Btw it's when the kids are 13 cuz I don't wanna feel bad for young children.
Ruths pov
I was trying to read my book while Pastel was poking my face. "Pastel stop it!" "I'm not touching youuu. " He stopped but then kept seeming like he's poking me when it's centimeters away. "But you were! Mooom pastel is being annoying!" "No I'm not" "Ya huh!" We gone on and on until mother walked in the room. Glaring at us we instantly knew to shut up. My brother was so (fudging) annoying sometimes. Mom walked into the kitchen, I looked at the clock it was almost lunch. I'm gonna explore. I grabbed pastels hand and got up. Up and down what seemed like hours of endless walls and stained bloody halls, we got bored and wanted to sneak into mothers room. Mother? Father? Eh, let's keep saying mother cause he's feminine and yeah you know did the thing that could've killed him. Me and pastel walked down the eerie corridor that holds a bathroom and mothers room plus a broom closet. Sneaking our way into the bedroom, we realised there wasn't much to explore. I let go and looked everywhere like a kid near Christmas. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. How anticlimactic was that?! I held on pastels hand again. "Why are you still dragging me? I just want to eat food and colooor-" I basically was a racing car to the broom closet we've never been in, pastel had his whole body on the ground, being tugged by a skinny arm. Opening the door wasn't what mother said at all. "Don't go in the closet there'll be beasts that will scratch at you in your nightmares." "Just a reminder the closet holds what killed the curious cat." "If you ever doubt me or question anything about the closet, a warning is a great caution of what's to come." He'd always say that whenever we thought of it... He's a magician I tell you! But we saw a few brooms with dusty bristles, photo albums, cracked sanded frames, but one broken picture was the most noticeable without moving anything. It was of mother and a man. He had a smirk on his face and bright orange sunset eyes. A scar that made this guy seem like he was boogie man them self. A man like no other. A military outfit and an arm wrapped around you know who. It looked it hadn't been touched in 10 years. "Pastel?" "I'm trying to not break my head more, what?" "Shut it, but who's this?" He looked up at it from his spot on the ground. He sighed, "How in the ever lollipops am I supposed to know?" He got up and walked away. A distant, "or care." Was heard. I mumbled,"Fine I'll just ask mom about it later." "Finee I'll try figuring out who." Taking the medium sized photo I ran to my room and hid it under my pillow.
I walked away and grabbed one of my favorite movies. It came out around 2022-2024. It's about these people (that are both biological women but ones non binary) who fall in love but are over 2 thousand miles away from each other. The non binary one kind of acts like dream and blue. And then the girl acts like uh...whos the guy who likes tacos and chocolate and hung out with nightmare....eh well you can figure it out. I have no idea how they fell in love,sure it explains it but still. Someone who smiles and wants to help her in anyway they can with someone who relates to the person but has mental issues and feels sad most of the time.... That sounds like a bad rom com.. Oh well.
Couple hours later
Pastels pov
I walked outside and started making tiny snow people. Boring isn't it. I wonder if I'm adopted.... Pickles are gross... But fried pickles. I flopped on the ground. "Bury me, weather!" wow... I'm weird and probably shouldn't be screaming that in a dangerous area.
Lotus's pov
Mincing the carrots I slowly peaked at the open cabinets. Do we not have broth? There goes soup for dinner. I'll go to the store then. I stored the carrot bits into a container and placed them in the fridge. Putting on my cloak I walked outside. Pastel was on the ground with 2inches of snow on him. "Pastel are you going to the store with me?" "Yeah but only because I have nothing good to do." "Alright but I'm seeing if Ruth wants to go." Walking back inside I asked her. She said no and I told her the normal if your staying at home rules. ・Don't open the door ・Don't do anything you're not normally supposed to ・No friends over while we're out "Mom I don't even have friends." Pastel and I got into the car and drove off to the closet grocery store. The conversation in the car was... Weird so to say. "So... Pastel why were you on the ground outside?" "I don't know." "Why was your sister dragging you everywhere?" "I don't know. Am I adopted?" I paused. That's such a peculiar question. "No, but there's nothing wrong with being adopted. Many kids become orphans and it's great to have a family to look up to. Even if it's not your blood, it can be a good thing not to sometimes." "Okay." We got there, got the stuff and were ready to check out. But it wasn't going as steady as I thought. Pastel was gone, looking for I believe snacks. I was waiting for him holding in my hands broth, clam crackers, and a box of cupcakes. Someone was hurrying and bashed into me causing everything of what they were carrying and what I was holding to fall onto the ground. I growled and started picking everything up while they were just standing there looking down. The person was wearing black steel toed boots. They then started picking up what they were holding that I hadn't already picked up.
What's taking pastel so long.
Pastels pov Fruit snacks, roll ups, or crackers..hmmmm...I thought
Lotus' pov
I look up and was getting ready to give the asshole their stuff but... The same man who was a piece of shit to me, cheated on me, took advantage of me for years, lied to me, left me for glasses, abandoned me with 2 kids for who knows how many years... The same man wearing military green clothing and the ugly ass smirk I fell in love with was standing right in front of me. He smiled "Oh hey, didn't know you were gonna be here." He's really going to act like that? Fuck him. "Me neither." I mumbled, shoving his things in my hands to him. "My bad tsundere shorty." Rurik chuckled. "Fuck off, Rurik." "I'll just get in this line then." he joked though still got behind me. Pastel finally made it while I was next in line. "Mom who's this?" Pastel whispered hiding into my cloak. I was too full of pent of rage to give an answer that wasn't mean. If you don't have anything nice to say, shut up. "You didn't tell him?" "You didn't even know they existed til they were 2." "I know, and it was stupid of me." He's trying his best to be nice, and I shouldn't be angry but I'll just talk to him after. "We'll talk outside." We chased out and waited at the car. Pastel, inside with the bag. The asshole finally made it. We talked for a little bit. Argued, agreed, and continued talking. Until one thing he said made me boil. "The only reason why I left is cause I didn't feel committed. I mean I could say you weren't either, you know." "You're kidding right?" he looked confused. "I cooked meals you wanted the best I could, I cleaned the whole house we lived in more than 2 times every single damn day because we agreed itd be good and you wanted it clean, I forgave you each time you cheated becauseI wanted to be with you, I suggested couples counselling I don't know how many times, Ive tried talking to you while endless amounts of hours were wasted for our relationship and you dare say that I wasn't committed?" "I-..im sorry? How am I supposed to say that when you'd tell me to get away from you, you never would even let me hug you, mind, kiss you, you would openly and go out of your way saying you hated being with me and wanted to break up at any time you had the chance to, and I could name over 1000 damn incidences and reasons each." I slapped him. We bickered like that for at most 13 minutes. Maybe we were causing a scene. "At least I knew how to be faithful and not abuse the so called love of my life."
"Look I can explain!"
"Explain what!?"
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Questions:
Will Rurik actually explain to Lotus or do something else?
What will Ruth and Pastel think and do?
Will Lotus forgive a huge gap in between the most important people cause by someone he loved dearly?