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Morana Romano grew up in a home where love being expressed was just normal — natural like breathing in fresh air.
At first, she thought the whole concept of love was absolutely revolting when she was young. Who on earth would willingly press their lips against a stranger's? It was disgusting and it spread disease. She thought that was how the bubonic plague was spread too. It still didn't stop her parents from kissing each other on their lips or their cheeks, asking each other how their day went. She hated it and she hated the word love because it made her shiver and puke. She hated it when she saw her parents kiss each other (she swore they did it to annoy her) and she hated it when they held hands in front of her too. They acted like a couple of teenagers who barely found out what a relationship was with a quick Google search and they just jumped straight for it, but as Morana grew older, she realized that she had watched them afar with a certain feeling stirring within her tiny head.
Was it hatred? Did she hate her father for giving his wife attention rather then giving his attention to his own daughter? Was it jealousy? Was she jealous that her parents were married and she wasn't? Envy? Was she envious that her whole household was like a dollhouse except for the fact that she didn't have any brothers or sisters? Which was surprising, in all honesty, with the way her parents just loved each other.
Morana was ten when her father told her that her stepmother was considering on getting pregnant. Either staying the same or getting pregnant to have the burden of raising another kid. She remembers being confused on why they would do this. Were they replacing their love for her to another kid? In the end, they didn't go through with it because they still "loved" Morana and each other.
Her household showed a funny way of showing love too and Morana always took notice of it, whether she wanted to or not. She noticed how her parents kissed, whether on the lips or cheek, and how her stepmother's diamond ring glimmered on her ring finger. She watched the times her father would come home from work (with Reginald Hargreeves, now that she learned) after long shifts and he would gift her stepmother with a bouquet of her favorite flowers; orange marigolds. That was why the Romano household smelled heavily of flowers because multiple vases would be completely filled up.
