Chapter 5: Meeting
He had never seen such an attractive looking food in his entire life, he picked up the Chocolate Ice-cream and ate it in one go. It was funny seeing a 7-year-old boy eating the ice-cream in one go.
When the lady saw him munching the whole ice-cream in one go, her expression changed as she rebuked him, "Noo...Don't eat the ice-cream in one go. You have to enjoy the taste. Like this…"
She showed him by licking the cream of the ice-cream. She lightly shivered as she touched it and felt it's taste, a small waterfall started to flow out of her eyes as she said, "So good… I absolutely love it!"
Shun blankly stared at her, asking 'Why is she taking so much time to eat such a little thing. It didn't even fill my stomach.'
He continued to observe the lady and backed away a little when he saw a blush on her face as she licked the Ice-Cream with great pleasure, she said "Yes! It's the best!"
At this point, Shun was sure of one thing 'This lady is crazy!'
He didn't wish to stay together with this crazy lady and quietly left the place. When he got out of the restaurant, he crashed into a small boy and threw him back.
He didn't do it intentionally and turned towards the white-haired boy and politely apologized, "I apologise, I wasn't watching where I was going." He saw that the boy was looking towards him with some fear in his eyes.
That boy had short and messy white hairs. He looked to be hurt, and Shun extended his hand, "Hold my hand and stand up." The white-haired boy was suspicious, but he grabbed his hand and got up.
"I apologise once again, I didn't intentionally crash into you… What is your name?" He was curious about the identity of the young boy and asked him.
The young boy was nervous, but he replied after he was being stared at by Shun's large round eyes, "E-Elfman S-Strauss and it's alright. I also didn't watch where I was going."
Shun nodded as he heard his words and had a worried expression on his face, "Did you get hurt?"
Elfman raised his arm, and Shun saw a bruise on his elbow. He felt guilty that he was the reason due to his injury and proposed in return, "Elfman, I don't feel good about leaving you here. How about I lead you back to your house?"
Elfman raised his hands as he exclaimed, "NO!" He lowered his voice and spoke, "There is no need for that. I am fine… Alright, I have to go, so bye." With that, Elfman left him alone, Shun had a smile on his face as he started to follow Elfman.
He had already decided to follow him so Elfman couldn't stop him even if he wanted. He was a bit surprised that Elfman was walking towards an Orphanage, he surprised him, "So, this is where you live, huh…"
Elfman was surprised by hearing that familiar voice, he revolved his whole body and saw Shun walking towards him. He was surprised that Shun was following him back to this Orphanage. He didn't seem like the other kids that would bully him.
His Azure Blue Eyes contained genuine care, he felt a bit happy that someone other than his sisters was there who cared for him. Shun asked him, "So, can I come inside?"
Elfman nodded and informed him, "Meet my sisters too. They are very nice." Shun nodded as he heard this and just prayed that they weren't crazy like that lady he met back there.
He entered the orphanage and noticed that it was tranquil.
With his extraordinary senses, he could hear that every child was sleeping right now. He followed Elfman to his room, and Elfman knocked on the door. After beating it 3 times, the door opened with a creaking voice as a white-haired girl appeared on the other side of the door.
She was around the same age as that of Shun, perhaps a year older. She had long white hair which was down to her back, her dark blue coloured eyes and a cute face. Meanwhile, the girl was also observing the young boy…
His short and neat Azure Blue coloured hairs, with those blue-coloured eyes that were as deep as the ocean. His innocent and attractive face caused her to nearly blush. She was surprised to see such a cute yet unfamiliar boy in front of her room.
She interrogated Elfman with a commanding tone, "Who is this boy?"
Elfman lowered his head as he spoke in a low voice, "We both crashed into each other, and he apologised and followed me here."
"Ohh….Alright then, come inside the room. But be quiet, Lisanna is still sleeping." She requested out of them, Elfman nodded as he heard her words, he didn't want to wake his younger sister.
Meanwhile, Shun asked her, "What is your name…" The white-haired girl smiled as she stated, "Mirajane Strauss... you can call me Mira." Shun brightly smiled that seemed to uplift the surroundings, "Alright, Mira!"
He quietly entered her room along with Elfman as he saw a young girl of around 7 years old sleeping on the bed. He quietly went towards Mirajane and whispered her, "Do you live here alone? Don't you have parents?"
He found himself staring at a familiar sad expression Mirajane's face as she replied to him, "Our parents died some years ago." Shun lowered his head as there was absolute silence for some moments…
He added, "My parents also died when I was 2 years old."
"Do you also live in an orphanage?"
"No… A giant lizard kidnapped me after that. I am still mad at that lizard, it says it will free me only when I kill it."
Though he was saying in such a light-hearted tone, she could sense he was deeply hurt by the death of his parents.
She placed her hand on top of his shoulder as she comforted him, she knew the pain of losing parents. It was unimaginable… Shun looked at their room and saw that it was pretty lovely as he had always lived in the forest for as long as he could remember.
He complimented the room, "It is pretty nice." Mirajane didn't detect him joking and took his compliment, she knew that it was one of the worst places in the town. From that good look on his face, it was clear that he didn't live in this town.
She asked him in a curious tone, "Where did you stay for all these years?"
Shun replied to her question with a distinct look, "I lived in a forest, it was pretty bad as compared to this place."
Mirajane was surprised, she didn't think that he had lived in the forest for all these years. She had also lived in the woods for some weeks. It was hard...
Making up her mind, she commanded him, "From now on, you can live with us to live with us! Alright!?"
Shun meekly nodded as he stared at her bossy appearance. It was like he was being ordered by Zagnivol. What was with them being so bossy!?
Shun didn't really have any problem as he thought that the bed was large enough for all four of them besides he could also sleep on the floor. He slept on the ground all the time, so there wasn't any problem. The land in this Orphanage wasn't even that rough as it was in the Forest.
It was the evening, and the night was just about to start. Mirajane glanced at Shun and asked him, "Come and sleep with me. Elfman will sleep with Lisanna." Shun is an innocent kid, didn't have much of an issue with it, he went near her bed and laid down.
He closed his eyes as he tried to sleep on this comfortable bed, he didn't know that there was something so soft that could be used to relax. He didn't realise that Mirajane wasn't sleeping. Instead, she was looking at him.
She didn't know what this feeling of comfort was, it was like there was a protective coating covering her body, protecting her from any harm. She put her arms around Shun's body as she felt her fair skin touch his robust physique.
He didn't have a reaction to this, and soon enough, she was wholly glued to him. It would take a large amount of force to let her be separated from Shun. Meanwhile, Shun was having a dream about controlling the Azure Flames.
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