Aki Kitsune - Chapter 2

“We don’t have things like these where I’m from.” Aki toyed with the sucker using the tip of his tongue as he glared over at Felix for his comment.

“You mean candy?” Felix asked as his brow raised curiously to the boy.

“Candy?” Aki repeated the word as if he was trying it out.

“Well, kid.. Can I know what I’m suppose to call you since I’m feeding you?” Felix asked as he slowly pushed a plate of food in front of him.

“Aki Kitsune.” He responded as his small hands quickly pulled the plate towards himself. Aki had no mortal table manners as he roughly scoffed down the food on the plate as if he had not eaten in days. It had been a long time since Aki had actually ate a thing and he was not sure how long it had been in reality because his body did not require him to eat on a mortal’s schedule. When it came to eating it was more of a pleasure of Aki’s for the most part as long as he ate every couple of weeks he would not die of things like starvation.

“Felix.” The bartender spoke as he pointed towards himself as if he was trying to ensure that Aki did not forget the name of the man who fed him.

“Your name sounds like a cat..” Aki leaned towards Felix and sniffed a few times. The man to him looked like the sort to live his life like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. From a glance he could tell the man was more dangerous than others may perceive him to be. “But you smell more like a wolf.”

“Why on earth do you think it’s appropriate to smell me?” Felix could feel his own head beginning to hurt due to the way the boy acted with him.

“You know.. I think I found something fun~” Aki Kitsune smiled at his own words as his eyes gazed towards Felix with a deep interest. It was unknown to himself why he felt like he was drawn to Felix so easily but there was just something about the man that seemed to peak his own interest.

“I’m not a toy. Once you finish eating please go home and stop sleeping with the trash because I do not run a homeless shelter for run away brats.” Felix’s tone was stern. In his hands he was holding a glass as he cleaned it in silence. Every time someone would enter the bar Felix would send them a warm welcome with a smile on his face but behind that smiling face was something that seemed almost hollow and empty. It was obvious to someone like Aki to see the hidden empty emotions behind the false smile that Felix would put on his face because Aki had seen it so many times over his lifetime. Aki Kitsune was a god from another world so he could easily spot the minuscule expressions that most wouldn’t spot.

“Very well.. I promise!” Aki Kitsune mumbled under his breath as he thought about the words that Felix had just spoken to him. There was a slight smile on his face as he debated on where to take his next nap. If it was somewhere warm he was certain he could rest easy so the many warm places in the city that he had found so far during his visit began to run throughout his mind.

At a glance Felix could tell that the boy seemed to be up to something but he did not respond back. If he gave the boy a response he was worried what kind of remarks the boy would try to push off on him. There was not enough time in his days to worry about taking care of a troublesome brat like Aki in his mind and he did not want to get pulled into something that he did not have to be. Felix was a high level cultivator on earth so his life was not required to do his job as a bartender but he loved his work and did not want to waste time on unnecessary things.

The rest of the time that Aki Kitsune was in the bar he kept quiet and kept to himself aside from his wandering eyes. One minute it would be obvious that Aki was intently staring at Felix out of curiosity or some other motive while the rest of the time Aki spent his time listening to other people’s conversations about their own personal lives. It was not clear to Felix why Aki was trying to pry his ears into the personal problems of others around him when he knew none of the people but he never spoke a word about the matter.

After a few hours between back and forth paying attention to the others in the bar Aki Kitsune eventually left the bar with a warm smile on his face. The smile was sent directly towards Felix as he left with a sucker in his mouth and a slow wave of his hand. Seeing Aki smiling so warmly in his direction caused Felix’s chest to tighten. There was just something about the boy that felt like it was toying with him emotionally and it made him feel frustrated.

“What the hell is wrong with me?” Felix grit his teeth after the boy was gone from his sight. He could feel the tight grip in his chest that made him want to kick himself for making the boy leave. It was hard for him to understand why he hated the thought of the boy leaving when he had only seen him a few times and every time was because he simply found him sleeping by the trash.

“When tomorrow comes he wont be there.. he’ll be back home where he should be.”

The more he thought about the fact that Aki Kitsune was not going to be outside the bar sleeping by the trash tomorrow the more he realized just how lonely that made him feel.