The Pink Ribbon
FLASHBACK
"Only for just a little, (Y/N)!",your mother called out as you skipped towards the swings. You only gave her a thumbs up behind your small head as you excitedly ran to the swings that weren't taken for once. Then you heard a crying noise coming from the slide.
With furrowed brows you walked over the wood chips littering the ground and peaked inside the tube.
There you noticed a small messy haired boy with his face between his knees. He was sniffling and his shoulders were shaking. Your small voice rang out softly.
"Are you okay?" The boy looked up with such a start his head hit the top of the slide. You let out a soft gasp and carefully crawled inside, refraining from giggling as he gingerly rubbed the top of his red head.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you hurt yourself...",you apologize and the boy scoots further in the slide as you try to approach him. His eyes widening slightly.
You pause noticing him attempting to move further from you. He looks at you with glossy and big eyes. His cheeks are stained with tears. His round nose red.
"I'm fine...",he finally speaks in a meek and timid voice,"...go away..."
You pout slightly and shake your head,"You're sad, people cry when they're sad...or scared but still it'd make me a meanie to leave you." You explain while tucking a strand of your short hair behind your ear.
The small boy eyes you for a moment before his lip quivers and he looks as if he were going to cry again,"I lost my mama...I don't know where she is..." He whimpered as more tears rolled down his cheek and you frowned slightly.
Puffing your cheeks full of air to think for a moment you looked at him with a warm smile,"I can help you find her! You know I'm really good at finding things. One time my daddy lost his keys and I found them inside my room, I don't even know how they got in there! Wow that was not a good story I don't know why I told it to you. Or maybe it was, you should have been there it was kinda funny."
The little boy giggled softly as he wiped his warm tears. He found it funny how fast and rapidly you spoke, with happy eyes. You felt happier to hear his giggle and see him stop crying. Holding out your small chub hand you smiled.
"Let's go find her."
His giggles stopped as he looked at your hand and hugged his knees tighter,"I-Its scary out there without mama..."
You felt your little heart hurt, you'd lost your mommy and daddy once and you remembered how scared you were. Then you remembered what one older boy had done to calm you down when you had gotten lost.
"I know its scary...but!",you slowly began to unbraid your soft hair and pull the pink ribbon from it with a smile,"My mommy gave me this and—and she said that—uhm- it uh—it had blessings! so when I lost her I could find her—-and nothing could hurt me!"
You stammered and stumbled through your white lie as you held out the ribbon to the crying boy. He looked at you with scrunched brows, he slowly moved towards you,"But don't you need it?"
You gave a big shrug,"You need it more right now, take it."
"Really?"
"Really."
Once he grabbed ahold of the pink ribbon and your hand you both wriggled out of the tube. His hand clutched yours tightly, the ribbon clasped between your palms.
"Okay! So what does she look like?",you ask while your big eyes begin to look around the park. The sniffling red-head next to you stands close by, he smells of cinnamon.
"She-She's really pretty and smells like spicy stuff and has chocolate eyes.",the little boy describes with a shaky voice and you look around the park with a firm nod.
Your eyes look around the adults as you search for the pretty woman. Suddenly a feminine accented voice rings out,"Babyboy!"
The boy aside you turns and lets go of your hand with a soft gasp. He quickly jumps into the womans arms, the ribbon falling to the ground.
"Mama!",he exclaims in a high-pitched tone while nuzzling his face into the crook of her neck.
You smile warmly before you feel a calloused hand hold yours and pull you away from the mama and son. You look up to see your dad with a look of disappointment on his face. He lifts you,"(Y/N)! We called for you several times! You gotta be more alert." Your father scolded you while holding you from underneath your arms.
You pout softly while looking down you felt bad you had scared him,"I'm sorry daddy." Your fathers heart aches at the sight of your pout so he begins to spin you with a joyous laugh.
"Ah its okay you little rascal!"
You laugh loudly while holding your arms out. The wing blows your wavy hair wildly as you are spun out of the park.
"What happened to your pretty ribbon, baby cakes?"
END OF FLASHBACK
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After that intense confrontation Alastor casually escorted you around the building and showed you how certain things worked that were to be used at a later time and where you could find them.
Once you learned them, which was rather quick and surprised the radio host you came back here, in his office across from him and only half-listening to whatever he was yapping about.
Was this really happening...
Just last night you were almost raped, witnessed two murders, and now just three hours ago your life was threatened and you swore your servitude to a serial killer.
What the hell kind of world are you living in right now?
"(Y/N).",Alastors professional voice cut through your distracted state and you sit up with a soft hum,"Did you hear what I just said?" You gave a shy smile and shook your head slowly, your ponytail swinging as you did so.
"N-No sorry I must've zoned out.",you quickly apologize while fixing your composure and clearing your throat,"Can you please repeat what you said?"
Alastors eyes fell to your full lips, pulled into a nervous smile.
He couldn't lie to himself, he found you intriguing to say the least. After everything that has happened he could feel the positive and bubbly energy radiating off of you. Not to mention he took notice of the warm smile that was always on your features.
How are you still smiling right now, (Y/N)?...
He genuinely wondered this as you prepared to continue writing down new notes in the notepad he had given you. With a soft sigh he nodded,"I will only be lenient this once due to the unconventional start you experienced today.",he fixed his bowtie while continuing.
"I'm a very busy and reputable man. I expect only the best from you and if that is not given there will be consequences. You are expected to be professional, punctual, and most importantly dependable.",you didn't bother to write any of this down considering it didn't seem the slightest bit important to you.
You simply shut the notebook and stuck the wooden pencil into your neat ponytail while nodding in response.
"As I've mentioned briefly before you have a very impressive resume, my dear. You are no dumb dora. I only expect the best from you.",his glimmering chestnut eyes looked to yours as he said this.
You let a prideful smile spread across your lips and a soft blush stain your cheeks. You give a firm nod and small salute,"And I will only give the best."
Alastor glanced down at the clock on his desk,"Well it seems your training ends here." You breathe out a sigh of relief. For one, because you would get to be home after this already long afternoon and secondly you wanted to get as far away from Alastor for as long as you could.
Standing up you give a happy smile and small wave,"Well then I'll see you later." Turning to leave you turn back around at the sound of his voice.
"Where do you think you're going?",he questions with a soft laugh, one of his dark brows quirks. You furrow your brows while clutching the notepad behind your back tightly,"Well I thought—"
He interrupted you yet again with a dismissive wave, you gritted your teeth at this hood.
"I said you were done with training, that does not mean I am done with you.",he stands and pushes up his oval rimmed glasses while looking at you with that shit-eating grin.
This irritating psychotic mac...
Inhaling sharply you force a smile,"And what is it you want from me?" By the mocking look in his brown eyes and amused smug grin you knew this wasn't going to be pleasant.
"I'm going to introduce you to my associates, Husker, Nifty, and Rosie. They are very excited to meet you!",he responded with enthusiasm and your brows shot up in surprise.
"How do they—"
"Come now dear! We cannot be late to meeting them!",he cuts you off AGAIN as he drags you from the room by your waist. You let out a soft sigh of exasperation, not bothering to move his arm from its position around you.
Maybe death wouldn't have been so bad.