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They were reaching a small wooden house that was not far from the city the two entered the small house Alastor kicked the snow off from his shoes at the outside wall the boy had not done it as he was not even wearing any shoes, he was walking the whole time barefoot. The boy was the one closing the door behind Alastor took out a bucket with water in it.

"Now come I can see blood stains on the ground coming from your feet already"

Alastor said it happily he was used to do that and did not complain about it. The boy pushed a chair near the bucket the chair.

The boy then jumped on the chair and sat on it his feet were right above the bucket and Alastor was cleaning his feet. The blood of his feet was coloring the water in the bucket Alastor whistled again he cleaned it for some minutes he stopped and took out slippers putting them beside the bucket. He dried the feet from the boy and stood up.

"Now come rest for a bit I will cook the deer meat" The two had been together for quite a long time now.

The first time they met was 4 months ago. Alastor had killed a person and was about to bury him in the forest when he noticed a small kid looking at him. Alastor did not do anything to the kid as the kid was just looking at him than doing anything else.

The next day when Alastor was going to his house, he noticed he was getting followed by someone when Alastor caught the one following him, he saw that it was the boy.

Alastor was confused at that time because the boy was following Alastor, but the boy was looking at him that time with sparkling eyes. He was confused of why the boy was looking at him that way and even the following days the boy was still following Alastor even when he was going around killing certain people.

The boy had also been starting to help Alastor he did it without question Alastor was suspicious of the boy he found later out that the boy was just mute while not completely he was still only able to say A in different tone.

This was how the two had first met and how he was slowly keeping the boy around him and let him also help Alastor.

Alastor had finished now cooking the meal he gave a plate to the boy with deer meat on it. The two ate the deer meat it was silent as the boy could not hold a conversation the two could not talk while eating. When Alastor finished, he had cleaned his mouth and gave the boy a tissue.

"We will not do anything for a time as it may become suspicious if we continue doing it"

Alastor was worried on how they may be found out as he had also noticed how people were looking at the two weirdly as the kid was still looking dirty Alastor had bought clothes for the boy, but he was not wearing them often.

"Why are you not wearing the clothes I bought for you?"

The boy looked at Alastor then at his own self and pointed at all the dirt on his clothes. Showing how dirty they are while the clothes he was wearing were also old and ripped. Alastor did first not understand what he meant with that, but he understood it the next moment of what he meant.

"So, you mean you don't wear them because they would get dirty?"

The by nod rapidly to Alastor answer and Alastor laughed. It was funny for him and him also found it funny the way the boy was thinking. He stood up patting the head of the boy he smiled at him while the boy was confused.

"Don't be worried If it gets dirty as I 'am used to dirty clothes already and we can just wash them"

He wanted the boy to use the clothes he liked the boy the boy had been helping him with everything possible and that's why Alastor had been buying clothes and such for the boy too. He wanted to show kindness in a city where it is rare for it especially for kids like him. Alastor had seen many kids like him who were going around stealing stuff to survive Alastor did not take it back on them they were desperate and did not want to starve.