Soon both of them came back to Moon’s cabin with Zashi’s stomach growling.
Moon turn back slightly.
“Hungry?
let me make you some dinner.
Moon begin to searching up for any ingredients through cabinet to find something to cook, but she can’t find just enough to make a dish.
“It’s everything okay Moon?” He watch her from the back struggling.
Eventually Moon stop searching and rest her hands on the table.
“Yeah, is just…, I don’t i get enough ingredients to cook us anything , like I was planning to buy a grocery for tomorrow but I didn’t expect you to come with me.”
“Well, I don’t have tons of food supplies at my house either, maybe I can fly really quick and bringing up the groceries.”
As Zashi was about to fly off, Moon immediately hold him up.
“Zashi wait!…, I, you seems to already show just enough love to me, or care, the point is you know me long enough so I think you deserve to know something about me.., and I trust you for this.”
Zashi doesn’t say anything, but instead his eyes was following him try to aporoch the bedroom door.
As she grab the door knob, Zashi lean himself further to see what she’s hiding.
She close her eyes, before open the door, to reveal what’s behind it, Zashi reaction surprisingly normal until he notice some strange lighting in the room, and the sounds of traffic,
He push foward and see the big window showing complete confusing view of gaunt building infront of him, and the drips of rain drop stuck on it.
He make his first step into strange room to see everything more clearly, and without a doubt, he was in the room of big apartment in the middle big city
He can’t help himself but appreciate the city view closer to midnight, the area blended in very dark blue lighting, reflecting the sky after rain, he looks down and see countless of pedestrian heading to their destination
“How, how is this possible?, how you do this?”
He glance back to her seeking for answer.”
Moon looking down, struggling to explain the situation with simple words.
“I was holding myself to tell you about my power
Zashi, I have abiltiy to teleport to everywhere I want just by simply open the door, and i will basically, automatically go to different places that I want to go, and this right here was my second home, my apartment and down there is city where i live, Canada specifically.”
“Canada?!” He shouted with disbelief
“What?, that’s crazy, you actually live on Canada?”
Moon try to get her distance to feel more comfortable.
“I live in many places Zashi, not just one or two, with many different lives and jobs that I try, but I keep moving around, to seek something that missing in my life, that I don’t know what it is, until I saw you on that day, when you save me from that hybrid guy.”
She reach a photo frame with a picture of her and other woman on it and flip it down
“Is just happen that my heart told me that I should do something, when I see you, and things that I can come out with is to ask you out, as a friend, but now we are more than just a friend aren’t we Zashi?”
Zashi stand still his expression was unreadable.” Right.., we are more than just friends…, so, who are you exactly Moon?, I mean with this power?, because it doest feel like one of Spirt user ability or anything like that.”
Moon smile fade slightly from his question.
“I don’t really know, and I’m scared to know, because I’m just afraid if the truth is gonna makes me feel…, less human, if that make sense.”
Zashi nod with agreement.
“Yeah, I guess i can understand that, I mean even sometimes I’m struggling to understand who I actually was.”
Moon immediately reach foward, realizing her words mind effect him.
“No, Zashi, that’s, that’s not what I mean I-”
Zashi hold her shoulder firmly.
“Hey, relax, I-I get it, there’s no need to correct yourself m, because sometimes even I see myself as human, I mean to be a fully human, but what things that I realize that we can turn this burden to be our gift if we simply embrace it, take it for example, you won’t be finding me if it wasn’t because of your power and I wouldn’t be able to protect you if I don’t have my hybrid power in that day.
”
He reach for another hand of her and lean his forehead agaisnt hers.
“So I don’t think that will make us less human, is just make us, a human with desire…”
Moon close her eyes to feel his soothing words floating inside her mind.
“You always know what to say dont you?, now you better stop being deep or I’m gonna make you eat your own words, since you make me forget that I supposed to making dinner.”
Moon turn around and immediately setting up her modern kitchen.
“And can you close our front door please.”
Zashi glance at her from far away, and look over the door that they went through, and is already change their path to get into cabin but instead a regular apartment hall way.
Zashi came back to Moon seeing her already chopping something on her cutting board and glancing over defrost chicken
“You know what?, maybe I can help you with the chicken, instead of being king of the house, without doing anything.”
“About the time, just don’t ruin the chicken for us please.”
“Dont you worry about that, because I’m also a butcher.” He speaks confidently, and immediately grab the knife to cut it into pieces.
Moon begin to apply some oils into the pot waiting for Zashi to put the chopped chicken for her to pour some curry powder.
Thier movement and team effort synchronized perfectly, adding more ingredients to perfecting their curry together, and take their turn to steer the chicken mixing it with the curry.
After awhile tow of then wipe their little sweat together.
“Now who’s hungry?” Moon ask as they staring at their beautiful textured golden curry chicken.
After awhile, they already digging up their dinner together
Moon stare at Zashi with a certain look, making stop mid chew.
“Is there something on my mouth?”
Moon shake her head.
“No, nothing is just I already thinking about our future already, which a scary thing to talk about during dinner wasn’t it?”
Zashi try to continue chew his food in slower pace.
“Okay, I’m listening.”
“Say Zashi, what do you say, if you just live here instead, I Mena on this apartment.” Moon suggest with akward face, Zashi try to give his thoughts on her idea but Moon suddenly panicking and give him more options.
“Or the cabin, or anywhere else, we can stay in your house if you want to!”
Zashi gently hold her hands to calm her down.
“Hey, relax, the apartment it is, I have no problem to stay here with you, if that’s what you suggesting, and I feel like i should be the one that should feel embarrassed to rent free inside my rich girlfriend’s house.”
Moon cover her mouth after hearing his phrase.” Girlfriend?, did you just called me your girlfriend, for the first time?!
