Sorry its been a while I Just had no inspiration whatsoever and had a ton of assessments but the holidays are approaching and i think I'm going to try and write more more frequently

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Chapter 5:

Castiel arrived home not long after four; the building was located far from the school but once he was out of sight from any humans he could just flash himself into the narrow footpath at the side of the care-house. Because it was rarely used by humans, he had never scared anyone apart from flustered pigeons. Today was no different except he snagged his black jacket on a branch forming a hairline rip. He sighed, although he didn't need a jacket to keep warm, he had soon learned that high school could be tough and children could be exceptionally mean to their classmates, and he couldn't afford to buy another one.

He turned the corner of the house and approached the front door. For him this place had been a god send, it gave him an address for school, shelter and time to think and plan his mission but also an insight on how to be human. Castiel was one of the youngest angels and, while he was older than humans, he was not as old as the earth. He had only left heaven but a few times, with vessels limited and his lack of experience he had last been on earth in only 198 A.D. So his people skills were a little rusty. However help had been found in the most unlikely place for Castiel, finding friendship in a 4 year old boy also living in care. Although Toby had been deemed by society too young to be intelligible, Castiel found there was a lot to learn: whether it be highly interesting stories about fantastical creatures or how Gretchen Wood cut off some girls pigtails because she took the last red pen; a crime, much to Toby's delight, that she took very seriously. However, the most important thing that Castiel was learning from Toby was how to be human. Castiel had followed orders to the dot about not revealing his secret to a soul, but there had been no clear instructions on what he could also discover from this mission. Toby had instantly realised that Castiel was different from other people, but instead of turning away like so many would have, ironically he took it upon himself to be Castiel's guardian angel. For a long time, Toby was Castiel's only friend and he had become quite attached to the sandy haired munchkin.

He dumped his bag on the floor by the coat rack and walked to the kitchen to grab two cups of orange juice from the fridge, before making his way to the dining room where Toby sat around the table, feet dangling from the chair, focusing intently on what looked like a dinosaur sticker book. He looked up, shooting Castiel a wide grin before beckoning him over to sit next to him. Around the table were children's books with women wearing elegant ball gowns and men wearing golden crown and what appeared to be tights.

"This is a book that has a fairy-tale in and you gunna read it with me." Toby explained pulling Rapunzel close to him. "We gunna start with this one."

Castiel tilted his head a furrowed his brow, confused, "But how will children's stories help me act …normal? They are purely fictional."

"BECAUSE," he sighed "You gotta know how the mommies and daddies work n' how they fall in love, like how it's supposed to be."

"Humans were designed to mate purely for reproductive purpose and I know how that works: the man-" Castiel stopped , from his short time on Earth he had learned that some things were thought of as inappropriate for small children and, though he wasn't sure, he was pretty certain this was one of them. Deciding it would be easiest just to do as Toby said he leaned in closer and began to read out loud to Toby.

When they reached the end, Castiel closed the book and looked down at it in his hands, "I don't understand, why would the prince keep returning with cloth each night? Why not find another maiden?"

"He loves the princess, silly! Why would he want anyone else?" Toby giggled.

"Love…emotions, they're all so complicated."

"Love's not hard, love is easy! Love is when you don't want them to get hurt and you get sad if they're sad and it's what makes you smile when you're tired. Aubrey says that love can be with anyone not just boys and girls and that you can love people as friends as well as kissy love." He beamed up at Castiel just before Aubrey, the main social worker, called the kids into the dining room for dinner.

Castiel ate in silence next to Toby, contemplating what he had just been told, sure he knew that love was something humans experienced and that God loved everyone equally, but he had never really thought about what it meant. After dinner had been cleared away, Cas left Toby to his sticker book and decided to go for a walk to clear his head and escape his new life for a while.