I slap his hand several times and pull it out as I look around in panic. "What happened to not touching anything!?" I say as I continue to whisper in panic. Bai Lei's face scrunches up in confusion as he says "You said not to touch the other animals... I didn't. You said we were going to get something to eat so I thought that's what we were doing..."
I smack my forehead and quickly drag him out of the store. I drag him all the way to the restaurant with hotpots. The weather was starting to cool so this felt like the perfect choice, that and it's not too much different from what he's used to.
The hostess gives us a polite smile and leads us to a "private" room. I have no idea what he'll do next so I can only do this to avoid any other issues. We sit at the table as Bia Lei looks around in amazement. "Where is the music coming from?" He asks in confusion.
I sigh and deflate in my chair as I say "Magic... it's magic." Bai Lei nods his head in "understanding" as I waitress takes our order. After a few minutes, the waitress comes back with our drinks. I ordered both of us a soda and water.
I take a sip of the soda and sigh, it was like juice for my soul. Bai Lei takes a cautious sip of the soda and immediately chokes on it. I jump up and pat his back as I say "Don't worry, only the most powerful people can handle this thing called soda. Don't take it to heart, there's no shame it not being able to drink it."
I try my best not to laugh and nearly cause internal bleeding by suppressing it but the determined look on his face makes it all worth it. He takes another drink and fights to keep the fizzy drink down. His dark eyes water as I nearly cough up blood.
When the food arrives, they turn on the flame and place the pot on the top. Bai Lei leans over to look at the flame in amazement as they carry in all the veggies and meat. Bai Lei watches everything with fascination and once they leave, I begin putting in the veggies.
"How does the flame suddenly appear?" He asks with serious face. I giggle and say "Magic" To be honest, I think about telling him how things work but then I quickly realize that even if I did, he still wouldn't understand. It's just too complicated so I tell him the next best thing, Magic!
He nods his head in amazement and says "I see.. So you can make fire appear at any time." I drop the tongs and quickly catch them as I say "Uh... this magic is limited to this world and only at certain times... it's complicated."
Bai Lei nods his head again as I begin serving him the food. I watch with a smile his dark eyes light up as he takes his first bite. After that, he nearly eats everything! I had to order another serving just so that he could get his fill. Once he got used to the soda, he prefered it over the water.
I couldn't help but smile at him. He's so childlike in this world... nothing like the scary, overbearing jerk back in his old world. I spend the rest of the dinner telling him what he should and shouldn't do here... I don't know if it'll help but it doesn't hurt to try.
After dinner, I drag him back to the house as quickly as I can. I really can't handle anything else happening today... Once inside, I text Ted and ask him to go shopping for me. Bai Lei needed a lot of things but I didn't feel like it'd be safe to take him... he may try and attack the store blow-ups.
Bai Lei sets his sword down on the table making me frown. He could summon it whenever he wants to? So it's magical? Bai Lei starts playing with the water dispenser again so I walk over to his sword. It looks completely normal! I reach out and touch the sword and it feels exactly the same as it did early.
I guess he's the only one who can call it? "What are you doing?" Bai Lei asks from right behind me. I jump and go to step back but I bump right into his solid chest. I freeze and nervously say "I.. I was just looking at your sword... I was wondering how you could summon it.."
He leans forward, blocking me against the table and his strong chest. He lowers his lips to my ear and says "The sword and I have a blood bond. It's now a part of me..." I look at the sword on the table and then to the long strong arms resting on the table next to me.
"Why were you touching my sword?" He asks in a deep low voice next to my ear. I shiver at the feel of his breath tickling my neck and quickly say "I was just curious... I won't touch it again!" His deep chuckle has me shivering again as he says "You can touch my sword any time you wish to..."
My mind goes blank for a minute... what kind of sword are we talking about!? I suddenly feel like we're talking about two different things! I nervously laugh and say "Would you like to take a bath?" My voice is three notes higher as I fight to calm down.
He chuckles again before he places his head on my shoulder making me freeze. "Let me rest like this for a moment... today has been a long day." I can't really argue with that but this position is a little... I sigh in defeat and let him rest on my shoulder.
If anyone understands what's it's like going to another world and experiencing new things, it'd be me. I bet my world is so much scarier... it scares me and I'm from this world! Suddenly, the doorbell rings. Bai Lei jerks up and looks towards the door, on high alert.