It was a day off for Kane and he already planned to spend the rest of his day lazing around his place. He planned to do nothing but sleep, read, eat, sleep, then eat again, and sleep some more. He was so excited to spend the day as he planned, but his excitement immediately faded when he heard the loud knocks on his door.
“Who could be the one bothering me during my precious day off?” he mumbled in an annoyed tone. His strides were big as he walked towards the door and opened it.
He just stared at the two who enthusiastically greeted him with wide grins on their faces. How did they even know his address?
“What brought you here?” Kane made sure that his door wasn’t wide open and he used his body to block the remaining space.
“Why are you just standing there?” Xander grinned as he held Kane’s shoulder. “Let us in, my friend.”
Kane gave up immediately when the two pushed him towards the house
The two were impressed as they watched Kane cook the sinigang for them. Though he didn’t look like it, Kane seemed to be skillful as he went on with the cooking. Erin and Xander couldn’t help but admire him. Just imagine a handsome guy with an elegant presence inside the kitchen holding a ladle and preparing something delicious! Wouldn’t that make him seem like an ideal man? “You don’t expect me to prepare the table for you, right?” Kane said as he took a sip of the soup. “What a bummer.” Xander sighed. “Were guests here, you know?” “Guests?” Kane looked at him with his left brow raised. “You just casually barged into my place and now you call yourself a guest?” Erin laughed when Kane looked so annoyed after he said those words. If he had time to get annoyed, did that mean that they finally cheered him up? It was somehow gratifying to watch Kane act like that. He had always been a bit distant and quiet, but at that moment he wasn’t even trying
“Hey! Are you ignoring us?” Erin asked with an annoyed tone. They just spent yesterday at Kane’s house so she somehow felt annoyed when Kane ignored them when he entered the campus earlier. They called for him but he didn’t even look in their direction and just continued walking.Kane looked at them with confusion. The two looked at each other and Erin raised her brow when she turned to Kane again.“We even had to wait for your class to end just to make sure that you wouldn’t avoid us!” Erin complained.“Why would I avoid you?” Kane shook his head as he continued to walk. The two just watched him and stayed on where they were so he stopped and turned to them again. “What are you standing there for? Aren’t we going to have lunch?”Xander chuckled as he walked towards Kane and put his arms on his shoulder. “I thought you were ignoring us when we called you earlier.”K
“Are you seriously ignoring me?” Erin’s eyes grew wide when she noticed the resemblance between the two. Though it wasn’t obvious, the guy resembled Kane when his forehead creased.“Keiffer, don’t make a scene.” Another guy who seemed a little older than Keiffer walked towards them and looked at Kane with disappointed eyes. “There were people who didn’t deserve to exert your energy on.”The guy pulled Keiffer away and the latter glared at Kane as he was being dragged back to their table.Their table was silent when the guy was finally out of sight. Erin was watching out for the atmosphere to become lighter and looked at Xander. However, Xander was still mesmerized as he was looking at the older guy.“Dude, that was your eldest brother, right? Froilan Keith Vasquez…” Xander still couldn’t take his eyes off the two. “He’s so cool.”“So? Go aft
“You guys are late!” Xander complained when he saw Erin and Kane walking towards the table where he was waiting.They have decided to just meet at the place where we would hang out since Xander’s dismissal would be an hour earlier than the two.“I’m sorry, the professor didn’t dismiss us early so I asked Kane to wait for me.” Erin apologized immediately.“Whatever, let’s go eat. I already ordered for the two of you.” Xander took a bite from his cookie and smiled.Erin smiled when she watched how Xander’s mood easily changed with just a bite of sweets. He was just mad and sulking a while ago, but now he was smiling as nothing happened. She turned to look at Kane and smiled. She wished that Kane could be as easy as Xander to handle. But since he wasn’t talking much and he liked to keep his emotions in check, it would be hard just trying to understand him.“Isn’t this
Eren couldn’t stop himself from thinking about that Kane guy. It was the first time that Erin had an argument with their father. Even when she badly wanted to be a member of team nine, she gave in to their father’s order and left the team because their father didn’t allow it. She would be willing to compromise for the situation to settle down but not that time.It was his first time hearing his sister sound so desperate. He even had the thought that Kane could be her boyfriend and that could be the reason why she didn’t want to avoid him. She even asked their father to give him a chance to prove himself!Eren jolted up from his bed and scratched his head as frustration surged within him. Even if Erin already had her coming of age, he couldn’t just give her away to some random man! Erin was his precious sister and he wouldn’t just let any man have her. He needed to have him investigated!He dropped his body back on the bed and
“Hi, I’m Eren and I would be hanging out with you guys today.” Eren grinned as he looked at Kane. He was expecting him to look a bit more surprised and disappointed but his expression didn’t change.After looking at his wristwatch, Kane hung his bag on his shoulders and turned his back on them.“You’re going to class, now?” Xander asked after he pulled his lollipop from his mouth. “It’s still 5 minutes early.”“That five minutes would be just enough to spend on my walk from here to there.” Kane continued walking without looking back.Eren frowned as he watched the man walk further, not minding if he left his companions behind. “He was a bit indifferent…”“Just a bit?” Erin chuckled. “That guy is a total snob! He wouldn’t even be friends with me if I didn’t put any effort in befriending him.”“Isn’t he a b
They arrived at Kane’s home using Xander’s car and Eren looked disappointed that Kane was living in an apartment. His place just proved that he really was a thrown-away child of the Vasquez family. How did he even survive living alone after living a pampered life in the Vasquez Manor?“The ingredients are at the back of the car!” Xander cheerfully went to the back of his car and took the ingredients that they bought earlier.“What are we going to eat today?” Erin also seemed excited as she peeked at the bags on Xander’s hand.“Chicken adobo!” Xander squealed in excitement.Eren just watched the two talk in excitement while Kane was quietly walking towards the apartment. They entered the elevator and only the noise of the two was heard in the silent corridor.He didn’t expect Kane’s room to be squeaky clean. Knowing that he was living alone, he was somehow anticipating that his place
It had been a few days since he had been hanging out with the two and Kane almost forgot about his nightmares. He had been occupied by the two that he didn’t think about DME. So when Robin and Amir came knocking at his door, he felt surprised but he hid his emotions immediately.“You haven’t forgotten about our deal, right?” Robin said with a smile on his face when he saw Kane open the door for them. The sun had already set and it seemed like they planned to schedule the research during the night so that the schedule wouldn’t conflict with the study.“No. Let’s go.” Kane went inside to get a jacket before he led the way and closed the door to his place. As soon as they were out of the apartment building, Amir opened the car door for Kane and the latter obediently entered.Robin handed him the contract and Kane took his time reading the contract. The two didn’t start the car until Kane finally asked for a pen