Capítulo 33: Mr. Walker

The next morning I headed off to the XX Training Center again. Leo was still fast asleep when I headed out. When I arrived at the center, the person I talked to yesterday showed up at the front door waiting for me.

"It's great to see you again, Hunter." The person said in a pleased tone.

"Mr. Walker." I replied.

We headed to a normal office located somewhere inside the training facility. The office was completely empty, with the only office supplies being there being a desk and two chairs. I sat on the chair across from Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker sat down and simply smiled at me.

"How may I help you today, Hunter?" Mr. Walker asked.

"There are 3 things that I would like your help with." I stated.

"Go on."

"First. My father told me when he left that he will be back home in two weeks. It's been three weeks now and he still isn't home. Where is he?"

"I'm afraid I can't tell you your father's location since the mission he is currently participating in is classified." Walker continued smiling. I found that smile to be very annoying. "However, I can decisively say that he will be back soon."

"How soon?"

"Soon." Mr. Walker reiterated. He looked like he did not want to continue on with this topic.

"Fine. Second thing. I want you to make a person called Joseph Parks confess that he committed the crime of arson this Tuesday on my school's campus."

Mr. Walker raised an eyebrow, "Did he actually commit the crime?"

"Yes he did. But I know he would not admit it. Please make him admit to his crimes and absolve Leo from all the accusations against him." I also briefly narrated to him my investigations from the previous few days.

"And how would you like me to do that, Hunter?" Mr. Walker asked, still smiling.

"I don't care how you make Joseph Parks talk and I don't care what methods are used. For the situation with Leo, you can get a signed affidavict from Parks stating that he committed the crime and post it all over the social media, the school online forum and our school board. Any other methods are fine as well as long as Leo won't get slandered again. Oh and absolve Leo a few days before the Student Council elections, I want to obtain some guilt votes from the students."

"Wow, you are very decisive, Hunter." Mr. Walker joked. "Ok. Consider it done. What else?"

"I want you to..."

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After giving out my 3 requests, it is time for me to face something unpleasant: compensation.

"Mr. Walker, how would you like me to pay you back for your services?" I asked.

"With your body." Mr. Walker licked his lips and said pervertedly.

"That's all?"

"I was joking! I was joking!" Mr. Walker raised his palms up in defeat. "God, you can't take a joke, can you? Just like your father."

Mr. Walker then turned serious. "You will owe me 2 favors. I can cash in those favors anytime I want. Is that alright with you?"

"That's fine, but I must know what the favors are at least a day before I commit to it. I must also have the power to refuse your favors if I decided that they're not beneficial to myself." I reasoned.

"Deal." Mr. Walker smiled. He took out his right hand. I raised my right hand in tandem and we both shook our hands. "May we have a pleasant partnership."

"Don't jinx it." I snorted.

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

After I finished my training and returned home, I found Leo working on my computer. He was posting things repeatedly all over the social media. When he found me staring at the computer, he said. "You did well in the debate yesterday." Leo complimented.

"It would have been better if you were up there." I replied.

"Mhm. Don't worry, I won't fall for a trap again." Leo puffed out his chest, acting brave.

I rolled my eyes and ruffled his hair.

"Also, you will protect me right, since I am yours." Leo teased.

"Stop. I only said that to stop that ugly bastard from speaking." I said.

"Whatever you say, Hunter." Leo smirked, acting as if he did not believe me.

After surfing the net for awhile, he said to me, "I think we can get second at the primaries on Monday."

I nodded. "I think so too."

"Although I was caught in that arson scandal, I think that the lower year students would still prefer a junior representing them than that jackass and his corrupt father. Also, Mike would need to wrestle the votes with the upper years." Leo reasoned. "However, we will still be blown back from being a frontrunner due to the damage of my popularity."

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

We stopped talking about the future elections and headed down to play some video games. Afterwards, I cooked dinner for both of us and we headed off to sleep.

The next day, as I promised Leo I would go on a date with him, I reluctantly dressed up. I wore and black blazer with a white and blue a striped shirt and navy blue long khaki pants. I also brought a pair of sunglasses that was originally worn by my father. I gelled my hair to make it look more stylish and cut my fingernails.

Leo, meanwhile, headed back to his house to prepare as well. When I was finally done dressing up, he was already standing at my front entrance. I stared at Leo. He was wearing a white t-shirt that says: "I <3 Hunter" With the words being in black print and the heart in red. He wore a grey-colored damaged jeans and a N*ke A*r M*x.

"Let's go!" Leo said excitedly. I was pulled along by his hand.

We took a coach bus and headed to an amusement park filled with different attractions. Leo, who was a big fan of rollercoasters, immediately lined up for the most frightening-looking one, which had a huge initial drop and three circular loops and a final even longer drop. I, however, did not like to ride the rollercoaster but I was forced to come along anyway.

