IV

I ended up joining everybody else in the living room, my parents were busy with Lia's parents, meanwhile Lia busied herself trying to annoy me and trust me it took everything in me to not send her to the pacific ocean

"so Silver I hear you're a pretty amazing student, Lia says a lot about you, you know" her mom said

"oh wow, isn't that nice?" my mom asked

'no it is extremely disturbing'

"I guess!" I said focusing on the book I was reading, it's a manga actually, one of my favourite anime series as of right now, the full anime isn't out yet but, I can give way to a couple of spoilers right?

"Silver" oh right I'm still here

"hmm?" I answered not looking up

"how is school going right now, are you getting ready for the upcoming examinations? I'm sure you spend most of your free time" seriously?, does this book look like an advanced science textbook?

"uh yeah sometimes" was all I said concentrating on my book again

"so what textbook are you reading right now?"

"rocket science" my mother pinched me slightly before smiling at them

"actually she's always reading and studying and solving those equations, she needed a break you know? So sometimes she reads some other kinds of books like right now" My father said

"oh that's very nice, so which book is she reading now?" what is with this woman, if she doesn't want her daughter around people who aren't academically strong she could literarily just say so

"um it's, um, it is, Silver what book is that?" off course she wouldn't answer that

"it's more of a pictorial representation of science and discoveries" I'm actually reading a demon/ conjurer manga, but parts of it might seem science like to anyone who doesn't pay attention

"oh wow how interesting, you have a lovely child you know that?" Lia's father said

"oh yes I know, thank you very much" my mom said smiling for real this time

"she'll grow into a very intelligent person" how can you tell that from looking at me once

"I know, hopefully it's one who doesn't spend ten thousand yen her husband worked hard to gain on rubber cups" oh wow, I knew dad would find out soon but not like this, you always manage to out do yourself huh mom

"what?" confused parents

"what?!" and flabbergasted dad this just got pretty interesting

"um well we'll be living now" oh praise the lord

"oh okay, well thank you for stopping by" no actually never come back if you can

"come back soon" my life

They finally went outside which I was happy for by the way, I didn't stop reading my book when my father started asking my mother about the ten thousand won

"what did you mean by a ten thousand won being spent on rubber cups?" mom looked anywhere but him and even glanced at me for help but I had my book to focus on

"well"

"well?"

"a sales man came by and offered me some seemingly looking glass cups, and one of them was about five hundred yen so I bought a bunch of them but when I decided to use them I found out that they were actually plastic and I couldn't find the guy so um you know"

"I don't know" exactly

"I know it's going to take you a while to get all that money back but"

"me?, no, no, no, no, no you are working that money out"

"but"

"butter, better get that money back" you may think my dad was actually mad, but don't get it mistaken, he's holding back tears, my dad might be both man and woman for all I know, after all he plays his video games as a lady, you heard me

"silver baby"

"you have a job mom" I went back to my room to continue my reading

"but it'll take too long alone"

"it didn't take you long to spend it right?"

"no"

"so it won't take time to gain it, now I've got to go study till midnight" I went into my room to keep reading my manga in peace, I wasn't paying as much attention down there.

I'm really caught up in this manga, it's at a whole other level, some parts give me second hand embarrassment but what can I say, I love it, I live it. I glanced outside for a little before looking back at my book, after a while I glanced outside again, why? Because I kept hearing someone talking but there was no one there, soon it got so annoying so I got up from my bed and went to the window to see who it was but still there was no one there, I was going to go back but then I heard a woman talking

'finally, we've taken back our planet'

'yes, but when are we getting rid of these creatures'

'patience my dear, patience, it'll happen soon just give it sometime okay?'

'not okay, not at all'

'listen to me, we need to wait for the right time to strike understood?'

'y- yes ma'am'

Wow the woman seems angry, I still don't see her though, meh whatever back to my manga. I settled in my bag again to continue my story, it was getting really interesting nothing could possibly spoil this

"her Silver" Lia?

"my parents said I could stay and hangout with you, isn't that cool?" I got up and closed the door blocking out the rest of her words before settling in my bed again, told you nothing could ruin this.