Even Puppets Have Emotions

Chapter 1

     The picture above is Ayu's first creation and best friend, Lulu.

          3rd POV

   ''I declare you...husband and wife! Husband, you may kiss the bride!''

   The 15 year old boy brought the two puppets together, pushing their faces agaist each other, making it look like the two lifeless objects were kissing. But to the boy, those two lifeless puppets had a soul, a heart and at the moment, they had been wed by the 15 year old 'priest'.

   ''May you have many children and grandchildren when the time comes.'' the boy brought the two puppets together once more. The sound of someone's small laugh made the boy whip his head towards the door, that had been creaked open and a woman that looked like she was in her forties stood there. The woman had straight black hair that reached her shoulders and gentle blue eyes. On her face rested a motherly smile. She stood there by the door, gazing at the boy with loving eyes. How long had she been there, she did not know.

   ''Ayu, dinner's ready.'' the woman said in a gentle voice that almost sounded like an angel's. Yes, the lady was indeed an angel. A saviour. She and her darling husband had saved this poor boy from the orphanage back when he was only 5. The couple took the boy in and gave him a home and what a kid needs most when they are abandoned: love.

   ''I'm not hungry.'' Ayu responded with that 10-year old's voice of his. Yes, he looked to be at the age of 15, but his voice, attitude and mind was still at a 10-year old's. The doctor had said that the boy had some complications with his mental health, leaving him look older than he was in his small mind. But the lady and her husband didn't mind. Just the opposite, they actually thought that it was cute and just a part of the boy's unique character.

   The woman gave a nod, the motherly smile still decorating her features. As she was about to turn and close the door, Ayu called out, making the woman stop in her tracks and turn her blue eyes back to the boy on the floor, all sorts of puppets that the boy had created surrounding his small figure. For a 15 year old, he was not the tidiest of people.

   ''May I have some cookies that you baked this morning Miss?'' Ayu asked with eyes filled with hope. Ayu never called the couple that had adopted him 'mother' and 'father'. In the orphanage, he had been taught to be polite to the people he does not know or are not related to him. The woman had tried to change that habit of his, even her husband gave it a shot, but whatever they did or didn't, Ayu never stopped calling them 'Miss' and 'Mister'. It was almost like teaching your dog how to fly.

   ''Of course dearie. Do you wish for me to bring you some milk as well?'' the woman asked kindly. She knew that Ayu loved her homemade food, especially her cookies. She would always be very careful with what she says around him. She wasn't the one to raise her voice a lot, only when her husband had done something really bad, would she raise her voice some. But never around her adopted son. If she were to even raise it by an octave, Ayu would get a panic-attack and hide in a closet with his best friend Lulu and not come out unless the woman left the house or when 4 hours pass. Some could say, that Ayu was emotionally unstable and takes things to heart, even if those things weren't meant for him.

   Ayu bobbed his head up and down, making his fluffy white locks bounce around his head. His stepmother also asked if Lulu, Ayu's best friend and first creation, would like some cookies as well, to which the boy vigorously nodded again. Releasing a small laugh at the boy's energy, the woman left and walked into the kitchen to get those desired cookies.

   Standing up, Ayu dusted himself off and walked over to his bed. On it, sat a white fluffy rabbit. When the boy first made it, it was about half of Ayu's own height, seeing that Ayu was six at the time. Taking hold of the white stuffed animal, he brought his 'friend' close and hugged it, making sure not to hug to tightly.