[4 days later]
It's been 4 days since I was discharged from the medical center. No more injuries or exhaustion, everything is perfectly healed up. Nebula and I decided to practice more often. It's going to be fun. After a few more practice sessions, maybe I'll ask her on a date.
Coming to the present, we had a small party at home after my discharge and as promised, Lisa and Alice have been working hard on making Mom change her mind to drop her current job and shift to Xander.
However, Mom's a bit unsure about leaving Knowhere and shifting to Xander, mainly because she's thinking of a long-term goal. The bounty money might be enough to keep us afloat for two to three years, however, after that, it would be difficult, and finding a stable job in Xander is like finding a needle in a haystack.
But I have a plan.
With Gamora and Nebula's help, I should be able to open a small cozy cafe or a bakery with Mom and the others. As long as it's a business where the earnings are reasonable and not in the negative margin, we'll be good for some time. I got some past life experience, so, it'll be a bit easier. Later we can slowly expand our business and earn some more till we have enough to buy our way to Earth.
Well, that's my plan at least for now.
But Alice wants me to open a bar with those strippers and all because there's a bigger profit margin than a cafe. Well, can't argue with her, can I now? No matter where it is, there will always be people, looking for alcohol and a good time. We can always hire guards to keep things under control. Well, sounds fun, right? However, in this stripper bar business, there are many problems, like dealing with shitheads, criminals, officers, and aliens who don't have a clue about proper manners... The worst thing is bribing the officials to let a few things pass, if not, things are not gonna run smoothly. Then some competitors will try to disrupt the business.
Seesh... Too many problems.
Guess, there will be a whole lot of differences depending on how things will go from now on. It would be nice to open a coffee shop, bakery, or diner. Or maybe one of those love hotels or sex toy shops? Oh, come on. A sex toy shop or a love hotel might be a cheap and generic idea, but what can you lose?! Don't judge, alright! Everybody needs it... Alien or human, everyone needs some pleasure and relief at the end of the day!
Haaa... Let's get out of my room and grab a lemonade can. Might as well take a walk outside...
Alice went to college and Lisa to school. Mom went to her usual job. I'm alone at home. It's freaking boring. I've read all the books I bought from Rosia, yet the quest remained active. I need to find more weapons-related information. Geez, how the heck should I complete this quest within 3 months? I don't mean to complain, but there are literally countless weapons in this multiverse, so searching for the info about all of them within such a short period is simply not possible.
I grabbed a lemonade can from the fridge and decided to go out for a walk.
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Once outside, I stretched my muscles and drank my canned lemonade while taking a leisurely walk outside the housing block, where I am staying.
The whole thing seemed peaceful. Aliens and a few humans were walking and doing their normal jobs. Buildings here and there, I could see stores, restaurants, entertainment centers, casinos, and even an adult entertainment shop with posters displaying all sorts of crazy things, probably to attract customers. Well, a strip club might work as a perfect distraction.
But the thing is most of these posters are displaying these crazy ass aliens. Not to be racist or anything... It's the truth... They all looked as though they crawled straight out of some mad science fiction scientist's experiment gone wrong.
And even the sex toys shop had some really weird alien products on the posters. Hell, I don't even want to think or imagine how those look like in real. Let alone using them... I need to stop having these types of disturbing thoughts!
Back to my stroll, I was happily walking like a happy-go-lucky guy when suddenly my eyes caught sight of Fiona. Man, she's as beautiful as always. Maybe it's just because I have a thing for green women with tattoos. Although, we kinda had a little fight when I rejected Gamora's offer and haaa... Shit! I was an ass to her back then.
She's currently dressed in a short black shirt with a sleeveless brown jacket and a short knee-high black skirt. And man, is she gorgeous. I think I should go and maybe apologize a bit... I think she wouldn't get angry anymore. Right? Besides, if I think so, I could ask her to accompany me while I roam around Knowhere a bit and search for something to clear my mind. Or I could invite her to the ice cream shop and grab a snack... Yea, maybe...
Anyways, better stop with the wandering thoughts and walk up to her. I need to keep a straight face and not stutter like a high-schooler meeting his favorite pornstar!
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As I was approaching her, she saw me and also noticed me coming in her direction. I can tell she's mad at me from her expression. She was standing before a shoe shop, probably window shopping for new shoes.
Once, I came a few steps away from her, we looked at each other eye-to-eye. We did a few moments of awkward silence, just staring at each other before I finally took the courage and said in a small voice... "Hi..."
"... Hey!" She said in a cold indifferent tone and resumed her window shopping while giving the shoe display more attention than me.
Ugh... Maybe this was not a good idea... She's pissed at me, just as I thought. Seesh... Think... Say something and let things flow... It's been quiet for too long...
"Which one?" I asked, finally making her pay attention to me again. I looked at her with a relaxed expression and a small smile. I gestured with my hands pointing at the display before the shop window. I waited as she scanned through a couple of designs of boots displayed behind the glass.
She lifted her eyes from the glass and looked back at me. We stared at each other for a moment before she spoke, "What are you doing here? I thought our relationship was strictly business-related... Your words." Her voice was low, not indifferent anymore, instead, it was a mixture of sadness and perhaps even slight anger, or maybe it was something else...
"Sorry about that. I was an ass. But aren't you the one who barged into the shower and saw me naked, then tried to push your opinion on me after I rejected Gamora's offer?" I paused for a moment and sighed a bit, then added, "Look, I didn't mean when I said those words. I just... I have my own problems and life to deal with... And I'm not a Guardian material. I got my own plans, just like you and everyone else. So, yeah, I was pissed off. Everyone keeps telling me what to do, and they don't care how I feel about all this..."
"I heard that you want a job that pays lots of credit," Fiona said while taking her attention away from me again, returning her gaze to the window displays and continuing her window shopping.
"And?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Because of that and the fact that the job is dangerous and you don't care about others' problems or don't want to live up to other's expectations, you rejected the offer," She said with a frown while ignoring my eyes as they stared at the various pairs of shoes displayed behind the glass windows and said, "Yet, you jumped into danger to save Gamora?" She turned toward me with a confused look on her face, "For someone who doesn't want any trouble, runs after credits, doesn't care about anyone else's problem but his own, jumps into danger for no reason when he should have just left her to die..."
She stopped for a second to adjust her breath, then looked deeply into my eyes while holding me by the shoulder and looking directly into my eyes, she said, "Then, why did you save her? What for?!"
Ah, shit! This girl just has the fucking attitude, and the ability to hit right where it hurts.
What do I tell her? That I did it because of credits and the system's quest? Yeah, right!
"What can I say? I got a thing for green beauties, so, my legs must have automatically run to save her," I chuckled.
"Haaa..." She left my shoulders and shook her head with a sigh, "Why did I even bother to ask... You're still as idiotic as ever... Hmph!"
She looked down and tried to hide the little smile tugging on her lips.
"How about we bury our old fights and move on? I mean, why live in the past and waste the present?" I said with a smile and pointed a finger on her face, poking it. She didn't move an inch or say anything but simply gave a smirk, which I felt was slightly mischievous.
"A box of chocolate donuts and we will call it even," She smiled a little bit mischievously, keeping her gaze on me.
I scratched the back of my head awkwardly, "That's it? A box of donuts?"
"Yeah, that's it. I'm not a high spender or a gold digger if that's what you are wondering. In fact, I don't spend anything that could waste a credit I earned," She chuckled with a big smirk.
I'm glad to know that.
"Well, suit yourself... Let's go..."
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