Beauty and the Beast
Age 12
"Kei! Kei!" the energetic voice rang across the room of the same little ghetto.
"What is it, Sho?" Kei asked when the boy rushed forward to him. He caught the beautiful angel, looking down at the gift he beheld.
"Play with me, Kei!" Sho jumped.
"Sho, do you know how many days we haven't done the dishes?" Kei smiled down at the small life he will never want to let go of.
Sho looked at the pile and as if at the moment realized what Kei was doing before he got there. "A lot..." the boy mused before he let of the man and raced away. The vampire watched the small figure face behind a wall, a tinge of abandonment creeping upon him. He was just about to turn back to work but was stopped again at feeling the same familiar presence pop back out behind him. He looked to his right and saw Sho, there eyes meeting. Kei looked down to discover that Sho did not miraculously grow in 30 seconds but was only standing on a rather worn-out stool.
"I'll help you," Sho smiled generously. He stuck his smaller hands into the sink, laying his hands on a big dish that was not white anymore due to who knows what?
Sho stumbled with the huge dish, almost dropping it back into the sink, which would surely have broken it along with possibly some other ones as well. Kei was touched with the boy's humble offer but chuckled and took the plate from him. "You should start with the smaller ones."
"Aww..." Sho looked at Kei with an adorable disappointed expression. "But I want to do big things so I can help you..." /I want to grow up faster.../
"But the small dishes needs to be washed too," Kei answered chastely. "Start with those and work your way up." He returned to his part of the job after watching Sho scrub intensely for a couple of seconds.
/No need to worry. Don't grow too fast, you'll leave me too fast.../