Family and Cake
Darkness…
He was surrounded in complete darkness.
What happened to him?
How did he ended up here?
He could only remember that Mana died. He was sitting near his father's grave. As he stared at the empty dark space of the void he was in.
"WHY DID YOU TURN ME INTO AN AKUMA, ALLEN?!"
Fragment of memories were flashing before his very eyes.
"I CURSE YOU, ALLEN!"
He heard a gunshot and saw Mana disintegrated, he saw a man with spiky red hair, killing Mana in front of his very eyes.
MANA!
He woke up.
Was it all just a bad dream?
Allen wiped the sweat on his head and noticed that he wore a clean white long-sleeved shirt, he noticed also a king size bed with white sheets and the room was decorated with painting with gold like trimmings on its frames. The wallpaper of the room was complete white as well. Where was he? As he touched his left eye, he could feel the texture of a bandage on it. He then remembered the pain of Mana slicing the half of his face. He then realized…
"It wasn't a dream…."
"It was all real…"
Tears flowed on his face as he recalled everything. He clutched the bed covers. "I couldn't protect Mana" it was his fault that he died again. As he cried, he noticed something, something was on the air, and he smelled something delicious. As he looked at his right, he saw a drawer and on top of it, he could see a cup of chocolate milk and by the looks of it, it was still very warm. Besides the cup of chocolate milk were rice dumplings, he never tasted one before but Mana told him that it was delicious besides the dango's they usually eat while they were travelling. He could smell the sweet aroma of those dumplings. This made his mouth watery and his stomach growling. He stood up and out of his bed and reach for the cup and the rice dumplings. He almost reached it till…
CREEK….
He heard the door opened. As he turned around where the door was, he saw a girl with spiky blue hair peeked in. Allen withdrew his hands from getting the cup of chocolate and slowly waved at the girl with a nervous smile on his face.
"H-Hi?" he said.
The girl smiled and ran towards him, this made him cautious till…
"I'm so glad you are awake, Allen!" The girl said with a glee and hugged him tight and almost like the girl was crashing every bone on his body. "Millenni will be happy too if he sees you are awake as well~" the girl stopped squishing him. "I'll go tell him now~" she merrily skipped as she went to the door. She then turned around and looked at his direction.
"Just stay put and help yourself to some food~ I'll also bring a slice of cake for you later~" then she closed the door.
Allen blinked for a few times and thought on what just happened earlier.
"Who was that girl?"
After he stopped on his thoughts, his stomach started growling again. He turned his attention on the cup and the rice dumplings. He again reached for it and grabbed a hold on the plate where the dumplings are. He smelled its sweet aroma.
He took a bite and it was like heaven, he could taste its sweetness to every time he chewed on it. He then chew and chew another then another greedily. He stuffed his mouth with all the dumplings on the plate. He was tearing up, he never tasted anything this good before.
The door opened. Allen turned around and saw the Earl and the girl from earlier. The girl was holding a slice of pink frosting cake. Allen swallowed what he just stuffed on his mouth and the Earl and also the girl stared at him comically. He felt so embarrassed and there was a little blush on his cheeks.
"I'm s-sorry, I didn't m-mea…" Allen said shakily. He slowly bowed his head, his hair covered his face; hiding his blush from the embarrassment. He then heard a giggle coming from the Earl and also the girl.
"It's okay Allen~" the Earl approached him and patted his head. Allen then looked at the Earl with tearful eyes. This man reminded him a lot like his father "Now then, Allen, how are you feeling today?" the Earl asked him.
"I'm f-fine, M-mr. Earl"
The Earl then said, "No need for formalities, Allen~"
"If you want, you can call me Papa~"
Allen tilted his head to the right and looked so confuse. "Papa?" he said questionably.
The Earl nodded and said, "You're part of my family now, Allen"
Allen couldn't believe it. This man, the Earl, made him part of his family…
"Yeah, you're now one of us!" the girl said with a glee on her voice. "I'll be your big sister, Allen" she said happily while she putted the cake on the bed, grabbed and hold both of Allen's hands. "My name is Road Kamelot but you can call me Road!~" Allen so looked happy but his smile slowly fades away and slowly turned into a frown. His body became stiffed. The girl was holding both of his hands and because of this, he reminded himself on his deformed left arm. What if they will discover his deformity? Will they abandon him? Treat him like a monster just like everyone else did?
The Earl noticed his nervousness. The Earl patted Allen's shoulder. "There's no need to be afraid, Allen. We already know about your lift arm" he said with concern on his voice.
Allen looked at the Earl. "It doesn't matter if you have that arm, Allen, what matter is that you are a good person and you have a good heart" In Allen's point of view, he could see Earl and Mana in the same time. He burst out of crying and he hugged the Earl and tugged his yellow coat. The Earl hugged him back.
"Welcome to the Family, Allen" the Earl said.
Road grabbed the cake on the bed and said "Now who wants cake?" as she smiled.
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