OBTICEO

Chapter 31: EX-TRAINEE

"I asked my father to send a car after the exam. I thought we might need it if someone gets injured really bad" Aes quickly praised him for planning ahead of time. Gio badly needs to take a rest since he injured his leg, he should not walk so he can still fight tomorrow.

"Let's go?" Ry asked after we rested for almost half an hour. Everyone agreed and started walking towards the car parked nearby.

"Who should we send home first?" Caligo asked. I don't even know why he went with us. He did not even do that much, he was just sitting. I understand why Ry was with us, this is his father's car, of course, he'll be with us. The four of us sat down at the back, there wasn't much space so we were sitting really close to each other, our shoulders overlapping the body of the other. Ry is sitting on the passenger's seat while Caligo talked to the driver to walk and now, he's on the driver's seat. Poor driver, now he needs to walk to the mansion.

"Uh! Me and Gio first. He really needs to rest" I looked at Gio whose head is on my shoulder. He's probably really tired so I took the initiative to ask for Caligo to send us home first. I saw Ry nod from the rear view mirror.

We arrived not long after, Aes helped me with Gio. He asked me if can use the toilet.

"Do you want to change into comfortable clothes?" I helped him sit on his bed. he looked at me and said "Yes, please!". I went to his closet and grab a pair of comfortable clothes, and that is... his pajamas bottom and a shirt with soft linen.

"Here. Let me help you" I helped him put his clothes on, it was a bit awkward for me but he needs help so I shrugged that awkwardness off.

"Can you change your pants on your own or do you want me to call Aes?"

"I'm fine"

"Okay, I'll get the cold compress while you change" I went to the kitchen and opened the drawer where we put medicine, hot packs, and cold compress. I went to the refrigerator and took a handful of ice tubes and put it on the three cold compresses I got from the drawer.

"You're done?" I asked, I notice that he's now lying down on his bed. "Hmm," he responded. I put one ice pack on his thigh and the other two on his face. One on the cheeks and one on his eyes. I fixed his comforter and turned the lights off after getting my own clothes, I need to wash myself up cause I feel so dirty. He needs to rest and I need to train. My body doesn't hurt anymore. My cheeks still sting but I'll live.

Aes already left while I was in the kitchen, I heard him bid goodbye. After taking a cold shower, I went to the kitchen and prepared a soup for Gio, in case he wakes up before I get home. It is already hour 11, I'm sure he would be starving when he wakes up. The taste wasn't that bad, it's edible so I put it in a bowl, covered it, and put it on the table.

I wore a sneaker and walked to the park, the one that had a huge tree with its branch above the ocean. Not the one where Cal did perverted things on me.

I started warming up, I plan to exercise my body, I need it in good condition for tomorrow. I won't exercise the whole day, I only plan to do it until hour three then rest for the remaining hours.

"Mady?" I turned to see who owns the voice that called my name.

"Khael?" again? I'm seeing this man again?

"What are you doing?" he started walking towards me. I hope we won't argue today. This man thinks exactly the opposite of the way my mind works.

"Exercising"

"How did the exam go?" he asked. Right, he knew about it. Khael and Chylus have the same aura but Khael talks more.

"I won against Aes and Gio lost to Chylus" excitement filled my heart again. Winning feels really good, I'm happy that I am able to experience it at least once.

"Congratulations, then" he smiled at me and I nodded. "Thank you!"

"Do you need any help?" he asked after watching me continue doing exercise. I only did stretches since I can't bring the punching bag all by myself. It's pretty heavy. I don't have a choice but to do endurance training and some stretches to help my muscles.

"I'm not sure if you can do it" I stood straight to face him. "Try me"

"I need a sparring partner so I can practice properly"

"Oh well, if it isn't faith. I happen to be an ex-Kavan trainee"

"You were?" I asked with wide eyes. It never came to my mind that he was once a Kavan trainee. Why is he only telling me now?

"Why? You think I couldn't do it?" honestly speaking, he does look fit to be a trainee. It just never cross my mind before since I knew he works in a different field.

"It's not that and what do you mean by an ex? You did not pass? You weren't qualified or what? Do you mind if you tell me what happened?" he stayed silent for a moment, I thought he wouldn't tell me but his answer made me think. "I cheated" cheated? Is he the one they mentioned earlier, the reason why they said that they will act better than last time? Who did he cheat with? As far as I remember, two trainees were kicked out.

"Why? I'm sorry for asking. I know it's none of my business, just tell me if you're uncomfortable with the topic. I'll understand" maybe it's a really sensitive topic, if that's the case, I don't want him to remember it, it will only open an old wound.

"No, it's fine. We both didn't want to be a Kavan anyway. We only tried it since our parents both love being a Kavan" Yeah, I remember him telling me something about his parents.

"Your parents? You cheated with your brother?" his brother was a Kavan trainee too? I wonder who he is. I feel like I already know a couple of things about his brother but I don't know what his name is.

"Yes. It was during the endurance training. We cheated because we felt lazy" that's it? Just because they felt lazy? Well, he said they didn't want to be a Kavan anyway.

"Is working at machine maintenance your desire job?" I mean it's a loss if after being kicked out of the training he realizes he wanted to become a Kavan.

"Not really. There isn't much of a choice here. But I'm fine with my work. It is not every day that machines broke" he's lazy, based on his answer, he sounds so lazy.

"Let's start?" I looked at him and quickly leaned to avoid his punch. I didn't expect him to throw a punch. I didn't think twice and started fighting with him.

We moved around the park, throwing and avoiding punches. I can tell that he did good back when he was still training but weren't they doing endurance training when they got kicked out? Why is he so good with his hands... and legs when he does not make it to the next training, the training for hand-to-hand combat?. He's definitely a good fighter. He can throw me off anytime, I'm having trouble keeping up with him. Is it because of his stamina?

We were preoccupied with our mini-duel we did not realize we were nearing the cliff. Khael throw a punch on me that I successfully avoided but I ended up stumbling back and almost falling to the ocean if Khael was not quick enough to hold my hand.

My heart beats so fast, if I slip on his hold I'll definitely fall and drown.

Khael smirked at me and pulled me towards him but we did not end up in a really good position.

"What in the world!"