Licorice smiled with that crooked grin of his as he walked down towards his path in tranquility. He couldn't wait to bump into you in one of your adventures and ruin all your plans again, just to see that determined look on your face.

Oh how he loved the way you looked at him with that confident gaze- what was that he heard just now? It sounded like a sob, he shouldn't care, he wouldn't care and, normally, he would have just walked away like he heard nothing.

But this time, he couldn't, it sounded too much like you. He slowly made his way towards the sound's direction and his grin fully disappeared when he saw you crouched under a tree, crying. Before he even realized what he was doing he was kneeling next to you, wrapping his arm around your shoulders.

"It's okay, I'm here." His tone was more delicate than it had been probably ever. "What's wrong?"