'That's why you looked so familiar at the games.'

...

==Flashback: When Rogue and Callie were little kids==

"I don't want to be a burden to anyone anymore....." Callie was crying and clutching her sketchbook close to her chest as kids around her threw stuff at her.

"Loser!"

"What a retard."

"Why do you have to be alive?!"

"Hey guys do you hear this? This girl doesn't want to be a burden! Obvious she is one though!" A boy picked up a small blue box right next to where she was sitting.

"Hey! Give that back!" Callie cried as she tried grabbing the box but ended up with a kick to the stomach.

"Hey look! Colored pencils? Markers? Paint? This crap is useless, just like you!" A girl looking at the box commented as she grabbed a little mini paint can filled with blue paint and chucked it at her head. Everyone did the same as they grabbed her coloring supplies and threw it at her until she became a painting of hate and suffering.

"Hey! Leave her alone!" A boy commanded as he passed by the schoolyard where he noticed the little girl being bullied.

"Does anybody know him? Is he from here?" A girl asked in disgust as they stared at the boy defending the crying girl.

"No, he isn't from here! And what are you going to do about it emo?! She deserves whatever happens to her, she should JUST. DIE." The boy taunted as while he mocked the boy with his messy black hair covering his right eye, he picked up the girl from her shirt collar and hung her in the air as if she was dead.

"I'm not an emo! And drop her right now!" The boy screamed as out of nowhere a tornado jet of black darkness shot out of his mouth and straight at the boy. But the boy wasn't stupid. With a few seconds to spare, he lunged from his spot onto another spot, colliding with the ground as the dark tornado jet ended up hitting a tree behind him. His grip on Callie's shirt collar was no more and she also collided with the ground. The boy tried to ignore the pain and was able to get up, limping towards the boy who stood up for the little girl as he grabbed his shirt collar too.

"Listen kid. I don't know who the hell you are but you are messing with the wrong kid." The bully was about to launch a fist at the boy's face until everything was interrupted by a woman's stern voice.

"Recess is over! Everyone in!" The voice yelled as a bell was being rung in the process.

The bully grunted. "You're lucky, bastard. But don't think about doing that again. The next time, you'll be ending up 10 feet down." The bully threw the kid at the ground as everyone ran in except Callie, who was staring at the boy as tears pooled her eyes.

"Why did you help me?" Callie asked in tears as she was covered in the scratches of the concrete and the colors of the paint that was thrown at her carelessly.

"Because you were getting hurt, and it's pretty obvious to me you did nothing wrong." The boy said as he walked towards the girl, who's body refused to allow her to pull herself off the ground.

"Yes I did. I was born. I wasn't meant to be born. Everyone hates me. My parents abuse me, the girls shun me, and the boys hate me. Nobody cares for me..." Callie began to cry as she choked those last few words in her sentence until she saw a hand extend a few inches away from her.

"People do and will care for you. You just need to find those people. Later in your life after you make a huge decision, you will find people who value your true beauty and you will mean something to them. I promise you will find them." The boy explained as Callie felt a light blush slowly creepy up to her cheeks when she heard the boy tell her of her"true beauty". She placed her palm on the boy's extended hand as he helped to pull her up.

"My name is Ryos, but I prefer Rogue." Rogue said as he was still holding her hand.

"Thanks for standing up for me, Rogue. Nobody ever stood up for me at school. My name is Callina, but my nickname for myself is Callie." Callie introduced herself as she flashed him a sweet and happy smile, a smile she hasn't worn on her face for what felt like eternity. Rogue then noticed some blue paint drippings down one of her bangs. He put his hand to her forehead, and swept away her bang and held it gently in his palm, with her cheeks becoming more red as she felt his soft palm brush against the side of her forehead.

"Callina or Callie...I like your name and nickname. They sound very beautiful. It matches you very well." Rogue said as he looked around and picked up a mini paint that was labeled "Tidal Wave" and noticed that that was the paint that was dripping down her bang. "Callina, I think the paint makes a beautiful Tidal Wave colored highlight for your hair. You should actually consider putting on a highlight like that. You beauty will shine more." Rogue informed her as he showed off a sweet smile of trust, care, kindness, and loyalty that made a smile of the same kind of trust, care, kindness, and loyalty grow on Callina's face, except her face also showed a blush of admiration.

"Callie! Get in here! Recess ended 10 minutes ago! And clean up that paint!" A teacher called as Callie turned to face Rogue once more.

"Rogue...Thanks for everything." Callie said as she hugged him, leaving a faint pink blush on his cheeks as he embraced her back. She ran to the door of her school and smiled once more.

"I hope we meet again!" She ran back inside as he stared at the door for a few more seconds until he no longer sensed her presence.

"I hope so too." He walked away from the door with those final few words lingering around the recess space until she was back in her class. When she entered, she was completely clean, except her bang was covered with that same paint that was dripping down her bang.

"She didn't do a good job of cleaning her hair..." The girl snickered as the boy agreed.

"She doesn't do a good job at anything." The boy corrected as the girl chuckled a nasty laugh. But as Callie sat down, she ignored everything and kept a small smile on her face and a lingering blush on her cheeks.

She brushed her bang as she mumbled her last few words to him again.

"I hope we meet again soon."

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