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enjoy chapter 3 of Noa!
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Noa
Chapter 3
The time she spent with Pinako and Winry(7 years) was nice; she liked having a home, a place where she belonged. She helped Pinako do chores, and she would sing for Winry like a big sister, even though she was the same age.
They were both 14 now.. they knew so much more, and yet were still quite like children.
One night, the two were going through the same routine, when a question suddenly popped into the Roma's head.
"Winry.." She stared with wide brown eyes, "Where are your mom and dad?"
Winry's blue eyes suddenly trailed down to the floor.
"Granny says.. they went somewhere else. That they won't ever come back." Winry let out a small sigh. "I wish they could, but Granny says so, and I believe her."
Noa nodded sympathetically.
"My mom and dad are gone, too; I lived with my sisters and brothers until.." She trailed off.
"I know," Winry said. She took Noa's hand. "But we're sisters, right?" A bright smile. "We can live with Granny, without our parents. We'll be stronger."
The edges of Noa's lips twitched faintly, and it soon grew into a happy smile, showing her teeth.
Winry laughed.
"What?" Noa asked.
"It's just.. I've never seen you smile like that."
Noa giggled. "I never have."
Winry smiled warmly, like Pinako.
Noa loved that smile so much; for 6 years she tried to figure out who it reminded her of.
That night she remembered.
"Tyia," She quietly said.
"What?" Winry blinked.
"You remind me of Tyia." Winry blushed a little, knowing it was quite a compliment to be compared to Noa's favourite sister.
"Thanks," She giggled.
"I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true." With that, she gave Winry a hug, whispered, "Good night, sister," Into her ear, and walked out of the room, leaving Winry beaming.
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Noa saw nothing but happiness when she gave Winry a hug.. she felt so secure in Winry's heart. Joy, bubbling joy, was building up in her heart, like a stream spilling over.
Sometimes when she leaned her head against Pinako, a wave of sadness rushed into her mind. She then would quietly say, "It's okay," and snuggle closer to her guardian. Then again, Winry had her sad moments, too.
She would look at a photograph, worn and the colour of parchment, of two people, smiling at each other, and Noa would grab her hand.
The sequence of images she was so used to, a baby, two people walking away while Pinako stared with sad eyes, and sometimes before they called each other sisters Noa could hear soft sobbing coming from Winry's room.
Noa smiled more often.. when she walked into the small dining room in the morning she was beaming with happiness, while Pinako gave her amused glances and Winry whirled around with her newest sculpture.
"Isn't it great?" She would ask, stars in her eyes, shoving it into Noa's face.
Noa would laugh, and push it slightly away to get a better look. She would then put on a falsetto voice. "Why yes, darling, it is!" All three would start laughing.
This is how it went on for so long; this perfect life, until something changed forever...