All good things start with F

With the sky darkening Eli and I split ways agreeing to see each other tomorrow.

'That kid has some seriously strong legs. I wondered how he trains.' As I was thinking about unless things I arrived home. "I'm back!"

"Come in!" Going in I found my parents both sitting on the couch playing UNO. The first to speak was my mum, "So who's your friend?"

"His names Eli and I think he's 2 years older than me." I sat down next to them. They then asked me what I did and told them about our game.

"Duke go take a shower you're sweaty." My clean freak of a dad said.

"ha~, I get kicked out of the house just cause I don't have a friend and then when I come back home tired as hell only to get told to take a shower, fuck." Muttering under my breath, I should have been more quite.

"What did you just say?" Mum hates swear words I found out when dad accidentally swore in front of me, she slapped him over the head saying something like don't swear in front of the baby.

"I said friend, I have such a good friend." I quickly blurted out, running to the bath room as I nervously laughed.

- - - -

"Hey Eli I can't play with you right now maybe later in the afternoon."

"Why? What are going to do?" Eli said with a curious face.

"Training."

"Training at your age?"

"Yep how else do you think I am so strong."

"If you can't play with me how about I train with you?"

"Umm sure."

And that was how Eli joined in on my training sessions. It honestly made train a lot more fun so I didn't have any problems with it but it seemed like he did, having not trained before he had trouble keeping up but soon he got used to it well he does less than me since I doubled my workout since then. Dad thought it was a good idea for him to join in and said he would teach him some martial arts since he could be my sparring partner.

"Do you use your arms or legs more?" Dad asked Eli

"I guess my legs?"

After a second of thinking dad said, "Hmm, what I'll teach you is Taekwondo."

He first showed Eli some stances and how to kick properly while I continued practiced my nunchucks. This time I used wooden nunchakus cause dad said if I don't get hurt by practicing I won't be able to master it. No pain no gain I guess.

Finishing our training an hour later the both of us were tired and puffed out especially Eli considering this is his first time training with us.

"Thank you sir for teaching me."

"No need to thank me you're Duke's first friend after all and you can just call me Uncle Max."

I still laugh at how I got my first friend.