Ranboo walked along the sidewalk towards school, the worst place to be honestly.

The teachers were trying their hardest and so was he, but there's nothing you can do when you are diagnosed with what he has. Yeah he was smart but that didn’t do much when he can’t even remember most of it an hour after he learned it.

The first thing that was written down in his “memory book” was that he was diagnosed with something that caused him to have major memory loss, so bad that some days he couldn’t even remember who he was. The only way he could remember was by writing everything he did down in his book, sometimes though, when he would try and write what he did down, it would never make it to the page because he would forget it the next minute.

Because of this it was a struggle to get through school, and after a while his parents had enough and abandoned him.

Ranboo jumped from foster home to foster home, for about 8 years Ranboo moved constantly, never staying in one place for more than a few days. Most of the homes he didn’t remember at all, he would just wake up and find himself at a new home.

That was until when Ranboo officially turned 16, and he was brought into a new foster home.

All Ranboo could remember was a man with a green hoodie, and a smiley face and that was all, all the pages that covered that day were ripped out, the only thing being left was a small smiley face on the next page after.

Ranboo never found out what happened in those few months, but from the whispers that he heard at school, apparently the guy was arrested for child endangerment, child abuse, and drugging him, and it appearntly wasn’t the first time he was charged with it. He guessed this time they had actual proof.

Now here Ranboo was, two years later, finishing up his last year of high school, and having to find a place to live.

He was currently looking for houses to rent, Tommy, his best friend, told him to look on this side of town, since it was closer to the school and he wouldn't forget and get lost in the middle of the woods again.

Ranboo shuddered at the thought, that night he did remember what happened, being chased by wolves and almost dying was shockingly a moment that he remembers very well.

Ranboo stopped when he saw a house that caught his eye.

A little black and white house, with a porch and a tree in the front, he asked the woman that he guessed owned the place to show him the house and she gladly accepted and opened the door to the little home.

It was decent inside, nothing some paint and furniture could fix, they went to the back and by god it had a beautiful garden in the back, with flowers littered everywhere. He asked how much the rent was and…

Ranboo blinked and stood now in a black bedroom, boxes of his stuff lingering around the room, he sighed and searched around for his book, finding it on the mattress of his bed. He opened it and went to today's date and read over it.

“I found a house for rent that I liked, at a good price too, the nice lady said that rent was due at the end of the month.

Also I met my new neighbors! They seem like a nice, kind couple.”

Ranboo read over what happened after and smiled, apparently, hiis new neighbors were two women, one named Niki who owned a bakery in town and always seemed to have something sweet being made, the other named Puffy who was not only Niki’s girlfriend, but also runs the daycare in town.

Ranboo let out a yawn and noticed on his phone that it was getting late, tomorrow was Friday, he had a test and sighed before going to take a shower and get ready to study like hell.

Ranboo walked into class, eyes bags under his eyes as he sat down in his usual seat, already starting to fall asleep until he felt a tap on his shoulder.

“Morning Ranboob!” Tommy yelled getting up and sitting next to him in someone's seat, “Man you look like hell, stay up trying to study everything again?” Ranboo sighed and nodded, “Yeah, didn’t really help at all, don’t remember anything last night.” Tommy smiled and dropped a little, his eyes holding a sympathetic look before it was gone like nothing happened.

“Aw cheering up Ranboo! Anyway, how do you like the new house? Kinda guessed you would pick that one with your obsession with balck and white.” “It’s not an obsession, I just like black and white a lot.” Ranboo argued, chuckling.

“Oh, have you met Niki and Puffy yet?! Oh man they're so nice, Niki sometimes gives me shit if I don’t swear which is bullshit! And Puffy is so good with kids, did you know that I work with her?” Tommy rambled, smiling as he pulled out a cookie, breaking it in half and giving it to Ranboo.

“Wait what? You work at the daycare in town with Puffy?” He asked surprised as he gladly accepted half of the cookie, popping it into his mouth.

“Yup! How else am I supposed to learn to raise Shroud? I sometimes take him to the daycare to play with the other kids.” Tommy said, mouth full of cookies.

“How is Shroud anyway? Last you told me he was learning how to count to read and write more right?” Ranboo asked, pulling out his water and taking a swig, “Yup and he’s learning fast, not gonna lie really proud of my boy go!” he said, puffing out his chest with pride and causing Ranboo to chuckle a bit before falling silent.

“...Tommy, have you.. You know… even told your dad about-``''He’s not my dad Ranboo.” “O-oh right sorry…. Have you even told Phil about your Shroud?” Ranboo asked, as he looked over to Tommy with considered eyes, Tommy going quiet as he looked somewhere else before meeting his eyes. “Nope, not planning to either.” Tommy said before the bell rang and he returned to his seat as the teacher came in, ending their conversation.

