If only he didn't.

CHAPTER 19, LOST...IN A STORE (KEL POV)

I am currently 16 going on 17, and then I'll be old. HERO's old. If you didn't know. I can't imagine being a doctor, that's so expensive...And boring! I would rather be like...A basketball player! Ya know what I mean? I'll be like Space Jam level famous. "Mr. KEL! Mr. KEL! Autograph please! Sign my shirt! Drink my ORANGE JOE! Can you throw this ball at my face? Can you get a picture of me?" I would love that attention, I would be so cool...

When I was smaller, also known as younger, but who says that anymore? Not me! Okay, fine. When I was smaller, HERO was also smaller, but still older than me. MOM would sometimes make HERO take me  to OTHERMART, for groceries, but also to relax from me. I even know what MOM wants HERO to get, always! BREAD, FLOUR, EGGS, SALT, MILK, SUGAR, MEAT and FISH. MOM always had vegetables prepared, but the MEAT was always gone, it's like we're carnivores or something! If we had money left over, we were able to buy CANDY or CHOCOLATE or a CARAMEL APPLE  or a DONUT! 

I am, one of the most energetic people I know of. I have always been energetic. When this specific time, HERO had taken me to OTHERMART, my brain had snapped and gone WI~ILD!! 

"HERO. HERO. HERO. HERO. HERO. HERO. HERO. HERO. HERO." I repeated his name a lot! I tugged on his arm.

"Yeah, KEL? We just got to the shop. Until we get the things MAMÁ asked us to get, we can't do anything else. Remind me to get the FLOWERS from THAT OTHER SHOP too."  He took a shopping cart and we started moving.

"HERO, Do you see that BALD MAN? He's with a girl too. Do you think he's her grandpa or...Dad?" I pointed to a random man who was also shopping.

"KEL, that's rude. Don't do that. It's also rude to assume someone's age." He took a bag of BREAD and put it in the cart. MOM always gives us WHITE BREAD, but sometimes even HAWAIIAN ROLLS! 

"How do you spell FLOUR?" I stopped to look at an ORANGE as HERO walked away, moving further and further away from me.

He responded quickly "F.L.O.U.R. It sounds like F.L.O.W.E.R though. I hope you know that."

As he walked away, I thought "What if he leaves me? What if...I get lost?" And then I thought "I'm hungry."

I went on a rampage, call me a CEREAL killer, if you will;I took a bite out of a random APPLE. I took a bite out of a CEREAL BOX. I bit into an EGG, just one though. I carefully put a CARTON OF MILK into my HUUGE pocket. I ate a PLASTIC APPLE! Eww. I slipped on a puddle of SOY MILK, that I spilled myself! I broke a glass door.

I bought 1 FISH! Just 1! I had enough for that. I don't think the OTHERMART LADY understood me, but better than nothing. She said "HELLO! 你是要 FISH 吗？是!" and pointed to the 10 DOLLARS I had. I gave them to her, that's a cheap fish, eh?

I sat on the floor, hysterically crying in despair, I have destroyed everything. I have had nothing more to destroy. I was done. I was finished with my mission. I was alone. I lost my brother. I LOST MY BROTHER!  I cried, and cried. I cried for AGES! I cried until my tears refused to come out, and then I was SUPER dry, and bored. My head hurt, like it was about to explode. I remembered the memories of being at home, MAMA cooked me food, cared for me, loved me, bathed me, didn't leave me in the store...I truly thought that I had been abandoned. But I wasn't! But my young self didn't exactly know that.

I think an OTHERMART WORKER found me because they sighed and bent down to talk to my level:

"Are you lost? Where are your parents? Do you understand me?' They looked at me. They had dark brown hair, short. 

"Uhm...I lost...I-I...I lost my hermano." I don't think I was the best at English.

"Hermano?...Your- Your brother? You lost your brother? Where is he?" They held my hand, cleaning the floor with their other hand.

"Yes. Yes. Bro...Ther. I lost my brother. He should be...Ah- Somewhere there!" I pointed to the place where the PHARMACIST was. 

"Oh right! That's right! We saw your brother looking for you. Do you want me to help you find him?" 

"Mhm! Please." I followed them as I slowly stood up and together we tried to find HERO.

I think I heard them whisper "I don't get paid enough for this."

We walked, we walked. I was so bored. They were tightly holding onto my hand. It must've been so awkward for like, the both of us. Thing is, they didn't know Spanish very well, I didn't know English very well.

I believe they initiated "Small Talk" as we walked and looked for HERO. I wasn't and still aren't a small talk professional, as I'm sometimes bad at it. But we all know I'm the best at it!

"H-How does he look like? How tall? Older than you? How many years older or younger? Do you have any friends that can help?" 

"Tall, very? Older by three years. I have 2 friend. Neighbor. Good neighbors. I think? I think we are friends. I think. Very nice people. Girl, also three years older. Brother, same age as me. Mom and dad too. All very nice. Dad? Not so much. Kind of like mine. All have black hair except the mom. Dad like my dad, Mom like my mom, Girl like my brother, Brother like me...I think. Also, I think girl and my brother love each other. Ewww."

"Okay so. We're looking for a person, slightly older than you? If we don't find him, we can try to find your other 2 friends or their family. But be careful, try not to spill anymore things. If you break something, drop something, spill something, tell me. Also love isn't that bad."

We were now in the PHARMACY. I think I saw HERO talk to the PHARMACIST, really didn't and still don't care about what, I only vaguely remember. 

"Is that your brother there? Talking to the PHARMACIST?" They let go of my hand and instead pointed to HERO. 

"Yeah!" I ran over to HERO and hugged him as tightly as I could. 

"K-KEL? OH MY GOD! You-! Oh my god...You were-...O-..No way." He stared at me as he gave the remaining money that he didn't spend to the PHARMACIST and the OTHERMART WORKER. The WORKER left as the PHARMACIST just did whatever. 

"I got lost."

"Do you at least have the FISH and MILK?" HERO held my hand and we both got out of the PHARMACY to the outside of OTHERMART.

"Yep. Also I tricked someone that I didn't know English very well." Gotcha! You believed me all this time! Haha! I even tricked myself a little. 

"You're in big trouble though..."

"Awh." 

As we came back home, MAMA hit me on the head, DAD just looked at me weird and then I fell on the floor. I'd expect to be banned from OTHERMART, but it's not that easy, we just had to pay a little for the damages. Thank god most of it was cheap...

Also I didn't get a DONUT. Big bummer!

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