Knowing the 30

Brian couldn't believe that the person he's been together for 10 years now can become something he had never seen before. But knowing Mick being so calm, then it only means that they have their reasons.

Ayesha couldn't forget the image of Alex's burning head that she saw several burns forming in Alex's face but now the fire is off, there are only a few now.

"I know what you guys are thinking but just don't ask Alex about it." Mick said

They talked things through the night especially the thing where Alex lit his body up on fire. Alex has come to his former room from back when he was a child. He sat on his blue bed thinking why can't forget about his dad cheating on his mom.

"Care to tell me the story?" Owen asked

"Story of what?" Alex said trying to avoid the question

"The thing that you talked about with the cab driver and the one you shouted at those reporters." Owen said

"Ahh reporters, Matsumoto's home would be swarming of those tomorrow I guess. I wonder how Quinn's dealing with them." Alex said

"Just tell me the story dude, its the one I'm interested in not the way Quinn's dealing with the reporters." Owen said

"It's a cliché moment, you know the so-called dad cheating, mother wants the family to be complete so she let the dad go but it happened again, I was very emotionally driven so I accidentally lit up the whole floor including my mom." Alex said

"Tell me properly dude, are they Mr. Mrs. Pine?" Owen asked

"Former Mrs. I guess." Alex replied

"That's actually what happened the only difference is that the real thing happened faster than the way I said it." Alex said

"Oh really, how about tell my ass that lie. It is pretty obvious that something like your hatred for your real father is more than that." Owen said

"I know that my father cheated more times than what I heard from what uncle and mom told me. I still accepted my dad then cause my naïve self thinks that everyone deserves a second chance but my dad reached more than 12 chances." Alex said

"Oh, so your dad is a harem protag... nice." Owen said trying to lighten up the talk

"Harem??" Alex asked

"Ah, right you're not a weeb." Owen said

"A harem is when a certain individual is surrounded by two or more people whose gender is opposite from the said individual." Owen said

"Like you from your first manifestation?" Alex asked

"Sort of, but based on anime, harem usually have some romantic feelings involved and in my case, it's just horniness." Owen said

"Wait horniness? How many people did you do it with?" Alex asked

"Fingers on both hands cant count it actually." Owen said

"Does that mean I'm no longer a virgin?" Alex asked being shocked

"No, but I think yes. It's probably the same case with our arms." Owen said

"Man let's just sleep through these thoughts, I seriously hate thinking so much." Alex said

"You take over."

And so, Alex has now come back to the darkness inside his head. He tried his best not to think about stuff to let Owen sleep in ease.

'Breath in breath out...Not like I'm breathing in this empty space.'

Hours later, before the sun even came up. Owen woke up with saliva dripping from his mouth. He stood up seeing the bed he's in a messy shape. He just ignored it and hope Alex will fix it for him.

"Uh, morning people." Owen said after seeing Brian and Mick downstairs.

"Morning Owen." Mick and Brian said

"Why are you guys up so early?" Owen asked

"We've seen a couple of reporters vans going back and forth yesterday so we woke up early just to be ready for a horde of reporters if they come." Brian said

"If they're looking for me, then they'll probably figure it out later. They did take advantage of the hunter privacy law by moving around." Owen said

The hunter privacy law allows hunters to secure their private lives but there are times when they have to talk to the media like when a hunter just killed a boss or a clan cleared a lair or dungeon. The reporters are not allowed to walk to a hunter when it's not one of those times but most reporters went freelance to act like they are off duty using an emotion tampering liquid that tricks hunters to let their guard down.

"How about you why are you up so early? Woke up to find girls? Or probably you're planning to explore? If you do, then I might as well help you since your technically one with my brother." Brian said being excited

"Lower your voice down Brian, Ayesha's still sleeping." Mick said

"Uh.... I woke up early because Alex told me to. Apparently, I have to exercise more so I won't have to rely on my powers every time." Owen said

"Oh... looks like someone's going to the 30." Brian said grinning

"Brian, don't spoil the fun for him." Mick said

"30? May I ask what the 30 is?" Owen asked

"It's a 5-kilometer slope, it reaches out to another city. Alex loves to run there every morning till he moved to the capital. Most people there even elders and elementary students love to jog there." Mick said

"Ho.. Ho.. Ho.. Enjoy your time there buddy." Brian said

"Wait a minute, please tell more details why is it called 30? And what's so special about it?" Owen asked

"You see most people here run it, there are three paths and most of the runners and joggers there run at the sidewalk while Alex took the most exciting path. As you can see Brian's endurance is due to him following Alex for a couple of years in that path and yet he still couldn't keep up with Alex's speed." Mick said

"That bastard tripped me." Brian said

"Language." Mick said

"Dad I'm 20!" Brian said

"Still." Mick said

Looking at Brian's body, the state of his legs is almost the same as Alex but by touching it, you'll notice that Alex's legs are stronger.