling their eyebrows at Ekko, seemingly catching him off-guard and he quickly cleared his throat.

After a small moment of silence, [Name] quickly ended it off with a big sigh of relief. "Phew! They were starting-- to hurt." They felt their throat, clearing their throat one more time and coughed slightly. "Okay-Okay! My throat feels slightly better. Now," They clapped their hands together in thought, Ekko raised a brow and the two look around.

"I've gotta try make this place look more homely this time."

The white-haired boy nodded in response, crossing his arms and picked up a broken lamp, placing it aside on a dusty nightstand. [Name] started to arrange the carpets and shuffled some blankets to the side in some sort of nest-pile of them.

Ekko pushed some boxes aside, triggering a wardrobe to shift for a bit, but he paid no mind to it. He then grabbed some wood planks, one of them hit the rims of the wardrobe and that set it off to then move downwards, towards the floor.

The two turned, widening their eyes upon seeing this and they both ran to the wardrobe, using their hands to push against it and stop it from falling to the ground. The two let out a content sigh of relief, both looking at each other. "You, blockhead! Almost made this thing make too much noise for someone to find this place!"

"Hey, it wasn't on purpose. It was on accident." Ekko inquired back, his eyes narrowed and he perked up upon hearing a small scoff emit from [Name's] lips.

"Wouldn't it kill you to, I don't know...watch where your put the boxes next time?"

"Alright-Alright, it was a fucking accident. I had to squeeze me spending time with you over other things I could be doing, be lucky that I'm here with you right now, Firefly."

"Oh, is that so? The Firelight Leader of a moron had to work very hard to get here! Be lucky, that you're cute enough for me to be able to tolerate you." [Name] puckered up their lips, their tone seething with a mocking manner and forcefully pushed the wardrobe back against the wall.

The corner of Ekko's lips twitched slightly, his eyes popped open in shock and his brows furrowed. "Wait, you think I'm cute, huh?"

[Name's] veins practically popped vividly from their slip-up, quickly leaning against the wardrobe and almost slipped, trying to play it off. "Uh, yeah. I mean, who's the one that got turned into a beast? Hellooo?"

"Didn't you say that you're still 'irresistible' as a mutated beast though?"

"Yeah, and I'm still right. I said, what I said." [Name] confidently confided, shrugging and a small titter left their lips in the amusing moment. The white-haired boy was taken aback from the compliment, he wasn't sure if he was to take it as a compliment, since this was coming from [Name] of all people.

He mentally shrugged it off, but he couldn't seem to get the compliment out from his head. He scratched the back of his neck, falling into a quick silence and hastily made his way over to clear off some dust in a certain corner.

...

As the two had managed to dust off the whole place, they could only fall back onto the slightly deflated bean bags on the floor. Some far off music in the distance was heard from the skippering crack through the wall.

Content sighs of exhaustion left the Firelights' lips, relaxing back. "Finally, done dusting this shit-hole." The Firelights' Leader could only nod in response, his lips pressed within a thin line and [Name] looked upwards at the glassed-up ceiling to see the night-ward sky above with only a few stars appearing.

"We were cleaning this place for too long that it became night-time." An amused scoff left Ekko's lips, forcing himself up from where he was relaxing on and grabbed his hoverboard. This time, [Name] didn't stop him to invite him to stay here. They knew full well that he had much more things to do either way.

"I'm gonna head back to the Sanctuary. I'll see you...later." Ekko uttered out, making his way to the down-ridden exit, when he halted his actions from being called out to by [Name].

"Hey...--" The [Hair Colour]-haired bettering beast hesitated at first, muttering incoherent words and cleared their throat. "...I'm gonna regret saying this. Uhm, be careful out there, okay?"

The white-haired boy was taken aback from the considerate comment from [Name], coming back to his senses, he reluctantly nodded in result and made his way out. And, he hovered away from the place, back to where he was longed for at: the Firelights Sanctuary.

