A Heart Between Us

Chapter 3: Unfinished

A Heart Between Us

Chapter 3

Unfinished

A rooster crowed off in the distance. Kairi opened her eyes to see the sun just peeking up over the trees. She could barely see it through the crack in the red and gold curtains. It felt so weird to sleep in an actual bed. The sheets felt great to her skin and the covers felt so silky.

She looked around the room. There was a small box over in the corner filled with black clothes. She expect those were the clothes that used to belong to that Lloyd guy. Kairi walked over and sifted them putting them neatly into drawers.

Slowly she walked out of her bedroom. She walked down the hallway trying her best to remember where the restroom was. She looked into the room and closed and locked the door behind her. She used the toilet before running back toward the door.

She stopped when she spotted herself in the full length mirror. She ran her fingers over her face, it was milky white. Not very smooth or pretty feeling. Her hair wasn't very pretty either. It had been cut short so she didn't have to bother with it. Just enough to touch her forehead. Her eyes looked inhuman. She was inhuman. The clothing hid her thin frame from the world at least. But the fact that her fingers were bony would tell everyone that she ate maybe once every two or three days. Depending on if she did a good job or not.

Kairi slowly walked out of the bathroom and down the hallway in search of the kitchen. The place was so big compared to what she had imagined. She walked by some rooms hearing light snores, there was one where she could see the guy in blue sleeping with a stuffed animal. She smiled and ran down the hallway again. She never knew adults would sleep with stuffed animals before. She then wondered if there were any children there. Perhaps someone to play with when work was done?

She walked into an area with a large table and small pillows on the floor. Perhaps this was the dining room and she could find the kitchen on the other side of the doors. She opened it and low and behold...it was a closet. She sighed and walked back toward the doors spotting the window. She looked outside and gasped. There was a very large garden down below. To bad nothing was blooming, but the air was crisp and cold on Kairi's cheeks. She took a deep breath it smelled so clean.

"Looks like snow clouds are rolling in." Kairi gasped and turned to see Zane leaning over her. She turned back to look at the sky. There were some clouds heading there way that looked heavy. "Hungry?" Zane questioned. As if her stomach had ears of their, own it began to growl.

Laughing, Zane motioned for her to follow him. Kairi walked a few feet behind him. Zane looked over his shoulder motioning to each room telling her what they were and who they belong to. Finally they headed down a dark hallway that had no doors until you get to the double doors in the back.

"This is the throne room. We've turned it into a workout room though. No need for thrones, you know." Zane said and walked inside. There was music playing on speakers over them. Within was Cole and Lloyd. Cole looked up from his workout. Lloyd helped him put the weights back where they belonged as he sats up.

Zane looked on from where he stood as if he were glued there. Kairi looked up at him. His cheeks were a blue color. Cole looked at him from where he sat and wiggled his eyebrows at Zane.

"Like what you see tincan?"

Zane cleared his throat and stood up straight again and motioned for Kairi.

"We were about to go eat breakfast if you were interested?" Zane offered. Cole ran a towel over his face and neck.

"Yeah sure, just let me pull on some not so sweaty clothes."

Kairi looked around the room, there was a large golden chair along one wall. It looked incredibly heavy, which is probably why it was in the room, but there was a black cover over one side. She understood black meant mourning. She had seen it on some people before.

"Guh! Can you two stop being gay for five minutes!" Lloyd yelled. Kairi turned around to see Cole with Zane in his arms. He still hadn't changed out of his sweaty clothing and was walking toward another room. Kairi witnessed them kiss before walking between them.

Lloyd walked over to Kairi and motioned for her to follow him.

"You'd figure they'd listen to their master." He said to Kairi. This caught her off guard. She was informed that Cole was the master.

"Are you my master too?" She asked. Lloyd shook his head and opened a door into the kitchen.

"Nah I'm sort of like an Uncle to you. That is if Cole and Zane adopt you. They'd be like your dads and they're like brothers to me. We're a family here." He motioned to Master Wu. "He's my Uncle Wu."

Master Wu looked up at the girl. His face was very worn, but happy. Kairi picked up the tea pot and refilled his cup before bowing to him again.

"Very kind of you Kairi. Thank you." Wu watched as Kairi walked over to the stove to see that it was heating up. Someone had already put wood under the stove. She walked over to the sink to fill a pot with water and put it onto the stove.

"Children shouldn't be near the stove." Misako said picked her up and put her by Master Wu. "However, you can assist Wu with his tea." This slightly upset Kairi, but she didn't say a word. Actually, she wasn't to sure about this man. He seemed very old and wise, but he also seemed like he was scary in some other ways. But she made sure his tea cup never got empty.

"Good morning!" Cole and Zane walked into the kitchen. Cole's hair was wet and he had fresh clothes on. Perhaps having taken a shower. He sat down next to Kairi and Zane next to him.

"Good morning Master." Kairi greeted.

"Master hum?" Wu questioned.

"I've asked her not to, Master Wu. She's not a slave anymore she can call us by name."

"Oh uh...I told her to call you dad." Lloyd told Cole.

Cole looked a little iffy about that. "I dunno...dad just seems more like something Zane would be called. How about Pop huh?" He looked at Zane.

Zane sat back in his chair so he could see Kairi. She looked deep in thought about this.

"Pop? Is that what you call a master?" She asked them.

"No...that's what we call a parent." Zane offered

"Parent? I do not have one of those. What are they?" She said the last sentence as if trying to hide the question.

"Oh yes that's right. You were created via gene splicing." Zane tapping his chin in thought. "I suppose you didn't have parents."

"A parent is the one who raises you from an infant to adulthood. You are only four years old so you must still be supervised until you are old enough to be on your own." Zane offered. Cole nodded his head put a bowl of rice and in front of Kairi. Kairi smiled, understanding that she did good and that's why she got food. Then there was the other food she had gotten. So much. She wasn't sure she'd be able to eat it all. Fish, egg drop soup, and small salad.

"I think that's a bit much don't you think." Nya asked, walking in with Jay. Jay yawned stretching.

"What do you mean?" Kai asked had been the one to cook most of the food. Clearly upset that his cooking was being denied.

"Well she's been fed bread and water most of her life. This is a b..." Nya looked at Kairi as she ate the fish and looked incredibly happy about it.

"I hope that doesn't mess up her stomach." Cole said watched her take the soup spoon and sip it politely.

"At least she has manners...unlike someone else I know." Master Wu said looking up at Lloyd who had shoveled the fish into his mouth.

"What?"