The Spark

As they arrived close to the restaurant, Theo parked a little far from the restaurant.

"Can you wait a little by the car? I want you to see the restaurant with all the lights on" Theo asked while looking at her

Aurora was confused by the strange request but agreed, nonetheless.

Theo asked that because the restaurant became a magical place when the lights were on, and he wanted Aurora's first impression of the restaurant to be magical too.

Theo spent around 10 minutes arranging everything and called Aurora when everything was ready.

Aurora became speechless for the first minutes of the restaurant tour, especially when she saw the ceiling of the ground floor salon.

'It is so beautiful…' she dreamed.

But after a while she became a jumpy rabbit, jumping all around the place in excitement as she asked Theo countless questions.

She loved her brother's magical restaurant.

When they arrived on the first floor, Aurora became quieter and stopped asking questions.

Theo noticed something was wrong and asked

"Cupcake, are you okay? Is there something bothering you?" Theo grabbed her hand.

Aurora tried to avoid him, but she was unsuccessful.

"Please, cupcake, tell me? You know that you can tell me anything you want, right?" Theo asked with a pleading voice.

Aurora hearing her brother hurting voice tone from her antics became guilty and stopped trying to escape his grab.

"I know I shouldn't be sad but knowing you won't be every day in the apartment with me as we have dinner and train self-defense makes my heart hurt…" Aurora sobbed in a low voice.

"Oh cupcake… do you think I would be able to leave you all alone at night?" he said as he held her head and wiped her tears.

"Let me show you my favorite part of this restaurant" Theo pulled her towards the second floor of the building.

They arrived at the top and Aurora saw the dining room and she loved it.

"This dining room isn't part of the restaurant. This room is exclusive for me to have meals with you. If you want, you can bring your friends here too."

Theo pulled her into the lounge room.

"And this room here, is your room, cupcake. I don't want you to arrive at an empty apartment. So, I made this room where you can come after school. You can study here, watch television, make some snacks and I even placed a tatami here where we can continue our training." Theo explained the room.

"You can come here after school, and I will have dinner with you like every day" Theo continued talking about the room.

Aurora was speechless as she looked at the room her brother made only for her in his beautiful restaurant.

She was overwhelmed by his love. She only had one thought as she ran in his direction and kissed his lips.

'I love you so much, brother…' she dreamed inwardly.

Theo was speechless by her kiss, but it only lasted a little bit. As Aurora released his lips and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you, big brother…" she said in a low voice that if Theo wasn't with his ear close to her mouth, he wouldn't be able to hear.

Theo decided to ignore the kiss. He loved her but she was too young. He wanted to wait for her to grow up and confess his feelings.

Theo knew he loved Aurora more than the love siblings should have. And he also knew that Aurora liked him too.

So, he never doubted he would one day confess to her.

Afterwards, Theo closed the restaurant and went home. Where he made dinner and had a lovely meal with his sister.

On the next day, he called Ayia and the four cooks to see the restaurant.

When Ayia saw the restaurant, she jumped all around and asked countless questions too.

"Theo, this is a world-class beauty restaurant!" She exclaimed in admiration.

Ayia who usually frequented top restaurants all around the world was truly impressed by the decorations and some features of the restaurant, especially the ceiling.

She had never seen something like it before.

"Thank you" Theo laughed.

"It is so beautiful…" Shoko said in her sweet voice

"I can't believe we will work on such a classy restaurant." Max added.

"Me neither" Lauren complemented her boyfriend.

"I will do my best to meet the expectations" Kimiko said with determined eyes.

"Come on, let me show you the kitchen" Theo laughed.

They entered a large room where they saw workers installing kitchen appliances.

"The kitchen will be ready to be used in two days. And by then you guys will come so that we can start getting used to the menu of the restaurant" Theo said.

"Yes, chef!" they shouted.

Theo said goodbye to the four cooks as he took Ayia to the second floor of the building.

"This floor is not a part of the restaurant. It is exclusive to my family and friends. So, if you feel tired you can come here and relax. Aurora will be mostly here after getting out of the school so you can talk with her here too" Theo pointed at the lounge room.

Ayia was beaming with happiness when she heard that.

She felt she was getting close to Theo's heart.

"Thank you, Theo" she said with a bright smile.

They talked about the restaurant while seating on the couch of the lounge room when Ayia asked.

"So, when are you gonna tell me the name of the restaurant?" she lifted her brow.

"To be honest, until Saturday night I didn't know how to name it. But suddenly I came up with a name that I very much liked. Do you want to come with me to hang the sign at the front side of the building?" Theo said with a mysterious smile.

"Let's go!!!" Ayia shouted while running outside.

Theo laughed and followed her.

They hung up the sign and looked at it.

"It is a very fitting name indeed" Ayia commented.

"I know" Theo said while deep in thoughts.

On the front of them a sign was visible and who passed would be able to see cursive letters saying:

"The Spark"

This name meant a lot for Theo.

In his last life, the name of his orphanage was 'Spark of Hope', and when he thought of a name for the first thing he built and designed alone in this world, all he could think of was his orphanage.

For him, the name had this meaning.

But for everyone else, who saw the restaurant, would think 'the spark' referred to the spark of light that illuminated the restaurant with its beautiful characteristics' light sources.

"Let's take a selfie here!" Ayia exclaimed while pulling Theo to take a picture

Theo came back from his thoughts and smiled for the camera.

'I finally have a picture with him…' Ayia said inwardly as she saved the picture.