Destiny

Time seemed to freeze for Del and Kylia. The world seemed to blur and there were only the two of them in it. The two of them were drowning in a beautiful painting that depicted a wonderful scene between them.

Kylia tilted her head as she felt the warmth of Del's palm touching her cheek. She wanted to close her eyes and enjoy the warmth, but Del's black eyes that stared at her, full of desire, were impossible to ignore. They stared at each other for some time and didn't blink because it would reduce the amount of time they got to see each other's perfect faces.

Del seemed to sink into Kylia's golden eyes, which seemed bright and warm. It was like it was melting the ice that had encased his heart for years. Right now, Del wishes that he had his previous strength so that he could stop time and enjoy this moment.

Del inched closer to Kylia until there was no longer any distance between them. A sweet fragrance that made him drunk wafted from her body. Del really wanted to inhale the fragrance from its source, and because of that, he came closer to her.

The sound of songs that were usually heard in Madam Yeva's room accompanied the intimacy of these two people who were bound by fate. The song told stories that couldn't be told through their mouths, but they were clearly reflected in their eyes.

♫ Colored valley

♫ Bending forming hugging us

♫ Two souls melted into one

♫ In the holiness of lo--

"Cough... Cough..."

"Hmm... hm..."

When their lips were inches apart from each other, Madam Yeva and Julia, who had turned into background characters, loudly cleared their throats.

Madam Yeva really couldn't describe the scene that had just happened. Two small children whose combined ages were less than a quarter of her age made her feel like a spectator who was watching a leading romantic drama.

Coupled with the romantic music, which she only played because of its serene tone, and her presence completely disappearing in the room, if she hadn't stopped Del and Kylia, both of them would have kissed.

Julia herself lost her mind for a moment when Del and Kylia's gazes met. She was a musician, and before she performed a song, she had to understand the feeling behind the lyrics and the tune, then she will try to perform that intent for her audience. So Julia was aware that Del and Kylia fell in love the moment they met each other.

This really didn't make sense to Julia because Kylia was her daughter. She knew that the feeling of love was still a foreign thing to her. When they met this morning, Kylia still showed Julia that she was the center of her world, she wanted to make her mother proud and thirsty for her attention.

However, after seeing Del, all of Kylia's attention was focused on him. It was as if the whole world was blurry and only the two of them were in it. Even Julia herself was just a background character in their story.

As Del and Kylia's faces got closer, Julia's consciousness suddenly regained clarity. Kylia was her only daughter, so she couldn't let Del kiss her easily. Even though Kylia fell in love with him at first sight, Del was still a child that she didn't know.

The awkward Julia and Madam Yeva's clear throats managed to awaken Del and Kylia from their love cocoon.

Del's powerful soul retracted his consciousness from its sexual desires, and his black eyes finally regained clarity, which made him realize what had just happened. Cold sweat ran down his neck as he immediately moved away from Kylia.

Kylia also woke up, but she didn't have a strong soul like Del, so her eyes were still filled with the dew of love and her face was still red. As embarrassment returned to her mind, Kylia realized that she had just hugged and almost kissed a boy she had just met.

But their efforts were like foam in the sea because when their bodies were separated, a sense of longing and emptiness invaded their consciousness.

Seeing Del suddenly walk away, Kylia's body shivered, tears started forming in her eyes, and they were on the verge of falling. Then she thought;

"Does he not want me anymore?"

An indescribable fear welled up in her heart, that even thousands of nightmares couldn't match it.

Del, who had returned to his senses, saw those tears. They covered the glint of her golden eyes that made his heart feel like it was being stabbed by a spear.

The question "What the fucking hell happened?!" turned into a statement "SO CUTTEEEE ♥ ♥ ♥!!"

But Del realized that his consciousness would be snatched back into the world of 'misty love' if he hugged Kylia right now. And even holding hands would be a big problem.

For this reason, before Kylia's tears fell, Del tied his little finger to Kyila's little finger to calm her down.

A smile reappeared on Kylia's small lips and a small cute giggle that sounded like a loud bell rang in Del's beating heart. But he managed to regain consciousness and get out of that world.

Seeing this little couple linking their pinkies together made Madam Yeva and Julia's lips twitch.

"Hmm... hmm... Ah... Del... How old are you right now?" Julia tried to settle the atmosphere by ignoring Del and Kylia's behavior.

