"fuck," el breathed out as she hugged herself with the cardigan she was wearing, "sorry, am i interrupting?" she asked with a small yawn as she entered the kitchen where mike and karen was.
"no, honey, you're just on time," karen smiled as mike stood and planted a kiss to her forehead.
"morning," he whispered as she leaned against him, "morning," she muttered which made him smile and lead her to sit down on a stool.
"what were you guys talking about?" el asked as karen gave her a plate of food and a glass of orange juice.
"nothing much," mike smiled and el nodded slowly and bit down on her toast. "i can.. i can eat upstairs if you guys want to continue..?" she suggested quietly.
"no, it's okay," karen smiled, "i'm meeting up with some friends anyways, i'll be back this afternoon."
"okay, be safe," el smiled at her and waved as karen smiled back and ruffled mikes hair quickly before exiting the kitchen.
el turned to mike, "what were you guys talking about..?" she slowly asked and drank her juice as he shrugged.
"nothing important, really," he said and she nodded.
"oh."
he gave her a look and she quickly looked at him with innocent eyes. "you don't have to tell me!" she exclaimed and stuffed her mouth with scrambled eggs, "it's just how i react!" she cried as he laughed and threw his head back.
"i know, baby, i didn't say anything," he shrugged which made her huff.
"you made a face," she pointed out, "and i don't appreciate it." she poked his chest and he faked a wince. "ow, baby, that hurt."
"no, it didn't," she placed her fists on her hips, "don't be a baby,"
he laughed and hugged her from the side before leaning down to her shoulder. "you're pretty cute when you try to be mad."
"i'm not trying to be mad!"
"ah, there it is again," he teased her further as she gasped inaudibly and her mouth opened.
she then shut it and looked away with a large huff.
"look, it's not a big deal," he told her, "i was just talking to mom about what you told me the other day,"
she nodded slowly.
"so my mom actually did those experiments," he said and a gasp escaped her, "seriously?"
he nodded. "they said they'll give her a thousand dollars for each one and she did three and that was it. dad had left and she was alone and pregnant needing that money," he explained, "i guess that's explained my powers," he laughed.
"could that be why she is sick?" she couldn't help but ask.
he shrugged. "i'm not sure, maybe not. but the thing is, it's in the past, mom needed that money and i just hope that now it'll be my turn to take care of her and to make sure she doesn't need to do that ever again,"
she nodded with a smile and then leaned forward to hug him. "thank you for telling me,"
"i guess we kinda did know each other in a way, huh," he whispered which made her laugh, "mhm, yeah, from being in the stomachs of women who were in human experiments," she said as a small snicker escaped him.
"still," he shrugged, "we were in the same place at the same time."
*
"poophead," el giggled as eli held her above him and span them, "eli, put me down," she laughed as he did so but only lowered her enough to set her over his shoulder.
