Ashton went to the restaurant every day, even though his wallet is empty, he would shamelessly ask Levi for money, as his visits got frequent, his friendship with Levi also got stronger.
When the restaurant is about to close and all of the customers leave, that's when Ashton would ask him for a drink, and Levi would oblige. They got to know how they got into the underworld business, and Ashton got to know why Levi did all that dirty business, he even felt pity for Levi because the things Levi has done is all for his sister, but his only reason to live got taken away from him.
In their chats, they would laugh or would frown.
Ashton went to the restaurant in the afternoon for his egg fried rice and coffee, even though he has a ton of debt to Levi, he would still buy the egg fried rice because of a thing he noticed just recently, he noticed that his body somehow got stronger, it's faint but he felt it get stronger.
He sat down in his usual table and was about to call Levi to order, but he saw someone in his field of vision, he turned his head and looked, it was Anne. She sat on the counter and ate french fries happily, with ketchup all over her face.
Ashton's eyes became teary as he looked at Anne, 'Her face, her nose, her smile... It's without a doubt their child!'
In Ashton's last mission, he got so badly injured that he got hospitalized for over a year, doctors even said it was a miracle that he would only need a year and he could live like a normal person again.
Ashton looked closely at Anne, his vision blurred as tears began forming in his eyes. The reason Ashton is still alive today is because of a couple, in his last mission, he failed miserably because the information given to him by the headquarters were all wrong, so he underestimated them and tried to just rush in and kill everybody. While running away, he got pushed into a corner by over a battalion of people, and by coincidence, he met the 'couple'.
The couple were just having a date late at night when they saw people ganging up on a person, the guy didn't want to help but the woman jumped in before he could reply, Ashton watched as she cut down their throats one by one in a graceful manner, as if it was just a play. In just a matter of seconds, she killed them all, she walked towards Ashton and fed him a pill that saved him from death, the pill didn't heal him fully but just healed him to the point that he won't die when going to the hospital.
Ashton remembered that night like it was just yesterday, right when he was just about to die, a goddess descended from the heavens to help him.
Levi disturbed Ashton's daydreaming, "The usual?"
Ashton nodded, still looking at Anne, Levi saw this so he whispered in his ear, "You should stop that,"
...
The Miller family already left a little while ago, seeing the little girl's silhouette fade in the distance made Ashton felt lost for some reason, he isn't sure if that girl was their child, but Anne looked really similar to the woman who saved his life.
After they saved him, Ashton didn't see them again, he tried finding them but he couldn't even find a trace of their hair, from that day on, he has already promised himself to repay them somehow, but when he saw their child, he didn't have the courage to ask Liam and Christine if the child is adopted.
Ashton stared blankly at his cup of coffee, looking untouched. Levi sat down the opposite of him and asked, "What's the problem?"
Ashton looked up and looked at Levi, his eyes devoid of emotions, "Th-that child... she looks like someone I know."
Levi's interest went up, he placed his elbow on the table and got closer, "Oh? Who?"
"The one who saved my life, I tried finding them but there's literally no trace of them." Ashton sighed and took a sip from his coffee.
"Oh, so that's the reason you were eyeing on Anne. Sorry for the misunderstanding, I thought you liked... kids, so I tried to warn you."
Levi chuckled.
"W-w-what did you say?!" Ashton stood up from his chair, slamming his hands on the table which made the customers and Levi frightened.
"Anne...?" Levi said in a quiet voice, seemingly afraid of what's about to happen next.
Ashton searched his memories on where he heard the name Anne, 'Their conversation!'. Even though he vividly remembers that night, he didn't know any specifics. In that quiet night, where he is pushed against the walls, he heard their conversation, "If we were to have a child, what do you want to name him or her?" the woman asked,
"Hmm, what about Finn if he is a boy and Mary Ann if she is a girl?" the guy replied. "Mary Ann is too long, what about just Anne?"
the guy agreed because he couldn't really disagree when it comes to her.
There's still a possibility that all of it is just a coincidence, but Ashton is too drowned with the thought of meeting his saviors, even if it is only their child, so that possibility didn't cross his mind.
...
Inside a large room filled with posters of all sorts, from League of Legends champions to a Four seasons poster with the four guys' silhouettes and the words '四季' below them. [A/N: '四季' meaning 'Four Seasons'.]
In the top center of the room seated Noah in his chair, in front of him is his computer with all the accessories like a mouse, keyboard, webcam, and microphone.
When his lights are turned off, his room would light up with all sorts of colors that are coming off his peripherals.
Noah has already set up everything, and all he needed to do is left click a button on his computer to start live streaming. When he knew that Josiah left the four seasons, it broke his heart, but when they got reunited, his passion for gaming became ablaze. He would go to the restaurant every day just to watch the guys play and learn from them, even though he could just watch their streams on his phone, it wouldn't be the same if he watched them in the restaurant.
