Chapter 254 Plans Unfurling (2/2)
It truly was wonderful that a friendship formed so long ago, was still so strong now. Seeing how they interacted during this one week here only served to make her feel much more confident about their bond.
So she would pamper both of them. Kyle was like a second son to her now.
After saying their good-byes, Kyle and Xing Han entered the car and the driver sent them to the airport.
✿ Airport ✿
Kyle and Xing Han were sitting in the waiting area, flipping through their phone.
”Just why did I need to pack a suitcase when we left Sakura Academy?” Xing Han asked, ”I was coming home after al.”
Kyle looked at him lazily and replied, ”Er, duh? You're still growing, you know. Those clothes didn't really fit you that well anymore.”
Xing Han looked at him with an equally bored face as he said, ”Er, duh? I know that. I'm just wondering why the heck I would need to pack so nicely if I was just going to chuck it?”
Kyle rolled his eyes, ”You don't seriously think that just because you're going to chuck it later on, you should be messy with it? It's discipline, Xing Han. Discipline. It's not like you don't make your bed just because you're going to mess it up again later, right?”
Xing Han looked at him in surprise.
Kyle looked at him with narrowed eyes, ”Wait. You DO make your bed, don't you?”
Xing Han merely grinned at him, showing off his row of pearly white teeth.
When Kyle thought about it, he slapped his forehead.
How did he miss that simple detail?
Kyle was always the first to get ready and go out to wait in the lounge, and was the one that came back to the dorms later. Xing Han was always either on the bed, or had something on it and so it never occurred to Kyle that Xing Han never made his bed back at Sakura Academy.
Two years and he never noticed?!What a great 'ninja' and 'genius' Kyle was.
”I'm going to regret this, aren't I?” Xing Han said as he saw Kyle starting to stare at him. Xing Han groaned internally. Did this mean he would have to start making his bed every morning?!
”Ya think?!” Kyle said.
”Man, Kyle, you're my BFF, not my mother!” Xing Han complained.
Before Kyle could answer that, two girls came up to him, fidgeting nervously as they stood in front of him.
”Erm ... erm ... sorry, but my friend and I were wondering ...” one of them began, nervously wringing her hands while her friend was clutching on her arm.
”Yes?” Kyle asked gently, making the girl even more nervous.
”You're Kyle Smith, aren't you?” she asked in a rush.
Kyle blinked, slightly surprised. This was the first time anyone was brave enough to come up to him like this. They would normally just look at him from afar.
What changed?
”Yes,” Kyle admitted, thinking that it would be stupid to deny it.
The two girls squealed a bit at that, then the other one hesitatingly asked, ”Is ... I mean, are you ... well, is... erm, is this you?”
The girl then showed a picture that was in her phone.
Kyle leaned forward to get a better look, but could only make out a blurry figure. So he held out his hand and asked, ”May I?”
The girl nodded vigorously and gave him her phone.
Xing Han leaned over to look as well. Upon closer inspection, It turned out to be a screenshot of him in the John Wick movie. Kyle hadn't seen the teaser trailer and had actually been unaware that it was out, so the picture was a surprise to him.
He remembered this scene: it was when he had that first show-down with John Wick.
Xing Han chose to be quiet and not reveal what he knew, even though he did recognise that the person was Kyle. After all, he was the BFF and ever, so even with the blurriest picture, he would still be able to know.
”I don't know,” Kyle said, handing the girl back the phone, ”It's too blurry for me to tell.”
The girl, instead of taking back the phone, grabbed Kyle's arm and said, ”Wait. It has to be you. You're in the new John Wick movie, aren't you?”