Shut In

Silence is Killer

"Joshua... Quit staring at me like that again..." Dameon was blushing at me once more.

"There you go with that again," I pinch his cheek, "Lets go home."

Grandpa waves us off as I drag Dameon away with a cart full of stuff. He literally bought everything, he's still so childish that it's cute.

As we walk in, we find Yoshida sitting with Marabel. Marabel has a cut on her knee that Yoshida is patching up... Thank God he doesn't smell bad... I hate bad body odor...

Dameon looks panicked, "What happened?!"

"I fell while tag," Marabel answers, "I make Mark play too."

Dameon gazes at her cut, "But everything is safe?"

Yoshida nods and answers in his mousy voice, "Everything is fine."

Dameon, "Did you clean it properly?"

Yoshida sounds nervous, "I learned in the Internet... Then I put Neosporin on it."

Dameon nods, "Okay."

I laugh, "Now what?"

Dameon, "Tme to cook."

"Oh, can I help?" I smile widely at him.

"Sure," he opens up the fridge, "Clean these squid..." He plops a huge thing if it down. "I'll be working on other stuff... Oh and mark. Eat as much as I do, then work out as much as I do... Or at least try..."

Oh snap... Dameon's workout ritual is fun if you're competitive, but it's a new form of hell otherwise. Yoshida doesn't look too competitive... But after living with Dameon for a while... He will probably be turning everything into a competition....

"What do you consider.... tr.....ing...." Yoshida mumbles.

"Speak up or shut up," Dameon barks while starting the stove. There's so much squid.... What the fuck? Where'd he get all this? A gift? Then when? While I was at work?

"How do you what me to clean the squid?" I pipe up quickly before Yoshida.

"That," he points at the top part, "Make rings." Dameon points at the tentacles, "Save those but put the longer ones in a separate bowl..." Dameon gets out a large bowl to put the two long tentacles that squid have.

I nod and Yoshida calls, "What is your definition of trying?" I'm honestly surprised that he was loud.

Demon smiles, he was glad, and showed it, that Yoshida spoke loudly. "Going as hard as you can."

Yoshida nods, "Okay..."

Marabel was still sitting as the over sized kid sat too. All of Dameon's stuff was near the wall... Dameon yawns, "I want another shot! Stat!"

"Sure," I nod. Dameon has tiny robots that live in his blood stream, so he's someone who burns through alcohol. But if he didn't have those robots, his allergies would kill him. No one but me and his medical team knows of them... But they do interfere with some metal detectors that are made to detect medical metals..... I love the time we live in... So many beautiful technologies.

Now there are even human robots too! There's a shop I wanna take Dameon to... I told him he couldn't have one of the robots bless he went out and about... He actually agreed... I just hope that when he gets the damned thing it doesn't take my place... I love Dameon to death, but it doesn't mean I don't get jealous over some stuff.... Like how he focuses entirely on work when he has it... Or how sometimes he doesn't call me up for a week because he had to do something.... Not even a text.... But oh well....