You have been a third wheel all your life and you don't seem to mind as you are only focused on selling houses and properties in your town. Being a little to the right doesn't seem so bad although everything might change when one of your potential...
Ken winces at your touch. You carefully wrap an ice pack on his shoulder. "Are you sure your shoulder is not dislocated or something?"
"I just sprained it."
"Then don't move too much. I'm not good at making a sling but that should be good enough." You look at the towel made into a sling and thoroughly inspect it to make sure that it's secure.
"URGHH, I have a game in three days. They're going to mock me again."
You felt bad about him. You just hope that his shoulders will heal in time for the game and he can atleast prove himself that he's good for the team. "You know what, do you want ice cream?"
"Yeah. I would love to have an ice cream."
"Okay, just wait for me here and I'll quickly grab us an ice cream." You quickly run to Ken's kitchen, technically it's his house built underneath your house, which you would ask him later about, but ice cream first.
You take the whole tub of ice cream chilling in his fridge before grabbing two spoons. You sit beside him comfortably and hand him his spoon. "Here, take this." You open the tub of ice cream and without hesitation, scooped a big chunk of it.
"Are we really going to eat it like this?"
"Yeah, why not?" You spoon another block of ice cream and eat it heartily. You notice Ken looking at you and grab his spoon from him and take out a lump of ice cream. "Let me."
"I still have my left hand." He raises his hand and tries to get the spoon from you but you avoid it and poke it on his lips.
"Say ahhh." You wiggle your eyebrows. "Come on, this will only be the time that I'll feed you like this."
He sighs and open his mouth and indulged the ice cream. "You're being too nice."
"We're living under the same roof and I'm usually a nice person. I don't want to get under your skin knowing that you're Ultraman. You might just throw me into space if I annoy you."
He softly chuckles. "Well, I wouldn't hurt you or anyone because this gig I have is just about fighting the Kaijus."
"A gig?" You asked curiosly. "Isn't this your main job?"
"Baseball, is my main job. I didn't even ask for this."
"Is it like a family business or what?"
"Hmm, yeah, it was passed down to me by my dad and now here I am with a sprained shoulder."
"Aaawww." You shove another spoonful of ice cream into your mouth and nearly choked.
Ken laughs and pats your back and rubs it in circles. "Slow down when you eat."
Still choking, you grab a glass of water and gulped it like there was no tomorrow. "Whoo, I thought I was going to see the light." You rub your chest and clear your throat.
"Where's your unicorn onesies?"
"My wha----oh, not in the mood to use that right now and it's embarrassing. I only use that on my me-time." You took another sip of the water and is about to dive in the ice cream again when Ken snatches the tub from you and raised it up.
"You might really choke if you took another bite."
You didn't dare take the ice cream from him, knowing that it will happen again like last time. "Awww, okay." You just sit there, and became quiet. Silence. Ken had already taken the ice cream back in the refrigerator and you still sit there, looking out into the void. It wasn't that you're disappointed or sad, you just liked the silence.
A ringing sound interrupted your wandering thoughts.
"Ken, your Dad is calling." Mina hovers in front of Ken, referring to his watch. "Are you going to answer that?“
You look at him, expecting him to answer the call. "No. I don't want to talk to him right now."
"I'm going to answer it."
A small holographic screen emerges from his watch and you see an old man. He looks very tired and concerned. "Ken, are you there?"
"He's here, Mr. Sato." Mina answers for him.
"How are you? You didn't answer my past calls." There is sadness in his voice and you can't deny the feeling that there's something bad going on between them. "I heard the news you were in a fight."
You remembered what happened at the cafe and you didn't know that it even reached the media which you haven't seen on your Facebook.
Ken looks at you and sighs. "I'm alright, Dad. I'm actually feeling better."
"Good thing Mina is there to help you."
"Well, someone is actually taking care of me right now but Mina has been helpful for answ....I mean, yeah, I'm alright."
You didn't know how to react or if you would leave them to talk as father and son but Ken reaches out for your wrist and grabs it softly and looks at you with pleading eyes.
"I'm glad you're alright. I'll be visiting you soon, hope to see you by then."
Ken nods and rubs his forehead before taking a deep sigh. "Yeah, see you soon."
The hologram turns off and the two of you go back to silence. This is awkward. You peer at him, contemplating about what to say or what to do next. You want to comfort him but that would be very bold of you or you could just say motivating things to him though you don't even know the issue between him and his dad.
Ken Jr. appears out of nowhere and jumps on your lap, begging for a belly rub. This is the perfect opportunity to cheer up Ken.
"Ken Jr. wants his belly rub and he wants you to do the honor." You smile at Ken who is still frowning and staring into the abyss. "Awwww, he's waiting." He looks at you and his features softens. He gives Ken Jr. his belly rubs and with a smile. It's a success!
"I'm glad you're here to cheer me up."
"Well, no one can resist this cute little baby boy."
"Also you, I might have lost it if you weren't here."
You feel your cheeks getting warmer but tried to act cooly and shrug. "Well, I'm good at making people feel better. I'm glad you're starting to open up to me slowly."
"And I'm sorry if I tried to kick you out. I was feeling under the weather. I'm juggling baseball and being Ultraman at the same time and that really took a lot of energy from me."
"It's okay. Though buying my house specifically was not the right thing to do but I forgive you."
He chuckles. "I actually like you being around."
My heart!
"U-uhm, that's nice to hear."
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Been busy so here you go, a new chapter. I'll try to upload more often and the following chapters will be a bit longer, if I can write a 2000 word chapter.
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