The next morning the boy opened his eye and blinked a couple of times.

"So warm and soft….where am I?"

Memories flashed back to him. He had finished running through a mine field and got a metal case strapped to him. When he was leaving that cursed place he was confronted by the same two men he insulted the day before after that he was knocked out by something.

He blinked when he noticed that he couldn't move then looked to see what it was holding him in place.

His eyes widened in shock when he saw a woman with long scarlet hair sleeping so close to him. The boy jumped up from the woman causing her to wake up.

"Ah, you're awake. That's good."

The noticed how light he felt then looked down to see that he was only wearing his worn out loose pants. He backed away then he pulled out his dagger knife that was in his lower pocket and had it pointed to her.

"Who are you and where am I?"

Eileen just looked at him with a blank expression then spoke.

"My husband and his brother brought you here. You were very sick so my daughter and I kept you warm last night."

The boy saw that she wasn't a threat so he put his dagger knife away. He then saw his metal case and went to it. He strapped back on himself.

"Well, uh, thanks for your help."

"You can stay here if you want."

The boy shook his head.

"I have to go."

Eileen stood up.

"Alright, but before you leave have a hot meal first."

The boy just looked at her then he took his metal case off and went to the table for breakfast. To the boy's surprise the meal was indeed beyond warm and it was tasty.

He blushed but he flinched when he saw Eileen smiling warmly at him.

"Yes Lady?"

Eileen giggled.

"Oh nothing, you just looked so cute when you blushed."

The boy just looked away with a little shyness.

"It's no big deal."

"You're cute when you blush."

The boy quickly finished the food she had made for him.

"Thank you for the meal."

With that he got his metal case then left.

After the boy left Eileen went back to the couch in the living room and picked the boy's scarf up since he had left it there. Erza had woken up by then and looked up at her mother.

"Mother?"

Eileen smiled at her.

"Good morning Erza."

Erza looked around then back at her mother.

"Mother, where's the boy?"

"He left."

Erza sat up then Eileen went on.

"I guess I should have asked you first."

"About what?"

"Did you ever want to have younger sibling?"

Erza nodded.

"Yes."

"Even if they weren't related to you?"

"Mmhmm."

"What about if the child had any painful past which led them to be bitter, would you still be willing to be their older sister?"

Erza nodded then Eileen looked at the scarf.

"Well then, let's go get your younger brother."

Erza smiled then they both left the private home.

In the city

The boy was running as fast as he could but to a another large stone made building. While building he was in for a camp that was for male children, this one was for women.

The boy ran into the building and began to look around for the person he was looking for. He was then approached by a woman prisoner of the place.

"Lady, have you seen two women. The older one has black hair and the younger one has dark silver hair with a black streak in the front?"

The woman looked away then spoke.

"I know who you are talking about."

The boy felt hope rise in him.

"Really? Where are they?"

"In the far back."

"Thank you."

The boy ran out of there and ran to the far back of the camp that was for the women. He was feeling rather anxious as he ran but then he slowed down when he saw what was before him.

Dead bodies.

The boy's expression went from shocked to absolute distraught when he saw the two women he was looking for among those that were dead.

The boy dropped to his knees and tears were pouring down his face as he wept very hard.

His head shot up as he cried out.

"CHER'E MEA!"

With Eileen and Erza they were walking through the thickly snowed streets looking for the boy.

"I wonder where he is?"

"That's a good question."

Just then they both stopped when they heard something that sounded like crying. The crying sound was getting closer then they both saw the boy who was crying so hard to even see where he was going. Just that alone made Eileen's mother instincts kick in as she ran to the boy. The boy bumped right into her but he didn't back away then Eileen kneeled down to his height.

"You're alone, aren't you?"

~sob~

"Come with us, we were looking for you."

~SOB~

Eileen rose to her feet then the boy grabbed onto her and buried his face into her lower stomach as he sobbed.

Eileen just looked at him then they left back to the house.

When they got back to the house the boy continued to sob into Eileen's stomach and she held him close and had a hand on his head. She just looked at him and was in deep thought to herself.

'He was kind of distant this morning but now he's distraught about something. Just what happened in a certain amount of time for him to…'

Her eyes softened as she remember how he held onto her after bumping into her.

'For him to cry like this, he just lost a loved one.'

Erza sat next to her mother and placed a gentle hand on the boy's back. Erza then looked at her mother.

"He's staying right, Mother?"

Eileen didn't look away as she nodded.

"He's staying as a member of this family."

Erza nodded then left to go upstairs.

'I wonder what happened to him?'

For Eileen she stayed with the boy then the boy lifted his head to look at her with tears streaming down his face.

"Will you be here when I wake up?"

Eileen smiled as she rubbed his head.

"Yes I will."

The boy climbed onto the couch and rested his head on Eileen's lap. Eileen rubbed his head then she felt him wrap an arm around her waist then Eileen looked at him.

"Rest now."

He nodded then closed his eyes letting sleep take over him.

AN: There is another chapter completed! Who is this boy and what just happened to him that made him cry? Thank you for reading and I will update soon!