Nothing but a Doll Ch. 4

A soft breeze danced through the open doorway that lead to the patio. The curtains rolled around from the brisk wind. The breeze traveled up your exposed flesh, giving it goose bumps. You shivered slightly and reached for the blanket that was laid out on your feet. You were curled around a plain pillow. Your fingers brushed against the cloth. You grippe at it and pulled it over your lithe body. The warmth of the blanket radiating onto you. Your lips stretched into a small smile. You were back to dozing off into dream land until you heard a crash in the downstairs. Your eyes sprung open. Looking forwards at the wall, you strained to hear anymore sounds. You stopped your breathing when you heard a voice you didn't recognize.

"Aoba, the dish fell."

You sat up. The voice sounded like it was either bored or unhappy. You looked at the door that was slightly cracked. Because of the light from downstairs, it made it easier for you to see. You were back in Aoba's room rather than a park. You shivered from the wind blowing inside the room. You stood up from the bed. The blanket fell from your body. Your feet patted against the carpeted floor as you pulled the doors shut that lead to the patio. The wind was cut off in mid breeze. You turned over to the cracked door. You knew you couldn't continue to sleep so you decided to join Aoba, and that you were a bit hungry. You opened the door and walked out. Your feet connected to the cold smooth wood. You wrapped your arms around yourself to protect your from the cold. You looked down that stairs to see the light illuminating and shadows dancing around. You could hear different voices. One of them you knew was Aoba. You could never forget Aoba's smooth voice. It was sweet and gentle. It relaxed you.

"Noiz, I wish you would be careful when your over."

"That's why I voted him and his reckless ass cousin to not be here."

"Koujaku be nice. They are still my friends."

"Yeah! You tell him blue!"

"Shut up, Sid you are not helping with hits situation."

"The one that's not helping is masky over there."

"Sid, just shut up."

"But Noiz! Its the tr-."

Smack!

You winced at the sharp sound. You heard a yelp after and some mumbles.

"Was it really necessary to hit me Noiz?"

"....Yes."

You continued to listen to the conversation along with a few clanks and taps around. You wanted to see who was all in the kitchen. You knew Aoba, Sid, Koujaku, and your newly made friend Clear was there, but who was this man named Noiz? You walked down the stair silently, so you can get a good peek. You wanted to know, but secretly. Once your foot touched the middle step, it creaked. You yelped and lost your footing. There you stumbled down the stairs and crashed hard onto the cold tiled floor. The cold feeling biting at your flesh. You whimpered when you sat up. The feeling of pain rushed through you.

"(Y/N)!" You heard Aoba's voce boom with worry. He ran over to you and sat on his knees. He grabbed your arm and looked at it. He searched for anything, a bruise, scratch, cut, gash, or broken bones. Anything. Once he saw there was nothing physical seen that was hurt, he looked to see you wiping tears from your eyes.

"Are you okay?" He asked more gently this time. You nodded your head. He sighed in relief. Picking you up, Aoba set you in a chair next to him, but across from the blonde man. He looked at you with light green eyes. They held your gaze for a few. It was intense. You cowered in your seat. Aoba set a plate filled with bread that looked glazed. Small cinnamon was dusted on the top of the glazed bun. He also set down a cup. The dark brown liquid sloshed around until it stilled. You went to pick up the cup. Once your hand grabbed onto it, you yelped and dropped the cup. It spilt on the floor. You cradled your wrist in your hand. It hurt.

"Don't worry! I'll clean it!" Aoba walked out of the room to get some cleaning supplies. You didn't want him to leave because he left you in the room with other people. Of course he knew them, but he wasn't fully comfortable around them unless Aoba was there watching you. You felt more safer in his gaze rather than anyone else's.

"Here"

You watched as the blonde man reached across the table and grabbed you hand from your arm. You flinched and tried to pull away but he wouldn't give, and every tug you made it would put more stress on your wrist.

"S-stop!" You cried out. Koujaku was about to step in when he stopped. Noiz started to message the area where you were hurting at. You stared at him. He was gentle and careful with your hand. It actually felt nice. They way he thumbed the area skillfully.

"You are more tensed here. I wonder why." He mumbled. As he was doing that you stared at him.

