" HAHAHAHAHA "

I laughed out loud looking at her speechless face, Making her blush a little.

Controlling my laugh, i asked her with a genuine look on my face.

" Why are you making that face ? "

" That's because I don't understand. Why would someone give their life for you, when they didn't even know you, for no reason ? Its somewhat understandable why you would fulfill his last wishes though."

" Hmmm... " Looking up directly in her eyes I made a serious, deep thinking face.

" Do you have some free time ".

" Why ? "

" Lets talk about this over a cup of coffee and some pastries in a cafe. I know you haven't eaten breakfast, I can easily see through when people lie to me ".

" I am sorry but you don't have to, why would you care so much ? "

" I like your eyes, I want you to become my friend, is that reason enough ? " I said Shaking my head.

" Wait what, why ? " She became flustered hearing me compliment her and ask her to be my friend.

" I just felt like it, can't I be friends with someone, I have never been truly friends with someone because of my upbringing and I am a straight man, just to clarify it I doesn't mean it in that way " I raised my hands in surrender and joked a bit.

" No, not that ... well nevermind " She sighed and wanted to say something else but didn't at the end.

I knew what she wanted to talk about but I acted ignorant.

" Then from today we are friends. Come, didn't you say you wanna help me.. then help me a little so I could get free quickly and repay you with a treat. "

Making her my friend on my own accord, I took her hand and shook it.

She was really a meek girl who couldn't even say no to me even after I made her my friend without her consent, Its unbelievable that she managed to even survive till now, or maybe she also wanted a friend but couldn't say it out to someone openly because of her situation.

" Really, Alright then " She got surprised at me suddenly allowing her to help, got a happy smile on her face and started helping me distribute food to poor children.

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Quickly fishing our work and cleaning our hands we went to the nearest cafe that was just a street away from the apartments.

|| Morning Delight ||

Entering in, what came in our view was a clean old, retro style cafe mostly made with woods and was jam packed with people.

Stopping at the reception, we asked for an empty seat but the receptionist said that all seats were full, and we had to either wait for one to get empty or we can go to 1st floor where a private booth seat was empty, but it was a little expensive.

Sylvia tried to say that we would wait, but I interjected and pulled her by her hand to the first floor.

Watching me holding her hands, Sylvia became embarrassed and as soon as we reached the first floor she quickly pulled her hands back.

We finally entered our booth after ordering two cups of coffee and a lots of pastries and sandwiches.

The booth had a sea view up from the window and coincidentally it was only meant for couples.

' well not so coincidentally since I came here earlier and tipped the waiter with a good sum of money to especially reserve this spot for me and help me in my act '

The chairs were placed adjacent to each other and the table was right in front of the seats, facing the window through which the sea and beach was clearly visible.

" Why did you pick this expensive booth, we could have just waited a few minutes " Sylvia asked with a ' confused ' face, she was like a wife reprimanding her husband for spending extra money on useless things.

" Hey hey, you know 'Time is money' . Maybe we could earn more money than this in the time we saved today, wouldn't that be helpful " I spoke making a 'genuine' expression, which earned me a few giggles from her.

With a knock on the door, the waiter arrived with our order and we soon started eating.

" You still haven't told me about that ? " She spoke, but this time looking straight into my eyes with an expression that said 'I don't wanna hear another excuse'

~sigh!

" You really want to know ?" I asked to which she nodded her head seriously.

" Well, I don't know to he honest. After my parents died a few years ago leaving me all alone in this world, my life became empty, like everything lost its meaning to me. " I said faking a sad expression, which seems to work perfectly on Sylvia, I continued.

" Then one day I awakened myself and went to hunt monsters where I could only focus on hunting and not think of other useless things. Recently, one day I went to hunt monsters, where I met a party of 6 people and we grouped up in the wilderness and mistakenly entered the territory of a rank C monster. " I made an 'angry' face and clenched my fist like I could never forget that day.

