CH-2 -We meet again-

Beni's pov:

Everything taste great if granny is the one preparing them. Be it a hot sizzling barbecue on a sunny day or shaved ice cream on a freezing winter, as long as the efforts is from her side it taste heavenly.

To be honest I'm not even a foodie,yet eating her handmade dishes keeps me warm all inside.

Writer's pov:

Beni was called down for dinner which included simple dishes;Boiled eggs, miso soup,smoked pork and rice. besides having his mood ruined by the strangers at the stream he had lost his appetite all over.

"Thanks for the meal" they joined their hands as a practice for appreciating the good food

"Help yourself" granny placed the dishes on the table

The supper followed by the clinking of untensils, sounds of slurping and munching,

all along the dinner was quite but pleasant.

"I shall head to bed, goodnight" Beni bowed at the two before heading up the stairs to his room.

He entered his room sliding the door in process, The house built during old days sure was considered modern in that time,as it had a tier which normally people didn't have,other than that everything else apart from the tier was quite old fashioned.

"I guess I'll atleast write something" he sat on the table opening the necessities

The room felt stuffed as a Pearl of sweat slided down his temples

"Ah I hate summer nights, it's so difficult to have a good sleep with all that hot sensation" he slided the window open , a fresh gush of wind hitting him gently on the face,

"Now this is what I call life" he started focusing on his writing

"The 30 special grade assassins were given a task;to fight nightmares that haunts people in their sleeps, as scary as it might get the nightmares started taking shapes in the form of their beloved ones trying every possible ways to break them off their track by brainwashing them or blackmailing ,slowly the number of assassins reduced to 16 and they....

"And they..... he nibbled on his pen

.....ahhh and they what???" He pulled his hair in frustration

No one said the story was supposed to be supernatural or fictional or scientific yet writing a story where some assassins fight off nightmares seemed a bit too superfluous, who in the hell would read that, and hey,he was the stupid one to come up with this kinds of plots.

"This wouldn't do he turned the page and wrote a new title;

'Causes of hindrance and how to deal with it'

Thus a list of problems were made that he needed to avoid or to change in order to concentrate properly on his writing skills

And starting from tomorrow he shall jot down all the setbacks that pulled him off the track.

"That's enough for today" he closed the diary,brushed and went to bed.

-_-

The morning arrived as it felt like it was just a moment he closed his eyes. Getting up stretching he went downstairs to freshen up.

The aroma of stirred fried eggs awakening his sense better than the bitterness of the toothpaste, he finished the necessities and got down for a quick breakfast.

"I'll be outside for a while, I need to go to the bookstore" he said picking up an egg roll

"Ah, please bring some seaweed on your way back, we are almost out of it" Lara said unfazed,eyes fixed on the small television screen

"Ok you need anything granny?" he asked

"I'm fine be sure to be back before noon we have some visitors today" she beamed a smile

"Ok" he finished his plate and stood up taking his stuffs and exited the door

"That's weird of granny to have visitors after so long" he thought

He walked his way upto the main town which took 30 minutes , the bookstore had been one memorable place where he spent most of his time when he was a high school student.

.renting books or reading them itself on the store, this things accompanied him when when no one else did, it was a part of his life and he wanted to pursue something that kept him close to books, stories and writing so he completed his BA in literature and thus started as a small writer for a well known writersblog.

The company he worked in worked on various projects including, novels, manga, comic book, art book and so on, and he was one on the member in the writing project so the work had to be done soon and so he was set out for the bookstore to find a book that might help him.

"Welcome" the shopkeeper greeted him on the front desk

"Hello, I am here to look for some novels" he said

"Ah , is there a specific genre you are searching for?" The clerk questioned

"Not exactly....actually I'm an old customer here, where is the man that worked here...?" He asked a bit nervous

"That was my uncle he's out for a while meanwhile me and my cousin;his son is looking after the store"

"Oh will be be here anytime soon?"

"Yeah in a bit, he's out for shopping"

"I see...."

"You can sit there and choose your book while waiting for him I'm sure he'll be back soon" he

pointed towards the seat near the shelves

"Oh alright" he proceeded to sit at the seat and look for books

Meanwhile a boy entered the store from the Inside,

"Kusuo! here change shift with me for now I'll go grab something to eat" the boy at the front desk called for his cousin

"Alright haruto don't slack off" the other boy passed by beni

"I've heard this voice somewhere before..." beni started thinking

"Oh by the way there's a customer who wants to meet uncle so I told him to wait until he returns, help him with the books alright?" Haruto explained

"A customer..... kusuo eyes wandered around for a bit stopping when landed on Beni

.....,.alright I will take care of the customer take your time" he nodded staring at the seated boy

"Ok bye m, be back soon!" Haruto exited the shop

~SILENCE~

The void in there made both the party so uncomfortable, such unsettling silence where nothing but the ticking of the clock and rustling of pages were the only thing audible.

"why do you want to see my father" the boy kusuo looked at the other anticipating a reaction

"Oh, it's that- his face turned into a scowl

"Isn't this the jerk from the stream??" What the heck is he doing here? Wait Why the hell is he mr.satou's son..."he was having a debate inside.

"Yes?" The other waited for a response

"I don't know if this jerk remembers the incident but it was not good of him to say anything"

"I'm here to look for books and he helps me with that" he gulped

"Since when" the other person's eyes seemed sedate

"Since long"he too didn't mind backing away

"Hah! You bossy bastard" kusuo made a taunting laugh

"What did you say?" Beni stood up

"You think I don't remember you told us to go away from the stream hah! Did you" he said laughing

"Yes I did and that's my right"

"You sure are arrogant"

"Oh, me? I believe you are forgetting yourself"

"Cocky bastard"

"Annoying prick"

"I believe I'm in time" mr. satou entered the scene taking off his shoes

Beni sat down all heated up from the irresistible conversation he just had with that jerk

"Ah thank you kuu for taking care in here- oh is that Beni???it's been a while" mr. satou Exclaimed heading towards him

"Please to meet you again" Beni bowed politely

"Ahhh I was just about to head out to your granny for a visit,it's been long" he said putting a hand on his shoulder

"I suppose she was talking about them"he thought

"Ah I know, she told me"

"Well, need help with the selection?" Mr.kusou asked smiling

"Yes please " he smiled nervously

"Ah as shy as always...come on loosen up boy!" He sure had a cheerful personality

"We'll choose some books for you and let's head together to your home" he said contended

"Oh alright thanks" he bowed

"Kuu you're coming as well" he said going through the shelves

"Is that necessary?" He quirked a brow looking unpleased

"Yes of-course it's been long since I last visited, plus I want Beni and you to get to know each other as good buddies" he looked at them

Buddies my foot!

The selection took some time and kusuo was asked to get changed while they decide on a good book. This made kusuo mad.

no,actually he couldn't care less.

"Now shall we head out?" Mr.satou looked over checking for kusuo

"Alright" kusuo walked pass the two to the front

"You'll drive?" Mr.satou asked him swinging the key

"Fine" he grabbed the keys and started the engine

They took their seats and took for the small town side.

The atmosphere indside the car after mr.satou's nap was really awkward, grabbing some seaweed on their way, Beni eyed the other through the rear mirror. And he had to admit the boy had good visual and was a helpful son .

but he was still an asshole.

WRITERS NOTE :Beni is usually a quite person, he rarely talks to strangers and even avoid to do so, but having an argument with kusuo feels as if they've been fighting since a long time. The anger boils up itself on the contact of the brunette.