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Nine years earlier]

"This is my brother, his name is shidou ryusei" kurina introduced as she revealed the striking looking boy behind her "hey, hey, hey!! You're pretty cute!" He says, his voice booming in his shared room with Kurina

You only stared at him with wide eyes "shidou.." you muttered, repeating kurina's words
"Whats wrong? You talk weird" you flinched and looked away in shame of your accent, you were used to always speaking Spanish with your father so the constant switch between Spanish and Japanese was hard to get accustomed to for you

"She speaks Spanish idiot! Us boring people don't know what it's like to be able to speak more than one language!" Kurina smacks her brother in the back of his head and he winced at the stinging pain

He soon sighed and removed his hands from his head, his eyes meeting yours again and instead of asking you why you were staring, he fell silent as well. Maintaining the eye contact with you
"Why are you two being weird? What freaks..." kurina huffs, placing her hands on her hips

Suddenly, you cracked a grin and a laugh escapes your lips. Kurina freezes at the sound of your laughter. Soon enough, her brother started laughing as well "you're funny!!" Shidou compliments as he rolled over on the ground

"Really??" "Really!"

You sat at the dining table, posture awkward as you stared at the empty plate

You say by the edge of the table, shidou sitting beside you as he gobbled up his food
"Are you sure you didn't want anything, y/n dear?" The only adult in the room asked a she looked at you with worry

You only shook your head, not wanting to speak. A sigh reached your ears and you looked to your side to see kurina's mom glaring at her son and soon enough, the blonde picked up a few slices of beef and placed it on your plate. A long with a bun, veggies and a large scoop of rice

Your cheeks flushed pink "this is a lot of food.." you stated the obvious
"I wanna make sure you're eating well" the mother grinned at you as she sprinkled some seasoning onto the rice "yeah, you're really skinny you know? Eat a lot" shidou grabbed one of your slices of meet and stuffed it into your mouth

"Hey— ryusei! Don't you dare use your chopsticks and feed y/n with them! Your saliva is on those sticks!" The mother scolded and the blonde rolled his eyes "it's whatever, she doesn't  care" he waited patiently for you to finish that slice so he could stuff another in your mouth

"Eat! The food is really good ya know! If you like it then eat it!" He tells you, kurina gives her brother the dirtiest look "hey— hey ryusei.." she poked his ribs with her chopsticks

"It's good that y/n is skinny, that's the beauty standard these days" she tells him and her mom scowled "you're ten! What do you know about beauty standards?!"

"Well, ten year olds know enough that boys these days don't like girls unless they're skinny and have a dolled up face. Tsk, they're all getting brainwashed by old men who like little girls" hee mother chuckled "you're right"

"Well I think that all men should die!" Shidou barked, Kurina and his mother smiled at him "and all women too!" He adds, making the girls smile's turn upside down

The mother sighs and shakes her head in disappointment "at least one child thinks the right way, what do you think y/n?" They all turn their heads towards you and you flinched. Uncomfortable with all the attention

"Why does one gender have to be superior to the other?" You asked, tilting your head
"If you're nice then.. people will be nice to you won't they? If you're mean people will be mean to you. It doesn't matter what gender you are, right?" You added, wanting someone to confirm

You watched as shidou's grin turned upside down and he looked ahead of himself instead o towards you "y/n, honey.." his mother started
"It does matter" shidou cuts her off "everything matters, if you're not a certain way to someone then they won't like you"

You noticed that his hands were balled into fits as they rested on his lap
"I can give you an example right now—" he scoffs "— everyone in that stupid school doesn't like me because I look weird and my skin is darker than others. Even when I was nice! When I was trying to fit in! I couldn't because in a world of black and white..."

"They were all white and I was black. I'm always the odd one out! Even in my own flesh in blood!" He yells and his mother and Kurina both looked a way. A sad expression on their faces that told you he wasn't lying at all

"Even the smallest things they make fun of me for! Like my eyelashes! Just because they're blonde instead of black— apparently it's a sign for me to get made fun of!"

You blinked a few times, watching as his lips trembled and his teeth rubbed against each other
"They think I'm a foreigner!"

"A foreigner in my own damned country!"

"I'm half Colombian" you state out of nowhere, breaking the blonde from his yelling as he turned to you with wide eyes

"I don't look normal either" you tell him "my skin is darker than a lot of my classmates as well, my eyes aren't so similar.. my nose isn't so similar"

"I get made fun of for my looks too" you took a bite out of the bun "but—" you gulped it down
"I don't mind being different. Makes me feel special"

You looked at him "us two, we can be blacks in a world full of whites"

You grinned at him "personally, I think you look really cool" you compliment and he stares at you in awe for some time before he felt his tiny muscles relaxing as he looked at you

"You.." he blinked "..you're too nice" he says and you cocked an eyebrow "that's bad?" You asked and he looks away "no— it's not— nevermind." He sighs and continues eating

His mother smiled at the whole scene that had just happened, she was happy that her son found someone who was 'different' just like he was. And she knew what was going on in that little head of his

That boy was gonna protect you the best he can

Because he thought the world was just black and white, including the people in it.. until you came around and he saw colours for the first time. And his heart had been painted in those colours

A/n] double update!!