I opened the door and stepped in the house, I smelt the smell of cooked fish as soon as I opened the door. So, Mark had been successful, of course he had. I made a beeline straight for the guest room as I walked over, I saw mark lean out from the kitchen "Ey kiddo, catch anything cool?" I continued walking not looking at him, how could I? He had been so nice to me and I couldn't even do something as basic as catching a fish. "Kiddo?" He walked out of the kitchen and put a hand on my shoulder. I pulled my shoulder back and looked at him "Leave me alone" I stormed off.
I fell face first straight into the bed and just lay there for a second. How was I going to survive? This was the end of the world and I couldn't even bring myself to kill the thing that I needed to eat to survive. And poor Mark, he had faith in me, but I was nothing but a failure. I thought back to dinner last night and how he had given himself less food, if I stayed here then he would get the proper nutrition and might starve to death. As I let my mind travel to the worse possible outcomes, I heard a rhythmic tap at the door. "Yooo kiddo"
"Go away!"
"Kiddddoooo, I was just thinking, I made all the Trout for myself, but I think my stomach got ahead of me because I simply can't eat it all" What did he just say
"Now it would be a shame if I had to throw it all away, you know I worked hard to get this trout and it's not like a refrigerate it you know with the world being over and all." I got up out of the bed, and opened the door
"Ooh look at that we finally found someone to eat you Mr. fishy" I saw that in his hand was a plate adorned with a trout that was decently seasoned. The smell of the fish was amazing, and I couldn't help but reach for the dish. "Hey, no eating in the bedrooms, it's hard enough to clean as is"
Going to the dining room, I ate the entire meal, my hunger was too much to let any of it go to waste. As I finished, Mark began to talk.
"So, I'm guessing that it didn't go to well?" I shook my head. He then out of nowhere bowed his head down
"I am so sorry; I should have been smarter than this. A true sensei would teach you and not just leave you to figure it out" Um What.
"Please forgive me" I began to laugh so hard I thought I was going to die. He started laughing as well.
"Mark, thank you for everything, but you didn't have to get me food after all I did mess up." I said
"and who's fault was it that you screwed up? Mine. And what kind of sensei would I be if I let my students starve?" That was so ridiculous I began laughing harder. As the two of us laughed, he cleaned the dishes.
After he was done, he got up. "The day is still young kiddo, we got some more things to do, only if you're up for it?"
"of course, I am let's go"
"Wait actually kiddo, I haven't caught your name yet."
"It's Max, short for Maxine."