章 2: Family and Friends 2
It was different next week, everyone was basically busy. Right now my name Isn't Damian Cassanova. It's Damian Vogue.
And as of now I'm going to an institute, a place filled with beings full of uncontrolled emotions, uncivilised and menaces that they were put in such a place.
The Nursery.
Emotional kids are placed in the exact same place. I can push these kids and they might cry, they're really annoying.
So I decided to go to the corner where the books are placed. I have a smartwatch with me but I was told to turn it off for a while, I agreed because I would keep looking at the time. Or actually just play with it or search for magic stuff.
But I'm a good boy, I would listen to my mother and not use anything related to magic unless it's inside the mansion.
When I was reading story books, suddenly a kid in front of me with spiky black hair who's covering their eyes with snot coming out of their nose greeted me.
"What awe you doing?!"
It's tongue is still twisted huh, i tried to ignore the kid but it was persistent
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
I sighed, as a short kid, my patience was also short. But instead of throwing a tantrum I have thought of a brilliant plan
"Want to play a game?"
"Game?"
"Yeah"
"Owkay!"
I took off one of my shoe
"Let's play hide the shoe, the one who finds the shoe first wins!"
Kid seemed to agree and took their shoes off, it seemed like he was excited.
"Im Damian"
"Wu?"
"Your name?"
"I'm Jeanne!"
John?(Jeanne) This boy's pronunciation is kind of bad but still understandable.
"You're It, countdown to 10 and I'll hide my shoe"
"Un!"
John(Jeanne) faced the wall and as extra precaution he even wrapped his hands up his eyes. Then me, who has priorities, just sat on my tiny shoe and placed the book in my lap to make sure not to be obvious, I began reading again.
"1,2,3…10"
John(Jeanne) looked around with enthusiasm, prepared to do an adventure just for a shoe.
He climbed the teachers desk, Checked the plant pots, even the tiny bookshelf. In the end he gave up.
"Wer is da shoe!"
"Give up, I'll tell you"
"Mmm…"
He's contemplating alright, it's like it's his first time not winning on something, He began pouting, he tried once more finding the shoe. Checking complicated places. But still couldn't find it.
"Give up"
I said with a snicker
"Fwine!"
He's upset, raising two fists in the sky while stomping, quite adorable.
I then stood up, I would not forget the shock on his face, it's like he was betrayed.
"Dats cheating!"
"No its not"
"It is!"
He then smacked me, I was flabbergasted. I smacked back, he was even more shook, are you a pampered child that you lacked some trauma from an adult figure yelling at you? Let me give you some experience, brat.
"Wuu….wuaahhh!!!"
He started crying, well I don't care. I sat back and started reading. Apparently the Caretaker was worried, standing up and walking up to us with worry.
The caretaker patted John's(Jeanne's) back and looked at me with her eyes furrowed.
"Damian apologize!"
"She started it, I'm not sorry!"
"You'll be a delinquent if you keep that attitude up Damian"
"I know I'm not in the wrong, I wont say sorry unless John says sorry first!"
"Its Jeanne, and she's crying for what you did you know"
I was confused, is it pronounced as Jeanne?(ji-ann). But I wasn't surprised I wasn't expecting anything anyways.
"She started it! She didn't like that I won so she smacked me!"
"Yow cheated!"
"I didn't!"
Me being upset, I faced them in the opposite direction, I don't care what you think of me, I wouldn't say sorry unless you said it first.
"Damian, just say sorry"
"I will if she said it first"
"Stop being stubborn…"
Yeah I don't want to put you in this position but if Jeanne can't say sorry I wont either, I know I'm not in the wrong, but not in the right either. We're both at fault I could at least admit to that.
"Okay fine.. Jeanne"
"Whu?"
"Say sorry to Damian too"
"Sorry?"
"But…"
"If you say it Damian will play with you again~"
What- this woman!
"He–"
"I-im sowwy.."
I was caught off guard by the sudden apology, the kid in front of me actually apologized.
She would at least listen to the caretaker but why did the caretaker even bother making me apologize first then?
"Im sorry too"
But as I said, I'd apologize if she apologized first, which I did. But there is something that concerns me more.
She looked at me with teary eyes and a hesitant manner, like she thought I would leave. I sighed and looked at the caretaker.
"She's a daughter of a higher official, so at most some parents won't let their children play with her. What am I saying to a kid? Anyways both of you have made up so be nice to each other okay?"
She gave a warm smile, She didn't think I would understand but I didn't mind that. I looked at Jeanne and she still looked worried. I inwardly sighed and asked.
"What do you want to play?"
…
It's been 5 weeks now
"Damy! Damy! Look a fwog!"
"That's a toad"
"Fueh??"
Jeanne would always come to me excited, I noticed that a lot of children don't really bother to play with her because they already have playmates to play with, well Jeanne was that outcast kid I guess.
"Damy, wat's dat?"
Jeanne pointed at the tree, I focused my eyes on a seemingly tiny bug, it was a beetle ones that has horns
"Woah!"
I ran up to it and carefully snatched it
"A beetle!"
Jeanne being the tomboy of a kid she is, got closer and looked at the Beetle, she was about to bite it but I threw the beetle away in which it flew away.
"Hey!"
Jeanne looked at me and started to pout, she was a bit upset but I couldn't just let her have a bite of that do I?
"They eat poop so don't eat them"
I just made a lousy excuse.
"Ew!"
But she just gave that reaction, I had fun with her actually, she would always disturb my time when I read my books, but I'm not that bothered.
I actually like playing with this kid, her eyes are reddish to pink. Which I consider rare.
Most of the people here have grey, blue and even ember colored ones. I think I'm rare since I have pure green eyes, just pure green. In any case I can understand my synergy with Jeanne
"Damy Damy!"
