"Natsuki, are you sure about this?" a small boy whispered into opened window to raven haired teenager who climbed out of the window on handmade rope madden from tied up duvet covers.
"Don't chicken, Kira. I made my decision! I'm already 18 and I'm not gonna work on fabric for one of those fat ass bosses who had contracts with our orphanage director. I won't give her such pleasure to sell me as other kids after their school graduation! Besides, I have a plan. And it's perfect! I need just to get out of here." Said bluenette with an eyes full of confidence.
"But what about hockey match, you love to play, don't you?" Pleaded small boy the last time, seizing to the last chance on stopping the girl from running. His eyes grey eyes were full of sorrow. He loved Natsuki. Their wasn't relatives, but she was like sister to him. He was attached to her and she carried about him too, that's why she must run and earn money to be able to adopt him.
Natsuki stopped for a moment. She can't take him now, and that hurt like hell. She force herself to look at his face bathed in a moon light. His white messy, unsubmissive hairs sticking out in different directions as the needles with a few strains hanging from the both sides of his small face covering his ears. He was 12 years younger than Natsuki.
Her emeralds met pleading greys and she spoke.
"Kira, don't make this harder for me than it is now, please. You know I can't stay, nor take you with me. I promise, I will come back for you, please be a good boy till then, ok?" He nodded wiping his tears with a hem of a dirty shirt sleeve. "I need to go. I will visit you as much times as I would have." Natsuki give him a peek on a check and silently jumped on the ground covering remaining length between second floor and bushes.
Natsuki throw her black pencil backpack on her shoulder and kneeled for a moment checking perimeter for security staying hidden in bushes all this time. Found none, she silently like a ninja steal up to the stony wall of their jail, as Natsuki liked to call their orphanage house, easily climb up the wall and hopped on another side with a smooth roll.
At her age of 18 she was a good tracer, so it was like a candy to her.
She smiled to her success and with no turn back run into the night.
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The next day was sunny and bright. Natsuki felt freedom as she could breathe again, free from her chains and from everyone. Little did she know that orphanage director already found out about her escape and send characteristics of her to the police.
It was around 1pm and Natsuki walked down the street thinking where she can get a quick job. That's when she spotted a dashboard with adds. She surfed through a few of them till her gaze landed on a piece of sheet with her portrait and a title 'Missing orphan' under it.
"What da fuck! They already had my face tapped all around this town! Sons of a bi.." Natsuki's colorful emotional curse was cut with a whistle and a loud hail of the officer who now ran toward her.
Luckily, Natsuki evade from the officers upcoming arms and skedaddle down the tinny streets on full speed. Leaving, panting and screaming officer far behind. She run through different people, climbing, swinging, vaulting and jumping all the way, easily overcoming street obstacles with a grace of a panther. In the end of main street she spotted a mall and headed there looking for a suitable place to hide and then sneak away unseen, so she sprung into first place she saw a kids playing area. There was a big pool in the middle of a yard filled with a small colorful balls. A dozens of kids were inside even with their parents, squeak out of joy. That was a perfect cover due to it's total mess. Natsuki jumped inside screaming 'Flying bomb!' and disappeared somewhere inside the pool under happy squeaks of kids. If she was followed it doesn't meant that she couldn't have fun in the process.
Natsuki slowly popped her head out of pool. Her eyes predatory followed now confused and cursing officer who leaned near one of the benches trying to catch his breath. He tried to ask few people if they saw a raven haired teenager with a black bag but receiving only head shakes in negative response headed in an opposite direction from Natsuki's current location.
'Idiot' Smirking to her luck Natsuki got out from the pool and run to the second exit direction, which usually used as exit from attached cinema house.
According to program now was about a time for historical movie called "Alexander" to end, so it was a perfect opportunity to melt into the crowd and sneak out of the mall.
So there she were, flew squeezing through the crowd repeatedly looking back to check if she hadn't been spotted yet.
Being distracted with her nth check she didn't looked where she was going and accidently bumped onto something in front of her in the process. Natsuki yelped as she fall down and were surprised as she landed on something soft instead of the cold floor as she would expect.
A smell of lavender hit her nostrils and she opened her eyes. A pair of astonished and surprised brown eyes with a hint of bloody shade twinkles stared wide at her. Unknown girls body was pinned to the floor by Natsuki. Moreover, in all this mess Natsuki's lips landed on soft, plump, pink lips of a chestnut beauty.
'Holly sneakers!' A realization hit Natsuki as a deluge. Both girls faces turned into tomato but before she was able to react she was pulled from the girl and smashed with her face down to the floor as police officer finally caught her and now cuffed her arms behind her back roughly pulling her up and onto her fit.
Natsuki winced uncomfortably from upcoming pain from her arms and cheek and started to wiggle in a desperate attempts to freed herself.
"Jumped enough, maroon!?" hissed now pleased cop who now started to drag still struggling and cursing bluenette to the exit.
"Let me go, sleaseball!"
"Shut up! You a lucky that we are in public else you would got a fancy clouc" barked officer and tugged harder on the cuffs wresting girls arms behind her back on purpose while pushing her inside the police car. The bluenette teenager presented him a furry glare followed by a loud growl.
'I can't believe this. I had been caught! Arrgh! Sons of the bitches!' Natsuki cursed under her breath siting on a back seat of police car. They were driving back to that damn jail. To told that she was in a bad mood, say nothing. She was in a furry. 'If not that stupid girl on my way I would escape easily!'
To think back of the accident this was her first kiss, thought, and if not her angry state she would be blushing madly.
The car stopped and officer dragged the girl out of the car as they were on orphans land.
"Officer Roy."
Both turned on the voice and were met by orphan's director name Andrea Ho. She was a middle age woman with a nasty personality. All she cared about was her wealth and money. No one liked her, nor orphans personal, nor kids, but there was nothing to do about. Too much people standing behind her. She always got what she wanted and now she want's Natsuki, or more likely money what was promised to her after girl's graduation by one of the warehouses director to whom she was promised.
"Madam." Officer bowed slightly touching his hat with a tips of his fingers in a sign of salute.
"I'm impressed. So quick response! We all were so worried about our Natsuki. Thank you so much for bringing her back!"
Natsuki rolled her eyes seeing woman's fake worry expression.
"It's our job, madam." Sayed officer unclasping cuffs on teenager hands and passing her into madam Ho hands.
"Ok, Natsuki, now, let's go back to our home. We are so happy you are back" Her voice was fakingly sweet and too thick, making Natsuki's insides to bubble in anger. She hated her touch and shrink from her touch.
"Get your hands off of me!" bite Natsuki yanking from woman's grasp. She hated being touch by her hands.
"How rude of you"
"The public gone, so don't tense so hard or stitches on your face will split."
An usually cold, strain expression appeared on madam Ho face.
"You always were a big splinter in my ass, Kuga. But don't worry, soon your wish will come try." She grinned in satisfaction just thinking about it "After your graduation you will work with others corps on mister Garoo warehouse." She made her leave but stopped on for a second "And for your own good if I were you I wouldn't try to escape one more time. Who knows what could happen to our little Kira."
"You won't dare" Hissed Natsuki dangerously.
"Dare me… And by the way, don't forget, we have a hockey match tomorrow, not that I cake about our team, but we will be missing one player if you will gone and we wouldn't want to upset little Kira, he waited so long for this game to see his little sister play…" Orphans director smirked evilly seeing pure desperation in so hated emeralds and slowly waltzed back into her cabinet.