Yang awoke the morning. Her head was hurting a little but it wasn't bothering her too much. She sat up and stretched before she realised she was in a bed. She looked around the unfamiliar room. Crawling out of bed, she walked over to window. Looking out, she saw her father's truck parked in the dirt driveway. Looking around she saw she was surrounded by a farm. Corn and wheat fields surrounding the property. She rubbed her eyes as she walked to door before hearing barking, running towards her from outside the cracked open door. A small, grey puppy then squeezed its way through the door, trotting up to her. Barking but it didn't seem threatening at all. She giggled a bit, squatting down and petting the puppy's head. "Hey buddy." she said as he licked her hand. Making her giggle more.
The pair walked out of the room and Yang found the steps. She picked the puppy up to help him down the stairs. Seeing his apprehension to go down them. She set him down at the bottom and he ran off into the living room, barking at Tai as he tried to hop up onto the couch with him. Failing quite miserably. Yang giggle watching him tumble over as Tai looked to him then to Yang.
"Oh, Yang. You're awake." he said with a smile. The sound of Yang laughing music to his ears.
"Morning." she said softly. Walking over to the couch. Picking the puppy up and setting him on the couch. It was then a very pleasant smell hit Yang's nose. It smelled delicious.
"His name is Zwei." Taiyang said. "He's only about two months old."
"He's cute." Yang said back. Sitting on the couch. Zwei hopping onto Yang's lap.
"That he is. He's a little hellion too. Hasn't been potty trained. Keeps peeing on my pants."
"That's because your pant's are all ugly, honey." a voice came from the kitchen. It was probably her stepmom that her father had mentioned before. Summer he said her name was. Yang looked over her shoulder to see a beautiful dark haired woman come walking into the room. She gave Yang a really sweet smile as she walked over. It was a smile that made Yang feel warm. She turned around fully, kneeling on the couch as the woman reached her, "You must be Yang. it's so nice to meet you. I'm Summer. Your stepmom."
The small girl smiled and nodded. Feeling a little shy. "Hi." her voice was quiet again. Barely audible.
"I should probably go wake Ruby up." Tai said. "I think she'd love to meet you, Yang."
Yang looked to her father and nodded. As he got up and moved to the stairs. "Okay." She wasn't used to this. People actually genuinely happy to see her. Well there was Blake and her parents, but this was Yang's own family. Yang looked back Summer, and gave her a small smile. The woman in front of her was a far cry from her mother. She seemed kind and caring. Loving even. Whereas Raven was cold. Manipulative and mean. The feeling was getting overwhelming almost.
"Breakfast is almost ready." Summer said with a smile, turning back to the kitchen. "I'll call you when it's time to eat."
"Okay." Yang responded. Voice still quiet. She turned around and sat down. Looking at the TV. Some new channel was on. Yang saw the remote sitting next to her. Where her father was sitting. Yang bit her lip, thinking about changing the channel. Her mother would normally get angry when she did that. She decided to try. Hesitantly reaching for the remote and changing the channel. Finding some channel playing an anime show. She looked around after she changed it. Seeing if anyone was angry when her father came down the stairs.
"Ruby will be down in a minute." He said, seeing Yang watching him intently. Zwei on her lap. "Is there something on my face? In my teeth? I promise I brushed." Yang looked back to the TV then back to him and that was when Tai understood. "Oh. Right. It's okay. It's a Saturday morning. What kid doesn't watch cartoons on a Saturday morning." He gave her a smile. "I'm not gonna mad about that, Yang. This is your home now too." he walked out into the kitchen and began to talk Summer.
The girl gave him a small smile before refocusing on The TV. Relaxing. She began to pet Zwei again. The puppy curled in her lap. It made her miss Thomas. She hadn't had much time to process that recently. The doctors making sure she was okay and her father by her side all week. She felt a ball form in her throat but she swallowed it down. She wanted to be happy for her father. It was obvious he was trying. More than she could say about Raven.
She turned her attention back to the TV, trying to get the thoughts of Thomas out of her head. Watching the Anime, she was lost. She hadn't watched this one in a while and it was deep in some weird plot. Exploring a character's backstory. Like a flashback. Though it seemed it had been going on for a few episodes now since she had no idea what was happening. Nevertheless, the action scenes were cool.
She was interrupted when out of the corner of her eye she noticed someone step out of the stairwell. A little girl. A few years younger than herself. She look almost exactly like Summer. Only big difference besides the obvious age and height difference was the fact that her hair was shorter. The girl smiled when she saw Yang sitting there on the couch. And excited look on her face.
Tai heard Ruby come down the stairs and walked out. Afraid Ruby might ask questions about Yang's current appearance. He walked over to the girl who was basically bouncing at this point. Yang giving her a quizzical look. Tai whispered some things to Ruby before leading her over. "Yang. Uh, I'd like you to meet Ruby. Your little sister."
Yang didn't know what to say. It only got worse when Ruby jumped up and hugged her. Now she really didn't know what to say. Hesitantly, she wrapped her arms around the girl. Hugging her back. "Hey…" she said softly. Still nothing coming to her mind.
Ruby let go and smiled to her. A tooth missing from her mouth. Yang could see the adult tooth beginning to grow in. "I'm Ruby." She said in a cheerful voice.
"I'm Yang." She responded. Tai leaned against the wall with his phone in hand. Having taken pictures of the girl's first meeting.
Before could happen, Summer called them into the kitchen, saying breakfast was ready. "Come on, Yang." Tai said, waiting for Yang.
She nodded and got up. Placing Zwei on the floor. She followed her father into the kitchen, Ruby already at the table and in her chair. Yang looked at the table. Food laid out in front of her. She couldn't remember ever having a home cooked meal. Raven would just give her money to run to the store, or she would eat what was ever in the fridge. Never this. The ball in her throat came back. She never felt loved, but these people were here and taking care of her. In more ways than she was ever used too. Hell, more than she could ever imagine. She felt herself choke on a sob as tears began to form. She let out a cry as the tears began to fall. She tried to wipe the tears away as she cried, but the tears just kept coming.
Tai pulled the girl into a hug. Holding tight onto her. Summer gave them a soft smile as she just let them have their moment.
Author's Note: so here is more. I hope y'all liked this part. Please give me some feedback. Its kinda my life force. Till next time.