Chapter 14

“Ah ha! Got you!” he said to the bottle opener before flicking the cap off and taking a sip of his own beer. Colin opened one for Dexter and went to join him by his couch. Dexter happened to be looking at the collage of posters and art on the wall so Colin poked him in the side, earning something of a squeak and a jerky squirm. Colin handed over the beer and asked, “You like them?”

“The posters? Yeah. I don’t know most of them though. Who are they?”

Colin pointed to the ones on the far right and worked his way to the left, naming the various fictional characters and the names of whatever show or comic or manga they came from.

“Oh, wait!” Dexter lit up when Colin got to a fairly popular anime. “I know that one!”

Colin chuckled. “Come to a con with me sometime. I’ll show you all the really cool stuff.”

“Will I fit in?”

“Everyone fits in.” He looped his arm with Dexter’s. “But you gotta cosplay with me. Planning on Link this year. So you’ll be my Zelda, kay?”