"Saanvi." She said, she had glasses on.
"You look awfully different with glasses." Kiro smiled awkwardly attempting to annoy her even more which was working rather well.
Saanvi rolled her eyes. She liked wearing her glasses at home. She'd wear contacts anywhere else though. As advanced as their technology was, they still hadn't been able to cure bad eyesight.
He invited them in, and quickly called Hiro, to tell him that Saanvi was in his house. 6 minutes later, the door bell rang, he opened it while laughing.
He ran all the way! 6 minutes when it should have taken him 10!
"For your sake you better hope this isn't a prank, I'll smack you!" Hiro entered, as he was about to close the door, Yuri showed up as well with Isao.
'Okay, full house.'
He walked into the lounge, Isla had already introduced herself to his family. And was actually telling them that he was class president. It slipped his mind, his mom gave him an ice cold look.
"The girls in class say they voted for him because he was handsome! Unreal!" Hiro said shaking his head.
"He never even bothered to tell us."
"Slipped my mind I swear!" He prayed that his friends didn't let slip about his and Isaac's situation.
"But of course my baby boy is very handsome. Now that he has money, girls will flock to him no doubt!" Freya said, ignoring his son all the same.
"Ma! Dad, your wife is doing it again. Please do something!"
Sekani was taking a break from working, on Kiro's orders. He simply shrugged in defeat. And mumbled 'take it like a man.'
Kiro ushered his guests to the home theatre before he was embarrassed any further. While texting Nikolai, telling him they're at his house and he gave him his address, in case he wanted to come there.
"Don't you want a new phone?" Freya asked astounded that her son didn't buy himself a new phone.
"The one I have works just fine."
"But when we bought that one, it was the cheapest one. I'm sure it's not that great." She complained.
"That's why I'm keeping it Ma. If it dies, I'll buy a new one."
"More movies!" Loki yelled from the front.
"Your brother is really cute." Isla chuckled.
They were very different from each other, not just looks their personalities as well. Kiro looked more like his father and acted like a bit of both from the impression she got meeting them. Loki looked more like his mother and acted well, like none she'd ever seen.
"He's the perfect example of a kid from the slums, rebellious and all."
His phone rang and it was Nikolai.
"We're at your gate."
"Then enter?"
A couple of minutes later they were here. Felix looked as tired as always but also quite relaxed.
'Does he even sleep?'
They seated themselves on the second row, his mum came in bringing more snacks for them. This was the paradise Kiro hoped for, for his family. He wanted to freeze this moment forever.
They watched 2 films back to back, one action and one romance. Kiro wasn't a fan of films so he was already burnt out from watching so much in a short amount of time.
They were walking out of the theatre when Nikolai gave him a dirty look.
"Hey, I know I know, but there's still a lot to be done around here. We have 2 weeks out there's still plenty of time, it's my birthday in 3 days and—"
"What?" They all said at the same time.
"Leader why didn't you say so?"
"Ki, how could you hide this from us?"
They made it out like it was a huge deal. Kiro didn't see what the big deal was, it was just a birthday. Then he remembered that they were from completely different worlds.
While kids from the lower treat birthdays like they're just another day, upper kids throw the biggest of parties.
Especially when one was turning 17. Kiro stood there embarrassed, Loki had his eyebrow raised. The kids from the slums were all dumbfounded at the others excitement.