My Name

After seeing those eyes, I ran all the way not even stopping for a moment until a hand grabbed a hold of me and steadied me, when I looked up, it was none other than my father asking "what is it kelvin" I was still freaked out from what I saw so it took a moment before my breathing steadied and I was finally composed once again before I finally answered "It's him, he's awake" he smiles as he says "that's great then, let's go see him" he starts to leave before I shout after him "wait, he's... scary, he might be a monster, when he opened his eyes it was all white and freaky" he frowns a little saying "see kelvin, the world is very big and there are many different people that look and act differently from us, it doesn't make them monsters or freaky and it's not nice to call them that no matter how scary they may look" I nod in quiet understanding as he says "now why don't we go introduce ourselves to your brother and you could reintroduce yourself huh?" I nod again quietly, still a little unsure.

Craife joined us as we went upstairs and entered his room only to meet it empty with windows leading outside which were once closed now wide open, we all stand in shock before craife speaks in an alarming tone saying "quick, the window, if he left he must still be close" as they quickly go to the window to take a look around but after some moments they both pull back as dad says "he might still be here" and we all quickly head to the door just as we open the door we all stop as we see him standing right in front of us.

He turns towards our direction with a blank expressionless face as he stares at dad sizing him up before his head turns in the direction of craife sizing him up too before his gaze finally falls down to me but it doesn't linger as long as the others before he turns heading down the stairs.

Both dad and craife follow after him going down the stairs before they approach him as dad introduces himself slowly "hi kiddo, I'm anat... I'm.... your father, you can call me dad or by my name too or whatever feels natural to you" he says as he laughs nervously but the boy just looks at him with the same blank face before craife steps up to the boy introducing himself with a charming smile "hi kid, I'm craife, I'm in charge of catering to all your needs good or bad, big or small, so feel free to ask me for anything" he says just as the boy's stomach lets out a loud noise, craife smiles saying "I see I already have my first task" and continues "why don't you have a seat over there as he gestures to the dining room.

Dad leads him there as I stand to the side watching them walk away while battling with my thoughts before dad's words earlier echo at the back of my mind and I take a deep breath hardening my resolve before approaching him doing my best to remain calm and not show any hint of fear as I say "hey, I'm your brother, my name is kelvin. what's your name?"

The boy turns his head a little sideways looking at me with piercing white eyes as if in contemplation before he finally speaks for the first time "my... name..."

he looks to be in silent contemplation before he finally continues "My name is rionel"

I smile feeling overjoyed before I continue speaking to him in excitement "can I call you rion? That can be your nickname, it's shorter and also sounds cool, not that your name isn't cool of course" dad ushers us towards the dining with a smile as I continue "oh you can give me a nickname too, some kids in school call me kev and some call me kel, you can call me any of that too or if you have anything in mind you can call me that" he opens his mouth once again saying "kelvin" with a blank face.

I answer with excitement once again as I say "no that's not a nickname, that's just my name, nicknames should be short"

He then looks at me this time intently, attentively as his white eyes lift like a fog clearing revealing the most beautiful pair of blue eyes I've ever seen as he opens his mouth saying "vin" with what almost looks like a smile on his blank face.

Craife and other workers I've seen before but never much interacted with come with trays as they lay different dishes and plates on the table serving all three of us before he serves a fourth plate for himself sitting down with us to enjoy the meal while the workers take the trays back.

We all start eating the tasty food but all our attention remain on rion who slowly takes a spoon before cautiously scooping the food and putting it in his mouth and chews slowly before finally swallowing, he looks up at us all staring at him just as I spoke asking "It's good right?" He nods his head saying "yes, it's good" with the same blank expression that makes it hard to know what he actually thinks or feels about it.

We all finish our food and I take rion showing him various places in the house as he follows silently behind me nodding and humming sometimes without saying anything, I showed him my room, dad's room, the gym where me and dad train everyday before finally showing him the huge library where I read all my theories.

I walk forward talking about the amount of time I studied here, the seemingly unlimited number of books in here but as I look back I see rion looking around at the various giant shelfs packed with books on all sides with a glint in his big beautiful blue eyes "so he likes books" I thought to myself before I approached him saying "hey if you want to read I can help you study you know, I might not look like it but I also know a thing or two"

I say feeling confident after all I happened to be one of the top students in my class and even the whole school.

He humms looking at me the glint in his eyes now replaced with the blank face he always had before he nods then jumps up high into the air landing at the top of one of the big shelfs comfortably, he then walks to the edge of the shelf and removes a giant book almost half his size looking heavy enough to make him fall from the top of the shelf but he carries the book comfortably in one hand making it look as light as a feather, he jumps around from shelf to shelf carrying many other different books.

When he finally has his hands full with several books stacking in both of his arms he jumps down so quickly before I could react or try to stop him landing on his feet with the mountain of books on his hands not even shaking.

I look at him in awe before I take a look at the mountain of books on his hands, books about blacksmithing, robotics, nanotechnology, engineering, physics and many others, before I say "uhh, aren't this books past our levels?"

He looks at me with the same blank expression before he says "what level is that?" I reply "you know, middle school level"

He looks at me intently before saying

"I don't really care about the level, I'll be reading all of these here for a while, you can go on without me"

I stay with him for a while trying to understand some of the books byt I dont get any of it, when I ask him he explains what it means perfectly but I still dont get it, after a while I give up and leave him alone to keep studying.