I lay in my bed thinking about the kiss. I've known Anubis since I started elementary school, but I never imagined that he would ever kiss me. I go down stairs once I change into the clothes my family likes to eat dinner.
"Caliana, you look beautiful." Said my mother.
"Who are you?" My siblings ask. Why do I look so different from my entire family? Isn't it time I should know the answer?
"Mother, can I ask you a question?" I ask very timid.
"Why, yes you may Caliana." My mother prepares herself for my question.
"Why don't I look or act like any of you?" My mother glances away for a minute. My entire family had black hair and blue eyes. I have blond hair and grey eyes.
"Mother answer me!" I whine suddenly frustrated. My mother looks away once again trying to avoid my question. I stomp up to my room and change back into my clothes. I pack to go away for the night. I then climb out the window and run, I run all the way to the rose field. Anubis soon drives by and is surprised to find me at the field.
"Come on, lets go." he says as I hop in. He takes me to his apartment. You see the reason he has his own apartment is that he ran away from his family long ago. His parents were very abusive towards him and one day he couldn't take it anymore. He ran all the way to this town when my Mother and Father found him on the verge of death. They took him to the hospital and found he was seven years old. He was healed at the hospital but his parents left behind painful scars emotionally and physically. We arrive at his apartment and climb in through the window. His door is always locked for security purposes.
"I'm sorry it's messy..." He flinches. His parents used to beat him for not having their house clean. I give him a hug and go to fix him dinner.
"I'm going to take a shower, okay?" He says as he took his shirt off. I spot the scar I remember. God, I had almost forgotten about that scar. Anubis has a scar right on his upper abdomen near his chest from where his father stabbed him. Anubis claims the stab was an accident but I know better. He goes off to the tiny bathroom. As soon as I fixed him some dinner to eat, I started to clean his apartment up. I do this every single time I come over. Eventually I get to where he sleeps. I made a divider in the bed because there is only one place to sleep in the entire apartment.
"Is dinner ready?" I hear Anubis called from the bathroom.
"Yes, come and get it." I say going to the kitchen and putting the food on a paper plate. He came running down in a robe I had given him when he was a little smaller. I giggle at the sight of him running in a duck robe, before I spot all of the scars on his legs. Mental note: get him a new robe and get it real quick.
"That was really good Caliana!" He said once he finished the dinner I had made for him. We headed to his room to change. Once in there he tossed me a tank top and sweat pants. I put them on in his room while he faced the other way and changed. (I know what you're thinking, EEEEWWWW they changed in the same room! Well let me tell you I have known him for as long as I can remember and have changed many times in front of him.) As soon as he finished changing he started to crawl onto his side of the bed.
"Okay goodnight." Anubis yawned. As soon as I was sure he was fast asleep I went to the store and bought him a lot of food. I came back and slept more peacefully than I had slept in a long time.