Chap 38. Im.. Talented..?

"Arena time?!" He called out as he turned to Astro, Astro only laughed.

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The walk to the arena wasnt that long, it mostly consisted of stairs and tunnels before they finally reached the training ground.

Once they had entered the enormous underground arena, Theo's mouth dropped to the floor! He didnt expect for it to be so huge that it could fit over 9 thousand people!

Astro, who was holding onto Theo could hear his gasp so clearly that it made him want to laugh, and he ended up doing it because the next thing that happened was Theo falling to the ground in a state of shock.

"Pffffft! Buahahaaha", Astro laughed as he held onto his belly, he hunched over wheezing at Theo's overreaction.

Theo, who was still dazed, turned his head to Astro when he finally came back to his senses, a small frown made its way onto his face as he lifted himself off the ground.

He immediately decided to get revenge on the twat who was laughing at him with no restraint whatsoever.

Theo reached out, his hand right infront of Astro's forehead, and flicked.

"Ouchh! You bish! That hurttttt, you know flicks hurt me!" Astro whinged as he held his forehead dearly.

Theo stared at him before retorting, "You laughed! This is consequences, you couldve just helped me up!" He crossed his arms as he pouted.

"Your fault for overreacting~ hehehe, you couldve just said 'wowwww' instead of dropping to the ground." Astro snickered as he moved his hand to cover his mouth instead.

Theo could clearly see a small red mark on Astro's forehead and easily decided to make it even more red, he reached out once again and was just about to flick when Astro's hand grapped his own.

"I wont fall for that twice~" Astro smirked, he had a challenging look on his face that made Theo want to spank him.

"Oh baby~ I was just going to rub it better though.. hmph.. you dont even trust me.." Theo put his actor side forward as he pouted, his voice had layers of hurt in it making Astro almost fall for it.

Astro's expression was complex, he was utterly confused and completely dumbfounded, in the end he pulled Theo towards his own body and hugged him ever so gently.

"Hehe, free hug, thanks cutie~" Theo whispered in his ear as a smile appeared on his face, Astro's cheeks turned red as he pushed Theo away, his face pointing towards the ground so Theo couldn't see his face.

Theo saw Astro's actions and could only feel his heart clenching, his actions were just too adorable! It made him look like a puppy! A cute Astro puppy! His urge to pat Astro's head overwhelmed him as his cheeks turned a slight pink.

He ended up doing exactly that, his hands gently patted Astro's head, his fingers ran through his smooth and silky hair as a smile bloomed on his face.

Astro blushed even redder, he mustered up his courage to lift his head towards Theo after a few seconds.

Theo's heart almost stopped when he saw Astro's rose coloured face, his hand stilled as he felt his heart being pierced by cupids arrow once again.

"Ahem.." Astro tried to fake cough to grab Theo's attention again, "Ehm.. We should um, get to touring.." He stuttered out when he felt Theo's piercing gaze on him.

Theo came back to reality when he heard Astro's cute stutter, a smile blossomed on his face as he stroked Astro's head once more before taking back his hand.

Astro could still feel where Theo touched but tried his best to hide his emotions, "Well, My dear~ Will you do the honors of showing this place to me?" Theo asked smoothly.

Astro already knew the place inside and out since he would train here regularly, he was actually glad that someone had asked him, a blind man, to show them around.

A smile made its way onto his face as he took the lead, he didn't even need a cane in this place.

Astro firstly took Theo to the weapon room which looked to be in a secret place since Astro did a weird passcode on a random wall, and then it opened.

"Holy shit!" Theo exclaimed when he saw the sparkling weapons, each of them seemed to be begging to be chosen!

His eyes scanned through the weapons, searching for the perfect weapon!

Astro stayed silent as he heard Theo's feet shuffling down the long hallway that had weapons on either side.

He knew how special it was when you pick your first weapon, and he definitely didnt want to disturb Theo when it was finally his turn.

Theo scanned through the weapons quite quickly, it was as if he already knew what he wanted and was now only trying to find it, he kept walking.. and walking.. and walking even futher.

The tunnel would usually take and hour to go through but Theo went through it in 40 minutes, the thousands of weapons that looked expensive didnt even made his heart quiver.

It was only when he made it to the end that he finally found the perfect weapon! Or should I say.. Weapons, instead.

It was a beautiful black coloured set, two twin daggers that looked to be as dark as an abys, his eyes glowed as he slowly picked up the twin daggers, a gasp left his mouth as he felt the daggers change size to a more comfortable size.

He slashed with the daggers to get a clear feel of them. He was clearly shocked when he felt that they were perfect for him!

When he just about to turn back to Astro, another weapon caught his eye, it was also a pure black weapon that blended in with the shadows, just like the twin daggers!

No one would have expected that the weapon he chose was a bow! It also shrinked its size to fit Theo, the grip was perfect for him and so was the overall feel of it!

He got in the stance of an archer and held the bow perfectly, he imagined an arrow in his hands as he nocked the arrow expertly.

He pulled the string ever so gently, once done with the basics, he let go of the bowstring as he pointed it towards the end of the tunnel.

The wind inside the tunnel picked up as he let go of the string, a shocked expression appeared on his face as he pointed his bow to the ground.

At the end of the tunnel, a clear hole appeared in the wall, cracks appeared around it as his eyes opened in shock!

Theo knew there was definitely no arrow nocked, but the hole in the wall told him something different, he instinctively turned towards Astro who was leaning against the wall at the entrance.

Theo ran back to him without even bothering to check the rest of the weapons.

"Can I pick any?!" Theo questioned quickly, Astro replied with a nod.

"Question! Can I pick more than one??" Theo stared at Astro with small droplets of sweat appearing on his face, if Astro said no he didn't know what he'd have to choose!

Unlike Theo's expectation, Astro's answer was just another question, "Are you saying you are drawn to more than one weapon?"

Theo stilled for a second before agreeing, "Well thats.. weird.. hmm.. I'll call Mother..." Astro's 'answer' made Theo midly confused, yet he still waited as Astro called his mother.

"Hello Mother, I need to ask a question... Ok, well Theo came to choose his weapon and unexpectedly he was drawn by more than one weapon... Ohhhh.. yes yes.."

"Hey Theo, what were the weapons?" Astro questioned, "Bow and Twin daggers" Theo answered immediately whilst lifting up the weapons.

"Did you hear that?... What?.. Are you sure?.. Yes, we'll come now." The call ended just as fast as it had started, Theo looked towards Astro with curious eyes.

"You may have affinity with more then one weapon, which only shows how talented you are. In fact, you may even be able to gain affinity with even more weapons." Astro explained easily, he shortened it down a little so it wouldn't take long.

Theo looked towards the weapons with a look of shock, "I'm.. talented..?" Theo slowly questioned.

Never in his life had he ever been regarded as talented, he felt an overwhelming feeling making its way into his chest.

Theo was unsure of what it was but it felt nice, he felt happy, extremely happy.

A subconscious smile blossomed on his mouth as he held the weapons close to his heart.