Passed down

Chapter 2

H

I woke up, ready for the first day at my job. I stayed overnight at the cafe, because I still haven't moved in my clothes to the apartment, and, ya know, free breakfast! I hurry downstairs, sketching some ideas to HOPEFULLY impress my boss, in case he or she wants ideas. Ugh, Wasabi and his, "Never be too careful" stuff must be rubbing off on me. I steps downstairs, only to see a tall Japanese girl, who looked around my age, but still younger, with black, straight hair, with blue faded ends, carrying a bag of some kind. Hm, weird. Aunt Cass normally doesn't let customers in this early, unless it is an emergency or something. Waiiiit. This might be the girl Aunt Cass hired to help her in the kitchen! I'd dint think much of it, but she looked like she was panicking, a lot. 

"Uhhh, heyyy! Um, are you okay?" I ask awkwardly. She looks up, panting out of breath.

"Oh! Uh, yes, yes I am fine. D-do you happen to know if I am late??" She said, completely out of breath.

"Woah! Uhh... Aunt Cass doesn't normally open the cafe until 9:05ish, so I think you're okay." I said with a smile. 

"Oh! Oh, thank you so much!" She said with a respectful bow. 

"Yeah, no problem!" I replied.

"I-I am Marinza, by the way. Honor to meet you." She said. Hm... I don't know if it's just early, or if my senses are right but.... She-she seems a LOT like... Momakase.... But, no. Her face is different, her skin lighter, her voice slightly higher, her walk with more elegance, but, the same, mysterious nature to her. The same enchanting beauty, the same hypnotic grace, the same mysterious, cold nature, except... warmer. I shrug it off, and introduce myself.

"Hey! I'm uh, Hiro, Cass's nephew." I said. Even though I just met her, I feel completely comfortable talking to her. And NO, for those of you thinking I love her, first of all, ew. Second, no. I-I mean, compared to KARMI, she's a broken mirror. She just seems cool. And yet, suspicious. L-like there's a layer of mystery underneath her. Well, I will probably be seeing more of her, so, I guess I will find out. I see her nod, and run to the back kitchen. I check my watch. Oh crap! I gotta go! 

(After work)

Man! This job is everything I wanted! I-I have my own lab, only a few doors away from Karmi's, a huge window in it, my boss is SUPER chill, and has the same enthusiasm as Krei, which is good. After all, I kinda miss my internship with him. And there is this one guy I work with, Shamir. He works in bio-mechanics, so our work is pretty similar. We hit it off, and everything is going great so far! But, as I walk back into my apartment, I set up the bed frame that came in, and I lay down. Something.... Something is still bothering me about her. Karmi noticed I was upset.

"Hey genius, what's wrong?" She asked, turning away from her desk and microscope.

"I-I dunno... there's this new girl who is working at the lucky cat, and... she reminds me of this one supervillain. She was on the news, Momakase?" I said, expecting her to not not know her.

"Oh! The one on tv with cute ol' you in the background! Yeah I remember her!" She joked.

"Heh, yeah. She reminds me a LOT of her, but, she isn't the same person. I don't know." I said.

"Sister maybe?" She said. That actually makes sense, but, she looks a little too young to be an adult woman's sister. 

"Maybe..." I said. Oh well. I guess I can figure this out tomorrow.

Thank you so much for reading! By the way, if you are super curious about why hiro is living in an APARTMENT, and why Karmi lives with him, you can find out the entire backstory on my other book, "Hiro x Karmi". You can read it, uh, if you want. Ummmm Bye!!