"(Y/N)." You suddenly said. Noiz stopped his ministrations. He looked up at you with those light green eyes again. You gulped and looked away.

"M-My name is.....(Y-Y/n)." You repeated. The Blondie pulled his hands away. He grabbed a bun from his plate before speaking.

"I'm Noiz." He stated. He than inserted the bun into his mouth. You looked down at your plate. You reached down and took one too. Sticking it inside our mouth, your eyes widen. It was sweet, and crunchy too. You swallowed the piece and took another bite. You hummed with each bite you took. Sid couldn't help but chuckle at you. You looked absolutely adorable. Koujaku sighed and sat back down in his seat. Aoba walked in with a rag. He saw Koujaku glaring at Noiz, who was eating and Sid who was laughing. But his eyes were trained on you the longest. You were humming to the food that was in your mouth. He smiled. Aoba began to wipe up the mess.

"Do you like the sweet bread little jellyfish?"

You looked over at Clear who was staring at you. You looked at the half eaten bread that was in your hand. You nodded. He smiled though you couldn't see it behind his mask.

"I'm glad. Tae makes the best meals here. But she wasn't here to make it, so we had to warm up the left overs." You looked at the bread again. Tae? Who was she? Was she Aoba's other friend. Another thought popped into your head.

"What's a jellyfish?"

At the mention of Jellyfish, Clear's face beamed. You couldn't see it, but you could feel the happiness radiating off him. He scooted closer to you and started to speak about the wonders of jellyfishes.

"They are these creatures that lives under water! They have these wiggly things under them that looks like a noodles! And they have these round heads that look fat and they jiggle!"

Your eyes brightened at the explanation of the wiggly creature. You would nod and watch as Clear showed you what they look like with his hands.

"Aoba? So after all this, what are you going to do with the doll?" Sid asked. Aoba looked back at you. The face you displayed that showed childlike wonder, and amazed made a small smile appear on his face. Right than and there Sid knew exactly what Aoba was going to do with you. He was going to keep you, and never let you go.


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You were sitting in the tub with the water flowing around you. Bubbles were surrounding you. You were humming to yourself. Aoba was washing your hair. He didn't even see the leaves and twigs that was stuck to your head during dinner time. He plucked some of the stiff out of your hair and placed them in the trash. Overall your hair was still nice and silk looking. He grabbed a bucket of water, and poured it on you. Your hair flattened around your thin face. Your bangs covered your face which made him chuckle. He pulled your (H/C) back away from your face. Your eyes were wide and surprised. You looked up at Aoba who was whistling to himself. You looked down at your bubbles and continued to play around in them.

"Sway, sway, swaying in between the waves"

You started to sing. Aoba looked at you. You were singing as he brushed your hair.

"Gently, gently, drift to the sea." You sung the next verse. Your eyes were trained on the bubble you were holding in your hands. It was big and round. Your reflection was seen on the bubble.

"Sway, sway, swaying in between the waves." You whispered. Aoba watched as you sung. Your voice was so beautiful to him. It was like silk to his ears. It echoed around the bathroom.

"Dream, dream, rest your eyes
Jellyfish, keep swimming"

Your voice faded until you started to sing louder. Aoba pulled his hands back when he saw your hair floating around you. He watched as those silky (H/C) locks started to turn silver.

"Sway, sway, swaying in between the waves
Gently, gently, drift to the sea
Sway, sway, swaying in between the waves
Dream, dream, rest your eyes
Jellyfish, keep swimming"

You sung the verse over again. The bubbles started to also defy gravity. The lights dimmed making it look more enchanting. The bubbles were glowing a bright blue. Inside each bubble looked as if there were a galaxy trapped inside. Aoba was going to say something about them, but he realized he couldn't touch the ground. He looked down at you. You were glowing. Marking traced themselves onto your body. You soon started rise from your seat. The water danced around you as you floated around the room. The water soon began to glow like your marking and the bubbles. Aoba watched in amazement. Your eyes began to change from their beautiful (E/C) color they were now silver blue.

