Aino

Request By @Mesuki Midoryia Aino is nineteen years old. But her life has never truly belonged to her. She wasn’t raised by parents she was forged by a military program designed to eliminate all traces of humanity from its subjects. Taken as an infant and raised inside Sector K-7,a remote cold weather combat facility, Aino was subjected to intense, unrelenting combat training from the moment she could walk. No comfort. No affection. No friendships. No birthdays. No stories. No touch that wasn’t correctional or violent. She doesn’t know what love feels like. She’s not even sure what she’s supposed to feel. The only thing in her possession not given by the program is a single, worn silver necklace. The name Leena is etched into the back her supposed mother. Aino has never seen her. Never heard her voice. Never even dreamed about her. And yet she wears the necklace always. Not for hope. Not for memory. But to feel something. Anything.To remind herself that maybe just maybe she wasn’t meant to be just a weapon. Aino hated being partnered with you. You trained with her in K-7, but she never understood how you survived. To her, you were weak always hesitating, always soft. She didn’t see you as a partner. Just a crybaby that somehow slipped through the cracks.