Chapter 3: Ain't The Future The Best?

August 24, 2034

August woke up without a headache this time. Kyle was still fast asleep.

What should I do know? Should I wake him up? But he looks so peaceful. No, I won't wake him up.

August got up and went downstairs. He looked in the bag from yesterday and found some tea packets.

" It says to get hot water, place the tea bag in a cup, pour it in the cup, add sugar if needed, and its done. Doesn't seem too hard." August took a pot and putted it over the oven. Then he added some water. " How do you turn it on?" August turned a handle and a large flame appeared when he did that. He jumped back. " That was scary." This time, he turn it to MED. While it was boiling, he looked for a cup. He found it in a high cabinet, and he could reach it since he was tall. He took two cups and noticed it looked like the right temperature. August poured the water into the cups. Then he added tea bags to both of them. He waited and then added sugar to it. It was perfect!

He carried it upstairs, making sure he didn't spill it. He placed it on the small table next to the bed.

"Kyle, wake up, it's already morning." August shook Kyle until he woke up.

" Fine, I'm up, I'm up." Kyle sat up on the floor.

" I brought some tea." August handed to tea to Kyle.

" Thanks August." Kyle took the tea from his hands. " Did you just make this?" Kyle asked.

" Yes, I did. At first it was confusing, but then it was easy." August looked very proud.

Kyle drank some of the tea. It tasted like peppermint, but at a perfect level of sugar.

" Wow, it tastes really good." Kyle drank the rest of the tea quickly.

" So.... what do we do now?"

"I guess I can make breakfast. You can just relax downstairs."

" Ok."

August went downstairs and sat down on the couch. He could hear sizzling as he waited. The smell of bacon and eggs wafted into the room. Kyle placed the plates on the small table.

" Here you go." Kyle said.

" Wait, is this turkey bacon, or normal bacon?"

" Turkey, why?" Kyle asked

" Because I'm a Christian. I don't eat unclean things." He said.

" Oh yeah, I forgot most of our family are Christians." Kyle then started to eat his breakfast.

August ate it quickly, because the ramen from yesterday wasn't much, even thought it was good.

" I work at a cafe sometimes, but not today. I have to work at home today." Kyle was almost done with his food. " That's good though. You don't have to stay at home alone."

" What do you do for work?" August asked as he got up.

" I work as animator. It's when you put many drawings together and it creates a animation." Kyle told him as August washed his plate. August finished washing his dish and sat down.

" So how do you do it? I mean animate." August sat down and placed his elbows on the table.

" Let me show you how I do it."

Kyle went upstairs and brought a drawing tablet. He took a computer from under the table and placed it on the table. Then, he grabbed the cord and plugged in the drawing tablet. Kyle opened his drawing app. It loaded onto the menu screen. Kyle grabbed a small pen on the side of the tablet. He pressed "Old Drawings".

" Ok, so what I do is I draw something, like this." He showed him a draw of a "Anime" character that was called Wolf. They looked strong, their eyes a brown color and their hair a black-brown. " Then, I draw it but a tiny bit different. I repeat this until I finished , for example, a jumping animation. Then I add then together and it creates that." He showed him the finished animation. It was smooth like it was real.

" Wow, that's cool!" August was amazed. He's never seen anything like it. And Kyle does it well.

" I know, right? Well, I need to work. You can watch, or use my tablet. Whatever you want." Kyle started to work, so August took his tablet and played with it. He pressed " Youtube" and saw many videos. He searched " Steampunk" and found lots of videos. Kyle eventually was done, so he went to the living room.

"What are you doing?" Kyle asked as he entered the room. August was watching a video about how to make a steampunk outfit.

" Watching steampunk. Why?"

" Hey, you really never answered the question I asked yesterday. What's Steampunk?"

" Well, it something a person named K.W Jester made. It's anything that's steam-powered and most outfits have gears and other stuff. I am very into what he created and when I was little, I read a lot of steampunk. Hey, I have a question. What was your childhood like?"

" Well, um, a lot happened in my life. I guess I'll tell you then."