HEAVEN'S POV:

I woke up to a sound of purr near my ears. I opened my eyes to see a small kitten sitting near my head.

It was the smallest and the cutest thing that I had ever seen.

The kitten kept looking at me like a little confused kid and I couldn't help but coo at her cuteness.

Sitting up, I picked her in my hands and kissed her little head and in return she started licking my face making me giggle.

A sudden wave of breeze had me shivering and I looked down to see me naked inside the comforter.

Did they actually left me naked?

How could I sleep naked?

What the hell is wrong with me!!!

All those thoughts made me feel disgusting about myself.

Kids at orphanage always told me that I was a "whore" and now I've become one.

I wanted pull my hair out and die from shame at that moment.

Suddenly, someone picked me up in the air and then, the next thing I know is, me sitting on the lap of Raffy with the other two on our either sides.

"Shh.. sweetheart you need to stop crying right now.....shhh..calm down sweetcheeks.", he cooed.

After few minutes of consoling, I felt much better and then a very long lecture started.

"First of all babygirl, you are not a whore! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?", he said emphasizing every word.

They don't know but I am. I let them see me naked an.....

"Stop with your silly thoughts or do you want us to punish you?"

I looked up at them wide eyed.

How can they read my thoughts?

"That will be answered later. But we need to talk about you degrading yourself first."

"Listen clearly baby, you are not a whore or any other bad thing that people said to you. You're the most precious girl with the kindest heart who never complained about anything to anyone so that they can be out of trouble. Look at the mirror and see the strong girl who shines like stars everywhere she goes.", He said turning me towards the mirror.

Then he put his hand on my heart and said, "Here lives the purest soul. Anybody saying otherwise is just jealous of your kindness and your beauty. Come on, now give us a big smile. Yes...yes just like that!!!!"

And I was grinning so big as if I got the biggest gift and it was. I needed someone to tell me that the kids lied, that I was not a whore or anything they called me.

"Now what do you want to eat princess?", Agsy asked me while dropping a big jumper over my head.

I motioned them to gimme a paper and pen but what I didn't expect was Theo to say, "We know you can talk love. Can you try to speak? Just a single word would be fine. Would you?"

He asked me hopefully. I didn't want to break his heart but I haven't spoken in years. I don't even know if I can speak now or not.

I tried to avoid his hopeful gaze but he grabbed my chin and made me look into his beautiful eyes in which one can get lost forever.

"You can Heaven. Believe me you can!"

"....... I.......ea....t...strawvery"

I immediately looked down. I'm so dumb. Who doesn't know how to say strawberry? Now they're gonna hate me.

But a loud sound of clapping made me look up and three of them were cheering and Agsy was dancing weirdly making me laugh too.

I was hugged tight into Raffaele's solid chest.

"You did so amazing love. See you can do anything. No need to be scared. Yes baby?"

I nodded in response.

"No, no we're talking now. Come on answer me."

".ye.s", I said quickly and it actually sounded like "yies".

"Now time to eat."

I was put down on my feet and then we started making our way to kitchen in the beautiful house.

The look of kitchen gave me goosebumps. It looked so amazing with one big window in the centre.

The designs on the cabinets were ancient looking but the utensils and appliances looked latest and new.

I sat down on a small cosy dining table of 7 people. The chairs were so cushiony and I couldn't stop myself from jumping and then giggling.

Ignoring their stares, I busied myself in munching the strawberries that magically appeared on the table.

The bowl was taken away from me and I whined out loud with a look of disapproval on my face.

"...w..hy?", I asked Theo.

"How about you eat something more filling instead of going on a sugar rush princess?", He asked me sarcastically.

I looked up at him totally unimpressed and tried to snatch it back but one look into his now serious eyes that secretly made bad promises to me had me pull my hands back.

The tingly sensation and the butterflies caused by his look remained for few more minutes and then a hot sizzling plate of "God knows what" was kept in front of me.

It's smell was heavenly and I tried my best to stop myself from drooling over it.

Raffy clicked his fingers in front of my face to bring my attention towards himself.

"This is focaccia bread with panzanella and pasta with our mom's special sauce. Taste it love!!!!", he said excited.

As soon as I put the food into my mouth, my tastebuds exploded with different types of flavours. But the thing that felt odd was the taste of sauce. I felt as if I've tasted it before but how's that even possible?

After taking few more bites, I looked up to see all three looking at me with a smile over their faces.

"So..rry you e..at.too. It's so good, ..... couldn't sto..p myself." I said looking at them sheepishly.

"No problem love. We like to see you eat."

Then Theo sat ont my left, Agsy on my right and Raffy sat at our front.

Now there was a lot of food on the table. It all looked so delicious.

"Come on baby dig in."

And we all started eating with small talks in between.

I haven't been this happy ever. They make me happy and this realisation hit me hard.

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