Even though the sky was cloudless and of a perfectly light blue color, it made a smile appeared on female’s features. Sure, she loved rainy days a lot more, no matter how unusual others might have thought it to be, but today even Haru had to agree that the sunny weather fit the situation a lot better. Because today was the last day of the month, meaning, they would be accepting new volunteers.
This always made her feel excited.
There were many reasons to that, such as her love for meeting new people and getting to know other believers, but most importantly it was because of that feeling of being united, the feeling of family it gave off. These people weren’t related by blood, but by religion, and for the most part, the bond among them was just as strong. And working together with good intentions, in her mind, only made it greater.
With a gentle smile plastered on her lips Haru greeted each and every person coming inside bowing her head and giving them a hushed ‘thank you for coming’. There were a lot more of them than usually - both old and new faces alike. Thinking that everyone was already inside and they could start, blonde went to close the main door to prevent wind drafts, but stopped at the doorway. Outside there was still a man standing, and judging from the flayer he was clenching in his hand like his life depended on it, raven came here today for the same reason the others did. Volunteering work.
“I’m sorry– Are you perhaps here to help us out?” Moving her hand lightly she gestured at the church behind her. “Every pair of helping hands is much appreciated. I’m Haru Tanaki, by the way.” She gave him a short bow. Young women hoped that this would clear all doubts and uncertainties that the stranger might have had about coming inside. “And you are– ?..” Blonde looked closer at his worried face and for a second she thought that this wasn’t their first meeting, but pushed that thought away immediately. No, she definitely didn’t know him.
They were doing this for a soup kitchen. A soup kitchen; no pressure, just service. So he straightened his shoulders and made his way inside, clutching his flyer, only then, he suddenly felt too overwhelmingly tall. A woman came in front of his path, her smile a bit like a gushing ray of sunshine and her teeth very straight and white when she did. She was quite pretty and taller then Clara, but even if he was a bit impressionable to smiles and the bouncy, positive attitude she gave off, when he looked closer he knew she looked a bit too familiar to be a stranger.
It was totally random, and for a moment, he was quiet surprised, but the moment was fresh and pleasant and short; like a kind gesture from a best friend. Were they actually childhood friends, or was it just a really muddled misunderstanding?
After more then a double-take glance, he registered her dark blonde hair and recalled memories of balancing on a fence in a backyard, peering over to exchange a few words with a girl who looked very much like this woman. They were happy memories he knew, ones of pillow forts in his crowded childhood home and sneaking raw cookie dough in tiny kid handfuls over the counter. He had been adopted into a family of seven brothers and two sisters, and knew it probably was an overbearing reputation to pass over. He didn’t want to mess this up, so he decided it wouldn’t hurt not to mention it if she didn’t remember him.
“Hi!” he opened up with a grin he hoped wasn’t too geeky looking, and rubbed his hands together, bouncing a little on the balls of his feet.
“I’m Eleazer, yeah. Its nice to meet you – um, yeah – I’m here to help, if you’ll have me?” he hoped his chuckle was charming enough to convince he wasn’t some creepy sasquatch man. “I hope I’m not too late; I heard about this through a co-worker of mine and liked the idea of cramming in some service for a while. Where can we start?”
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