The world started to come back in a haze, the girl's vision blurry. The last thing she remembered her trying to steal some money from a couple of men. She was hungry and had nothing as she was an orphan and had just escaped the grasps of some suspicious people. The girl did not know who her own parents were, as of course, she was just a baby left at the door of an orphanage and it seems as if her mother and father's intentions were to forget about her existence.
The orphanage accepted her in, as of course, she was just a baby. However, the orphanage seemed to thrive on exploiting the kids there for their own benefits. The girl was not cared for by any of the adults, so the kids at the orphanage had to raise her themselves. They fed her some of their daily rations and taught her to speak Russian, as they were somewhere isolated in the northern part of Russia. The children, which totaled to a small amount of about 40 kids, were forced into labor by the director of the orphanage. They worked in a small warehouse a mile away from the orphanage, in which they walked on foot, which would be hard in the near freezing weather of Northern Russia. There, they forced to create different parts for bombs and explosives, were many of them usually got injured while making these parts. There were times where they were not sent to work, but brought somewhere else, however the kids that were brought there usually did not come back or came back with unspeakable damage, both physically and mentally.
When the girl turned 4, she was taken away from the other kids and was brought to an isolated path behind the orphanage, in which she and the two men escorting her walked for what seemed hours, until they arrived at a small concrete building at the end of the path. The men opened a small wooden door at the side of the building and forced her in. Inside, she saw multiple people in hazmat suits and masks. One of the men dragged her towards a what seemed to be a surgical table at the middle of the room. The girl tried to resist, however another masked person in a hazmat suit stuck a needle in her and she almost instantly passed out.
The girl did not know how long she was out for, however when she woke up, she was on her dirty bed in the orphanage. She tried to get up, however when she did, an intense pain filled her head and body, causing her to lose consciousness and collapse back on the bed.
As she was unconscious on the bed, one of the kids asked the other if they knew what had happened. He asked, "Эй, как ты думаешь, что случилось с маленькой девочкой (Hey, what do you think happened to that little girl)?"
The other kid, a girl, replied, "Я тоже не знаю (I don't know either)." She then tried to approach the girl, however she quickly stopped when she saw the orphanage director and somebody else with a hazmat suit and mask enter the room and quickly left with the boy.
The director asked the man beside him, "Было ли оно успешным (Was it successful)?", to which the man beside him replied, "Это наверняка сделало (It certainly did)."
The director nodded with a smile on his face and left the room, to which the other man followed closely behind.
As these memories of her unpleasant time at the orphanage suddenly flashed before her, the girl jolted awake and collapsed back onto the couch as she was slammed with a wave of dizziness and weakness. The girl looked around, afraid, as she did not know where on Earth she was currently. She noticed a boy, seemly in middle, sleeping soundly on the floor. She recalled someone caring for her after she lost consciousness, and inferred that this boy was the one that helped cure her back to help. The girl suddenly felt a sense of security and warmth, as this was the first time she received help ever since she arrived in this foreign land. She also remembered that someone had saved her from the group of people that were brutally beating her up before, and also came with the conclusion that he was the one that fended them off as well.
The girl contemplated on what to do, until suddenly, she saw the boy staring straight at her. She became startled and tried to say something, but all she could mutter was random sounds that came out of her mouth. The boy stood up, and then seemed to say something to her. It looked like the boy was speaking another language, however for some reason, she could understand what he was saying. The girl made out that the boy was asking if she was completely healed, to which she nodded her head. The boy then nodded as well and started to head for the door, leaving her completely dumbfounded, as it seemed like he was about to leave her.
Before the boy reached the door, he suddenly felt something hugging him from behind. He turned around to see the girl holding on to him, wrapping her arms around his waist. The boy asked what was wrong, to which the girl stayed silent.
The girl did not want to lose the boy, as he was the first person to help her and care for her since a very long time, and felt secure and warm around him. She couldn't say this to the boy though, as she did not speak the same language as him, so he would not understand what she would be saying. The boy asked her to let go, as he reasoned that he did not know her and that he also did not know where he was and was broke, however the girl still clung on to him, this time even tighter.
The boy did not know what to do, as he guessed that the girl was not going to separate from him anytime soon, however he did not know where in God's name he was and it was also too risky bringing a stranger with him, as he did not know what kinds of trouble he would run into if he brought her along. In addition, he also had no money, as the currency he seemed to have on him did not apply to the place he was in. The boy planned to forcefully leave, but unfortunately, the girls eyes were pleading, almost like a dog, making it hard for him to pull away. Not to mention, she was also basically a little girl, seemingly being only around 6 years old.
The boy asked why he should not leave her alone, however the girl seemed to shut her mouth, not responding to the question. The boy, now feeling terrible, finally gave in and asked if she would like to come along with him for the time being, to which the girl excitingly nodded her head.
This was two years ago, and the boy smiles, thinking about how far they have gotten, from not being able to communicate with eat other, to owning a small shed at the top of an apartment building in Tokyo.
The girl suddenly started to move, and she opened her eyes and saw that he was awake. She smiled at him, her cute smile instantly making the boy instinctively smile back. She said good morning to him and cuddled back into his arms.
The boy stroked her hair, and they both stayed like that until the cat finally woke up and demanded to be fed.
The boy stood up, and looked around the shed for the cat food and bowl that he kept, and finally found it in a cupboard at the makeshift kitchen.
As the cat was happily munching on its food, the boy looked outside and thought about how this was going to be another normal day for him.