Ranboo blinked and the next thing he knew was that Tommy was running towards him yelling his name.

“What?” “Ranboo! They fucking stole you’re book, They stole it!” “No, nonononono.” Ranboo murmured as he ran in the direction that Tommy just came from, not hearing Tommy’s yells to wait up.

“They fucking hid it in the woods are you kidding me?!” Tommy yelled, clutching his blond hair and pulling. “It’s ok, they probably just put in a tree nearby right? I’ll go look for it, I’ll call you when I find it and I'm ok?” Ranboo told Tommy grabbing his bag and putting it on.

“Ok, don’t go too far ok? Call me as soon as you find it bitch!” Tommy yelled as Ranboo walked off into the woods.

Ranboo sighed as he walked deeper into the forest, his bag clutched on his shoulder as he scanned around him, head snapping at every little sound the forest made.

He knew he shouldn’t be out here, his worried neighbors would surely call the police when they found that he wasn’t home yet after 9 pm. They were the type to always worry over him ever since he moved in next to him, a tall young man barely graduating high school that year moving into a house with no parents or guardians anywhere. He didn’t blame them honestly.

Ranboo shook his head as he continued on, he would be home had it not been for the stupid bullies that decide to sneakily grab his memory book and hide it in the woods.

It had already been two hours and Ranboo still couldn’t find it.

He flinched when he heard a distant howl, picking up his pace, after all, there was a reason these woods were forbidden.

It was rumored that a giant lived in these woods, a massive one, with hands that could rip up trees and rip you to shreds, teeth that can tear you apart, a mouth so big it could eat a whole car.

Ranboo did not want to be the next person to be eaten, by the giant nor the wolves.

Ranboo started to search quickly, looking in trees and bushes, until he caught a glint of a red ribbon from the corner of his eye, hidden in a borrow under a tree.

Ranboo walked over, grabbing the book dusting it off, he smiled and took his bag off, ready to put it in, and stopped.

Ranboo’s scream was caught in his throat, as he was frozen with fear in the massive giant tight grip off the giant's hand.

“Holycrapholycrap, it’s real, the giants real” was all Ranboo thought as he looked at the giant in the eyes.

The giant just stared at him with wonder and scared eyes as the grip seemed to loosen just a bit, enough for Ranboo to wiggle his hands-free.

“Umm… h-hello? Tiny human?” Came out of the giant's mouth as it brought Ranboo closer to its face, causing Ranboo to wiggle harder as he looked up at it.

As he was brought closer, he was able to get a better look at the giant, with the help of the moonlight, and it made him pause.

The giant had long, mangle, pink hair, or dark pink hair, Ranboo couldn’t tell with the large amount of dirt that was mixed in with it, leaves and twigs tangled in with it as well. The giant had a part of its scalp that seemed to be shaved, or cut off, which was strange. As Ranboo looked at its face, its hard large, sacred, blue eyes reminded him of a lost child.

As Ranboo took in the giant's face, it dawned on him that it wasn’t a it, but a kid, and as Ranboo looked down at the gia- the kid’s clothes, it only proved his point further. The kid had what looked to be the remains of well-made clothes, now brought to ruin with dirt and tears everywhere, and worn-out shoes, that made Ranboo guess that the kid had been on his own for a while. And by god did it not hurt seeing the kid, and remembering how he was found.

Ranboo shook his head out of those thoughts and couldn’t help but look back up at the giant abandoned kid, who looked as nervous as one can be.

“Uhhh…Hi?” That was all Ranboo could say as he smiled nervously up at the kid, who only seemed to look at him in relief before starting to tear up a bit, which caused Ranboo to panic.

“Woah Woah, it’s ok it’s ok! Please don’t cry.” Ranboo said as he awkwardly tried to calm the kid down before they start bawling, and maybe make him deaf, as Ranboo rubbed the giant fingers that still held him up in the air.

The giant only seemed to nod as they brought their other hand up and rubbed their eyes, “I-I’m ok… It’s just… you're the first human to not scream and run away from m-me.” Was all the giant could say as they started to water again.

Ranboo couldn’t help but let out a sympathetic smile come to his face as he patted and rubbed the kid's hand to help them calm down.

Once the kid seemed to calm down a bit, Ranboo couldn’t help but ask “Ummm… I know this might be too much to ask but.. can you put me down now?” He asked nervously

The kid looked at him with sad eyes and said, “But, then you’ll run away from me..”

