Was this guy out of his little mind? Did he have a death wish?

"Excuse me?" Mom was confused for a second.

I was surprised she didn't punch him right away. Mom was being awfully patient this time around. Meaning, something very bad was about to happen if nothing was stopped.

"Hey you-"

But the guy ignored my entire existence. "I have been mesmerized by your beauty. I don't care if you're married. I don't care if you have kids. All I want is a date with you, oh my lovely goddess. Nay, your beauty surpasses that of a goddess!" Was this guy seriously like this before?

Because last time he sure made a different impression on me. And not to mention now he sounded like a cheap poet. He was actually a bit better than that self-proclaimed poet-Dem whatever guy though.

Elsa looked at him with a dull stare but mom, mom was blushing. She blushed with a hand on her face and smiled. "No." She proceeded to kick the man's junk and flung him straight to the barrier's end.

Poor guy. And I'd tried to warn him too.

Well, after seeing this same thing play out for almost two decades now, I wasn't too surprised. I just didn't think she'd blush like that. I guess she was in a good mood.

"Sir, sir! Are you alright!" the girl shook the fallen man.

After a kick like that? Was he okay?

Definitely not.

"I'm fine. Such beauty." The guy spoke with serious pain.

Yup, he was an idiot. And he probably got brain damage from this too.

Mom was certainly beautiful but really, the guy still thought she was beautiful even after being kicked there, like that? What was wrong with him?

"Let's go." Mom walked.

I walked too. Meaning the guy was going to be dragged by the barrier if he didn't move. It was still raining hard so I didn't want to kick him out.

He did get up fast, but the way bent his spine, I really did feel bad for the poor guy. "Can either of you use ice? I need some?"

My pity for him only intensified.

We stopped by a mall and kicked- ahem, escorted the guy out. He was very intent on getting mom's number but in the end, settled for having mine instead. Obviously, I didn't mind. He was a cash cow, and I had devilish ideas.

I tried fiddling with the Holo and it was fairly intuitive. So no worries there: I gave him my new number. 'I'll memorize you later.'

I still didn't know half of the functions of this thing though.

With all that behind us, buying new shoes took another hour and a half and by the evening we were done.

All that was left was a dinner out and that was it. I actually thought my cheapskate mother would want to skip this but she still insisted and we didn't have the guts to say no. And compared to the clothes and all this a dinner wasn't that expensive anyway.

But I got the impression mom was spending at least half of her monthly salary for today. 'I guess I should try to win a bit harder.' If I could earn enough money, I could aid mom and if that was enough to make her life a bit easier then I was going to try extra hard for it.

***

The food was good but I preferred my chocolate milk and bread over all this. Both Elsa and I ate rather greedily though. Mom ate more than usual too. Of course, the bill was rather long because of that.

For the first in my life, I paid for food while my mother was present, and now I was broke again.

Sigh.

We were back at home by nine.

It wasn't the best of the days but it wasn't the worst either. Actually, it might not have been that bad.

"I have two fights tomorrow so I'll turn in early." And I had something special saved up that needed my immediate attention too.

"Goodnight."

"Can I come?" Elsa asked.

"Well, I did promise you," I said reluctantly.

"YAY!" She grabbed my arm. "So you've finally fallen for my charms. Will you get married to me?"

"Huh?" I gave mom a glance and she just sighed. I gave Elsa a rather painful pinch on her cheeks. She was immediately reduced to tears. "I know you love me and all, but don't joke around like that. And as I promised you can come watch the fights but that's it. And don't create any trouble, okay?"

"Okay." Elsa didn't look at me and sobbed.

Honestly, what a handful. "Goodnight guys."

But I didn't dislike this. She was my little selfish sister after all.

So, with everything behind me, I ran up and locked the doors. But there was a smirk on my face. I'd actually brought something. 100ml of chocolate milk. It was just enough to satisfy my taste buds a bit and it was also not enough to make me sick.

Perfect.

With a devilish smirk, I savored the true nectar of the heavens.

And then I realized. 'Didn't I have a shake just this afternoon?' And it was extra-large too.

Meaning, tomorrow was going to be very eventful indeed.

'Shit.'

Oh, well, it's not like this stopped before anyway. I slept.

***

Sleep was good but since I had to wake up at six, not as much as yesterday. And I had to spend extra time in the bathroom because of my 100ml adventure last night.

I did some exercise, took a shower, ate some food, and got ready to head out for the station. I had to take a flight today or I'd surely be late.

I couldn't call Marg now. I was going to confront her head-on.

"Take care." Mom had work, so she didn't see me off. Her work started around ten, so I guess she had preparation to do before setting off. And Elsa was still sleeping so she had responsibilities to feed her too.

"I will. Will you come today?"

"I don't think I'll make it: I've skipped enough this month. They might pay me 10 gold less because of that. I will come by if you make it to the finals though."

I smirked. "Then you better get that paid leave ready." And with that said I ran for the station.