"̸̨͔̗̗̜̳͉͚͚̪̅̊̔̌̒̄̃͘͠Ś̵̼̼͇͙̰̹͓́̋͊̀́̈́̑͜E̷̙͓̝͑̌͑͝Ę̵̮̤̪͉̀?̵̛͕͚̱̣̮̠̻͑̒͆͗͑̈͘͜ ̶̯̰͍̞̺̎̌[̸̧̖̝͈̮̙̞̀̽̐͂̀̍͒̊̕͝N̴̡̜̼͛͜Á̶̧̱̙̺͚͝M̷̙͎̗͙͇̩̫̭̫̿̽̒̃E̶̛̘̭̬͊̾͗͂́͝]̵̛̗͛́̽̓̀̏ ̷̖̖̞̭̠̯̣̲͔͉͗̈̄́̃͐̊̀̏W̷̻͙̰̤͌̅̆̍̍̒̔́̑͐Ã̵̢̛͎͚͔̞͇̝̑̕ͅN̷̡̬̜̩͖̆̀T̷̨̧̬̟̜̘͖̣̥̽͊̈̓͊͒͋͠ͅS̵͎̞̱̦̟͓̞̻̬̥͛ ̵̧̨̮̣̬͓̙̬̝̿̒͗̂T̸̨̛̺̥̩̪̳͎̄̍̎̽̀̈́͠Ǒ̵̤͙̺̠͈͖̲̥̹ ̷̢̢̞͚͇̗̲̿̍̎ͅO̶̝̳͍̘̭̜͍͂́̐̾̾̃̉N̵̢͍̳̦̭̩͒̿L̸̟͍̩̬̭̞͖͉̟̍̍̃̔͘Ỷ̷̢͉̫̗̐͗͌̉̐̚͜ ̴̪̳͊͊ͅS̷̨̹͈͚̼̤͙͓̐̄̓̄͊̽̽͆̃̕P̴̞͔̳̻̆͐̈́̅̓́̈́̓E̵̱̥̫̳͙̬̪̪̊̓̓́̕͜N̶̢̅͛͂̈̄͘D̸̹̫̀͗̔̇͛͑̈́̚͠͝ ̷̝̞̼̤͖̆T̷̛̘͖̽́̊̊̽̇̊̈́͜ͅĮ̴̡͖̳͉̄͒̉͑̾M̷̫͐̀̌E̷̟̣͚͙͉̪͉͍̓͑̉̓͗ ̷̡̳͉̗̆̐̉̓̄͋́͠͝ͅW̵̡̧̦̺͎̼̑̊͛̇̋͝I̷̪̲͍͓͆Ť̸̡͇̱̮̙͓̟̫̫̟́͋H̶̨̛̰͚̘͉͑̒̌͂̓̍̓̚ ̸̜̗̝̜̎̀̑̀̈́̂̚Ę̷͔̖̭̬̹̬̟̞͛͗͌̓͌͐̊͘ͅK̸̛̩̮̗̣̮͒̔̉̃͊̀͘K̴̢̤̬̬̖̤͍̳͑͆O̷͔͍͈̣̟͈̘̅͋̐̌̚͝ͅ,̶̛̘̳̽̑̇͐̔̋̐ ̶̨̬̱̥͗͑́̆͒̑̆̋͜Ṋ̵̡̡̨̰̜͂̐̏̆Ō̷̧̨̜̩̳͇̫̺̰̄̐̓̆̊͝͝T̸̳̥͚̾̽̂̚ ̸͍̖͕̘͈̪͔̖͂͂͐͒̓̑W̶̥̎̿͋Į̵͎̹̩͙̲͕͖̙̂͌͑̿͜Ț̵̡́̇̂̎̓̈́̊͠Ḣ̷͇͔͖͙͇̹͉̙͌̽̄͒̌͌̕̚ ̷̨͗͊Y̴̩̫͓̊̽̂̌̓̚͜͜͝͝Ō̷̢̫̮̲̰͉̘͑̋̑͆̅͠͝͠͠Ǔ̵͉̦̤̓̅́͌̕͝.̸̞͈̀̂͘"̵̤͔͚̜͖͉̈̍͆͌̾́̅

"Shut up-Shut up!" The figure wavered a hand to the air, as if swatting a fly away. "They're only messing with him, because they feel that they have to."

