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ReGect had what he would call the perfect life, he lived with Micha and Moe- the two most important people in his life, just doing whatever they wanted too. Sure Micha did have school but when he was at home the 3 did anything and everything, they were content and safe, that’s all that mattered.
Although, the lingering feeling of someone else nearby plagued ReGect, call it a 6th sense, intuition if you will, he could just feel like someone was near. A small voice in the back of his head screamed danger but he chose to ignore it, it had been years since he had talked or even associated himself with his old boss, why would he reappear now?
…
Maybe that voice wasn’t so small.
ReGect had made up his mind, he was determined to find out whatever was consuming his every thought.
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It was late at night, the forest consumed by the shadows of the moon, letting ReGect easily blend in. Micha had gone to sleep long ago, he didn’t want to worry the kid in fact he had even been ridiculed by him for being so paranoid, whatever the case he didn’t want anyone to know he was out here even Moe. He sulked through the trees searching for anything that might have set off alarm bells, so far nothing was out of the ordinary he saw the regular layout of the forest and the dim light from the far away village.
He searched for a while, moving tree branches out of his way and listening for anything other than the low buzz of the insects around him, his eyes adjusting to the darkness of the forest as he got farther away from the village. After waking for what seemed like forever he reached the heart of the forest, he heard the rush of the water falling off the rocks and into the pond, and felt the cool breeze that surrounded it. He almost stepped through the bushes to go to the pond before something caught his eye, or someone at least.
An avian.
How long had it been since he’s seen one other than Micha? They don’t usually come up this far north unless they were passing through, it was also rare to see one away from its flock much less in such a cool environment in the summer time. Their village wasn’t known for being a hot spot for avians much less a resting place in passing, but this avian seems content.
ReGect tried to take a closer look, a sweater and dirtied bandages were tossed haphazardly next to him, his wings fluttering as he splashed cool water onto his face, the entity couldn’t help but admire his back muscles and the way they flexed each time he moved. He couldn’t see the avians face but he noticed scaring on his arms, some randomly scattered others precisely done, his hair dyed a light blond with his roots that blended seamlessly in his almost fully grown out buzz. ReGect examined the avian up and down, their feathers patterned a way he had never seen before, the outside was a dark brown, highlighted by the white coloring on the inside of his wings, black coloration on the ends of them, the black peppering all along the inside of the wings making them have a speckled look.
His breath caught as the avian turned and reached for a bag beside him, his tanned skin reflecting the moonlight, he saw as his thick bushy eyebrows furrow against his narrow eyes in his search, his straight prominent nose slightly scrunching in distaste. He noticed feathers decorating the sides of his neck and covering the tops of his shoulders, he wondered how far down his feathers went….
He couldn’t help but ogle the rest of his body, noticing his lean yet muscular build and the way the shadows from the moon contoured his defined arms and his prominent v-line that had closed in on a thick happy trail that was noticeable even from the side leading further down to his-
Okay he needed to stop, he was out looking for a threat not a potential mate, this was becoming humiliating the more he thought about ogling a random avian whilst hiding in a bush. He watched closely as the avian found what he was looking for, a black bandanna that he wrapped around his head, covering almost all of his bleach blonde hair leaving his dark colored side burns poking out, wanted to see the avian closer ReGect leaned forward, leaves rustling beneath him causing the avian to jolt. His wings raised defensively as the feathers on the side of his neck puffed out, almost as if he was ready to bolt.
Regect fucked up this time, he panicked and teleported back home into his room, plopping down straight onto his bed as he arrived. His heart beating against his ribs as he ran through what had just happened, he almost couldn’t believe that he saw an avian other than Micha. Avians don’t come up to the secluded north even during the winter, ReGect had always felt some sort of guilt for not being able to give Micha an avian kinship that only they could provide for him, typically avians are very social and don’t stray far away from their flocks. It was abnormal to see avians solo, especially a child.
ReGect had met Micha when he was 10, aimlessly wandering about in an oversized purple hoodie and white shorts, calling out for his parents.
ReGect had not initially intervened when he first saw the kid, instead spectating him as he walked through the forest as the sun gradually set. As it got darker it seemed like the avian grew more anxious, not scared but hopeless.
ReGect floated through the trees, watching the little avian plop down to his knees, small squawks escaped as sobbed, guilt of not helping the kid sooner tugged at him. He gently reached the ground, the grass brushing against his paw like feet as he slowly approached the child.
“Er, uhm hey…you good kid?”
The avian poked his head up revealing his tear soaked cheeks, “who are you?”
ReGect internally cringed for introducing himself at night, probably not helping the frightened avian, “I’m uh, I’m not gonna hurt you. My names ReGect and-“
”Are you here to be friends?” Excitedly the avian jumped up onto his feet and inspected ReGect from every angle, “My names Micha! It’s nice to meet you!” He circled the baffled entity looking at his warped anatomy, “why are you missing limbs? Where did you come from? Do you know where we are? Do you have food?”
The entity placed his hands on Micha’s shoulders keeping him in place, a tad overwhelmed from all his questions, “I dunno why I’m missing limbs, I came from my house, we are nearby a village, I dont have food but I can get some, oh and it’s nice to meet you too.”
Micha beamed at ReGect, following by closely as he led him to the village to stay at for the night.
Eventually he ended up taking care for him for years, his 16th birthday passing recently in April, of course it was jarring seeing a little kid wander around with no real goal, but he didn’t seem to care that much. It took a few years to get him healthy though, he was in and out of hospitals in his tween years, leaving his wings frail and unable to fly, didn’t seem to bother him that much as he quote unquote, “never really taught how to fly so nothing changed.” Still ReGect spoiled him rotten to make up for him having an inadequate childhood, forced to join school late and remain online due to hospital visits and missing out on making friends, he was by no means lonely, making up the time either bothering ReGect or playing with his online friends on various gaming platforms.
They met Moe a little while later when Micha was 14, ReGect finding her randomly and becoming fast friends with her, Micha following suit, thus started their little family.