”
Zashi nod while covering his own face.” Yeah, I think I might just say that…, but anyway, If I’m agreed to stay here, that means I’m also need to find a job like a real job.”
Moon give him a challenging, suggestive smile.
“Really, Zashi, you want to be employee and find your own money and work 8 hours shift a day, is that what you really want?”
Zashi looking at her with confusion.
“Yes why are you staring at me like that, is not like i never going to work in my life, I am a fisherman, and a butcher remsmber?”
“And what kind of job that you going to apply with that skill mhm?” Moon ask with teasing tone.
“I don’t know, maybe being a cooker on small restaurant or something, in also kinda good at cooking, in case you don’t know.” Zashi already wipe his mouth with a napkin after he empty his plate.
“Oh I know, anyway I wish you the best of luck to finding your new job, and I assume your English is up to standards for any interview right?” Moon stands up picking their empty plate, ready to clean.
Zashi nod.
“Yes my English was pretty okay, don’t worry about it Moon, I think I can easily get a new job just by using thsi charming face.”
Moon cannot hold her laughter to hear how confident he sounds like.
“Oh, I don’t worry about your English and how you gonna get a job, I’m more worried about when you actually get a job.”
Zashi shake his head playfully.
“Here we go again, with the job, is fine, there’s nothing going to happen to me,
Cut to the night when Zashi already have a job in restaurant and it was a busy day at work
Zashi nonstop cutting and cooking in fast pace, as he glance over the clock begging for the service hour to end,
But he already see the order keep stacking up on the window.
Theres a waitress constantly jump in to table ato table, make sure she serve their order perfectly.
On top of that, the manage keep pressuring then harshly.
“Cook faster!, cook faster, we still get plenty of table to serve!”
“You!
pack those things up already, we don’t have a time.”
But surprisingly the manager has no bad things to say about Zashi.
“Yes, show them how you do it Zashi, why can’t you guys be just like him, he flipping two pans at the same time.”
Zashi vision get so blurry he sweat hard with the room temperature, and burning stove.
Eventually the manager leave the kitchen to check over the other staff
Zashi glance over the other cooker, waiting for specific timing for him to give an excuse to leave earlier.
“Dude I have to go, my date is getting close.”
“Yes!, yes!
Go.”
The guy finally walk out from the kitchen, the waitress noticed Zashi lost one man power and try to support him, which the owner, holds her.
“No no wait, this is where the fun parts begin, watch what will happen once you left thin alone in the kitchen.”
Turns out Zashi have been duplicates his arms to cook even more faster and use his intense speed ability, to rush all the dish through the window
And eventually his shift is finally over and he’s already looking all tired and space out, he walk on the alley after his shift is over and notice something suspicious appear behind him when he turn back is just his shadow that stay still.
Zaahu procesf to turn back again, and notice something strange that his shadow refuse to reduce its size, even he already walk far away, and decide to ignore it.
He put his helmet on and jump into his big retro motorcycle.
And ride it get back home.
At home Zashi watch Moon prepare another dinner for him again and Moon begin to notice moddy face in his face.
“Zashi, hey what’s wrong, you don’t seems happy to see me, after work.”
“Wwll of course I’m happy to see you, infact I want to only see you in this world, not this tiring job and working overtime nonsense, I want my life back.”
Moon only give her smooth chuckle.
“Well that’s humanity for you, is really hard to live in the world where you need to please, everyone wasn’t?, but the there’s love.
That remind us how lucky we are to be a human…”
“Well I will fell much luckier if society doesn’t invented a job.” He respond with slight anger from his tone.
“But I thought that’s what you good at you, you said you know how to butchering and cooking.”
Moon gives her point in the way, Zashi can’t even be more honest about himself.
“I know, but doing it on straight eight hours it’s not fun, with hay environment, I just much prefer to cook for you for eight hours instead.
“Then, perhaps we need to find you a new job, ASAP…
How about you join, Supernatural Agency…”
That suggestion left the room silent for a moment.
“What you want me to join what?, Moon you has to be joking.” He shake his head with dismissal look.
“Why not?, you’re devil hybrid, you know how to fight, you wrote about strong protagonist that like to save peoples and maybe you can be someone that you wrote.”
Moon try to reach and hold onto his hands.
“But that’s just my fantasy Moon, it’s not something I want to become, and I am no hero, and I don’t like to carry a responsibility that I cannot bare, but you…, you’re my responsibility, and my top priority is to spend…” Zashi speech get interrupted by yawn for a seconds.
“More time with you.”
Moon catch him yawning with caring smile
“I can see you already bored with this job conversation.”
Zashi looking at her confusingly.
“What?
No!, I’m never get bored hear you talking, please keep going.”
Moon chuckle already standing up and massaging his back.
“My point is you already get tired and I think it’s time for you to sleep.”
“Sleep?
But I just get here, and.
I haven’t spend my time with you yet.” Zashi looking at her from the back.
“Bur youe sleep schedule.”
Zashi immediately respond.
“Screw that, what is so good about sleeping, when I can spend my time and had fun with you?, so I define choosing you over a sleep, and I wake up all fresh in the morning but full with regret.”
Moon only can respond with a firm smile.
“I like the way you thinking, then let’s give you that time Zashi.”
She lean closer to her ear.
“With me.”
Both of them proceed to spent the rest of the night cooking more foods that they can find on cabinet, amd having movie merathon together, laying on shared couch, and constantly change their positions, putting themselves and part of their body on top of each other, until the time is finally telling Zashi sleepy eyes to sleep.
They both get into upstairs together with Moon helping him out to get him into their room.
Moon finally drop Zashi exhaust body to the bed, she may next to her and smile to see his sleepy form, she lay a small kiss into his forehead, and finally she shut her eyes, waiting for him to wake up on the next day, peacefully in his close presence.