"My bwithday is tomorrow"
Her tongue is still not used to R i guess, she always replaces it with a w, it's adorable. And as she said her birthday is tomorrow.
"Happy birthday Jeanne"
I pat her head
"Noo, Twomowow!"
She's sticking to the schedule, I giggled, okay I'll stay on schedule, but right now her eyes are sparkling.
"How old is Jeanne tomorrow?"
I'm guessing that this place is a Nursery for children, her age would be 3. She's shorter than me afterall.
"4!"
Oh she's older than me, well okay, my birthday is in december anyways so its like… today is July 9… she's 5 months older than me. Since it's tomorrow, I can't be bothered to go somewhere else. If she Invites me here I ain't accepting, but I'm still gifting her something.
"Jeanne is a big girl now"
"Yus!"
She seems excited about her birthday huh, I wonder what gift I'll give her.
…
As earlier in the Kindergarten I started thinking what would be a fitting gift to Jeanne, since she's a kid she'll probably like toys right?
I'm not going to give a cologne. I hate the smell. I really got lost here so I went downstairs and my mother was there.
I ran towards her with my hands up, she seems to saw me and gave a warm smile
"Damian~"
"Mommy!"
"Do you need something?"
"Y-yes"
I answered shyly.
"What is it? I'll give it to you"
"Mm…"
I contemplated a bit, our talk is seriously a rich type talk, I guess I got used to this kind of setting.
"I need a gift"
"Gift?"
"My friend is having a birthday tomorrow"
Mom's eyes widened for a bit and her lips were irking up to a smile. As a mother, she herself was happy that her own son was doing well enough to have a friend.
"Is it a boy?"
I shook my head
"She just looks like one"
Mom kind of giggled, she looked around trying to conjure some thoughts and then she perked up, she's very open about her emotions
"Hmmm… What kind of girl is she?"
I looked at her and immediately gave a reply
"She likes running around, she liked to play a lot, she likes catching bugs on the trees, she's sometimes annoying and she's bad at reading"
"uh.. Uhm.. "
Mom is seemingly trying to think of the right words as she never expected a tomboyish description.
"What?"
"Damian really cares for her huh~"
"She's my friend after all"
I puffed my chest proudly like I'm Jeanne's older brother.
"Well, since it's that way… how about a bracelet?"
"Bracelet?"
"Yeah~"
Bracelet isn't bad, a beaded bracelet? No it'll get destroyed, I can't think of anything else
"Like this"
Carrying me on one arm she lifted the other, she had a woven bracelet on her other arm but with a little wood with some characters I can't read, probably chinese?
I nodded and reached my hands out, of course she brought her arm closer,
It's soft, tough and probably will stick together even if trashed around. If it's for Jeanne it would manage to last, even for a while.
"Okay! I'll give her that!"
…
I'm being carried to the Daycare right now, I have a red box with me that's carefully wrapped with ribbons.
Mom and I made that, so I held it proudly.
I guess I'm happy with how the gift turned out, it's a red and white striped box with a red ribbon tied up unto a ribbon.
As soon as I got out of my uncle's car I immediately went to my room at the daycare and saw Jeanne in the corner, she perked her head up and was delighted to see me.
She ran to me and looked at the box with enthusiasm and excitement, befitting of a child.
"Happy birthday Jeanne"
I can see that I'm the only one she is only celebrating it with
"Miss Makayla said happy bwithday to me too"
Makayla, At least the Caretaker said that. I gave the red box to her, she seemed eager to open it.
"Do you wanna open it?"
Her eyes sparkling, she nodded with eyes full of excitement. I giggled a bit and gave her a thumbs up.
She opened it fast and saw that there were two items carefully placed in there, which were a woven bracelet and a hairpin.
Jeanne's hair is always a mess, I fix it sometimes but when she's alone it always gets messed up. It always pokes her eyes too.
Since she's bothered by that might as well give a hairpin as a gift.
"Mmm.."
But her reaction was adorable, she doesn't know how to use it, so I grabbed the bracelet and wore it.
"Like this"
I let her wear the bracelet, the moment she did she started showing it off, like someone who's on top of the world. When the caretaker saw this she even showered Jeanne with praises.
Walking towards the caretaker and giving her the hairpin I of course asked a favour.
"Put it on Jeanne please"
Caretaker stopped what she was doing at the moment and put the hairpin on Jeanne.
Her hair was swiped to the side. Her reddish-pink eye was on full view, she can now clearly see better than when her hair was swaying down to her eyes.
Jeanne already said thanks but she just wanted to let me know how happy she is. She grabbed my wrist and dragged me to the playground.
She was that happy.
***
Jeanne went home after getting out of the car, what she did first was went to her father who was in the kitchen, sitting down while reading documents.
"Papa! Papa!"
"Hm?"
The man's face who was previously sour turned into pure joy when he saw his daughter, All that he did was to kneel down and embrace his daughter
"Why's my baby so happy?"
"Look!"
She showcased her woven bracelet and hair pin, Jeanne's father was surprised, he never knew his tomboy daughter with a lot of energy would have a friend that can match her energy.
"Those are nice, I have gifts for you too"
"Weally!?"
Her father walked up to the living room and placed Jeanne down, in the glass table in the middle of a room lay a box. It's not the same as Damian's gift but it's also luxuriously wrapped.
Jeanne squealed in excitement and opened the gift, it's an action figure of her favourite cartoon character.
Unlike previously, Jeanne was celebrating her birthday only with her father.
She even tried to befriend the kids when a banquet was held in the guise of meeting other guilds, but of course she was treated as an outcast.
But now she found a friend, that alone made her more happier.
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