Ares: Never Grow Up
House under the tree

"HOW DO YOU DO IT?!"

POV: Ares

"Let's hurry, if we fall from a height like this then we will be finished," said Vani with a sinless smile. I still shuddered in horror as I stared downwards.

Crazy one! How many hundred meters from the ground?! What do I need to do to land safely?! The pads?!

OH YEA! THE BIG PILLOW!

"okay! I have an idea! The first one is that we need to get away from this tornado that's making me dizzy!" I said to Vani in front of me. We both hold hands, join in a whirling snared tornado super fast and big.

A GRATAK! BRUAKK!

"Wire, there's already some building debris that's flying. It'll be dangerous if we collide. Can't you just get rid of this tornado?" while staring down, the ruins of the building began to be sucked into the tornado and turned from the bottom up.

"Can you find a way to land?" ask Vani again. I nodded to answer.

"All right, I'll stop the tornadoes!" Vani closed his eyes, his body suddenly absorbing issued a blue aura that spread throughout this tornado.

Whuss!

Little by little, these tornadoes started to slow down. The blue aura that Vani released seemed to neutralize the strong wind currents earlier.

Whuss!

"We're falling!" I stared down. Because the wind pressure is getting thinner, the wind pressure is no longer able to keep us floating, so we freefall down.

"When are you going to make the stuff?!" shout Vani.

"Wait a little closer to the ground!" I replied while shouting too. If I make a landing pillow now, then something might happen that causes the pillow to miss when landing, so the safest time is the closest time to the ground!

Wait a minute ... if we reach the 5th floor from the bottom!

I counted the remaining buildings and prepared to make a landing pillow.

Alright now!

Make a big, soft pillow!

CRING!

BOOM!

"Thank you .. on time." I landed on my stomach on a pillow with an area of 7 square meters. Although I made this pillow soft, but honestly .. My face was still hot when I landed on the pillow.

My clothes are also wet from the rain.

"Ugh .. ahhh my nose hurts!" I heard Vani's voice that seemed to have woken up while moaning in pain. I tried to get up while rubbing my face slowly.

"You okay?" I asked Vani who was still rubbing her nose. He flinched for a moment, then glanced at me.

"Pff! Your face! Your face is so red!"

"What?!" I immediately rubbed my face a few times with the falling rainwater. It feels like my face is still a little hot and sore, surely because I fell on my stomach earlier.

I turned to look at Vani. "Hey your face is red too! Ahaha!" I said change when I saw his face that was also red. Vani looked shocked then immediately covered her face.

"Ah stop! We better get out of here before we fall victim to a fight!" vani said as she pulled me down from the pillow. I got down and stopped for a moment.

"Why again?!" ask Vani.

"I will remove the pillow first, so that there is no trace," I said as I touched the edge of the super-large lot.

Whusses.

The large pillow slowly turned into a flake of light, just like the stone before, until now it disappeared without a trace. I stared at my chast.

It's been filled by almost half.

"Already! Let's go!" I said to Vani. After that we both left this place, I came running after Vani.

***

"Woah ... You ... Where did you find this place?" I was amazed as I stared at the house under the tree. It's like a rat house. This house is under a fairly large tree, the hole for its entry is right there in the root gap. The hole will not be enough for adults to enter, but it is enough for children.

"Wait, I'll dry my body, and I'll bring you a kid's suit!" he said while entering a room. I chose to stay standing in wet clothes, observing this tiny house.

Did Vani say 'we'? Does that mean there are other people living here? But why is it so quiet now?

"Hey!"

Pluck up!

I was shocked when someone threw a towel in my face. When I looked in the direction of who threw it, it turned out to be Vani. She had changed, now the clothes she was wearing were more like children's dresses.

"Dry your body in the room first, and I've put the clothes there too" said Vani, pointing to where he had changed. I nodded and walked in the direction he meant, before I entered, I paused for a moment and looked at him.

"You live with someone else here?" my many.

"Yes, you'll meet him later. I'm sure now he's also recruiting others" Vani replied with a wide smile. I just looked at him awkwardly then immediately entered the room.

Click.

***

After changing clothes, I realized a few things. The clothes that Vani gave me, even though they were child's clothes, but these are for boys. Why does he have this shirt? Is the person he meant the other one a man?

"Have you?" Vani asked as soon as I walked out of the room. The room I used to change clothes was the bathroom.

"Hmm, so, when are you gonna tell me?" ask me while attaching the towel to my shoulder. Vani pulled my wrist and dragged me to a table out of wood. On the table were several dishes filled with food and hot steam that was still steaming.

"Let's eat first, I'm hungry. Later after eating I will tell you," he said, taking me to sit at a table full of food.

Wait ... Where is the food from? Is there still a store that is open after an incident like today?

"You ... cook this yourself?" ask me while glancing towards Vani.

"Huh? Me? A cook? Not hahaha! If I cook, it will be ashes!" vani said while laughing crisply.

"Then who's cooking?" ask again.

"Ken, but he's gone now." Vani then takes one plate and starts to take some fresh bread as well... rice?

Does anyone eat those two things at the same time?

I stared at what else Vani would take. He then took the chocolate and tomato sauce, then poured it into one.

"... Hey, have you never been to a psychiatrist?" I stared at the horror at the plate.

"Hm? What's?" Vani stared at me with innocent eyes and a hand that picked up fried shrimp.

"... Forget it, you have a unique taste," I said resignedly and then took 4 strands of fresh bread. I took chocolate and peanut butter and some other savory toppings, because the chocolate and peanut butter were sweet.

After that Vani and I ate first in here, it did not feel like the time had gone up to an hour.

"Hahhhhh! I'm full!" said Vani while laying down on the sofa. I cleaned my plate and the dirty dishes and I put them in the sink.

"So, what are you going to tell me?" ask me while sitting on the sofa but with a distance away from him.

"Hm .. so look at it"

BRUK!

"AMG!" I was shocked when I heard the sound of someone falling down loudly, Vani also seemed to be slightly jolted. We both immediately stood up and looked to the origin of the sound.

"Hey, are you okay?"

I saw one boy and one girl who fell.

Who're they? Why do they know this place? Are they Vani's friends?

"Ken! You're back!" Vani shouted while waving his hand. The boy who was helping the fallen woman, turned to look at us both. His eyes narrowed when he saw me.

"You've brought one man too, huh?"

TBC.