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It was another day for the blond, getting ready to go out on a mission to kill vampires or some shit. Mikaela had joined the army after he had escaped seven years ago, somehow managing to let his family be murdered by accidently leading them into a trap. He didn't know that was it was one then, yet he still blamed himself for the deaths of them. Now, he was in the human army, fighting to save all the human children captive in the vampire's clutches that were still alive.
It's really cold out today and snowy... he thought quietly as he peered out the window.
"Mika, hurry up or we're gonna leave you here!" Mitsuba, the other blonde in the squad he was placed in, called out to him, scaring him out of his thoughts which made him jump sightly, before slamming the door open.
"Calm down, I done getting ready," he sighed as he paced along with her to the group near the edge of the town.
He stopped in his tracks when he finally caught up to them and inquired, "Is everyone else ready?"
"Yeah, pretty boy; we were waiting on you! You take forever to put on the uniform," Shinoa, the short leader of the squad, yelled, and with that the entire group headed off to fight whatever blood-suckers were out there today.
But things didn't go as planned.
During the middle of a battle, a gigantic storm broke out, making it hard to see the white cloaks of the vampires. Mika sqiunted his eyes to trying and see movement, but it was difficult with all of the snow blowing into his eyes and the wind knocking him around. His eyes widened and his heart stopped as soon as he felt a looming presence behind him.
"AHHH!" he screamed when the vampire slashed his back, making it bleed, hoping that maybe one of the others would hear him and try to save him. Sadly, he was nowhere near them.
It hurt. Dear god, it hurt, but he could really do anything besides limp away, dispite how badly he wanted to turn around and kill the monster behind him. And he did just that, limping to the safest place.
He found an old, run down, and dusty building to hide in, and it was enough for now to protect him until the storm let up. If it let up.
The blond sat down near the wall right of the enterance and leaned only his head against it, since he kinda couldn't lean on it with his back because of obvious reasons.
"Goddamnit..." he hissed out under his breath and closed his icy blue eyes gentlely. Mika rested there for about ten mintutes before hearing some light footsteps coming towards him. He naturally perked up and bit and fluttered his eyes open with many blinks before he kept them open, but he didn't see anyone.
"... hm...?" he made a light noise and titled his head in confusion. What was that?
He heard it again, only this time it was lighter and slower. After about ten more of them, he saw a small head peek out from behind a wall that lead into a hallway. As soon as the child saw the army soldier staring back at them, their eyes widen and they imediatly hid back again, now making faint sniffs every now and then. Are they hiding because they're scared of me...? Mikaela thought.
"I'm not going hurt you..." he said, soft spoken before contiuning, "... in fact, I'm injured myself."
The child peeked out again, this time with tears streaming downing their cheeks, making his heart drop.
"A-are you s-su-sure?" their voice sqeaked out, which hurt his heart even more.
"I'm sure. Are you lost?"
They stayed silent and averted their gaze towards the ground before answering, "N-no... I don't have a home..."
"Well... uh, maybe I could find you a home after the storm blows over."
"R-really?!"
"Yeah-" he tense and scrunged his eyes shut as pain from his back wound surged through him and muttered a broken, "Sh-sh-shi-it..."
When the child saw his obvious discomfort, they rushed over and asked, "Are you hurt?!"
"D-don't worry about-" the dreaded sudden stinging made his breathing become heavy from trying to bear through it, "... me... I'm... fi-ine... sh-shit..."
The raven haired child quickly ran back to wear they came from and didn't come back.
"Did... they... just... leave... me...?" he pondered, but soon got his answer when they came back with a roll of banages.
"I-I, um, saw that your back was cut open... so, here," they held out the roll to Mika.
He stayed silent for a bit, slightly shocked that even though he was a stanger to the small child, they were kind to him.
"... thank... you..." he panted out as he grabbed the banages hesitently, and cautiously before removed his blood stained cloak and army coat.
"Do you need help?"
"Ah, no... I can... get it... myself," he stated as he started to wrap banages around his upper body, "So... uh... what is... your name?"
"I'm Yuichiro... y-you?"
"M-Mika... ela..."
"Mikala?"
"N-no... just call... me... Mika..."
The blond stopped wrapping when he had covered up the wound and ripped a tear to cut off his banages from the roll, then tucked the loose end in with the others.
He handed the roll back to Yuu with a faint, "Here's the... banages back..."
They took them back and held them close to their chest, not really having anywhere to place them.
"S-so... what's your... gender...?"
The small child looked to be pissed off at the words he chose and practically screamed, "I'm obviously a boy!" Mikaela only breathly laughed in response.
"Haha... I-I'm sorry... but could you... keep your... voice down? There might... be more... vampires out... there..."
"R-r-really?!" the boy shook with fear as he spoke.
His eyes softened at the sight before answering, "Yeah... I couldn't... kill them..."
"D-did they- you know..." Yuu pointed at the bandages. Mika nodded slowly, giving him a slight headache. The raven haired boy clung to him imediately, which startled him greatly.
"W-wha are... y-you-"
"D-don't let them get near us..." he muttered as he continued to snugle up to him, wrapping his arms around the blond's waist, careful not to touch his wound, "... and don't get hurt a-again..."
"You're so... kind..." the adult stated as he started to lightly ruffle the ravem hair, "Are there... any others?"
"N-no... so don't l-leave me either..."
"I won't..."
After fifteen mintues, he heard the small child slightly snore, meaning he had fallen asleep, and decided that the storm wouldn't go away anytime soon, shortly joining him in slumber.
Maybe Mika could adopt him when they get back to the human civilization.