"Happy Birthday Logan!"

"Thanks mom, dad and you big sister!" Said a handsome black haired boy with beautiful fair skin.

"We have a nice little present for you." Says a rather beautiful woman with brown hair.

In front of the young boy was a pretty box with a ribbon and little holes. When he opened the box, he discovered a pretty little thing sleeping inside. It was a tiny cat with its eyes closed sleeping peacefully.

"Daddy and Mommy bought it and I got her a pretty little necklace." Said a young woman with long black hair.

"You guys are the best, thanks!" Said he while hugging them.

He picked up the cat and lifted it with his hands, as he opened his eyes to look at Logan.

"I'm going to call you Shiro, because you have a nice white coat." (Logan)

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Shiro and I started spending a lot of time together. He would sleep with me, spend the day with me when I was home. When I was doing my homework, he would always lie down next to me and wait for me to finish. I loved math and was very good at it, as well as sports.

My mother, father and older sister are not related to me by blood. In fact, I was orphaned at birth, abandoned in a train station. The only thing I had left was a piece of paper with my name on it. So I spent my life in an orphanage, and it was not easy every day. Because I was also born with a very rare physical characteristic.

I was born with red eyes because of a genetic change. I never understood why, but it deterred people from adopting me.

"Is it really that ugly to have red eyes?" (Logan)

I had also been given a nickname among my classmates, the demon of course in relation to my red eyes. But finally after I turned 8.

"Oh, mom look at him he's so handsome." Said a young woman all happy.

"What's your name?" Asked the woman.

"Lo...Logan."

"Oh plus he's shy." (Father)

"So?" (Daughter)

"He's a beautiful little boy we're going to adopt him." (Woman)

"All right, come over here to sign the papers." Says the manager of the orphanage.

Then they signed the papers and now that it was time to leave, they called me. But I began to speak, one question burning my lips.

"Do my red eyes bother you or displease you?" (Logan)

When I asked the question, I was hanging on their lips waiting for the answer and finally they gave me a smile.

"Why would it bother us? You're a beautiful boy and you're going to be a part of our family now." (Mother)

Then the one who was to become my older sister Saori spoke these words.

"And then I think your eyes are beautiful." (Saori)

This sentence brought tears to my eyes, I had received nothing but mockery and silly nicknames until that moment. Even though it may have sounded childish, it still hurt, but that day I had finally found a family.

"Thank you!" (Logan)

With wet eyes I rushed to join my new family.

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I finally joined a school very soon after. I was really apprehensive about being around classmates. Of course once again with regards to my eyes. My sister had dropped me off at the gate and she noticed my very visible stress.

"What are you afraid of little brother?" (Saori)

"My eyes." (Logan)

"I told you before, they are beautiful." (Saori)

"Yeah but not everyone thinks that, some people are mean and like to hurt others." (Logan)

Saori was surprised by her brother's reflection for his young age. She then responded with kindness and honesty.

"Little brother, it's true that not everyone in this world is benevolent. You will probably still be teased a lot or people will look at you strangely. But the most important thing is that you accept yourself and your differences." She said with a smile.

"What if I don't?" (Logan)

"Can you be strong for me then?" (Saori)

"Yes." (Logan)

"Come on, go ahead." She gently pushed her brother towards the entrance.

I walked inside and paced the halls before reaching the room where the teacher was waiting for me.

"Logan right? All your classmates are in the room, you're going to go inside and introduce yourself okay." (Teacher)

"Yes sir." (Logan)

The teacher opened the door and the noisy room became silent everyone stopped talking.

"Well today you have a new classmate be nice to him." (Teacher)

I shyly walked in and introduced myself in front of all the students as I felt a lump in my stomach.

"My name is Logan I am 8 years old thank you for welcoming me." (Logan)

There were little whispers in the classroom from both sides.

"He's kind of cute." (???)

"Go sit next to Amber." Said the teacher cutting the conversations short.

I sat down and walked over to my chair and bowed my head, still stressed.

"Hey you want to eat with me at the re-creation." Said a young girl sitting to her right.

I looked up and our eyes met. A beautiful girl was facing me, both of our gazes plunged into each other's eyes.

"You... You have red eyes..." (???)

She seemed very surprised and I instinctively looked away.

"You know, I think it's classy." (???)