" It was a slaughter! the moment we enter, two of our members were killed in a second and all others started to run."

" I helped Alvin who was working as a porter in the team to run, but after killing and enjoying his time eating other members, the monster came after us. When we were only one second away from death, Alvin suddenly awakened his superpower and hit the monster in his face taking him by surprise. We quickly ran away but we knew that there was no way for us to live, It was then, that Alvin started telling his last wishes to me, I didn't understood at that time why he was saying this but as soon as he blasted me out of the territory of the monster and stayed there himself to buy me some time. I realized his intentions, but it was too late by then, i screamed but I only stopped falling in a safe zone. I didn't know what superpowers he awakened and what was he thinking."

I sighed and took a deep breath " and also when i said I liked your eyes, I really meant it. They are just like my mother's, kind and gentle. The same innocenct golden eyes filled with warmth "

My voice became lower the more I spoke and was a Little hoarse at the end, as a few dops of tears fell from my eyes that I quickly hid away, acting like I didn't want to show anyone my weak side.

Although I spoke so much bullshit, but inside I was really praising myself as the world's best actor. If anyone had known my true thoughts and saw me acting, they would have given me two Oscar awards.

" HAHAHA, See what nonsense I am blabbing, saying to a boy that his eyes looked like my mother's. " I gave a self mocking laugh and acted like I was forcefully trying my best to joke.

Sylvia was deeply focus on my story and her eyes were also nummy at the end. She patted my back and put her hand above mine to console me.

' The sympathy card is working perfectly.' I smiled inwardly.

" Don't be sad, it wasn't your fault. Can you tell me what his first wish was, maybe I could help you with it. " She suddenly asked but this time her voice was much softer than before and it felt like she had finally accepted me as a friend.

" Of course, you're my friend now, you deserve to know. His first wish was to somehow heal his mother and let her live a happy life, she is in comma because of a certain illness that has no cure at present. She is in my house in Capital city and I take care of her there. I had to come here for few days so I already appointed nurses who take care of her 24*7 on shifts. "

I spoke while showing a calm smile on my face which says 'what I was doing was nothing special.'

" I see... you're a good person .....ahhh!! You made me your friend and I didn't even know your name ". She spoke jokingly. She didn't say much but I know that it was a good thing. Her not speaking much means she was enjoying my company more and was seriously contemplating about how to console me without breaking her character as a boy.

Don't ask how I know, but I know from the Regressor's memory. She was just that kind of girl.

I could feel that I had successfully made a good first impression on her and the progress was much better than I expected.

' Had to give it to my Oscar winning acting skills '

"Oh! sorry my bad, my name's Noah Blackstorm " I scratched my head, extended my other hand forward and put my tongue out, acting like I was embarrassed to not even have introduced myself.

" No worries, My name's Sylva Oxford " She gave her fake name that she use in public and shook my hands.

After that we finished our food and chatted a bit, when I asked her about herself, she truthfully described me about her family and her mother who was ill and bedridden.

I also asked her if she was free today to which she said that she had to go to work.

I ask her to take me on a tour around the city and help me distribute food and clothes to poor children and if she help me I would give her 4 times the amount she get from her daily wage.

At first she tried to refuse the extra money but when I faked sad expressions saying that ' she doesn't see me as a friend ' she sighed at my antics and finally agreed to my request.

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We spent our whole day together and had fun traveling around the city. I purchased some new boys clothes for her and by the end of the day we were very comfortable with each other's company.

Separating from her outside the appartment building, saying my goodnight and 'hugging' her like a 'normal ' friend. I went towards my apartment and directly laid down on my bed.

'looks like part one went well'

She still hadn't told me about her real identity and I knew that I couldn't just enter in her life and become a part of it in one day, I just have to take my time and slowly get her to accept me, opening up her heart to me won't be easy.

Now all I have to do is wait for tomorrow when the real show will begin.