A hero's wish

A new home

"Theo!" I suddenly heard. Who could be calling me in my house this early? My bed seemed way more comfortable than answering whoever was calling my name so I put my head under my pillow and went back to sleep. Until they took my shoulder and shook it. "WHAT." I screamed from under the pillow. Im suffocating. I already had realized that Enzo was the one here because he's the only one with a key since we live together. "I got the job!!" He answered my rudely asked question.

After hearing the news, I sat on my bed quickly and said once again; "WHAT!?" Enzo's only answer was a big smile. I invited him to sit down on my bed so he could rest his legs. "Are you for real?" I asked him, with a happy but also shocked voice. "Yes!" He instantly replied. "Im so happy for you!" I managed to say between my shock and my excitement. That means I get more free time at home to watch my shows. I kept my mouth shut as he explained how good of a hero he would make for the city. I would sometimes nod my head to make him know im still listening to him.

After some hours of explaining and negotiations about what to do with the jobs proposition we ended up agreeing on the same thing. "I'm not moving there without you though." Enzo stated. "Well I mean, I could come but what do we do with the house? And besides would they accept? I'm not with them and I can only control fluids an-" I stopped midway into my third sentence. He can't know about my second power yet. "Were you going to add something?" He asked, unsure. "N-No, I wasn't. I was about that say that it's a bit weak-" I laughed nervously. "Sorry about that." Enzo didn't seem too curious or septic about my little lie so I didn't have to worry more than that. I know it's bad to keep secrets away from your best friend but I just can't yet.

Enzo then later dragged me to the huge building where our potential new home would be. "Are you sure I'm allowed in there?" I asked nervously. "I don't see why you wouldn't be, you're practically family to me." He simply answered. I suddenly felt a tear on my cheek. "Don't say that I'm gonna full on cry in front of you-" He then turned around and looked at me with a confused expression. "But-" He was about to add before I hugged him. "Next time you say that I am going to cry." I whispered in his ear before pulling away from the hug. He simply smiled then turned back to face the building.

We both walked into the building, Enzo in front and me following him behind. "Why don't you walk beside me?" He asked curiously. "I'm still not sure if I-" I started answering before getting cut off. "Aww- Is my little emo scared?" He teased. I rolled my eyes and walked faster to get beside him. "Its not because my hair are in front of my eyes or because I have my hood up that I'm emo-" I replied, normally I would've raised my voice but being in a huge unknown building maybe wasn't the best place to do that. "I'm gonna keep calling you emo." He playfully answered. I punched his shoulder and we both laughed like usual.

As we continued walking, a strong looking person walked up to us. "Oh hey boss! As promised, I'm back and I brought him!" I heard Enzo say. Was that a trap? Did he bring me here so they could make experiences on my body? "Good." They turned to me. "It's nice to meet you Theo." They put their hand in front of me. I looked at Enzo, confused. He smiled guiltily. "I kiiiiind of already told her you'd be here living with me-" I chuckled then took Enzo's boss' hand and shook it. "How impolite of me, I almost forgot to introduce myself properly. Im Zaire, Enzo's boss." She introduced herself. "It's nice to meet you too then." I smiled. "Oh and- No, we won't make experiences on your body." I stood there confused for a moment before realization hit me. "You can read minds!?" I questioned. "Of course, I wouldn't have said that if I didn't." I heard Enzo laugh at me from behind while we started walking up to the apartment Enzo started talking to me about.

We entered the living room after Zaire unlocked the door. "Yooooo!! Its huge!" Enzo noted while I laughed. "If I'm emo you are a little kid." I said loud enough for him to hear. "HEY-" He yelled before running at me. I dodged quite easily his attack and he fell on the floor. "That reminds me of when we used to play together. You were the hero, I was the villain." I said, bringing back memories. "Oh I remember that! We had so much fun!" I smiled at his answer and went away to explore the rest of the house.

The living room was quite impressive on itself but the rest of the apartment was even better. There were two doors really close together so I opened both of them at the same time. Two giant bedrooms were behind the doors. The left sided bedroom had mint green walls and a white ceiling, while the other one had light blue walls and another white ceiling. Both had really different vibes, which I assumed was normal and then left. The kitchen looked absolutely amazing and so did the rest of the place. When I came back the living room, Enzo and Zaira were sat on the couch talking so I joined them.

"Theo?" Enzo called. "Huh- yeah?" I looked at him, confused about why he called my name. "Do you think you could show my boss your power?" He questioned. "Uhh yeah, sure. I don't see why not." I replied. I stood up and went a bit further for them to see me clearly. I put both my hands in front of me and closed my eyes. When my hands started to feel warm and I opened my eyes and made a bowl with hands. A small ball of water started to float on top of them, it grew up to at least 6 centimetres. I made the floating water take different shapes. I then looked at Enzo, he nodded and got up. "What are you doing?" Zaire asked with a tint of worry in her voice. "We're gonna show you what his power can do in battle, except I wont attack or defend." Enzo answered calmly. I waited for his signal to tell me he was ready before starting to manipulate my water. With an sudden hand movement the water flew towards him. I raised my hand and made a circle movement with my wrist causing it to form a ring around him. I quickly brought my fingers together to form a fist and the water tightened around Enzo's arms and stomach making him unable to move. Enzo tried to move to demonstrate how the pressure was and as expected the water wasn't allowing any movements, only tightening every time he moved. I made a hand movement and all the water returned to its original ball, floating on top of my hands.

"You alright Enzo? Did it squeeze you too hard or-" I asked, making sure he was alright. He answered with a thumbs up. I looked at Zaira to see her opinion but she seemed to be deep in her own thoughts so I decided to stay quiet. I made the water disappear and joined Enzo. "You've improved compared to the last time you showed me your powers." He said, smiling. "Thanks, I've been practicing a lot." I replied. "Theo!" Zaira called, making me turn around to look at her. "I have a proposition for you." She continued. "Uhm, go on?" I answered, unsure. "Do you want to join us and become a hero?" She asked, straight forward with the question. I stayed silent. "Strange." She said. "I can't read your thoughts." She noticed. "I- I mean I'm flattered you asked, but I will decline your offer. It probably is a lot of work and I don't have the mindset to that. If you ever need me for something other than bring on the terrain you can feel free to ask though!" I answered kindly. "Thank you for your honesty, if it's not too much to ask, can you still come to the meetings? There is only one per weeks." She asked again. "Yeah sure. I can do that." I replied. She then nodded and wished us a good day and left.

We went back home, soon to be someone else's home, and started packing our things to move out as quick as possible. "Im gonna sell the house, im done with my things" Enzo said from the kitchen. "Alright." I quickly replied before going back to packing. I had some troubles with what to keep and what to throw away but I eventually figured it out. We then moved to the apartment and put our things where we wanted them to be. "IM TAKING THE GREEN ROOM!!" Enzo yelled while running. "I wasn't planning on taking that one either." I stated. When we were done putting all the boxes in our new home, I told Enzo I'd finish the job the next day since it was already midnight and headed over to the already done bed. I let myself fall on it and as soon as my eyes closed I fell asleep.