Ranboo couldn’t help but let out a sigh, since sadly the kid wasn’t wrong, he was still scared out of his mind from being held, on that note, “Ok fair enough um kid, but… can you at least loosen your hold on me, you’re kinda hurting me a little”

That seemed to dawn on the kid since the next second, the tight grip that held him up was now gone and he was being held much gentler now in the kids hand, and the kid had those sad eyes again

“I’m sorry Mr.tiny human..” Ranboo could help but smile up at the kid before saying, “It’s ok kid, and umm my name isn’t Mr.tiny human, my name is Ranboo. What’s your name hmm?”

The kid nodded and said “Sorry Mr.boo, m-my name is Michael” The kid, now named Michael.

“Michael”  Ranboo made sure to keep that in his head, hopefully he’ll be able to write that down when he gets his book back. On that note, Ranboo looked down towards where his book and bag lay on the ground, and Michael followed his gaze as he looked down as well.

Ranboo mustered up the courage and asked, “Well Michael, can you put me down at least to get my stuff? I promise I won’t run.”

Michael looked over to Ranboo and seemed to study him for a sec before saying, “Promise?”, Ranboo couldn’t help but smile, “Promise.” He said.

Michael nodded at that and carefully lowered Ranboo down to the ground, and opened up his hand, letting Ranboo tumble a bit as his legs made contact with the ground.

Ranboo looked back up at the kid and by god he was huge, seeing Michael from the ground, compared to the trees, and himself, it was unreal to be frank.

“And to think he’s only a kid.” Ranboo thought as he stayed facing Michael, put quickly reached down and grabbed his bag and book.

He checked his bag and made sure everything was in there, as he was checking he felt the ground suddenly shake and she stumbled a bit as he looked up at Michael, who had sat himself down on his knees, and was staring at Ranboo nervously.

Now that Ranboo was not being held, he was able to process that he was indeed picked up by a 30ft kid who was named Michael, who looked to be either abandoned or lost, which brought Ranboo to his question of the night.

“Michael, where are your parents?” He asked as he stared up at the kid, and Michael seemed to grow sad and he started to fiddle with his hands nervously, “Uh…. I don’t know…. I don’t know where my dada is… I was playing around with the little animals *sniff* and when I turned around he was g-gone.” After saying that Michael’s eyes started to tear up again and Ranboo started to regret asking. “Hey hey it’s ok, I’m sure your dada is around here somewhere, god please don’t cry.” Ranboo said as he slung his back over his shoulder and walked up to Michael and tried to calm him down.

Michael brought his hands up to his face and tried to wipe his eyes, but they kept tearing up, as Ranboo padded at his knee to try and comfort him. Ranboo sacked his brain to try and say something that will get Michaels mind off of where his dad was, which he decided to go with asking more questions.

“It’s ok Michael it's ok, ummm how- how old are you?” Michael sniffled and looked down at his hands and stared at them for a bit, and that made Ranboo worried. “You do know how old you are right? Can you count?” Michael nodded “Yes I can count I’m… three.” He said as he held up four fingers, which got Ranboo even more worried because he was way too young to not only be this big, but to also be on his own.

“Ok ok, so your three, uhhh, where have you been staying?” He asked worriedly, “In the cave nearby..” and Ranboo sighed in relief, at least the kid had some form of shelter from the elements.

He felt his phone ring and he quickly reached into his pocket and pulled it out, reading the caller ID and held his breath when it read TOMMY.

He quickly answered with a quick ‘Hello?’ Which was cut off with Tommy yelling at him through the phone. “Ranboo where the fuck are you!? I been waiting for you to fucking call me you bitch! I’m about ready to go into those woods to find you!” At that Ranboo started to panic as he looked up at Michael. “Tommy don’t do that, everything is ok, I found my book and I’m on my way back.” “Well than hurry up than bitch you’ve been gone for hours, I was starting to think the giant got you.” And Ranboo couldn’t help but cringed as he looked up at Michael, who stared at his phone curiously.

“Ok ok I’m coming back.” And Ranboo quickly ended the call and looked at Michael, “I’m sorry Michael but I have to go.” And Ranboo yelped when he was grabbed and picked up again “No! Then you’ll go and tell everyone I’m here!” Michael yelled sadly and Ranboo couldn’t help but cover his ears at the yelling. “No no I won’t! I promise I won’t tell anyone that you're here! I swear! I’ll even come back tomorrow!” Ranboo said nervously as Michael started at him with hope. “ You will?” “Yup, I‘ll come back tomorrow, I’ll even bring you some food too!” He said but nervously and happily.

He then yelped as he was brought back down to the ground and let go. “Okay! Can we meet back here?” Michael asked with such hope that Ranboo would feel crushed if he didn’t come back. “Yup, I’ll come back and meet you here!” “Ok, by Mister Boo!” Michael said happily and got up, causing the ground to shake which caused Ranboo to hold onto a tree as Michael walked back further into the woods.