The blood of worlds!

Chapter 18

Kiya was on their bed drawing in their sketchbook,
The sun was slowly sitting at the bottom of the purple sky beginning to rest.

Eris was out of the dorm for the night to go stay with Mira instead for a study night sleepover.

Delphi quietly humming from her nest, picking through all the various shiny objects they've accumulated that day.

Kiya's pencil makes indents in the paper to create a shape, then turn into another shape that would eventually turn to a masterpiece.

It was peaceful, nothing but the quiet breeze from the window, Delphi's humming and the sketchy sounds of the pencil could be heard.

But it appeared that Kiya's deeper thoughts had different plans for the night.

A distant memory resurfaced in their mind, of a time they hoped they'd long forgotten.

To when they were a child.

✦Flashback✦

Kiya was 13 at the time,
drawing in a small sketchbook their adopted father Victor had gotten them.

Their adopted mother Eliza had walked in, drunk as they usually would be,
then all of a sudden Eliza had thrown an empty bottle at Kiya which crashed in there face.

The thick glass bottle was heavy. It hurt so bad Kiya was worried they had a concussion.

Kiya held their head in pain, their head began to pour with blood, they started crying at the sight of it.

Victor Rushed into the room concerned, hearing kiya.

Victor: "Eliza what in the world are you doing?!"

Eliza: "I'm t-teaching that demon a lessOn for r-ruining our lives Victor! You think I want to be the mo-other to that monster!?"
Her voice stuttered and slurred due to her intoxication.

Kiya: "Mom... why do you think that I'm a monster?..."
They whimpered trying to hold their tears back.

Eliza: "Because y-you just a-are!!"

Kiya dashed out of the house, tears pouring from their eyes, falling behind them while they ran as far as they could.

They ran until their legs gave out.
They managed to reach a park that was about a kilometer away from where they lived.

They coughed until they threw up from pain and anxiousness.
Kiya glanced around. It was already dark, but they noticed someone was sitting on a bench near the playground.

It was a girl.
She had tan skin, She had a Wolf cut hairstyle, her hair was black and shiny.
She was wearing a black hoodie with blue carpenter jeans and a checkered belt.
They were reading a book.

Kiya: "oh I didn't think anyone else would be here seeing as it's already eight PM..."

? : "huh!? Oh Sorry I didn't see you, Wait, it's eight pm?!"

Kiya: "Uh yeah"

? : "Oh God, my parents are gonna kill me if i-"
The girl suddenly went silent looking at Kiya.

? : "Hey, are you OK?! there's blood spilling from your head!"

Kiya: "Um I don't-"

? : "Sit down!"
The girl placed Kiya on the bench and pulled their backpack out from underneath.

She rummaged around until she found a bandage and antibacterial ointment,
She applied the ointment and then she wrapped it around Kia's head until the wound was covered.