A Broken Man

Chapter 26: How to have Fun

Now that Zane was able to walk around, Nekoette was able to play with without having to squeeze through some bars and she dragged him around a bit, showing some of the best pleases in the village. But Zane feels a bit out of place, he was Zane Ro'Meave and he couldn't change it or the past, so of course he's going to feel out of place. All Zane could really do is read, and that's what he did most of the time, the other times Nekoette and the other kids would jump him to climb on him or talk to, or to hang out with Kawaii-Chan. He mostly helps her with some of her chores. While helping her with hanging some clothes to dry, Zane felt like he was being watch, but not how nearly everyone already do everything since he was allow to walk around, more like someone was trying to sneak up on him. Kawaii-Chan would always look once in a while, trying not to smile, when Zane looked back at what she was looking, there was nothing there.

Zane: " What's so funny? What are you looking at?"

Kawaii-Chan: " Nothing."

Kawaii-Chan looked away with a big smile spreading on her face. Zane shook his head and kept handing some damp clothes over to the Meif'wa. Kawaii-Chan covered her mouth, trying not to giggle, but before Zane could ask anything, someone ran behind him and hit his back. He turned around and saw Nekoette with a huge smile before dashing off. 

Nekoette: " TAG!! You're It!!"

Zane just stood there, confuse in what just happened. Kawaii-Chan tilted her head.

Kawaii-Chan: " Aren't you going to get her?"

Zane: " Why?"

Kawaii-Chan: " It's a game, silly."

Zane was still quiet, almost like he didn't know what Kawaii-Chan was talking about.

Kawaii-Chan: " You know, tag. Where you tag other people when your it and run away from the person who's it. You never played?"

Zane: " I wasn't really allowed to play after I agreed to train with my old Mentor. He wouldn't really let me do anything but study on his lesions or train me like a maniac to keep me strong."

Kawaii-Chan: " So you weren't allowed to go out and play?"

Zane: " No. He would always get mad if I even stopped for a moment. I pretty much gave up my childhood thanks to that man."

Kawaii-Chan's ears went back a little. Nekoette came back and sneaked up on Zane again, but she jumped on his back this time. He lost balance and nearly fell over when the young girl hopped on his back.

Nekoette: " How come you didn't go after me? You're it."

Kawaii-Chan: " Zane never played tag, Nekoette-Tan."

Nekoette: " WHAT?! No way!"

Zane: " It's true. Never played it."

When all the clothes were put up, Zane walked around a bit, Nekoette followed him around, asking a bit of his childhood.

Nekoette: " So you never played tag before?"

Zane: " Nope, never played that game when I was younger."

Nekoette: " What about hide and seek?"

Zane: " Nope."

Nekoette: " Jump rope?"

Zane: " No."

Nekoette: " Ummmm... Simon Says?"

Zane: " Who?"

Nekoette: " So you never played any games before?"

Zane: " Nope."

Nekoette: " Why?"