11 "Water Works" (1/2)

After the sparring session with Lexi, Kai went to Jijito's. He looked at his Genome watch and saw that it was 14:05, 'Why do I always do this to myself. I should just come later because apparently late is on time.'

Coming out of his thoughts he saw a waiter holding a touchpad in her hands, ”Hi sir, do you know what you are going to order yet?”

Kai shook his head, ”I'm not eating alone so when they come we will order together.”

She bowed her head slightly and then she left to wait another table. When she was gone Kai sighed. He hated being the first one at any meetup but he also hated being late. It was a conundrum that he would face over and over again. His parents had raised him to always be on time so he couldn't help it.

As Kai was complaining a sa.s.sy girl walked in the restaurant. She was wearing a tight thigh short royal blue dress that sparkled. She had her black hair straightened out so it was hanging on her back. Seeing such a gorgeous girl everyone stopped what they were doing. They looked at the girl who was effortlessly swaying her hourgla.s.s figure like she was on the Royal Runway. The only thing that could be heard in the restaurant was her black heels touching the ground. Seeing that she had everyone's attention she decided to put more sway in her hips than normal. If they were going to look it might as well be worth it.

Some people were looking to admire her beauty others were more curious as to where she was going to sit. Was she going to sit alone or was she going to sit with someone else? She continued to walk down the path until she stopped in front of Kai that was standing ready to greet her. Everyone was confused when she stopped by Kai. Kai was handsome and they could see it. But one would say that Kai was underdressed. Where was his suit!? Kai wasn't wearing anything fancy. In fact, he was wearing the new surpa.s.ser clothes he had bought a week ago. This was the white ripped jeans and the black with white print hoodie as well as the white and black high tops. His clothes aren't bad it's just not what you would wear to a date if your partner was wearing such lavish clothes.

When Kai saw her he greeted her with a hug. Now everyone was convinced that he was the guy she was meeting up with.

”What?! She is meeting up with him. I'll admit he is handsome but look at what he is wearing!”

”He is probably one of those rich guys and that is why she is going out her way to charm him.”

”Defs, girls don't go out there way for anything.”

”That's it! I'm going to get rich.”

Kai hugged her and then he wanted to let go but she didn't want to. Instead, she closed the gap and hugged him even tighter. So Kai put his hands around her again until she let go.

Then she rubbed away a tear from her left eye and looked at Kai, ”I thought I had lost you...”

When she said that all the lights went on. He wondered why she was acting so strange but now he knew. He knew there had to be something because he and Carmen Kizler never had a romantic relations.h.i.+p. Neither did he ever have feelings for her. They'd always been friends and just friends.

This was the first time she had seen him awake from the coma. So of course, their reunion would be a bit emotional.

Kai looked at her, ”Here I am,” Then he scanned her outfit, ”Wow, Carmen you look amazing, I am flattered.”

She giggled and then removed a tear from her right eye and then punched him on his right arm, ”Leave it to you to diffuse an emotional moment with humour. But actually, this is because I have a date after this. When you told me that you wanted to meet up, I had to move my date up by two hours. Anyway, where is Quinton?”

”Oh wow, now I am really flattered.” Then he laughed, ”As for Quinton, I have no idea. He'll be here soon though.”

As he said that Quinton walked into the restaurant but unlike Carmen, he was not strutting. He was walking very slowly and he was looking at the ground. Once he got to the gang he was greeted by Kai. Kai extended his right hand to him, ”It's been a long time.”

However, Quinton just kept looking down at the hand. He did not want to look up. His body language was showing that he was holding something back. Kai tapped Quinton on the chest to get his attention but that didn't work either. Quinton didn't want to look up. That's when Kai sighed. After seeing Carmen he knew the reason Quinton was acting so strange. Also why Quinton couldn't even look him in the face.

Kai sighed again, ”Look bro, I'm alive, I'm okay. In fact, I am better than okay. I am now two times stronger than I was when I graduated. Apparently, my body has evolved in a beneficial way after becoming a third generation surpa.s.ser. So you don't need to feel guilty about anything. In fact, I should be the one thanking you. When I become King one day there is no doubt in my mind that your contribution would be one of the most crucial. Besides, you have actually swayed me a bit. Before all this, I used to think that being King was better than toast. Now I think that being King is equal to toast. Maybe even one day I'll think that toast is better than being King.” He said the last part laughing.

Quinton couldn't help but laugh too. While he was listening there were parts where he would chuckle involuntarily. But the second Kai used his weakness he couldn't help but laugh. The two of them were laughing out loud ludicrously in the middle of the restaurant while a beautiful girl sat down. The way they were laughing looked like they just came up with a diabolical plan to pimp the girl. Despite the way they looked they continued to laugh hysterically and unperturbed. This was a bromantic moment they needed if they were going to move forward.

After the laughter, Kai extended his right hand again, ”Are we good?”

Quinton looked up at Kai then looked down and slapped his hand away, ”Get that out of here.” Then he looked up and they hugged each other while tapping each other on the back with their hands.

Once everything was settled they sat down. Kai and Carmen sat on one side of the table and Quinton on the other. They encountered a bit of awkward silence until Kai broke it, ”So how is everything going in your lives. Anything new?”

”Same old, same old,” Carmen said unenthusiastically.

Quinton furrowed his eyebrows while looking at Carmen, ”You boring.” Then he looked at Kai, ”I actually have some exciting yet depressing news. So I recently awoke now I'm a Beginner Rankles like you.”

”Wow! Now you are finally at our level. First Carmen at age 17 then me and now you but why depressing this is great news!”

”Well, you see… I went to the doctors to do a check up on me to see if anything was wrong with me. Because you know sometimes people awaken and things don't exactly go their way. Anyway, I am at the doctor's. Then the doctor starts explaining to me this concept that I've heard but also haven't. The doctor was talking about how it's impossible to see what element a person will awaken before they awaken. He says that scientists have attributed this too what the Zolma go through. As you know when the Zolma come to attack they usually have that black tar-like substance surrounding them. And before they shed that off you can't tell what element they possess. And because we got our powers from the Zolma it wouldn't be unbelievable to say that our power and the way our bodies work have certain similarities. That's why we can't tell the element before the awakening.