Thursday, January 5, 2006

Rose

The door opens and Rose enters the house.

Rose: Why that no good son -of-a----wait here I'll be right back.

Paint follows Rose into his home and looks around the entrance hall.

Paint: All right.

Rose nods and takes off to his quarters. On his way up the stairs his mother, Sun Garden, is coming down the stairs. She's hanging onto the railling hugging her coat close to her chest.

Rose: Morning Mother.

Rose kisses her cheek and Sun smiles lovingly at her son.

Sun: Morning Flower.

Rose: What are you doing walking around, the doctor told you to stay off your feet.

Sun pushes away her son and looks at him scoldingly.

Sun: Rose, I have had three children in my lifetime and I think a motherless doctor should be the last person giving ME advice.

Rose: Look how we all turns out.

Rose smirks as Sun playful cups his cheek still smiling at him.

Sun: You are my sons and I love you all with all your idiosyncrasies.

Rose chuckles lightly and leads her downstairs.

Rose: I believe idiosyncrasies is an understatement.

Rose lightly smirks at his mother then turns to Paint. Rose lets go of his mother and walks to Paint. He places a hand on Paint's shoulder and brings him over to his mother.

Rose: Mother, this is Paint. Paint this is my mother Sun Garden.

Paints politely shakes Sun's friendly gesture slightly bowing to her. Rose nods and turns to his mother.

Rose: I need to go get some--necessary supply for our trip to one of the local departments in the marketplace. I won't be too long.

Sun nods and Rose leaves again. Paint watches Rose until he can no longer see him. Sun watches Paint and smiles before lightly coughing to catch his attention.

Sun: Mr.Paint would you like some tea?

Paint: I would love to.

Sun leads Paint to the relaxation area and the servants seats him on one of the sofas. Sun sits on the one across from him and waves at the servants. They leave and a maid places the cups and saucer infront of them. She is follow by two other servant who hastily, but skillfully start to engage into the tea ceremony. Meanwhile Sun manages to catch a few glimpses of Paint's melchonlic expression. Sun takes her cup of tea and starts to sip on it.

Sun: I hope it isn't too bitter.

Paint: It's fine. Sun: I have to admit, I was caught by surprise when my son brought another person home.

Paint looks at her slightly confused.

Sun: Due to my son's peculiar behavior, they fear him.

Sun takes another sip of her tea and delicately places the cup and saucer in her lap.

Sun: Thanks to Hope-sama, he has gotten better.

Paint: He hasn't seemed to change much to me.

Sun: Oh, I assure you he has. You see, Rose had come to know his power well ever since he was a child no more than six. Hope-sama has classified his unique gift sharing several familiarities with a dark sorcery know as to the common as "Voo-doo".

Sun gives a short laugh, then stares at the tea leaves scattered in her beverage.

Sun: Vegetable hated him and none of the other children would play with him because he was, well, odd. Rose learned how to control their bodies and he had forced them to become his playmates. Since then all the children feared him and ran away from him.

Sun looks at Paint to make sure he is listening. Paint is indeed listening to her explaination of Rose's past and she continues.

Sun: So, he decide he no longer needed them. He wanted to create something. Something that wouldn't have, as he would put it... the imperfections and impurites of the original sin that thrives among all of Kami's creations... he was so young and to hear him talk like that so seriously...

Sun sadly shakes her head and Paint softly reaches over and touches her shoulder. Sun was taking aback by the show of sudden sympathy. She pats Paints hand and takes a deep sigh nodding to him.

Sun: I'm quite all right...but those poor creatures...my son had gone a bit insane you might say. He tried merging all sorts of creatures surgically, it was so gruesome...

Sun looks at the distant wall and swallows hard.

Sun: I thought it could get any worst until I found him with actual people...

The room is quiet and Paint feels the cold shudder that embraces both of them at the moment. The tea in his hands grows cold and he places it on the table. A servant quietly takes it and another cup had replaces it. Gratefully, Paint takes the cup and begins to drink from it.

Sun: It was then I prayed to Hope-sama to help my son. I was willing to try anything. When she appeared to me, Rose's powers were immediately bracelete and he started seeing Hope-sama in the clinics. No one beside myself and Hope-sama know about his reasons for being there. We thought we might have endangered him.

Paint: Endanger? From who?

Sun smiles at Paint, but so sorrowful at the same moment.

Sun: From the commoners, they were already frighten to death for the safety of their children. If they found out about those two children they would have stormed the mansion until they had killed him...Another was my husband...he was not always the best of men, but still he was honorable. He defintely would have not tolerated his actions...

Paint: And now you are trusting me with this? Sun: Yes, I am.

Paint feels a small smile tug at the corners of his lips. Sun gives a sigh of relief and looks into the fireplace. She starts to sweat and she tries fanning herself. Paint looks at her conerningly until Sun had starts to take off her large coat.

Sun: My, it's a little toasting in here. Just a couple minutes ago I felt as cold as I was in Ms.Madison's lands.

Sun stands from the couch and walks behind it placing her coat of its edge. She smiles and turns to Paint.

Sun: Would you like some cake, Mr.Paint?

Paint: Yes...if it's no problem...

Sun: No problem at all. Not for my son's best friend.

Before Paint could bask in the comfort of the title, he is shocked by Sun's oversized belly.

Paint: Y-y-you're---

Sun: Pregnant? Yes, I am. I'm really hoping for this bundle to be my little girl. I don't think I could handle another boy.