"I am 5 years old maybe.." Del answered while his eyes were still focused on Kylia's golden eyes.

"Maybe?" Julia forgot about Del's rudeness who didn't look at her when answering.

"I don't know exactly when I was born into this world"

"Hmm?"

"Ah... Madam Blume, what Del meant was that when he was found by one of the Flower Garden Orphanage staff, we don't know how many weeks old he was. We don't know exactly when Del was born so we just set his date of birth back a few weeks from the date we found him"

Madam Yeva helped explain to Julia who looked confused.

"Have you tried to find the whereabouts of his parents?" she asked.

Madam Yeva glanced at Del because this topic was very sensitive for a child without parents like him but Del didn't care and was still staring at Kylia's golden eyes. Madam Yeva smiled bitterly at Del's behavior which was different from the usual children's.

'Is he really not interested in looking into his origins?'

"We've tried to find her as best we can. But we can't find any women who match with Del's parents in Teduh City." Madam Yeva replied.

"So there is a possibility that his parents came from outside Teduh City or they came from a high society which you cannot investigate."

Madam Yeva only nodded at Julia's analysis.

A frown formed on Julia's smooth forehead as she fell into deep thought, she had a strange feeling about Del's origins and it had something to do with the dream she had three years ago.

"When exactly did the staff find Del?"

"January 14th, 5 years ago!"

Julia's eyes widened and her voice trembled and she asked again, "T.. The Time?"

"Hmm... I don't really remember the exact time but at that time the sun was starting to set"

"04:30 p.m.?"

"Aah... Yes, at 16.30!"

Madam Yeva remembered that at that time she was getting ready to go back to her room after a long day of work but Chika broke in while carrying a baby in her arm. Del's arrival made her have to work overtime to take care of the paperwork for his identity.

Julia's expression changed when she heard Madam Yeva's confirmation, her body shivered and those two words again reminded her of a dream three years ago.

FATE COMPANION.

Julia did not believe in superstition, as she was taught to think logically from a young age and that was how she grew up. When the dream first appeared Julia still couldn't believe it and went about her day as usual.

But that night the dream came back and it had the same content as calling Julia to believe it. It wasn't until the dream kept appearing for weeks that Julia felt disturbed.

She started searching for the Flower Garden Orphanage with her own efforts. But her search was fruitless as there were no orphanages or places with that name in this country.

Forced by dreams that kept appearing every night, Julia finally gave up and asked for help from her cheap husband. Julia never thought that her decision would lead her to find out Temedius Blume's true feelings.

Julia and Temedius' relationship grew closer until they could become a real husband and wife. But the details of the process will be told at another time.

With the help of the head of the Blume family, Julia finally found the Flower Garden Orphanage, a place that changed Julia's outlook on life in high society.

This orphanage was known in the outside world by different names and it depended on which family rented the orphanage to beautify their name in public.

But the name of the Flower Garden Orphanage was only known to those who have rented the orphanage for something special. Like hiding their illegitimate child from the eyes of the public or hiding the original heir of a rich family from assassination.

The relationship between the Flower Garden Orphanage and the upper-class families in Teduh City was very complicated. As Almost no one knew for sure which secrets were hidden in the warm building of this orphanage.

It took several months for Julia to be in direct contact with the Flower Garden Orphanage. One of the reasons for this success was that Madam Yeva thought that Julia wanted to hide Kylia in the Flower Garden Orphanage.

Julia used this misunderstanding to investigate a mysterious black figure in her dreams. She thought that this mysterious black figure was the key to making Kylia a normal girl again.

With the excuse of finding a teacher the same age as her daughter, Julia managed to find the whereabouts of a genius boy named Delyrian. All her efforts lasted for three years and every night she had to be haunted by the same dream.

Even though all of this made increased her stress and disturbed her night's sleep, Julia still endured it to ensure that Kylia's life would be safe at the Flower Garden Orphanage. Until the day came when Del and Kylia would meet for the first time.

The date and time Kylia was born exactly matched the date and time Del was found by the Flower Garden Orphanage staff.

'Was this a coincidence?'

Maybe if it was her former self who didn't believe in superstition, Julia would think so. But after everything that had happened to her since Kylia's birth, Julia knew that this wasn't a coincidence.

This was an event that had been outlined by an invisible force. An exalted power that could not be defined by a lowly being like her. The immense power that made the pride in Julia's heart become minuscule and unimportant.

The power of destiny.