TW: Kinda depressing, but cute. Nothing to do with The Orphanage playthrough by Kim and Duncan

Title: ~The Orphanage~

Sips was a lonely kid, he didn't socialise with the other boys at school, didn't go into town and didn't even talk to the kids next door. But he was fine with that, and so were they, they didn't like him, they thought he was a freak, as his vitamin deficiency caused him to have grey skin. It also didn't help that from a young age, he knew that he was gay. But that didn't stop him, as he was very good at sticking to tasks and not getting distracted.

One day, his life was brought to a standstill when his mother and father died in a car crash, and he barely survived. He was small enough to crawl through the shattered window, and then call for help, before collapsing, unconscious. Sips woke up in hospital with a numb feeling around his knee and saw that it had a huge scar from the accident. That night he couldn't erase the horrible thought of his parent's dead, lifeless frames in the front of their old SUV. His eyes filled with tears at the fact that he could never see their faces again, or hear their laughs when he had made some stupid joke about how annoying broccoli is... It was all too much to take in.

Sips was soon able to walk again and was sent to an orphanage called, "Greenman's Lodge". It was nice enough, with a large garden, a mini-play park, a large old mansion and plenty of children. But it wasn't quite home, as he had no-one to laugh and joke with. Home was where he came out of his shell. But here everyone looked the same, a range from babies to 16 year olds. As he was 6, he was kind of in the middle, in the younger half, the majority, as some would say. He became the withdrawn school boy for the rest of his time, and everyone ignored him, as he did them.

Until one day, there was 3 new arrivals. A tall, dark haired boy with a burgundy overcoat and a blue and white striped T-shirt underneath. He was accompanied by a short ginger boy, quite plump with a little Viking-like hat on, too big for his small head. He wore no shirt, only baggy armoured trousers, and scuffed black boots. The last boy was a tall, giant of a boy, but only about 9 years old, maybe 8. He was dressed in a white lab coat, which was splattered with different concoctions and colours from experiments. He looked very casual and had rectangular goggles positioned atop his messy blonde head.

The staff came to greet them and Sips lurked at the back, hoping they wouldn't notice him. The short ginger boy peered through Matron Ophelia's legs and noticed him, prodded Xephos and whispered something, which then Traveller to the huge boy's ears. Sips expected them to stick out their tongues or something, but instead they waved and grinned at him. Matron glanced behind her and noticed Sips' pale figure.

"Sips! Do you want to show our new additions around the complex?"

Sips looked a bit sheepish, but nodded all the same.

"Okay..." he murmured in his Canadian accent, husky from the small amount of speaking that he had done over the last year.

"Thanks, friend." Grinned the dark haired boy, cheekily. The tiny ginger jumped up and down whilst singing a strange song. (It sounded something like 'Diggy Diggy hole' but Sips couldn't quite hear it clearly)

"Let's go." Growled the blonde, while the dark boy gazed up at him with something that looked like love.

Sips made good friends with this trio after that day. The small ginger boy was called Honeydew, the dark haired one was called Xephos and the tall blonde scientist was called Lalna. They became inseparable, and made a small fort at the end of the garden called "YogLabs". They gave it a porthole door and painted it all grey and silver. They built crazy things inside, and Sips' obsession with dirt made them a staircase made of piles of hardened earth.

Everything changed once again when one boy arrived at Greenland's Lodge. This boy was heart-wrenchingly shy and very 'pretty'. He had glorious, wide, sparkling blue eyes, with a silky mop of chestnut-brown hair and a defined, blushed face. Sips was overcome. He had made friends, but he didn't find any of them sexually attractive. This lithe young boy gazed meekly up at Matron, listening intently to her words. Sips hid in the shadows, colour rushing to his pale features as he gazed at the boy. He felt too embarrassed to go and show him around, and too nervous to even say 'Hi'.

Two days later, Sips noticed the boy sitting alone at the table by the window and apologized to his friends. He got up and took his food over to him, placing it on the table, sitting down on the wooden chair opposite.

"Hey..." murmured Sips.

The boy glanced up from his mashed potato, his mouth full and his cheeks bulging adorably. Their eyes locked and Sips knew that he liked him. Well, he hoped, anyway.

"My name is Sjin..." he whispered in a voice barely comparable to a mouse's. They began to start chatting and soon, he introduced Sjin to the other three. They all grew very close, but Sips and Sjin grew a stronger bond than the others, (Well, maybe not, but that's another tale.) They became close, close friends and they made their own 'company' called Sipsco, which 'sold' dirt to 'YogLabs'. It was a fantastic childhood, despite all the trauma that they had been through. But sadly it was to end as slowly, one by one, they were adopted and never saw each other again.

Sips strolled down the Main Street and saw an Orphanage, with small children playing and staff laughing at their crazy antics, he unplugged his headphones and decided to visit good old 'Greenman's Lodge' after twenty years. He had attended University, and studied Business. His foster family were lovely, and were quite well-off too, so he had a very comfortable upbringing. He asked his foster mum if she thought it would be a good idea to go and relive his childhood, for a little while. Even though she was a bit dubious about the whole thing, she said that it was a good idea. Overjoyed, Sips packed a suitcase and left the next morning.

It was less polished and clean as it was when Sips was there, and, even though it was stupid, he hoped that he would see the cute face of Sjin poke out from his old window. Sips had no idea how his life had turned out but, he hoped he had received a good one. He sighed as he followed the Ivy climbing up the wall like a snake to a tree, and saw a movement. Was... was that what he thought it was? Heart pumping and grin growing, he snatched up his suitcase and dashed through the doors and to the stairwell. A sad humming echoed throughout the hallways eerily, but Sips was too happy to notice that.

He burst through Sjin's old door and nearly cried in amazement. Sjin whipped around and his mouth fell open.

"S-Sipsy?" he stuttered, too amazed to speak.

"Heya, toots." Grinned Sips back. "Come here you big lug!"

Sjin jumped for the opportunity and they collapsed onto the bed, Sips' face being showered with kisses. Sips' hand combed through Sjin's silky hair as Sjin's hand stroked Sips' chequered shirt. Slowly unbuttoning it, they rolled onto the floor, giggling like school girls.

  After about an hour, they stopped, and were panting, sweat glistening on their foreheads.

"I enjoyed that, Sipsy..." giggled Sjin.

"Me too..." purred Sips. "God, I've missed you..."