Side Character DxD

Chapter 28: Summer Break (4)

"Ken, Mom and I are going to buy some ingredients for dinner, so you and Grandpa will be alone for a while," Motohama Kaho smiled gently as she looked at her son, lying on his back on the floor of an empty room in her parents' house.

"Okay," Ken mumbled from his spot lying on the floor, not bothering to turn around and look at her.

"Do you want us to bring you something specific while we're out there? Maybe some Dango?" Kaho hid a mischievous smile as she watched her son try his best to hide a shudder going through his body at the mention of buying him Dango.

"No, I'm fine..." Ken said, still lying on the floor, his foot trying to angle a nearby electric fan to point down towards him. Kaho watched him try to move the fan with his foot for ten seconds before he gave up and returned to simply lying on his back, "Actually, Can you buy some Arare? And some fizzy orange juice? Please?" Ken spoke up, bending his neck and back backward so he could look at his mom, even though he was now looking at her upside down.

"Sure," Motohama Kaho said with a smile as she walked into the mostly empty room and pointed the fan down at her son, "I'll bring the ones with Peanuts that you like so much," She leaned down and patted him on the forehead, smiling at his failing attempt to wriggle out of her affectionate grasp before she stood back up and left him alone, letting Ken enjoy the peaceful feeling of lying on the floor like a bum.

.....

Sitting outside under the shade of a tree beside the Koi pond, I spent what must have been an hours just watching the fish move in their hypnotic patterns.

Out here in the countryside of Kumamoto, There isn't a lot of things to do at home. Sure, there's a wifi-router, but it only works in one room and I don't have anything to use it on, unless  I want to start texting my friends on my knock-off Nokia, then sure I guess I could, but why would I?

And Grandma's computer is so old it can only run basic search functions and Solitaire, so no video games, but that's also fine.

It's 2005, not much I can do about that.

Because I'm here to enjoy my time relaxing with my family, and if that means spending an hour staring at Koi fish doing nothing, then that's what I'm going to do!

"Ken-Chan! Let's go have some fun before the girls return!" I turned my head away from the Koi, who I already named in my boredome, and watched my Grandfather walk out of the house, his eyes squinting into barely open slits underneath a pair of thick white eyebrows on top of a bald head.

"Like what?" I ask as I stood up.

"Let's go dip our feet in the Kikuchi, It's a walking distance away," Grandpa said as he stood beside me, looking down at his face reflecting in the Koi pond, "We can talk about all the things you've been doing at school so far,"

"Sure, Let me just go grab my sandals," I said as I ran back into the house in order to get some protection on my feet, ready to hang out with my grandpa.

....

My Grandparents live in Kumamioso, a small village in the Aso district of Kumamoto, with a population of around 9,000 or so, known for it's agriculture and Hot Springs. An out of the ways farming village with a bit of a touristy touch thanks to the hot spring resorts it has.

The only stand out location in the entire village is probably the a Shinto Shrine located just a bit south outside the village, dedicated to the local Kami.

According to what Susanoo taught me, the Kami in small villages like this aren't really anything I need to worry about, Just show them some respect and they leave you alone for the most part.