A Heart Between Us

Chapter 2: Who are You?

A Heart Between Us

Chapter 2

Who are You?

The place was huge! So much bigger then she would have ever imagined being a servant in. She looked on at an old man in a straw hat sitting on the porch. She bowed respectfully to him before following the man in black into the temple. He was the man that bought her so she'd follow him, Right?

She was brought into a room with tiled floors, and smelled very much like soaps. Was she to help him bathe? She gasped when he left. She looked around the room only to see a woman with black hair walk in to the room with a pair of tan cloths.

"Luckily Lloyd's mom still had a few pairs of his pants and shirts. They're all black though, So you'll just have to make do till we can make you some new ones." She said. Kairi didn't care what kind of clothing she wore. As long as her master said it was alright. She looked outside the door to see the man with the white hair fizzle for a moment and go completely silver. A soft gasp escaped the young girls lips as he walked into the room.

"I have created a soft soap for you Kairi. You are to use it to bathe with." He had said.

Kairi looked at it then at Zane, she wasn't totally sure who this man was. But he held it out to her and she kept it. Perhaps it's what she was to use for her master?

She heard a loud splash and she turned to see an iron tub in the middle of the floor. There was steaming hot water being put into it. The silver man touched the side of the tub and the steam calmed down. Kairi gasped when her shirt was pulled over her head and thrown to the side. She stood there blushing but walked forward as instructed by Nya. She helped her into the large tub. The water went up to her chin so she clambered to her knees and sat like that. The bubbles felt nice to her and the water was very warm. All the baths she ever had in the past were just water being poured on her and she was commanded to wash herself with a bar of soap. It was sticky and stunk like horrible perfume. This one smells sweet like honey.

"Now, do you still have that soap Zane gave you?"

Oh she had forgotten about that. She held up the bottle that was now dripping wet. Nya had took it from her and put it onto a tray on the other end of the tub. She looked up at the black haired girl.

"Got a name?" Nya asked. Kairi pointed to her name tag. Nya looked at it and gasped. "You aren't dog." Nya said and unhooked the name tag and threw it over with the shirt she had just vacated.

The name tag had left behind a tan line and rub marks. Like at some point it was to small for her and they had only just resized it. Nya poured some water over her head. Kairi panicked for a moment and flailed her arms and held onto the side of the tub.

"Alright, let's lather up that hair. At least it's short though. We don't have to use so much soap." Nya poured the purple substance onto her hair and started to rub her hands in it.

Honestly, it felt wonderful as Nya's fingers ran over her hair. She tried her best not to make any sound, but light purring noises escaped her. Nya giggled and looked up at Zane who brought over another warm bucket of water pouring it onto her head.

"Alright Kairi, you can use a bar of soap right?" Nya asked. "I don't feel comfortable washing you myself. So I'll give you this and you can clean yourself alright?" Nya shoved Zane from the room. He was always ignorant to privacy.

Kairi sat there for a second looking around the room. There were shelves with many different kinds of soaps, many different colors too. There was even a full length mirror on the wall, A shower in the corner with a curtain that had bubbles on it, A large sink, and a toilet behind a curtain. She relaxed a little bit, sitting down completely again and running the cloth over her skin. It felt lovely to just sit there and bath as much as she liked. Sadly however, the water wasn't as warm as she would have liked anymore. Actually I was starting to get a little cold.

There was a knock on the door and she looked up over the rim of the

tub. Nya peaked in saw the tiny pale blue eyes looking back at her.

"Are you all done?" Nya asked in her kind voice. Kairi nodded her head.

"Then let's get you dried off and in bed." She pulled Kairi from the iron tub. She almost smiled when she felt a soft towel around her. As she was set down she could feel the softness of the carpet below her feet.

"She really is darling." Another woman's voice said. Kairi looked up to see an older woman with graying hair. Kairi tried to bow, but she found herself being dried off and fitted into Lloyd's old cloths. She had a huge 5 on the front of her shirt in purple.

"You know I don't think these shoes will fit. She's so tiny." Misako said putting the shoes back into the box.

"What about her hair, Cole?" Nya asked as she combed through it. Cole looked inside to see the brightest red hair he ever saw.

"Dude what happened to the brown hair?" Cole ran his fingers through it.

"It must have been so dusty that she appeared to have brown hair." Zane watched his boyfriend pick up the child in his arms. The little girl once again looked a little bashful of him. "I do not think she likes that, Cole."

"Likes what?" He looked down at the young girl who was covering up her face.

"She's used to being a slave Cole. She might not be used to being carried. Or worse...being carried might mean something a bit more...sinister." Misako ran her fingers along the young girls back. Kairi gasped and flopped around with uncontrollable giggles.

"Did you hear that, babe!" Cole exclaimed looking around at Zane who shared a smile with him.

"I hear."

Kairi looked around and gasped seeing two more people looking in on them. Kairi wasn't to sure about this. It was a big house, would she be able to see to all of their needs as she should? Were there other servants for her to look up to? She began to tear up and look around at everyone.

"Damn it Kai...your ugly face scared her." Jay swatted Kai.

"Did not." Kai swatted him back.

"Move." Nya yelled at them both. They both parted and allowed her to go by without an argument. Cole followed her out Zane right behind.

"We should put her in the extra room for now." Zane said motioning to it. Cole opened the door and looked around at everything. Kairi found herself being set down on the floor next to the bed.

"Alright kiddo, it's getting late. It's almost twelve now. Let's get you into bed." Cole pulled back the blanket. Kairi was confused, was this there way of training her? She had already learned this. Wh...She jumped when he picked her up again depositing her onto the bed.

"She doesn't talk much does she?" Zane asked.

Cole looked down at her and smiled.

"You may speak if you want."

"Am I not...supposed to do this myself?" She tried to squirm away from him. "I have been taught to do this already. I can also do the cooking, and cleaning if that is what you wish." Her voice was incredibly low. Almost like she didn't want to speak any higher than his voice.

"You are no longer a slave, Kairi. You are just a little girl." Zane told her.

This confused her.

"But I am your servant am I not?"

"You are not. We are going to adopt you. You are to be out daughter." Again this confused her.

"Are you...female?" She looked from one to the other.

"No...we're..." Zane looked at Cole.

"We're gay." Cole told her. This confused her for a moment. She had never seen such a thing.

"What is...gay?" She asked.

Zane went into the definition.

"It means we love each other as a man and woman would. Cole is my boyfriend." That she understood.

"I never knew that could be a possibility. I apologize." She said. Zane looked at Cole sharply.

"Oh no you're still young. You'll learn. But for now...just get some sleep alright?" Cole ran his fingers over her hair. The gesture confused her no of her handlers before had ever did this. Perhaps this was something new to learn?