A place to belong

It had been a busy day. Honestly, saying busy would have been a bit of an understatement, it had been a storm of events the first thing in the morning. Aliannah hadn't expected an influx of children to the orphanage, but considering the war she really should have known. She had been running around tending to crying kids and counting and recounting the heads of the children that were now staying at the sanctuary.

There were more heads than beds. The blonde had tried her best to make sure that the orphanage had always more beds than they thought they needed, but the number of kids that were arriving thanks to the war were far more than she had expected. Taking in a deep breath the blond ran her fingers through her hair and pushed it out of her face, a sigh escaping her lips. She was honestly on the brink of tears, she was stressed and her heart hurt from seeing all of the kids that had to suffer losing their parents. She could do all she could, but there was no one in this would that would be able to replace their parents.

Her head fell slightly, the blonde strands of hair that she had just pushed out of her face falling back into their previous places. She couldn't show this side to the children, they were already on the edge of tears themselves and she had to be strong for them.

The angel took in a break and she raised her head, holding her breath slightly before releasing the breath and standing up from her crouching position. She had been busy all morning, taking care of the new children, feeding them hungry mouths and trying to find places for everyone to sleep. She was glad though that she had previously made a garden behind the kitchen so, it helped expand the budget that they now were once again pushing against.

She knew that she wouldn't be able to do everything on her own, find a way to make beds for the new kids cause it wasn't in their budget to buy new beds, perhaps she would be able to make bunk beds, that would help solve the space problem, they would have to add on an extension to the main house to fit all the new bodies, luckily some of the kids were able to say with some of the adults that were watching over the sanctuary, but there were new kids coming every day.

The knock at the door had the girl freeze in her spot, was it another couple of kids being dropped off by the government she wasn't sure she could taking more crying faces.

Aliannah braced herself as she put her hand on the knob of the door, opening the door with a weary look in her eyes and a brave face on.

She looked ragged, her hair messy with slight bags under her eyes from lack of sleep, it was evident that the blonde hadn't had much sleep in the last couple of days, yet despite this the girl glowed slightly, her heavenly magic seeping off her skin trying to heal her faster than she could destroy her own body.

But rather than teary eyed kids there stood a blond male who was tinkering with a music box, offering his assistance. Oh.

The woman visibly relaxed and slumped slightly against the door frame. "Thank Gods." She smiled slightly at the male and motioned for him to come in. "My name is Aliannah, we could absolutely use your help, I'll have to thank the Greysons later for sending you our way. How good are you with your hands?"

Blue crystal eyes flashed worriedly as the small gears and cogs fell to the ground. She quietly bit her bottom lip as she shook Ivan's hand before a shy smile began to grow across her face. "It's nice to meet you Ivan." Her hand was small in his and the rough skin of his fingers comparing to her soft one reminded her once again of the fact that her body was swiftly repairing itself despite all of the hard manual labor she had put into the orphanage. A sense of guilt ran briefly though her mind, so many people would have scars from this war that she wouldn't be able to heal.

Flashing back to the present the blonde smiled brightly as she quickly knelt to the ground and began to pick up the little pieces that were scattered across the group, gathering as many as she could within the immediate area around her before standing back up and extending her hand towards the taller male. "You dropped these. Though it does seem like you are good with your hands if you are able to fix something with such small items." Her head tilted slightly to the side.

Out of the corner of her eyes she could see the kids in the background and worried for just a moment that they might be scared of the tall male that stood in the doorway. but her worries slightly faded away as Ivan spoke softly to them and they nodded and continued to watch the two of them at the door, well at least some of them, a couple had run away, be it from being scared or no longer finding him interesting now that they knew his intentions. Aliannah's eyes glanced back up to the tall man and noticed the look on his face, her smile flickering a little before she shook her head slightly. "Don't worry too much about them. A lot of them have been through a lot lately, it's nothing against you. But most of the other kids will love you, they don't see a lot of other adults other than those who work here."

She shuffled out of the way of the door frame, a posture that was opening for Ivan to come into the orphanage. "Come in, I'll get you something to eat and drink and we can talk about what we can put you to work on." The angel smiled at the tall male before beckoning him in and to follow her down the halls of the orphanage which seemed to be larger inside than it was outside, it was clean and looked well sustained. She led him to a room that was on the other side of a large hall, something that could have passed for what was a large indoor play area. The room wasn't small, but was clearly a meeting room with a table in the center and a couple of cushioned chairs around it. There were a couple of bookshelves in the room along with a couple of decorative plants and a window that peered out across the handmade garden. "If you wait right here I'll be right back!"