Chapter 41 - Im eating weird? - The Radio Station (1/2)

The food for today was then placed on the tables. For lunch we have Stuffed Bangus with Salted Eggs. The fish is stuffed with tomatoes, onions and peppers then it could be fried, baked or grilled. We ate it over rice and my aunt made iced tea.

I noticed that the fish has still bones on them so I meticulously removed each one as I always do before eating it. Kaley saw and she smiled and then she tapped on my shoulder. I looked at her while my eyebrows are raised and then she pointed at Rin.

I looked at Rin and noticed that she's also removing the bones one by one while the rest are eating a mouthful and they would just remove the bones that they encounter by pushing it out with their tongues and getting picked by their hands.

We both smiled at each other as we continued on removing the bones. My family members just smiled at what I'm doing since they already know why, though they were surprised at Rin.

The rest who haven't known me that long are so confused as to why I'm doing it and to why was Rin also doing it.

Charlotte has a confused look on her face and then she kept on asking Chris why but Chris doesn't also know. They kept on squabbling but Chris gave in and asked me.

”S-Sky, Charlotte wanted me to ask you about why the two of you are eating them differently.” Chris said.

The rest with confused looks also looked towards me if I would answer or not. I said, ”It's not much of a secret, I'm kinda sure on why Rin does as well but I do it for convenience. I just don't like the feel of the bones in my mouth so I remove them first before eating. Also, I do the same with other foods like watermelon, sunflower seeds, etc. I'd like to see them neat and ready before I start to eat them.”

”What? Really? I think our teacher once told us about that, it's...” Chris trailed.

”OCD, one form of it.” I said.

”Yeah! That's what she said! Did a doctor told you that you have it or did you just notice it yourself?” Chris said.

”I noticed it by myself when I was younger. Even when I walk, I would plan where I place my foot, where I'll turn, where to stop or how fast I'll go. Even with these guns, I'd like for them to always be in pairs, I'll get an itch if one of them is missing. How about you Rin?” I said.

The group then turned their heads towards her.

”Umm, that sounds about right in my case too. Before I met Boss Sky, I worked in a store and I was tasked on organizing inventory in the customer help desk. Mrs. Thelma, the owner, left that post for me and she said that I was perfect for the job. Boss saw me on the store and also noticed it, he even talked to my former boss to let him take me here.” Rin said.

The group made different expressions when they heard the story. Kaley looked at me and she pointed at my wakizashi, I nodded at her look that means, 'Same thing with that blade, right?'

”The only bad thing that comes out of it doing this is that the food gets colder, that's why I only grabbed the fish and I will just add the rice later so it would still be hot when I eat it.” I said laughing while they continued to eat.

I finished removing the bones on my fish and then I started eating. To their surprise, I even managed to finish eating faster than them. I grabbed a cup of the iced tea in the pitcher and I drank half of it, I refilled it again and I brought an extra cup for Kaley.

”Thanks.” she said as she gave me a smile.

”How about me? Won't you take care of an old man?” Oscar said.

I rolled my eyes and I grabbed another cup for him.

”Thanks kid!” he said while laughing heartily.