Children's Hope Orphanage (2)

A bright sunny day.

April 5th, 2004.

The children of the orphanage were playing in a park in the field, owned by the orphanage.

"Yuvan! What happened? Come play with us." A white haired girl with blue eyes called out to him.

Yuvan looked back and said with a laughter, "I will go when I finish reading this book."

"Heh! You are no fun. What book are you reading now?"

"It's called 'The Castle'."

"The Castle? Such a weird name. Anyways read it quickly and come play with us."

Yuvan looked at her with a smile.

Later that night...

"Children, today you are going to meet your new family member.

Can you introduce yourself?" The old lady said with a soft and relaxing voice.

The little boy had blonde hair and light hazel eyes. He was quite shy and slowly said,

"M-my name is Ian, I am 5 years old and I like painting."

...

After a moment of curiosity, all the kids went to him and started to introduce themselves and talk about their hobbies.

The old lady looked at Yuvan and said, "Yuvan...you should be close with your friends. It is not good manners to be left out and to make someone feel left out."

Yuvan slowly reached to the new boy and greeted him, "I am Yuvan, let's become good friends, Ian."

Ian looked at him and said with a smile, "Sure!"

After Ian came the orphanage became more lively.

But after 2 years in October 9th, 2006, the old lady passed away.

Just like how the leaves of the trees fall in the autumn, a kind soul also fell along with the leaves.

Everyone in the orphanage attended her funeral and were very sad for her untimely death.

Her dream was to see the children grow and get a family, but unfortunately she wasn't able to see that.

The person who suffered the most was Yuvan. When he first arrived at the orphanage he wasn't that open-minded. He would always sulk up around the corner of his bed and only read a books. But she helped him to smile again and showed him a new life.

***

December 25th, 2006.

It was the Christmas day. Everyone were celebrating Christmas, but amidst the happiness there was a bit of sadness. The Christmas was a bit different, a pure soul was not there.

All the kids were opening their gifts.

"Yay! Yuvan, I got a teddy. What did you get?"

"Ah! Sasha, I got a book that I've been wanting to read for a long time. It's called 'Moving on : A Past'."

"Again reading a book, seriously! Anyways what did you get Ian?"

"Hmm...it's also a book. I really like fantasy stories. This one is currently the bestseller, known as 'The Alchemist'.

"Huh! Why are both of you such nerds. Only reading books. Don't you guys have anything else that you like or want to do?"

Both of them said together in an embarrassed way, "I guess we don't..."

***

Soon 2 and a half years passed years passed.

October 7th, 2009.

It was every child's birthday. In the orphanage the birthday of the children was celebrated in one day all together.

They all celebrated, giving gifts to each other, showing their love, affection and unity, even though technically they are not a real family.

It was 21:07(9:07 p.m)

A fire broke out in the storage room.

Though no one had realised, but by the time they were able to take action. It was already too late.

The director quickly called the fire fighters in the emergency line.

The children were evacuated first.

"Damn...the fire is spreading way too quickly. " He looked if any child was left, "...Yuvan come here, fast!" He shouted.

Yuvan quickly went to the director and was able to safely come out of the orphanage.

But alas! Not everyone survived this incident. One of the caretakers had died protecting a child. It was Ian. He wasn't able to quickly react and the ceiling was about to fall on him. So she jumped towards him and helped him to get out of the fire.

The fire fighters came and controlled the fire.

The whole building was burnt and now no one could have lived there.

The director took them to his wife's house temporarily. While a new orphanage was being made.

***

April 3rd, 2010.

The new orphanage was almost complete. And that's when two people came to adopt a child. The man was in the army.

After the discussion with director about the situation of the all the children, they adopted the white haired girl, Sasha.

***

"Sasha, be safe. We will also meet you in the future with our families. Bye."

"...Bye Ian. We will be sure to meet you back...umm...where is Yuvan? He didn't come?"

"Yuvan said he won't meet you."

"But why?"

"I don't know...I guess he just doesn't like you parting ways."

"Sigh! I see, then..."

She hopped in the car and bade goodbye to them waving her hands.

Thus she got a family she could rely on now.