Stay With Me αβΩ

Chapter 59

Scrub, scrub, scrub... the children of the orphanage dubbed the Bishop's staff are working hard to clean the huge stained glass window and luxury vinyl tiles of the church. Being an illegal orphanage, the said place was located in a desolate part of Yokohama where only that dilapidated building with crumbling walls and leaky roofs can be seen.

"Why does he get to sit there while we work here? It's unfair" - complained one of the kids.

"Because he's the master's favorite" - answered one of his fellow orphans as they continued their chores.

"Just because he has that mark, he gets to avoid working" - the other uttered with spite.

The young boy with silver hair sitting on one of the church's pew chairs who could hear them remained silent and didn't say anything about the gossip from the others until words became more hurtful that he could not ignore them anymore, so he stood up, walks towards them, then picked up a mop and said "C-can I borrow one of the buckets?" - he asked with trembling voice.

Everyone looks at him and then looks at each other, but none of them replies to the boy's inquiry.

"I need a bucket of water" - the boy said louder as he tightened his grip on the wooden handle of the mop.

Another boy replied to him "You'll get dirty"

"I'm okay getting dirty" - he responded.

The same child said "The master will get mad if he sees you working"

"I don't care" - his knees are quivering, sweat is falling like pebbles, and his heart rate is rising.

When the boy was about to give him the bucket, another taller and larger kid interrupted "And then what? The master will punish us again when he sees you, thinking that we are ordering you to work?"

"N-no" - he answered with a feeble tone.

"It's not enough that you watch us suffer with the hard labor, you also want us to get punished because the boss thinks we are taking advantage of you!" - the kid retorted and he quickly pushed the silver-haired boy to the ground "Just because you're some kind of special human being, an Omega or whatever you are, you get all the master's attention!"

"I-I didn't" - said the Omega with shaky voice as he starts to tear up while sitting on the floor.

"Hey!" - a girl with long red hair and emerald eyes "Stop it! He just wants to help!"

"And who are you?" - asked the bully.

"My name is Lucy"

"Oh the newcomer" - he scoffs "You think befriending that freak could get you special treatment too?" - he then pushes the girl sending her to the ground with the other "Then join him!"

The redhead girl stands up and with all her might, she tackles the big bully making him fall to one of the buckets behind him with dirt water.

"Why you-!" - he stands up and is about to punch the girl when the door opens and one of the church caretakers enters.

"What's all this ruckus about?! Hurry up cleaning this place, the master has a mass later" - said the caretaker "Anyone caught slacking will not have lunch later. Am I understood?!"

"Yes ma'am" - answered the children.

And with that, all of them who gathered around the scene went back to their jobs.

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"Are you alright?" - asked Lucy to the young boy on the ground as she helped him to stand up.

The boy timidly replied "Yes"