Leo started screaming as soon as the rollercoaster rushed downwards. His scream along with countless others and the sound of the wind completely caused me to become deaf. The unpleasant motion of swaying made me close my eyes.

After the ride, Leo wanted to go again but I forced him away, stating, "Why don't we take a look at the other attractions first."

Leo pouted but he complied. We later bought some cotton candy to eat, although most of them were eaten by Leo. Afterwards, we played the spinning teacup ride. I don't really get motion sick due to my training so I didn't feel anything during the ride, making me feel quite bored. Leo, however, was gladly enjoying the spins, shouting, "Hunter! My head is spinning!"

Later, we went to a haunted house. I originally hope this would bring me some enjoyment, but I was quickly disappointed. Leo and I walked inside, hearing the creepy soundtrack being blasted from somewhere and blood stains coated on the walls. However, since I've seen real blood stains before, the coatings here just look fake. The first monster that approached us suddenly was a ghost. Leo saw the ghost, but insted of crying, he laughed. "Pfft." Leo tried his best to stop laughing but failed. "Hunter! Hahahaha! The ghost's face is so funny! I'm dying!" He grabbed his stomach and gasped for breath. I rolled my eyes, feeling sorry for the employee behind the ghost.

We then saw a less than appealing serial killer who was carrying a chainsaw with both his hands, his whole body covered in blood. Leo yawned. "I'm bored, can we get out of here?" Leo asked.

"Rawwah! I'm going to kill you!" The serial killer roared.

"Okay. Whatever. Hunter, let's go." Leo nudged me.

I made an apologetic smile to the serial killer and continued walking. We then faced an ugly looking witch. The witch made a rotten laugh, stating, "Ooh! Fresh meat! I'm going to turn all of you into frogs and slice you up to pieces to make soup!"

"Oh, it must be terrible having that face." Leo made a face of sympathy. "It will be hard for you to get a boyfriend."

The person in the witch suit wanted to hit the customer.

I pushed Leo along to the exit.

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Capítulo 34: The First Date

After the disappointing run at the haunted house, we headed to the food court to eat. Leo simply grabbed a hot dog while I grabbed a burger. We sat on a bench located under a tree.

Leo took the sausage that was on the hot dog and protruded it outwards. He started licking all around the sausage while staring at me with hot eyes.

"Stop. We're in public." I warned.

Leo ignored me. He then stuffed his whole mouth with the sausage, trying to speak. "Ahh! Huuntuuur, it fuulls soo guud!" He wanted to sound sexy but all they came out of his mouth was some gibberish. I rolled my eyes.

"Stop it. You'll choke yourself." I cautioned.

Leo swallowed the sausage down his throat and ate all the bread in one go. "His eating habits never change" I thought to myself.

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

Later, we played on the turbo drop. Every time Leo dropped a few meters, Leo would scream. I simply watched the scenery from my seat, completely unfazed. It felt kind of boring. "Are all the rides here boring?" I thought to myself.

We then headed to the pirate ship ride. We headed to the very top role, which was the most exciting part of the boat to be in. The pirate ship swung upwards to one side and then returned downwards. It then swung to the opposite side. To be honest, even Leo felt unenthusiastic about this ride compared to the others.

After spending a few more hours playing different attractions, we left the amusement park and headed to the cinema to watch a movie. Leo decided that we should watch a romance movie, since that's what was expected for a date. I rolled my eyes.

When we came out of the cinema, Leo was balling his eyes up. "*sniff sniff* the main character clearly didn't deserve this! *sniff sniff* why did he have to die! He should've stayed *sniff* together with the main heroine!" I held my arm around his shoulders and pushed him towards me. He continued to cry on my chest. I ruffled his hair and rubbed his back to comfort him.

At night, Leo made a dinner reservation for a restaurant serving French cuisine located in a 5-star hotel. "Why are we spending so much money just for dinner?" I asked, dissatisfied with the wasteful spending.

"It's our first date, Hunter." Leo whined. "I wanted to make it special! You're not romantic at all!"

"Romance are for girls. We're both guys! What's the point of doing this!" I fired back.

Leo pouted. "Boys can have romance as well. At least, I want to feel this sort of romance with you." He wrapped his arms around my neck to coax me. "I'm paying for the meal anyway, why does it matter to you?"

"No. I'll pay for this." I said. We entered the restaurant at 7pm. The waiter walked us to our seats.

Our table was located next to the window with a view of the entire city landscape. Two candles were lit on the sides of the table, while a menu was placed in front of us.

I opened the menu and found that everything was written in French.

"Hunter." Leo whimpered. "I don't know how to read any of this."

"I'll order for us." Leo sighed.

"You know French?" Leo asked in surprise.

