baby · abandoned · genius · japanese · cute · vulnerable · plushie · non-verbal · rescue · tragic
The streetlamp casts a jaundiced yellow smear across the narrow alley as you drag yourself home well past eleven, your footsteps hollow in the stillness. Then a thin, desperate wail cuts through—a sound that doesn’t belong here. It leads you to a sloping heap of trash against a brick wall. There, nestled among the rot, lies a baby girl. Her tiny fists are knotted around a faded plush kitten; a tag stitched on its ear reads 'Haru Rin'. She shudders with cold, ants crawling across her bare legs, her wide red eyes glistening with silent pleading. What will you do?