"Why are you still here?"

"Why are you still here?" I asked, kind of annoyed.

"I'm gonna sleep over tonight." Leo said.

"No. Go back home."

Leo shook his head.

I rolled my eyes.

"Did you have dinner yet?" I asked.

"Yeah, already ate at home." Leo said.

"Okay." I headed to the kitchen to make my own food. Leo stayed behind to play video games.

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After finishing dinner, I found Leo still diligently playing an RPG game.

"Don't you need to do your homework?" I asked.

"Nah." He replied without even looking at me, keeping himself concentrated on the game. "I'm gonna do it this weekend."

I shook my head and headed to my bedroom to study.

*************

At night, I headed to the master bedroom to sleep while Leo slept in my bedroom. He seemed to be quite happy, smelling my pillow and my bed sheets.

"If you try to m*st*rbate here again, I will hit you." I warned.

Leo was wearing a hooded rabbit onesie. The hood contained two pink bunny ears while the whole body contained white faux fur. Leo gave me a naive look, looking like a gullible prey that is waiting to be bullied. He fell to the ground from the bed and crawled towards me.

"Daddy, please hug me. I'm scared." Leo stared upwards at me with those forlorn eyes that looked as though the whole world have abandoned him.

"No." I turned around and tried to walk alway but Leo abruptly hugged me from behind.

"Get off me." I commanded.

"Promise me you will sleep with me first." Leo begged in a high tone.

I tilted his head and stared at him, only to find his face buried behind my back. I only managed to catch an eye of his bunny ears.

"Stop being so clingy." I muttered.

"No. Not only do you not want to share anything with me, you don't even want to be with me?" Leo pleaded.

I felt a pang of pain in my heart and felt guilty. I turned around and ruffled his bunny ears. "Fine. I'll stay here." I aquiesced.

Leo immediately brought me to the bed, as if he's afraid that I would run away. As this was a single bed, it could not accommodate two people comfortably. Leo was squeezed against the wall, while I was forced to stick my front body against his back. I reluctantly encircled Leo with my arms to make Leo more comfortable. Leo wiggled around. He touched my knuckles that were injured and ask, "Is it painful?"

I shook my head.

"Hunter, don't fight from now on, okay?" Leo pleaded. "I don't want you to get hurt."

I felt my heart soften. However, I was unable to make this promise with Leo. I struggled in my head to think of something to say only to realize that Leo had already fallen asleep in my arms.

I made a helpless smile. "Sweet dreams" I whispered.

*************

After being forced awake a few times due to Leo subconsciously moving around, I finally woke up early in the morning. I silently left the bed and tiptoed down to the ground floor and headed to the kitchen. I made myself and Leo breakfast. After eating mine, I left Leo's in the fridge and left a note saying that he could find his breakfast there.

In 15 minutes, someone knocked on my front door. I opened the door to find a well-dressed mature woman that looked like a secretary. The woman said, "Mr. Lee, I'm here to escort you to Are's XX Training Center. Please follow me." I nodded, following the woman to her car.

The woman was driving a black Audi. I rode shotgun while she drove. For the whole time, both of us remained silent. I simply gazed forward to take a look at the scenery until all I could see is the desert.

When we arrived at the training center, the receptionist again welcomed me and gave me a locker key. I headed to the locker room and changed to a sports attire before entering the premises. This Saturday's schedule include obstacle training, hand-to-hand combat training and reaction training. This means I would end up spending the whole day here.

I first went to the obstacle training course. The course contained many different obstacles such as rock-climbing, barbed wires, etc. I spent my entire morning there. Afterwards, I went to the cafeteria alone.

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I started eating my lunch alone at a table in the corner. I wanted some peace and quiet. However, someone came and disturbed my peaceful lunch.

"Hello again, Mr. Lee." The man approached. Without asking for my permission, he sat down in a seat opposite myself.

"Mr. Walker." I nodded before continuing to eat.

