Chap 24. Shopping Day!

Meanwhile Alisha was still sniping people in COD.

Anyway, back to Astro who was about to burst out in tears due to the heart felt moment.

Theo turned towards him and smiled, it wasn't one of those fake smiles but a full blown smile that clearly expressed his emotions.

Although Astro could not see the smile, he could still feel the tender warmth from the surrounding air, it was as if the wind was telling him how Theo was smiling at him.

Maria replied to Theo's speech with, "Thank you.. I am so glad we found you and so glad you accepted this offer, of course we won't immediately start with training since you are still severely malnourished and it would only kill you, so right now I request of you to sleep, eat and get stronger." Maria explained as if she was telling a sick little boy to stay inside and don't do anything that may hurt him.

Theo laughed and smiled at Maria, even though he had never had a mother, he believed she was the closest motherly figure he had ever seen in his 16 years of life.

Zachary interrupted the tender atmosphere with, "We will have a feast to celebrate your new title Theo!" Zachary exclaimed with great enthusiasm.

Theo stilled as he almost froze on spot, the only thing running through his mind was, 'Please no porridge, please no porridge, pleaseeee!'

Astro immediately understood Zachary's words and laughed again, he knew exactly what was running through Theo's mind.

"Of course that'll be after your diet is over~" Zachary explained with a smirk on his face he knew about Theo's strict diet and had the urge to tease the little fellow.

Astro laughed again, and Theo mentally rolled his eyes.

"Nice one dad!" Astro commented making Zachary laugh, Theo secretly thought these two were on a team to tease him whenever it came to food, nevermind, team of three since Alisha turned over to him and winked with a smirk also on her face.

"Ughhhh, like father like son, like father like daughter.. Maria, I believe we will now be a team!" Theo stated, he looked towards Maria with a pleading look but saw her laugh in return, "Sorry darling but I'm on neither side~"

Theo almost fell to his knees as he held his hands to his eyes, he was internally crying as he heard the laughs around him.

But just as he almost fell Astro said, "Don't worry, once your diets over you will have some lovely spicy kebabs! And then we'll be on a team against these mild people!"

Hope filled Theo's eyes and he turned to Astro who looked like an angel! He seemed to be shining in Theo's mind.

"They.. they don't like spicy kebabs??.." Theo commented in disbelief as he stared at all of them slowly.

Zachary, Maria and Alisha shivered in disgust when they heard 'spicy kebabs'.

Astro confirmed it and Theo could only look at them in disgust, "Mild people.." He murmured, Astro could hear him and burst out laughing.

"You also understand me! Mild people!.." Theo nodded but then vocally agreed with Astro, Maria and Zachary shook their heads when they saw the pair looking like they were about to go to war with them.

"I've never met mild people but oh my God, their pretty mild~" Theo snickered as he stole a glance at each one of them, he then sat back down and slightly moved his chair closer to Astro.

Alisha looked at him with a 'what the fk' look and shook her head.

"Its not like we can infect you, dumbass" She rolled her eyes and went back to eating, Maria and Zachary went back to eating too.

But only after eating did Maria remember something important, "Oh right! I forgot to inform you that you and Astro will start school in a week, we decided we want you to atleast look healthier since you don't look intimidating at all. You're fine with this, right?" She questioned as she looked at both of them, Astro nodded and Theo followed after Astro.

"Free days off school! Woohoooo! Best Mum ever!" Astro cheered with a bright smile on his face, Maria only rolled her eyes and promised herself she would never allow Astro another day off school.

"Meh, so y'all can to whatever you want for the rest of the week! Have fun boys but not too much fun!" Zachary cheered for them as he walked out of the room, Maria slightly laughed at his antics before turning back to Theo, "Use proctection" she mouthed out.

Theo's body froze, he knew how to read lips and boy.. His heart froze so fast when he realised what she said.

"Uh.. Astro.. I might have to have a word with you.." He stuttered out with a worried look showing on his face, Astro only nodded and sat there waiting for him to guide him back to his room.

"Oh right, cya laterz ugly sister~ Have fun sniping people~" He said his lovely farewells to which Alisha replied with, "I'm rolling my eyes bish." Astro snickered as Theo guided him back through the long corridor.

Upon entering Astro's room, Astro sat down on the couch that was in the corner of his room, Theo had took him there since the bed was stripped.

Theo sat beside him and started with, "How good is your mother's intuition?"

Astro retorted with, "Enough to know everything that goes on in this house."

Theo nervously laughed as he asked, "So would she know about us?.."

Astro thought for about 2 seconds before vigorously nodding, "No doubt!"

Theo shivered and asked another question, "How would she feel about us?"

Astro immediately replied without any hesitation, "She doesn't care, as long as I'm happy she is happy, she doesn't care that I won't be able to have children because she believes adoption is also in the question. My mother does not force things upon people so if she knew about us she would only be loving and caring, but if you were to ever betray me then good luck surviving because she will hunt you down till the end of eternity." Astro explained, he knew his mother's attitude and when he was being bullied his mother went hand in hand with Edith to murder those bastards.

Theo's shivering stopped, he knew himself and he knew he would never betray Astro. So there would be nothing to worry about, right?

'She has already accepted me and gave me this title so I wouldn't leave, anyway, I have nothing else to do so I might as well live here. I will have Astro by my side and I would get an education. Ahh these people are just too kind!' A tear drop fell from his eye as he thought about his life before meeting this people.

"Anyway, why do you ask about my mother?" Astro questioned, Theo choked on his saliva as he broke out of stupor, "She mouthed out, 'use protection' to me" He said awkwardly.

Now it was Astro's time to cough as he also choked on his saliva, that was very unexpected.

"Wow, my mother knows no boundaries haha" He laughed out, "Dont worry about it Theo, Its nothing to stay stumped on." He commented as he patted Theo's hand which he felt was right beside his leg.

Theo calmed himself and decided to put it behind him, Astro quickly changed the topic to something else.

"Instead, I was wondering about going shopping tomorrow to get you some clothes! My clothes are too big for you right now so we need you to wear something that actually fits." Astro explained with a hint of enthusiasm in his voice, he really wanted to get clothing for Theo.

Theo hesitated for a bit since getting clothing meant needing to pay for it, but Astro's excited eyes stopped him from disagreeing.

He sighed and in the end agreed, Astro cheered happily with a bright smile on his face, Theo could only helplessly smile.

'I guess its shopping day tomorrow~' Theo noted mentally.

With that, the two sat on the couch, Astro ended up with his head resting on Theo's lap and falling asleep while Theo watched him with a subconscious smile appearing on his face.