"Azami! Azami, wake up!" A voice cut through my dreams, and I slowly opened my eyes. Everything was hazy. My older sister, Kaede was looking at me. I'd never seen her cry, but she was crying now, and I was scared.
     "Wha-" I noticed I wasn't in my bed either. "Where are we?" I asked. "I don't know! Mom and Dad just drove away! I tried to chase them but I didn't want to leave you."
     Heavy, wet tears began filling my eyes and slipping down my face. The sleep that'd clung to my senses so strongly before was quickly being shaken off. "Did they leave us?" I asked, hugging my sister. Kaede didn't respond, hugging me close to her chest.
     It was cold. The air bit at my exposed skin, and the chill from the concrete under me was seeping slowly into my bones. My sister's warmth felt nice. Comforting, but it was nothing like our mother's.
     "Is it because of yesterday?" I asked quietly. The day prior to then, I'd gotten hurt by tripping on the sidewalk. When my family got close to me and I touched Kaede's hand, suddenly it wasn't me who had the skinned knee, but her.
     "I-I don't know." She said, her body shaking with sobs. Fitting the situation, I felt a few drops of water on my back, and then the bitter cold of rain on my skin. I held onto my sister tighter, trying to keep myself warm.
     I was distantly aware of being lifted, carried, until the rain wasn't hitting my back anymore. Slowly, I lifted my head. Kaede was holding me tight, and we were sitting in an alley, sheltered from the rain by the building and the box we were in. It was the middle of the night, raining, and it was cold. Miserably, I hugged onto my older sister tighter, crying harder.
     We were alone. Huddled in a box. Holding each other for warmth. With no home to go to. Vulnerable to anyone who wanted to hurt us.

     It was I who cried all my tears first. And once I didn't have anything left to cry, I continued to cry, tearless sobs clawing their way from my stomach. My head hurt from crying so hard, but there was nothing I could do.
     After all, I was too young.