Danny Herbert, POV:
As I open the door I see a teen, around the ages of 12-14, male. I was surprised at first as to why some random teen just knocked on my house at exactly 9 in the morning before thinking that It might just be one of Taylors friends
I give him a smile as he smiles back, as the teen opened his mouth and says "Good morning to ya, Mr.Herbert, I'm one of Taylor's friends, I was just passing by to try and see If we could go to school together"
'huh. A male, around the same age as my daughter, looks decent enough and Is trying to go and see If he can go together to school with my daughter, suspicious'. and so I did what every father would do and smile as I invite him In, He seems surprised at first before smiling again and walking In
I lead him to my living room before smiling at him and telling him just to sit down. "alright, I'll call Taylor over, so just wait here for a sec, yeh?" I say, as he then smiled and nod
'Huh, a polite one' I thought before coming upstairs and knocking on Taylors room "hey princess, someone's down at the living room waiting for you" I say as I knock again. I hear a muffled "who? ah wait, Alright, Give me a few minutes to get ready" which made me chuckle, She doesn't really like mornings
As I then started walking back downstairs, I see the kid looking around curiously before his eyes landed on me he smiles and says "I'm so sorry for doing this", I was confused at first before realizing that something was on his hands, something that looks like an Ancient weighing scale, As it then struck me- and before I could say anything he began speaking
"Alright, before your daughter comes down here, I'll have to master you" I widened my eyes In shock remembering the news about masters, he notices before sighing "Chill out dude, I Ain't one of those people who control others just for fun, and besides, you'll still have your own free will, you just gotta follow some 'Laws' that I create," he says as I sighed
"Alright, Law Numero Uno, You can't tell anyone that I'm a Parahuman. Law#2, You can't tell anyone anything that I do today. Law#3, you'll always tell everyone that I'm the son of your friend that passed away. Law#4, Let me do anything that I want In your basement. Law#5 IF you break the Laws you'll experience something along the lines of getting bitten by 10 mosquitos every 5 seconds"
I raised my eyebrow as the Ancient weighing scale started glowing, As I then started feeling that something is holding me back from saying or doing...something
I look at the kid's eyes, then to his hands as I see the Ancient weighing scale disappear "Alright, what and why did you do this to me? I don't remember having a grudge at someone, nor do I remember offending someone important" I said as he then smiles and started explaining
"well you see, My parents died yeh, I triggered, got some powers, don't know where to go, found this house, asked someone nearby who lives here, and pretend to be your daughters' friend" As I hear that I let out a sigh, oh, of course, It has to be one of those, I still remember how Taylor reacted when my wife almost died In a car crash
"and then, I thought, I look like one of those Innocent kids yeh? so why not just do something basically Illegal. I mean, no one would suspect me If they thought I was dead, right?"
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After 2 to 3 minutes of explaining, I just stared at him In shock, opening and closing my mouth looking for words to say. This kid literally just told me that he wants to use MY house as a hideout cuz and I quote "No one would suspect an abrasive, rude, and overall foul-mouthed 14 year old me~ I mean, Who would? we have the Merchants here to raise the standard on what you would obviously call rude" Which Is somewhat true, but still.
I see him perk up and smile as I hear a low creak, dismissing It as I listened to what he's talking about as he proceeds to tell me he's 'Evil plan' which was to produce and I quote again "To produce a shit ton of robots that CAN reproduce, build an Underground city with your basement as the entrance, Aka elevator, for said city. Then build a body for an AI that already exists and identify as a female so that I can fuck it" the last part made me gawk in surprise
which also made me want to question why he wants to do It. he then said something In a somewhat higher tone than before "I mean, I need to get to know the gal before I actually start tryna date her, She's cute as hell, somewhat socially awkward, and would probably try her best to kick me out of her life If I show feelings~ Then I can call you pops after a few years, ya know"
which made me glare at him, As I was about to shout at him to stay away from my daughter, but before I can actually do so, I heard something drop as I look at my back and see Taylor walking down the stairs before stopping and looking at us with a slightly red face, mouth open, and one open palm with nothing In It and another with a piece of cloth, I then looked down to see her glasses slowly falling down the flight of stairs before stopping at the very last step, which surprised me as I then realized on why he said that last sentence, which got me back into glaring at him
Taylor POV:
I walked out of my room, hearing chatter downstairs, probably the guest that dad woke me up to meet.
I grab my glasses, putting them on before realizing how dirty the lenses are before sighing and taking them off, I stand up, grab a piece of cloth that was next to my glasses, then walk out, cleaning the lenses while I start walking towards the stairs
I finished cleaning my glasses, but as I was about to put them on I opened my mouth to say something but before I could even say hi I heard the most outrageous thing I expected to never hear In probably my entire teen life. Someone that looks around the same age as me smiling as he said those outrageous words
"I mean, I need to get to know the gal before I actually start tryna date her, She's cute as hell, somewhat socially awkward, and would probably try her best to kick me out of her life If I show feelings~ Then I can call you pops after a few years, ya know"
Which took my by surprise as I started opening and closing my mouth, dropping my glasses In the process, feeling my cheeks heat up
I then see dad glaring at him, before robotically turning back at me, It took him a few seconds to realize that I'm there, before quickly turning back to the boy with a much much deadlier glare
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My cheeks still burning, I sat down at the opposite chairs that the boy and my dad are sitting on and started to listen to Dad's explanation as to why to boy Is here, "oh, so he's one of your friends kid that... died... In a car crash, but what I want to know Is why he said those words, dad" I said In a somewhat squeaky voice, which made the kid that was sitting next to dad smile as he then started talking
"so you know~ your dad Is a total asshole just to be clear," he said, making me pause and look at him before he continued "But here's the thing yeh? The dude always talks about his daughter every time he's at work, and as you can tell, my dad Is working there and I visit him, like all the time, Dude legit kept on bragging about how you're the smartest kid in your class and how you choose to go to Winslow cuz of your best friend" which made me flinch but Embarisingly smiles my dad's antics at work as I still continued on listening "Then dude got all depressed and moody one-day cuz he said that his daughter Is so reserve, DK why tho." I mean... that's true, I'm somewhat reserved" but why does dad have to be depressed about It?
"So yeh, hearing those stories about you got me interested so I kinda? Somewhat? I don't know how to say It that doesn't sound like me saying "I'm somewhat stalking you cuz I'm a creepy asshole" But girl when I saw you, I was like, 'shit, this girl Is definitely on my strike zone, herbert dude said she's smart, and reserve, but that asshole didn't say you had legs for actual days' and then I was like, I wanna date this gal cuz I'm a single mother fucker" Which got my cheeks red again before looking over to see my dad glaring at him, and muttering something about his shotgun...
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That's It for today folks, hope you enjoy it. Probably Not but eh, beggers can't be choosers yeh? I don't have an updated schedule cuz I'm a busy guy, Ima just writing in my free time. anywaysssss byeeeeeee, next upload probably 3 days from now, or maybe a week, I don't really know