Noah clicked the "Start Live Broadcast." button on his computer and started streaming, he hoped to one day become like those four legends, he hoped that one day, he could find friends and create his team, even though he could just use his money to create a team, it isn't as fun as making friends and let time do its magic.
At first, his viewers are only one to two, but Josiah and his friends hosted Noah's stream when they knew he is live streaming, Noah became close with them during his stay at the restaurant, the four of them even invited him to play, but it all ended in Noah getting carried, it was pretty embarrassing since the four came to him to invite him, but they just laughed it off and invited him again to play another game.
Getting his stream hosted isn't like being a host in a show, it means tht whoever is watching their stream would only see Noah play, and not them. Their viewer count is no joke, especially Josiah's, his streams would get over 500 to 600 thousand viewers each time he streams, meanwhile, the other three only get about 100 to 150 thousand viewers.
Because of Noah's obsession to the four seasons, he began to copy their habits too, like eating egg fried rice and drinking coffee before a game, he felt that it isn't right to copy them but because his skills are lacking, he tried to copy them, hoping that he would someday get as good as them.
The stream has been going on for a few minutes, and because the four hosted his stream, his viewer count became over 500 thousand. He started some small talk, asking what games they would want him to play, and they said 'League of Legends.', Noah accepted their request as he is only a small streamer and his high viewer count is only thanks to the four guys hosting his stream.
Noah started playing the game, his rank is platinum but his skills are somewhat lacking. The champion he picked is called 'Zed.', in the game, there are characters that are called 'Champions', each champion has different designs and skills, there are four skills in each champion, to activate these skills, the player has to press four keys, they are Q, W, E and R. Zed's first skill, or Q, is a shuriken, when the player presses Q, the shuriken goes to wherever Zed is facing. Zed's second skill, or W, is a shadow, when the player presses W, a shadow would appear in front of Zed, his second skill has all sorts of purposes, from being able to change with the shadow and combining his other skills with the shadow.
His third skill is a slash, it would slash the surrounding enemies for a certain amount of damage, this could also be used as a combo, for example, Noah presses W which places a shadow in front of Zed, and then simultaneously presses Q and E which would make Zed and his shadow throw a shuriken and slash the surrounding enemies at the same time, that is the most commonly known combo.
Because Noah brought a few cups of coffee from the Apollo's restaurant, his game started pretty well and he even got first blood (First kill of the game.). Noah is facing against a Syndra, her skills are pretty simple, her Q is called 'Dark sphere', it places a dark sphere wherever the cursor is at, there is a range for it though.
Her second skill is called 'Force of Will.', it picks up one of her Dark Dpheres, an enemy minion, or a neutral monster.
Her third skill is 'Scatter the Weak.' it knocks back all the enemies in a cone, her spheres will also be knocked back, stunning the enemies they hit.
Lastly, her fourth skill, or her ultimate is called, 'Unleashed Power.', it collects all the nearby Dark Spheres and fires them at target enemy, dealing damage with each one.
Noah got back from base and got back to mid lane, in League of Legends, there are four main places of where the champions would be, that is, Top-Lane, Jungle, Mid-Lane, and Bottom-Lane. The Top-lane houses champions that are Tanks or Bruisers, Tanks are the main force when it comes to team fights, Tanks will take all the damage, same as Bruisers. Bruisers are in the middle of tanks and damage dealers, they are the ones that could prolong fights, and in team fights, they could also be the tank for the team.
Junglers, meanwhile, roam the map in search for monsters to farm, they are usually the third most important players in the team, the first and second are the damage dealers and the support.
Middle lane houses assassins/mage champions which are more or less the main damage dealers of the team with the exception of the marksman.
Bottom-lane houses two champions, the marksman and the support, they are the most needed when it comes to team fights, the marksman would deal the damage and the support would support the marksman by either using their skills like slowing, stunning, or pulling the enemy, and healing the marksman.
Noah took a sip from the coffee he bought in the restaurant and it immediately took effect, his vision became clear, his reaction time became faster, his brain activity became more livelier, and his overall skill became leaps and bounds from when he didn't drink the coffee. When Syndra threw her Dark Sphere at him, he immediately reacted and dodged before the Dark Sphere even hit him, it became like that for the rest of the game, even other champions couldn't hit him with their long ranged skills. The Syndra couldn't even hit him with her skills whenever they would one vs one, it got to the point that the whole enemy team accused him of using scripts (A type of hack that would predict where the enemies would throw their skills.).
His chat laughed at the enemies reaction as they would frequently accuse him of cheating, but as the game goes on, even his chat thought he is cheating.