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Kale's eyes softened as they watched Jay, they couldn't even begin to imagine how hard it must be for him. The two of them reached the room to find other children, some older and some younger, already sitting down with their food. And it could actually be called food. The woman politely told them to sit down and placed a plate in front of each of them. "Omelette? For real?" Kale asked out loud, quickly covering their mouth in embarrassment when they realised some of the other kids were staring. Without another word they started eating, forcing themselves not to inhale the entire thing whole.
Jay laughed quietly at Kale's reaction then started to eat the food. It was better than anything he had eaten before. though everything he has ever eaten could give him food poisoning and was crap.
Kale's entire face was bright red and their hands were shaking, and from a couple of whispers it was obvious that someone had noticed. Without even looking, Kale knew it was the boy they had been placed with the previous night. They ate in silence, waiting for someone to tell them to go back to their room like the houseparents at Lone Pines would have done. It was interesting hearing some of the other conversations, though they were mostly about the 'strange new kids' and rumors as to why they were there. Kale said nothing.
Jay kept quiet as he listened to all the conversations. He could hear many of them perfectly. Some of the theories of why they where there were interesting. But none were correct.
Kale noticed that the other two girls who had come with them were also silent, and almost felt sorry for them. They made eye contact, and Kale flashed a sympathetic smile before going back to the food. When they were done, the woman and the man came into the room with trays of steaming cups. From the pale brownness and the distinct smell of nothing, Kale recognised it to be tea. They whispered to Jay, discreetly moving his hand to the handle of the cup in front of him. "Make sure you blow it, and sip."
"Yeah, it feels hot." Jay said as he put his hands on the cup. slowly he started to drink the tea.
Kale refused to touch the tea, something about the sight of it reminded them of the water at Lone Pines. The man (I really need to give him a name) explained to Kale, Jay, and the two girls, that he would have all the rooms sorted out by noon, and that they needed to fill out a bit of paperwork. Kale said nothing in return.
Jay only nodded. Soon the guy asked one of the girls to go with one of the workers. they were all to go and talk to the person one at a time. Just to be asked stuff about their experiences.
Kale turned to Jay, facing the wall behind them as they whispered so no one else could see Kale's face. "Are you comfortable talking with them?"
"I guess. But I'll be fine." Jay said to him. "Will you be alright?"
"Hey don't worry about me, I don't have to tell them anything I don't want them to know after all." A sly grin appeared on Kale's face.
"Yeah. Are you sure you will be alright?" Jay asked unsure.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Kale frowned, curious as to why Jay asked the same thing twice.
Jay just nodded then he waited. He stayed silent.
"Jay, is everything alright?" From the corner of their eye, Kale noticed some of the other kids looking at them, but shrugged it off.
"Yeah. this is all just so different."
"Tell me about it." Kale mumbled. "I'm getting weird vibes from this place, everything just seems to happy and normal. Well, apart from those lads over there. All they need is a pinch of glitter and a shot of cupcakes and rainbows, and they'd fit right in."
"We just aren't used to all of it. I bet everything is fine." Jay reassured him quietly.
"Next thing you know, we'll be singing songs around a campfire and dancing in fields or making flower crowns." Kale was half joking, but a chuckle came out all the same. "You're probably right, I'm just paranoid."
"But if we do any of that. I will absolutely fail." Jay said.
"Nah I think you'd be a good dancer, and even if you can't make a flower crown you'd still look amazing wearing one." Kale stopped to look at Jay's face before covering their mouth as their chuckle became louder. "I need to make you a flower crown at some point."
Jay smiled and laughed. "Maybe you are right. I might look fine in a flower crown. But it isn't like I would know."
"No I know, but take my word for it that it would suit you." Kale smiled, it had been a while since they had heard Jay laugh. "But why stop at crowns? I'm thinking a necklace, a ring, there are so many possible things to do with flowers!" Kale completely tuned out everything around them so had no idea if anything was being said by other people.
Jay smiled and nodded. "Wow, so many things."
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