"Yes." Along with 6 other languages, I thought.

"You're amazing!" Leo praised, his eyes shining.

I ordered 2 portions of fresh salad as a starter (hors d'oeuvre), foie gras as a second course (entrée), pot-au-feu as a main course and raspberry and blackcurrant galette topped with vanilla ice-cream as dessert. I also ordered two glasses of grape juice as both of us could not drink alcohol.

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

It took the first course 15 minutes to arrive, in the meantime Leo asked, "So how was today?"

"Hm?" I tilted my head.

"Was today fun?" Leo asked again.

I nodded.

"Would you like to go on a date again?" Leo smiled at me, he was giving me a hopeful look, expecting a certain answer.

I frowned. "There's no need to go on dates." I answered.

Leo felt slightly disappointed. "But didn't you think that today was fun?"

"There's no need for us to go through all this." I replied. "Can't we just spend time at your house with your parents?"

"That's different!" Leo pouted. He wanted to dig my brain up and see what's inside to see my thought process.

"Leo." I said softly.

"I don't want to hear it." Leo sulked.

"We're family."

"As in husband and wife?" Leo joked with no energy.

"As brothers."

"Isn't it possible for you to see me as something else?" Leo pleaded.

"I can't." I replied.

"Why not?"

"Because you deserve better, Leo." I stared at him with conviction. "You deserve a better person than someone like me."

"You're the best person in my mind, Hunter." Leo replied with similar conviction. "No one is better than you, and no one ever will."

My heart jumped. "I-" Just then, the waiter arrived and gave us the starter, immediately cutting off our conversation. We started eating the salad without saying anything.

I elegantly reached for the outer fork and knife and ate the salad buy pushing the vegetables from the knife to the fork and lifting it up to my mouth. Leo, in the meantime, simply used a spoon and shoved all the vegetables into his mouth. I wanted to faceplam.

"We're in a high-class restaurant, can't you conduct yourself in a better manner?!" I whispered at him.

"But I'm hungry." Leo looked at me innocently.

"At least slow down a bit, eating that fast is bad for your health." I warned.

Leo clearly did not hear me because when the foie gras came, he shoved it all in his mouth again. I wanted to roll my eyes but that will be quite impolite so I just inwardly cursed.

When Leo finished the foie gras, he simply stared at me using my fork and my knife and cutting it into a few pieces before slowly placing it in my mouth.

"What?" I asked after I swallowed the meat down my throat.

"You look like a prince right now, Hunter." Leo gleamed.

"Are you saying that you're the poor girl that ended up being taken by the prince and became the princess then, Leo?" I joked.

"Yes. I'm your princess, Hunter." Leo smiled, staring at me while putting his elbow on the table, supporting his head threw his hand.

I choked.

When the main course came, I already felt slightly stuffed. Leo, however, gladly wolfed down all of his food again. I ate slowly while Leo stared at me. I felt slightly uncomfortable on the inside.

"Can't you go on the phone or something?" I asked.

"No." Leo replied.

"Aren't you bored?"

"I can stare at you all day without getting bored, Hunter." Leo said with a sleazy smile.

"It feels like I'm being hit on by a bad man." I thought to myself.

Leo's favourite course, the dessert, arrived after I finally managed to finish the main course. I stared at the galette, unmoving. By the time I took my fork and knife, Leo have already finished the whole thing. He licked his lips that was filled with ice-cream in delight. I slowly nibbled on the food, waiting for my stomach to finish processing my previous course. By the time I finished the dessert, it was already 10pm.

I asked the waiter for the bill. Leo wanted to pay for me, but I refused. I took a look at the bill and widened my eyes. Tearfully, I gave the waiter my debit card. It's lucky that I get a high salary from tutoring Adrian, or else I would've needed to declare bankruptcy after this meal.

We took the bus home. While on the bus, I stood beside Leo. He was starting to get quite sleepy so I grabbed his waist to prevent him from falling.

"Hunter." Leo breathed close to my ear. "I want to be with you forever."

My heart started beating faster.

"He's really good at flirting." I thought to myself.

I returned the favor by pinching the fat on his waist. Leo furrowed his brows in discomfort.

"Don't joke around." I whispered back.

"I wasn't joking, Hunter." He stared at me. "I want us to stay in the same class all the way through university, then we can get married, maybe adopt a few children, and live until we die of old age."

"You're thinking way ahead of yourself, Leo. Just live day by day." I retorted.

"Mhmm...." Leo fell asleep, unable to hear me. His head was leaning against my shoulder, his body slumped close to mine.

I dragged Leo off of the bus and went back home. Tucking Leo to sleep on my bed, I decided to sleep separately this time. I took a shower and slept in the master bedroom, thinking about the sequence of events that happened today.

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