8. Innocence
Series: Fushigi Na Melmo
Character(s): Melmo and her brothers
Comments: A child who has to act like an adult is still innocent like a child.
She hums the opening song of an anime as she puts on an apron and takes out a knife, since she's the oldest, she gets to cook. Just like mama did. The carrot feels cold against her fingers, chop chop chop and chop in a rhythmical fashion until oops the knife slant and there is blood running from her finger quick get the medicine kit there it is just by mama's purse-
If mama were here, she'd blow the pain away.
But mama's not coming back, so of course she must tend to it herself. She's had to do lots of things herself the last few months, cooking, cleaning, tending the garden. It's an awful lot of things to do to take care of a household, but it's not like anybody'll do it for her, or remind her to do it. So she makes herself do it, and her younger brother will help out whenever he can. But she's in charge, and he's just a kid, too.
Only, he's not the oldest, so he can't be like mama.
She wipes the blood away with her sleeve. It's a strange feeling, not having a mother or a father, but she's gotten used to it. When she was younger(From when she was four yours old to about five months ago) she used be afraid her mother would die and they'd be all alone, but the only thing that happened was that mother disappeared. Sometimes
Her brother helps her set the table while she brings out tonights dinner, "Don't forget to bring out a spoon for your brother, he's a big boy now" and they all sit down to eat. After two minutes the baby starts throwing his food around, it's yucky and he's sticky and Melmo doesn't really want to touch any of it but she has to, she's used to doing it. She's in mama's place now, after all.
He grins as she tries to feed him. "Mama! Mama!"
And she wants to cry because she's not mama, she's Melmo who can't ever take mama's place.