Surprised I raised my head, unable to control my face turning noticeably red.

"Mer...Thank you. "

"My name is Maïli." She said with a smile.

"Well open page 1 of your textbook." Said the teacher as they continued to talk.

"So like that you are an orphan." (Maïli)

And so a new life began for me. And the years began to roll by. Finally a new life, I was still far from imagining what was waiting for me.

6 year later

I had made friends when I entered high school, including my best friend Maïli, a cheerful and friendly girl. My mother and father were traveling a lot for business trips. And right now they were, it had been 5 days now. Saori kept me as usual by taking days off. They should be back tomorrow according to what they had said.

Saori had left home a few years ago to be independent. But we had always remained close, and she often came by the house. My parents were entrepreneurs, they had a business and we didn't lack anything. But my sister wanted to earn and build her life by herself.

She was currently working as a personal care worker. She was my sister, a loving person who also took care of me, and who was now taking care of others.

But that night everything changed when the phone started to ring. My sister answered and she collapsed on the floor in tears. I rushed to her.

"Big sister are you okay!" (Logan)

She looked me straight in the eye, being able to guess myself that this was serious.

"Look Mommy and Daddy had an accident they.... They died..." (Saori)

I then took a few seconds to understand before I burst into tears of my own and was comforted by my sister who hugged me as we both cried.

Their plane had an engine problem, which caused their plane to crash. Once the funeral was over in tears and grief and mourning our descent into hell began, my parents' business was taken away from us. All this by the board of directors, who pleaded that my sister had not participated in the business by wanting to live her own life on her own.

We were evicted from our luxury home, due to lack of means I moved into my sister's small apartment. To take care of me, my sister took on several jobs until she ruined her health. She literally became a slave and even...

One day I came home from middle School and on my way home I saw several shoes. I heard some strange noises and I went to my sister's room. And I saw her lying on the bed like a common doll while some men including one of my college friends were taking advantage of her. I then exploded with rage:

"Get out! Get out!" (Logan)

"Oh, come on, Logan come take advantage of her, after all she's not your real sister." Laughed his classmate.

I then hit him with all my strength making him fall backwards with a bloody nose. But then his buddies shoved me and then hit me hard. Until my sister herself intervened.

"Leave him alone!" (Saori)

So they calmed down and put their clothes back on, looking at us, then leaving the room looking satisfied.

"See you soon, little bitch!" (???)

I got up and my sister looked at me with all the pain in the world. And for the first time I looked away from her leaving her there, sitting on the floor with a sheet covering her. But the choice I made in looking away that day, in denying my own sister, was to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life.

The next day, I screamed I burst into tears with grief preventing me from standing on my legs as I looked at my sister's body hanging from the ceiling.

"This is not possible...Saori...No... What have I done..." (Logan)

I unhooked her lifeless body and hugged her, sobbing. I had lost my sister that day, the person who meant the most to me.

At his grave with tears in my eyes, I made a promise. I vowed to become a better person, to help those in need, and this time to never look away.

"I make the promise big sister!" (Logan)

6 year later.

The years went by and I had to fend for myself during my high school years. I de-socialized myself by focusing on my studies and work. Walking home alone. I opened the door to my house which had a sign on it that said eviction notice, 3 months behind on rent. I took off my school stuff and took out what little fresh milk I had left from the fridge.

"Don't mind if it's half empty, I don't have much money." (Logan)

"Meow." (Shiro)

I poured the milk into his bowl which I then placed on the floor. As he rubbed tenderly against me.

"Here you go, this is for you little one." (Logan)

I petted him and he seemed to enjoy it while drinking his milk.

"Well I'll leave you Shiro, now I have to go to work see you later. I walked through the streets arriving at the store where I worked as a cashier.

"Come on Logan go get your register ready, you're a little late." (Boss)

"Excuse me." (Logan)

"It's not a big deal, go get your register ready." (Boss)

I hurried up and got to my register to start taking customers. And I worked all night until midnight. Before finally pulling another all-nighter while reviewing my math classes. I was so far along in my studies that I had started doing theses to earn money. Then the sun came up after another all-nighter.

I went to school taking my usual place at the back of the class, alone, while everyone was waiting for the teacher. But something happened, a bright light illuminated the room blinding me. While everyone else was absorbed in it.