Seeing that I wasn't interested in starting the conversation, Mr. Walker took the initiative. "How have you been lately? Mr. Lee. Are you having a good time at school?"

"Just call me Hunter, Mr. Walker." I replied. "And I'm fine, thank you."

Mr. Walker just amicably smiled at me even though I just ended the conversation abruptly again. "Don't be so cautious, Hunter, I'm only trying to make friends with you."

"Mr. Walker," I looked up and stared directly at his eyes. "Do you think I shouldn't be cautious of a middle-aged man trying to entice a 15-year-old kid to become friends with him?"

"That depends on the situation." Mr. Walker chuckled, unfazed by the accusation. "Also, even if you're just a 15-year-old, you can handle yourself like an adult, can't you? I bet if we start a fight right now, you can beat me in 10 seconds."

I gazed at him trying to find out what he was up to. "5 seconds."

"Hm?" Mr. Walker tilted his head in confusion.

"I can beat you in 5 seconds." I repeated.

"My, my." Mr. Walker smiled. "You are quite aggressive aren't you, Hunter?"

He shook his head in defeat. He then stood up and tried to hand me his name card again.

I held up my palm. "No thanks. I have already memorized your number when you showed me last time." I said.

Mr. Walker tilted my palm upwards, placed his name card on top, and wrapped my fingers on top of it. "Ah, but my number have changed." Mr. Walker seemed quite gleeful at this time. "I've just been promoted, so I got a new extension number when I moved my office."

I opened my hand and took a look at the name card.

"Flint Walker. Chief Head of Division 2."

"Congratulations on your promotion, Mr. Walker." I said indifferently.

"Thank you, Hunter. Oh, and you can just call me Flint." Walker replied.

I looked up at the man standing in front of me and said, "I don't think I'm close enough to you to be calling you on a first name basis, so I'm afraid I will refuse your kind intentions, Mr. Walker."

Mr. Walker looked slightly disappointed. "Well anyways, if you have any problems in the future, don't hesitate to call me, Hunter."

Walker walked away. After he left, I found that I have completely lost my appetite.

***************

After training for the rest of the afternoon, the secretary-like woman returned me home. Leo, for some reason, was still hanging around in my house. He was playing my Portable Station 4.

"Don't you have a video game console at your house?" I asked.

"No. My house has a Macrohard Yboy! I like Portable Station better."

"What's the difference?" I rolled my eyes.

"It's different!" Leo shouted while furiously tapping on the controller. "Besides, my parents will never let me play for such a long time if I was home."

"Yeah, that's because you really shouldn't be playing for so long." I retorted. "It's bad for your eyes."

Leo did not listen to me and continued playing.

"I'm too lazy too cook today, what takeout would you like?" I asked.

"I want Chinese." Leo replied.

I ordered a beef chow mein, General Tso's Chicken with white rice and steamed choi sum. Within an hour, the takeout arrived. After waiting for Leo to finish 'a round' of his video game, both of them headed to eat.

While eating, Leo was staring at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Why are you always gone for most of the day on Saturdays? I wanna hangout with you!" Leo whined.

"You know why." I replied.

"Can I follow you to the training center?" Leo asked in a hopeful voice.

"You know only authorized personnel can enter the premises of the training center. Besides, do you even know how to handle a gun?"

Leo pouted. "You're sleeping with me tonight."

"Didn't I already sleep with you yesterday?"

"I want to sleep with you!" Leo kept on whining. I had no choice but to say yes.

***************

After dinner, Leo and I played on the Portable Station for a while. Afterwards, I headed to the master bedroom. There was a large bathtub at the bathroom next to the master bedroom. I wanted to relax today so I decided to take a bath.

After filling the tub with water, I waited until the heat of the water was just right before heading in.

"Hah." I sighed as I entered the bath. I closed my eyes and started to meditate.

It was at this moment that someone suddenly opened the door and rushed in.