V3 Chapter 6 - First meeting

As I woke up, I quickly sat up and looked around.

I found I was covered by a tiny makeshift blanket and the little girl was curled up next to me.

I looked at the skid marks and realised she probably dragged me here under the wall.

'She covered me up but left herself exposed.'

I thought as I saw she was uncovered at the back.

It was nearing nighttime and the month of October was certainly not warm, my moving around seemed to have woken her up

she opened her and looked at me, we looked at each other for a while until her stomach made a cute noise.

She held it with both hands and her face scrunched up.

She had reddish hair with slight white streaks, certainly an unusual hair colour.

Her eyes were a mix of grey and blue, though her clothes were dirty they didn't look worn out.

So she certainly wasn't a street child

Looking at her I asked

"What is your name?"

"Sasha," she replied in a tiny voice.

"Where are your parents Sasha?"

She shook her head

'Don't know?'

"Then where do you live?"

She pointed at the burnt house.

'Now I know where her parents are, what are the authorities doing!?'

'The news reported the whole family dead, I don't think they even checked it up. Shit! This is a mess.'

I heard her stomach grumbling again and saw her face in pain

'The fire was two days ago.'

"You didn't eat anything for two days?"

She shook her head

"What were you doing?!"

"Wait." She spoke as if it was something usual.

"For who?"

"Sister, makes food."

'If she needs to wait for her sister for food, I don't think there is a need to pity her parents.'

"Shit!!"

I cursed under my breath now I feel bad.

"Hoooh~"

I took a deep breath to calm my anger at the adults and spoke

"Sasha, how about you come with Big Brother and wait at my house and we get something to eat?"

She nodded when her stomach grumbled again.

"How sister will find?" She said

"How about we leave a note?"

'I can't say your sister is dead, right?!'

So we wrote on the dirt before we left.

After walking a few meters she wobbled and I realised she probably was too drained to walk.

I sat down in front of her and told her to climb on my back.

Picked her up and walked home.

As soon as I entered the house and closed the door I heard the shout of my mother

"Ryan Richard Angelo!!! Where have you b-"

'Oh, crap she called the long name.'

But her shout paused mid-sentence as she looked at Sasha hiding herself behind my back.

"Looks like we have a guest, come in, first. We will talk about why you were out so late."

"Sure and mom can you prepare some porridge for her first."

"I already made food."

"She probably hasn't eaten for a while, I think it's best for her to have something light."

"Okay."

I took Sasha to the bathroom and had her wash her hands and used a towel to clean her face.

And would you look at that, she looks like a doll.

After we sat at the dinner table, I saw Mom and Dad talking looking towards me and Sasha. 

I gave her a cup of warm water to drink and then mother poured her a bowl of porridge.

As she looked at the quietly eating Sasha, I could see the stars in her eyes.

Then she looked at me and spoke

"Explain."

"So, I went out for a run and came across the house that was reported for a gas explosion two days ago-

Then I explained what happened including my passing out and her taking care of me and my decision to bring her home for now.

"What a nice little girl! You did a good job. As expected of my son."

"Thanks, Mom."

'Your praises won't fool me, Mom. I know you too well.'

As I looked at Dad he had a sagely look in his eyes as if he saw through everything.

If you're thinking why we react like that, it is because my mother wanted a daughter.

And no, not like she preferred daughters it was more like if she had the option she would have me remade into a daughter.

And me being reincarned made me enough aware that I never wore girl's clothing which left her fantasies of a daughter unfulfilled for a long time so now whenever we have a girl in the house, she gets of my mother's attention.

Which is why I never brought my classmates home, not like I was close to them.

If I did not have Sasha with me today, no matter what kind of good deed I might have done outside I probably would have suffered a beating.

  After Sasha was done eating my mother looked at me and my dad and spoke

"You two can take your dinner from the kitchen."

"I will take Sasha outside and get some clothes for her and have her take a bath."

"Let's go, Sasha." 

She finally had her chance to dote on a girl and she wasn't going to let two males het in her way.

After having her stomach filled and probably feeling kindness from my mother Sasha didn't reject her and went along.

"Honey, you can sleep in the guest room today, she will sleep with me."

Said my mother before leaving.

My father agreed still maintaining his sagely demeanour like he expected it.

"So, what's the deal?"

"There's no deal son, just accept it, our position in the house just downgraded by a rank." said my Dad and went to the kitchen to get his dinner.

After I had dinner I went back to my room and lay on my bed as I went back to my thoughts, I realised I remembered everything before coming back in time.

I closed my eyes as I glossed over my memories of the future and sighted

"The future is certainly troublesome."

"It is isn't it?" came an answer

"Sure is." I replied subconsciously.

I quickly got alert, jumped to my feet and saw a bald woman wearing yellow robes was sitting on the chair near my desk with a cup of tea, while looking at me with a smile.