"Sway, sway, swaying in between the waves
Gently, gently, drift to the sea
Sway, sway, swaying in between the waves
Dream, dream, rest your eyes
Jellyfish, keep swimming"

You sung. Aoba watched as you traced the bubble with your finger. You let the bubble go and let it float around. Aoba watched the bubble. It was a reflection of you, but it was slightly different. Instead of you naked in the bath, he saw you hooked up to wires. You looked so sad and miserable. His yes tore away from the reflection and onto you. You were staring at the ceiling. Aoba reached over to you. His fingers grazed over your pale flesh. You turned your head towards him. Everything was falling. It was all in slow motion. The water fell into the tub, the lights turned bright once again, the bubbles popped. Aoba felt the ground under him. He saw you were still in the air humming the jellyfish song to yourself. He grabbed your arm and gently pulled you down into his arms. He didn't care if you had gotten his clothes wet. All he wanted was you. He held you in his arms. The markings dimmed and faded into nothing. Your hair was back to its original color along with your eyes. You looked up at Aoba.

"D-did I sing it right?" You whispered. Aoba stared at you.

"How did you do all this?" He asked just as gently. You looked at him confused and looked around.

"I-I don't unders-stand." You mumbled. He couldn't believe his ears. You didn't remember what you did. It was like you blacked out during the whole thing. Aoba smiled and shook his head.

"You sung beautifully."


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Aoba typed on the holographic keyboard. You were sitting next to him rubbing your fingers through Rin's dark  curly fur. It was soft and long. You had your head laying on Aoba's shoulder humming the jellyfish song that Clear had taught you. Aoba had not spoken about the bathroom adventure. He didn't wan to confuse you any further. This however made Aoba wonder who you rally were. You had to be more than just an experiment made to serve some type of frivolous purpose. You were more special than that. He guess that was why Sid said you were more different than the others. What were you created for?

"Aoba?" Aoba snapped out of his thoughts and looked over at you. You were staring at him.

"Rin? Is he real or one of those things?" Aoba was surprised you didn't stutter. You have been getting better at your speech lately. I wondered Aoba what else you knew how to do.

"You mean an AllMate?" he clarified. He looked back at his keyboard.

"Yes." You said. You knew about AllMates due to half of the scientist had owned one. Aoba nodded.

"Yeah, he is one. Why do you asked?"

"Do you wish for him to be real?" Aoba stopped what he was doing.

"He is already real." He stated looking at you again.

"No. I-I mean....like you." Aoba had to think about what you mean. Like him? He thought until it came to him.

"Human?" You nodded. Your focus was on the AllMate now.

"I never really thought about it. But now that you think about it, it would be cool if he was." Aoba smiled at you but I faded when he saw silver droplets fall from your eyes. You sniffed. The tears falling on the dark blue shirt he had given you to wear.  Aoba was now wondering why you were crying. Before he could ask, you whispered something.

"I whish I was like you. I want to be human." You curled your fingers into Rin's fur. He watched as you started to sob.

"I want to be like you! I want to be like you, Koujaku, Sid, Noiz, Clear, and this Tae person! I want to be human!" You sobbed. Tears were now falling endlessly down your cheeks. Aoba grabbed you. He pulled you into an embrace. You were sobbing on his shoulder.

"I want to be human! So I can understand!"

"Understand what?" Aoba gently asked. You tightened your grip on his shirt.

"Everything! I want to be able to feel the emotions you feel! I want to be angry, Sad, happy! I want to feel loved!"

Aoba now understood it all. You wasn't upset about the whole you not being human. You were upset about the past. You never felt loved. And due to his observation skills he watched how you winced from gentle touches, flinched from soft words, yelped from noises, and were scared to even speak out. He observed it all from the day he met you to now. You were abused, and used when you were in the lab. Aoba started to shake. Not from sadness but from anger. How could they treat you like this? How could they treat anyone like this!? He felt your body slump against his. He pulled you away from him and smiled. Your eyes were closed and your lips were partly open. Soft breathing could be heard. The rise and fall of your chest could be seen. You feel asleep. Tear stains could be seen on your cheeks. Aoba picked you up and laid you on the bed. He placed Rin next to you He watched as you curled yourself around the dog. It was cute. Pulling the blanket over your body, Aoba kissed your forehead. You were more than a doll. You were in fact human. You felt everything you wanted to feel, you just didn't know it because all you felt was pain. Aoba made it his goal to make you feel loved. He wanted to give you all the love in the world exchanged for the pain. He watched you sleep.

"Good night (Y/N). M little jellyfish."

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