Sun gives a short laugh until Rose's younger brother, Blood, comes strolling sleepily in the room. He walks over yawning to Sun and buries his face into her legs while hugging them.

Blood: Where's my baby?

Sun: Sorry, dear. I just had to walk a bit and stretch my legs.

Blood: I want to hug my baby.

Blood reaches out his small hands to his mother stomach. Sun sighs and sits back down on the couch. Paint watches as the mother sit Blood carefully on her lap so he faces her. The boy smiles then lays his head on her stomach stretching his hands over her possesively. Blood catches Paint's stare and shoots him a dirty look.

Blood: It's my baby! You can't have it!

Paint straightens at the loud voice and Sun scolds Blood for being rude. Blood did not respond to her disapproval of his behavior instead he drifts off to sleep listening to his mother's expecting womb. Before any more conversation engages Rose comes into the area.

Rose: I have what I was looking for, let's go.

Sun: Just a second, Rose.

Sun suddenly stands up despite the wailing of her youngest.

Sun: What exactly is it that you plan on doing with your, "necessary supply"?

Rose slightly hisses, but manages to hide his panic.

Rose: we're just going to---

Blood stops his crying and curiously looks at the two dolls that Rose held behind his back. Exitedly he jumps and points at them clapping his hands.

Blood: Dollies!! Dollies!! Dollies for my baby!!

Paint tries his best to control the fit of laughter in his throat.

Rose: Shut up---

Sun: ROSE MERRI GARDEN!!! WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT PLAYING WITH DOLLS!!

Paint bursts clenching his sides occasionally wiping the tears in his eyes. Rose's face blushes like an extremely red tomatoe with the revealation of his full birth name.

Rose: I HATE THAT NAME!! I LOATHE IT SO---- Sun: Do NOT insult the name which I gave you!!

Sun grabs her son's ear painfully bringing him to her height. Painfully Rose rips away from her deathly grip sorely rubbing his ear.

Rose: They are NOT dolls, Mother!! They articles of dark magic!!

Sun: And THAT'S suppose to make a mother feel better?!!

Sun furiously snatches one of the dolls from Rose's hands. He quickly shoves the other doll into the back pocket of his pants. Blood starts to cry again and pulls at his clothes stomping up and down.

Blood: DOLLIES FOR MY BABY!! DOLLIES FOR MY BABY!! GIMME!! GIMME NOW!!!

Blood stops crying once again starts to make his way to Rose's quarters. If he wasn't able to get the dollies that were in Rose's hand at the moment then he clearly was able to take the ones in his room.

Blood: I'm gonna steal your dollies for my baby!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Dollies for my baby!! Dollies for my baby!!

Rose: WHAT?!

Rose runs up the stairs with great speed before Blood is able to touch the doorknob. Rose lifts him up by the legs. Blood screams and starts kicking at Rose. Rose holds him at an arm's length once in a while blocking the harmful kicks.

Rose: how DARE you try and defile MY room!! Blood: MOMMY!!MOMMY!! MOMMY!!!

Sun appears at the top with Paint kindly assisting her. She gasps at the sight.

Sun: ROSE MERRI YOU LET GO OF HIM THISE INSTANT!!!!

Rose was startles by his mother and drops Blood on his head. Blood scrambles to his feet like a wild animal and leaps on one of Rose's leg.

Rose: OWWW!!! WHY YOU--- Rose snarls and falls to his knees trying to pry his younger brother off of him. Blood growls then notice the room's door was open from their earlier scuffle. Immediately he runs for it, but finds himself unable to move an inch further.

Blood: Huh?

Rose: I'll be lucky if you don't have rabies. Now step away from my room.

Rose moves the doll's hands above its head and Blood did the same. During one of the fights Rose manage to get a strand of Blood's hair and wrapped it around the doll. Blood cries again to his mother, but Sun allows Rose to continue until Blood is safely at the bottom of the stairs. Sun looks at Rose, he wears a snug smirk on his face. Quietly she looks at him and he at her. She holds out a waiting hand for the doll and Rose obediently places it in her grasp.

Rose: Let's go Paint, it's obvious I'm not leaving this house with my magic.

Paint nods.

Sun: Rose...

Rose turns to his mother. Sun looks at him with then slaps him across the face. Rose was shocks, but did not show it. Only Paint could tell how hurt Rose was feeling at the moment, but he understands his mother's actions.

Sun: ...don't you ever bring those things under this roof again, are you clear on that?...

Rose......yes, mother......

Sun releases a shaky sigh and cups her son's cheek to make him look at her. Rose tears his stare from the ground.

Sun: I love you, Rose. Please, don't ever make me worry again.

Lightly she kisses his hurt cheek and pulls away from him. She sniffs and turns to Paint. Paint looks away feeling slightly uncomfortable with the scene. Sun smiles.

Sun: Mr.Paint, please take care of my Rose.

Paint: Of course.

With one last good-bye Rose and Paint left the buliding.

Paint: Rose Merri Garden?

Paint lightly chuckles at Rose's blush. Rose glares at him, but it was not in a demearing manner.

Rose:...

Paint: It is a lovely name.

Rose: It is...for a GIRL...

Paint laughs again except this time out loud. Rose shakes his head.

Paint: Don't feel too sore, Rosemerri. Your Mother loves you very much.

Rose...just don't call me that in public or else...

Paint: Or else what? Would you kill a friend?

Rose: Yes I would, but not you.

Paint stops and looks at Rose. Rose gives him an assuring smile.

Rose: You're the best friend I never had.

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