"̶͈͎̒̈́̑́̋̐̕̚͜T̶͈͐͌H̷̥̟̣̻̗͐͒̚Ế̵̛͍̻̹̹͋͜Ǹ̷̜͋̉͒̅̄̉́́͘,̵̯̙̓̑͗̔͛̄͝ ̸̨͍͕͊̋́Ẁ̷̺͖̖̠̙̱̮̻̟H̴͍̘̜̳͙͍͉̒Y̴̯̜͗͘ ̷̩̭͍̺̎͜A̵̲̫̫̤̳̼͗͒̍̍͛̋̆̏͑̚Ŕ̶̢̛̦̮̮̣̾̇̿͝Ê̶͕̳̘̜̳͕̙̜͚͌̉͋̐̋̕Ņ̶͖͎̲̟̬̮̺͎͎̽͛̃̓́̍̈́͑̒'̸̢̢̖̱͚̠̊̄̏͝T̵̤̮͈͗̔̌̅̀͊̏̉̚͝ ̵̞̥̖̄͑Y̶̖̓̊̾͆͘O̶̡̠͙̝̩̐̋͊̉͊̂͝͝ͅU̸̻̘̥̭̝͕̩̠͌͋́̈̓̏͘͠ ̶̡͈̯͚̞̺̬̯̞̆̆̍G̴̠̜̑̄͂̌̔Ö̶̳͕͇̻́̄̑ͅI̴̭̯̗̺̣͂̆́̐̾͜N̵̢͇͎̙͓̻͙̹̞͊̅G̴̰̹͕͙̜͈̜͔̩̱͑ ̵͚̟̋̏̀̒͂͛̍͗I̴̟̠̯͓͐͛N̸̰̗̬̮̗̤̥̥͋ ̴̯͖͖̖͈̪͈̭̱͒̄̈́̋̾͜T̶̳͒H̶̡̯̗̬̜̫̱̳̥̀͛̊̒͘͜͠͝͠E̷̢̢̼̙̟͖̖̅̓̈́́R̷̲͈̤͚̮͉̮̩̤̝̋̐̕E̷̢̻͈͍̬͕͆̀́̄͛́ ̴̠̻͇̖̩͉̼͋̆Ţ̷̤̟̼̺͎̥̱̲̱̀̓O̵̟̫̐͒̅̊̈́̂͠ ̵̡̙͍̣̰͇̈́͌̋̍͋̈́̓Ḡ̵̢͓͍͖̩̝̣̫̾̀̾̒̚͘͜͜E̵͎̟͂̊̐̂͗̄͋̈̉͒T̸̟̪͔̭̒͒͘ ̸͎̼̺̫͕̄͜[̴̘̬̭̃̔͐̔̔͘N̸̢̳̫̬̈́͐̊͝Ă̶̩̞̩̋̈́̀͑M̵̨̠̺̼̭̱̏͊̎̋̆͊͒͋E̶̤̭̥̣͚͌̾͆͒̿͗̽̀̉]̸̫̫̠̐̄̿̍̾̕͜ ̴̳͓̎̒̅N̶͓͉̻̱̤̣̠̍̈́̍͒̒̈́͂́̚O̴̢̩̮̩̣͍̪̲̣̳͗͆͝W̸̡̲̹̠̟̟̖̭̻̓͑̈́͆͐̿̀?̸̹̗͇̓͂̂͆͋͑̚!̷̛͉̐͑"̴̗̫̣̼̼̮̱̠̻̃̈́̇

"Because, I need to wait for the right moment. Shit, you don't really get the idea of the concept 'Element of Surprise', do you?"