LB 25

"How was your first day of school?", Mellow struck on a conversation. The two of them were on their way home from the old woman's house.

"It was alright", Rem answered.

"Does Iory's grandfather like spicy food?", he suddenly asked.

Mellow replied, "I think so? Once, I saw him eating a whole jar of pickled jalapeno and he didn't even break a sweat."

He suddenly remembered the time when Iory's grandfather gave him a red jalapeno around twelve years ago. He had a terrible stomachache and spent half of the day in the toilet. Since then, he avoided spicy meals. "I eat food to live, not to kill myself" was his response everytime he was offered to some spicy food.

"Now that I think about it, I never saw you eat spicy food. You don't like them?", Rem asked.

Mellow responded, "well..I dislike them if they're too spicy for me to handle."

"How about curry?", the boy asked.

"Hm.. curry is fine, if it's mild"

As the two of them talked about spicy food, Mellow's house came to view.

"Go inside and take a shower. I'll make us some snacks", said Mellow while putting Rem's bag on the couch. Rem went inside the bathroom and took a shower.

Mellow took his shirt off and put it over his left shoulder.

As he heard Rem's shower running, he looked at the clock above the television. "17:45...our show is about to start", he thought to himself. He walked to the kitchen and took a bag of potato chips from the fridge. As he put 3 pieces of chips inside his mouth, he shook the bag and thought that this wasn't healthy for him. "Oh well, it won't hurt to eat it once in a while", he smirked at his own thoughts as he finished the remaining chips.

He walked to the living room and switched the television on. The screen shown a boy wearing blue shirt and dark blue shorts with a white hat along with a yellow dog beside him. "Oh, adventure time is still on", he muttered.

He decided to watch the show while waiting for Rem to finish his shower.

A few minutes before Adventure Time ended, Rem got out from the shower.

"Mellow! I'm done showering!", he said

"Okay!", Mellow responded and stood up.

"Watch the show without me, I'll join you later", he said as he ran his fingers through Rem's hair while walking past him. After Mellow closed the bathroom door, Rem rushed to Mellow's room to get dressed. Mellow had prepared enough space in his cabinet for Rem to put his clothes. He took a yellow T-shirt and a dark blue shorts then got dressed.

While wiping his hair, he looked at the mirror. Suddenly, he remembered Mellow's body was well built. He stared at his body reflection in the mirror and thought, "will I be like him when I'm older?"

He immediately shook his head. "It's okay, I'll get taller eventually", he said to himself. Just then, he heard the opening theme of The Amazing World Of Gumball.

"It's starting!", he said out loud with excitement. He ran out from the room and sat down in front of the television.

Meanwhile, Mellow had already finished his shower. However, he couldn't come out since he had a stomachache. "I should have not eaten those potato chips", he cursed under his breath. The chips that he ate a while ago was chilli flavoured and because of his sensitive digestive system, he had stuck on the toilet for the past few minutes.