Darling In The Neverland

Prologue

"This is talking"

'This is thinking'

*This is an action*

^This is a change in setting/time^

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*huff* *huff* *huff*

One could hear the breathing of two girls running. One with pink hair and a red horned hairband, the other with blue hair and white hair clip. These two girls ran towards the huge gate that separated them from the outside world. These few were children in the Grace Field Orphanage. They were currently running down the path that lead to the gate of the orphanage. 

"Oi Ichigo, I bet I could beat you there!"

This was the pinkette from earlier. She went by Zero Two, as she did not like her birth name. She was currently 8 years old as was most of her friends in the orphanage. She was one of the most energetic children and one of the quickest as well.

"Just keep running. He is probably at the gate again."

This was the blue haired girl from earlier. Her name was obviously Ichigo. She had a monotone voice and cold demeanor. Her coldness was easily melted by her friends, especially one in particular. These two quickly reached the gate in a matter of minutes. Standing there at the gate was the one they were searching for, Hiro. He seemed to be looking at something on the ground near him. There was a bird on the ground, and sadly it seemed to be dying. It had a broken wing and was bleeding out quickly.

"Hey Hirooo! Mama and the others have been waiting for you. You missed lunch and everyone was worried about you again."

Hiro turned to look at Zero Two as she spoke. He seemed to be lost in himself, as if he were void of any emotions. Hiro had been like this because he hadn't been reaching as far as his friends. He felt useless as he was scoring very low in the tests whilst his friends reached near perfect scores. That's why he was at the gate, to be alone for a little while.

"Ah, sorry. I'll be right there in a little bit."

He glanced down at the bird and turned back to the gate. Ichigo and Zero Two also took a step towards the gate as well, both standing to his sides. Now they all stood looking down the dark tunnel beyond the giant gate.

"Mama said to never go near the gate, yet she let's you over here anyways."

"What do you guys wanna do once you get to the outside world?"

"What kind of question is that Hiro? I just wanna eat all kinds of food, maybe even discover a new kind of honey."

"Always with the sweets Zero Two. I, for one, want to read all kinds of books that are not in our library."

Hiro kept staring into the tunnel as Ichigo and Zero Two argued about what they'd do in the outside world. As Hiro looked deeper he swore he saw something pass by in the dark. He tried to look even closer but-

"Hiro! What do you want to do when you get adopted and leave to the outside."

Hiro looked at Ichigo then the tunnel and made up his mind.

"I don't think I want to go to the outside world. I want us all to stay together in here, forever."

Ichigo and Zero Two both gave Hiro a big smile. Typical of Hiro to 

"Well let's get goin Hiro! Everyone is still waiting afterall!"

Then with a big smile, Zero Two grabbed his hand and ran towards the house. Ichigo caught up quickly and grabbed Hiro's free hand whilst blushing. Looking up he saw all his friends waiting for him. Hiro gave a little smile. He doesn't need to be the best because he already knew his friends would be there for him no matter what. Behind his friends stood their caretaker, Nana. Nana smiled at them sweetly but it gave Hiro an odd feeling, a feeling he just couldn't help but be curious about. For the better, let's hope that curiosity doesn't grow too big. Otherwise, things won't be as happy as they are here in the so called "Orphanage".