"Can't I go with you?" Alora complained.
"I'll take you to the mall when I come back, this is a bit dangerous for you. You should stay here, protect mum and Loki." Kiro told her.
She puffed her chest, proud that she was left in charge of protecting their household. That made her look so cute, Kiro couldn't help but hug her.
Hiro walked up to their house, he was being followed by Saanvi, Isla and his siblings. His siblings wanted to come over and play with their respective friends. Yuri with LJ and Loki, Isao with Alora.
"I hope you don't mind, when I mentioned where I'd be going today, Saanvi wanted to come."
Kiro simply shrugged, giving him a naughty smile.
"Don't even..." Hiro wanted to wipe the smile off his face.
"I didn't say anything." He laughed.
Raul offered to drive them. They took a bigger car that could fit 4 people at the back. Snow still plagued the ground but the sun was out, so much that they weren't wearing much layers. Jeans and sweaters, all of them.
"Thank you Raul, I know how much you wanted to stay in today." Kiro would never stop treating him decently, even though this was his job.
"That's alright M-Sir Kiro." He corrected himself when Kiro gave him a stern look.
Raul prayed to whichever god that would listen, he wanted today to be very uneventful, he still had guilt from the other night.
Alora came running, "Isla!" They had met at Kiro's birthday party, and she took a liking to her. She'd never seen a pretty girl like her before she claimed.
"Little Princess!" Isla took her off the ground, giving her an embraced.
"Ki doesn't want me to go with you." She pouted.
"I mean the padlock dad, please I don't remember how it got here. I remember grandpa giving me this, but I don't remember the padlock being a part of it." He said as silently as he could, it was a wonder Sekani heard him at all.
"About a month before he disappeared, he came over to see us and said it was originally part of the necklace, he just had been fixing it up. Why is it important?"
"I don't know. Thanks..." Before he ended the call, Isla started snoring.
"Ki, are you—" He dropped the call before he could even ask.
He didn't know why, but he was just embarrassed. His parents weren't all that strict, but he still didn't want them to see him do such things.
He held out the padlock, examining it but he couldn't find anything about it that was particular. He still prodded it, believing maybe it was some kind of clue but nothing happened. That's when he felt something wet on his chest.
"She drools and snores? Isla Silva isn't perfect after all." He chuckled, it was strange but that made him feel closer to her.
That woke her up. She quickly wiped it away, staring at Kiro intently. "If you tell anyone about this I'll kill you Kiro Waynworth."
"About what? The drooling or the snoring?" He said laughing.
She looked at him smiling in defeat. She's been told she snored, but she always fought that claim with all her might, but she couldn't find the words now.
"It'll be our little secret." Kiro smirked.
That earned him a kiss on the cheek. "So will this." Which made him blush.
They got out of the car, joining their friends to take a good look at the newly built headquarters, it was as tall as the other buildings. It had a blue colour about it, windows and all.
The inside was even better, it was already ready for people to move in and work. The lobby, computers, furniture, everything was already installed.
"They sure work fast." He commented, pulling out his phone to show his dad his dream that had become a reality.