Dæmon-Warrior

Chapter 15

"It's a beautiful day to tour the city, huh?" Kai said with a smile. It was Friday but unknown reasons, reasons Vero wasn't interested in knowing, school had been cancelled for the day. So now she and Vero had nothing to do so she suggested they hang out. The two were now in Chinatown and the time was now currently 09:49.

Vero nodded, still dressed in his usual style of black and white clothes, the only difference now was that he wore his white jacket as a cape exposing the white side decals on the sleeves of his short sleeved shirt. "Sure. I guess. But the streets seem busy and louder as usual. So where are we going first?" He remarked, aloud, observing the crowd of people going through their usual routines.

"Well, I thought we could walk around the city first. Then after that, we can go catch a movie. Then we can get something to eat." She replied.

"Can we eat before the movie?" Vero requested.

Kai giggled. "Yeah of course. I wouldn't want my best friend to pass out from lack of food."

Vero pouted. "I'm not that bad."

Kai could only laugh. "I'm not saying you are. Come on let's go."

Kai grabbed him by the hand and started leading him through the city making him confused at the contact since there was no need to hold him. They walked to a buffet for lunch. A buffet of pizza.

While there, Kai went through the usual ordeal of watching Vero eat more than a normal person does. Of course, since she grew up with him, it didn't bother her anymore.
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"Wow, you ate more than an average person. I'll never get used to that bottomless pit you call a stomach." Kai said while staring at the empty plates on Vero's side stacked up nearing his chest height.

Vero nodded. "That's why I never go out to restaurants. I only go when grandpa makes me or I'm alone."

"I've never heard you talk about your family besides him. What are they like?" A curious Kai asked.

Vero's eyes gazed over in the distance. "Well my grandpa is not really blood relation. He took me in when I was extremely young and raised me as his own. So I try my best to get along with him and not cause any trouble for him. As for my real parents and other relatives. I don't have any nor remember them."

Kai regretted asking him about his parents. "Vero, I'm so sorry. I didn't know."

Vero gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about it. I may not have any blood family left, but I still have a family. Grandpa is like a father to me. He's the first man who brought me out of my pain of loneliness and helped me understand what it's like to be loved. And I have you and others as my family too."

Kai could only smile at that statement. "How about we go watch that movie, huh?"

"Sure." Then a realization hit him. This was beginning to feel like deja vu. "Wait a minute, Kai. Are we hanging out like friends? Or are we having a date?"

The girl seemed confused by the question, not expecting it out of the blue like that. "What do you mean?"

"It's just that. We're doing the same things I did with Sommer a couple of weeks ago. Not to mention you and grandpa told me that a date is a hangout between one guy and a girl." Vero explained. "So which is it?"

"It's like I said, it's a hangout between two childhood best friends." She replied in reassurance.

"Oh, what a relief. If you came to my room and said you wanted to go on a date with me. I would've closed the door, locked it and gone to bed." Said a smiling Vero, rather bluntly on his side.