Someone To Have

2: The Stranger and The Child

After the burial the man was still wailing being carried by his guards while the child comforting him telling him it'll be alright and returned to their house.

Alex stood infront of the beautiful grave, holding a bunch of flowers she made out of nowhere, it was still raining and quiet, only the rain to be heard unlike a few minutes ago.

Her eyes are blank, looking empty, like a bottomless pit.

She stood there for hours doing nothing but stare at unknown universe.

And the night came.

Then she heard a rustle of the grass, someone's approaching her, but she stood still for she care what's gonna happen, she's strong and powerful, she could erase it by snapping her fingers.

"Who are you stranger?" the voice of a child asked her.

She turned back and saw a beautiful red haired child with puffy eyes, evidence of crying.

She crouched to the child's level, and stared at him.

"Have you known my mom? May I know who might you be to her?" he added looking at her eyes, mesmerized of her beauty.

Her silver her and golden eyes are glowing, she looked like a goddess, she has glowing golden tattoos around her face and body implying she isn't a human, but could be compared to a diety.

The child became silent, facinated by her features.

"Jing's friend.Someone became important to her before and who was asked a favor, and here to work at it" she answered, solemnly smiling to the child.

And then he remembered something his mother told him. "In my motherland, there was someone I treat special and I was also treated as someone special too, that special person calls me by the name of Jing, a pet name for me, and I called that person Lee for Alex, that person is the most beautiful person I knew". He couldn't believe his mother, "Someone more beautiful than mother?". "I admit defeat to that person for being beautiful, it's okay to fall to her even that person is older than me"

"I'm Alex" she added to her answers, then stuck out her hand for a greeting. "May I know your name?"

The child was dumbstruck by her smile.

"... I'm Cale Henituse, mom's son..." and he blushed at his rushed answer and picked the hand for greeting. He smiled back.

'A simple greeting...' in his mind

'Hayyyss, there nothing to lie about him being her son, same as mother huh' she remembered their first meeting, as someone blushed so hard as red as their hair.

"Hmmm, are you alright now Cale?" she asked looking worried and pissed at someone.

"Mnn, I don't know... I felt nothing..." and he cut his answer, afraid that this person might think he's heartless like the others thought, because he didn't cried at his own mother's death. He looked down.

Then he felt a warm hand patting his head, he looked up and saw her having a bitter smile.

"Yeah, you're still confused now, I hope you wouldn't mind what the others say about you, a strong child like you is a blessing, you know" she smiled at him assuring it was alright to feel that way

He smiled a little bit. "Thank you... And you too. You're stronger"

"Heh really? How so?" she asked

"You didn't cried, unlike my father... And me.." he told her embarassed

"Ha!" she snorted. "Heehehhe" she giggled. "Hehahah" then she finally laughed

"...."

"I mean, your father is really lame to be honest, I heard him loud and clear from miles away, then he looked like a pig being slaughtered, you know, hahahahah.... "

"..." Cale was speechless.

"And I was really pissed at him when I saw you comforting him, it must be way other round, you know"

"He is grieving" he defended his own father.

"Yeah right, but what about you? Cale lost his mother and his father did nothing, you know, if I'm in your shoes I'll beat him up for being irresponsible even if he's in grieve, you're still a child"

".... But they said, I have to be strong for my father and the county..." he retorted

Hearing that Alex became more pissed, her eyes glowed a bit of red instead of pure gold and her hair glowed pinkish white.

"Who said that?! Who said that to you?!" she asked controlling her tone

".... My relatives..." Cale gave up

Then her hair turned pink and eyes red. She's so pissed, that she could kill everyone

"Useless! They are fucking useless! How could they say that to you?" she blurted out, she's very angry now.

Scarlets' power came from their emotion, the stronger the emotion is the stronger they are to be. Their body would looked like on fire of different colors according to their emotion. Red is anger and annoyance. Maroon is deep hatred. Scarlet for something they couldn't explain and impulse. Scarlet color is commonly seen as their most powered color, but there are rare Scalets with different color and nature of power.

"Listen, I know it's ridiculous but they couldn't afford to make my father work, the county might fall out, they could only rely on me"

Alex is still pissed but she's infront of a child, she lost a grip of herself, must because of lack of any interaction to the world. She felt ashamed.

"Alright, I'm sorry to let you see me lose my grip on myself..."

"It's alright..."

"You know, you're still a child.." she repeated

"I know" Cale is looking at her like she's kind of idiot.

"And it's okay to feel what you are feeling right now, adults are to blame, you'll become miserable you know, they'll take advantage and you'll feel lost, confused and blame yourself for everything. But they are also right, become strong and make them taste their own medicine and live whatever life you want, be selfish!" and then she laughed

"..... You're vicious" Cale's comment

"Yes, I know, and I'm a scary one" she admitted

And there was a loud growl from their stomach. They giggled.

"I guess even grieving, we will still become hungry"

"Kind of... And where are you staying at? I'm going home, would you like to have dinner in our house? Beacrox hyung makes delicious foods"

"Thanks, but I must not, I don't have anything to introduce myself". She jumped on the wall and no one noticed her arrival.

"Oh, but how did you got in here?"

"Shhhhh! You know, your place have lame security, I got in easily" she whispered

"What? How?" the child is confused. Their walls are high enough to be hard to climbed on. Even if someone will try they will be caught in no time and the guards are highly trained. Requirements to step in the county are too complicated.

'Mom said about Alex are no jokes, she's really strong'

"Someone's going to fetch you, see you around Cale, next time we meet let's have some tea" and she disappeared in the dark like she wasn't there in the first place.

And someone approached Cale, an old man scanning the place with his bitter signature smile.

"Young master, it's getting late,dinner will be served, let's go back now"

And Cale held on the old man's clothes while retreating to their carriage.

'Young master... calmed down' the old man thought.