An Orphan's Story

Chapter 2

The halls and rooms of the old building were filled with light and the sound of raindrops knocking against the windows. A fire was crackling in the big hall's fireplace and a bunch of children were gathered around it, the older ones reading out fairy tales.

Around a year had passed since Tooru became a part of the Goldly Hope family, how they called it. He had grown a lot, became a happy and healthy boy.

Together with the other kids his age Tooru was sitting on the ground of their room, playing with the stuffed animal he got for his first birthday. Around three months had passed since that day and the little bunny had become his favorite toy. He was playing a lot with it, cuddled it in his sleep and sometimes even tried to feed it.

He was holing the stuffen animal like a baby in his arms, gently rocking it back and forth while telling it a storry, useing the few words he know, as a girl ran over. She had the short blonde hair in small pig tails and watched Tooru with an interested expression, then the bunny.

Tooru didn't mind her at all, if she wanted to watch she ofcourse was allowed to. The small Boy was just about to lay the bunny down on his pillow as the girl grabbed it, pulling it away from him.

At first he didn't quiet get what was going on but as he turned his head to where the other child had been standing and saw her playing with the bunny tears nearly immediatly started to fill his eyes.

Who did she think she was, just stealing /his/ bunny? With an angry and sad scream he reached out for his stuffed friend but the girl just got up after looking at Tooru confused and walked a few meters away before she started playing again.

Tooru couldn't belive it. Why was she doing that? This was his bunny, his friend! More and more tears nstreamed down his face and his crying became louder and louder. Most of the other Kids turned their heads to look at him, but no one payed attantion after that.

Oikawa was frustrated and pressed his face into the pillow next to him. He would have ran over to get his bunny back, but his legs still couldn't carry him and he was way too afraid to try Walking on his own with none of the older girls, who normaly looked after them, around.

Ofer his own sobs he didn't even notice that the girl started crying and only looked up from his pillow as he felt something soft hit his side.

A boy around his age was standing there and Tooru got a little scared seeing his grumpy expression. But the fear drew from him as he saw his bunny next to him and immediatly he hugged it. He nuzzled the animal, wiping the tears away.

As he looked up again the boy already had left, went back to two other boys and their tower made of building blocks. and only then he noticed how the girl who had stolen his bunny now was sitting on one of the older girl's lap, crying into her chest.

He couldn't help but stare at the boy with the spiky looking hair who had safed his stuffed friend, the bunny pressed against Tooru's chest, until he slowly fell asleep, tired from all the crying.