Rise of the Malactric Heir

Both Adora and Alix went to the van and he looked at the menu along with Adora.

"Order his best seller to try and get whatever you want, I see he has sweet and sour chicken too, I want that," she said and Alix smiled.

"Do you like that Alix?" she asked.

"Yeah, it tastes good," he replied.

"Can you order for both of us?" she inquired.

"Sure, I'll pay as well," he replied.

"Are you sure?" she inquired.

"Yeah, take a seat," he replied as she walked over to a table for two, leaving him to order their food.

While Alix was ordering the food, he braced himself against the van, his hair falling beside his eyes and his arms folded.

"He looks good," she said as she took out her phone and took a photo with him, then smiled, and before he could turn to catch her, she pretended to be scrolling through her phone, and his eyes narrowed, he sighed then collected the food and drinks and took them to their table.

"Here," he said as he set everything down before sitting, and she smiled.

"Thank you," she said.

"You are welcome," he replied as she took her food and he took his then both of them began eating.

"Do you drink soda?" he inquired.

"Yeah, I do," she replied while he ate.

"When we're done, I'll treat you to ice cream," she said while eating, and he glanced at her.

"OK, after that?" he inquired.

"We will watch the waves while eating the ice cream, it's nice there, unless this is all too much for you and you're feeling strange, then that's fine," she replied.

"We are friends, according to you, right?" he asked and she nodded yes.

"Good then it's fine with me," he said. "I've been around you long enough princess, I don't think I'll feel weird."

"Good," she said, "it's settled."

"All right," he replied, then she opened her soda and took a sip when she noticed the chef began playing the violin and she smiled as Alix looked back at the chef with his hair blowing in the wind and a frown appeared on her face, then she grinned and took another picture of him without him knowing.

"He is pretty good isn't he?" Alix asked.

"Yeah, the violin's tune is peaceful, right?" she inquired.

"Yeah, it is, and his food is really good, so it's no surprise he is doing so well," he replied.

'He's actually more open than before, which is nice,' she observed.

"Yeah, I see that," she said as she bit into her sweet and sour chicken, and he turned to see the sauce on the side of her face.

"Here," he said, grabbing a tissue and wiping the sauce away as she stared at him.

"It's no longer there," he said.

"Thank you very much, Alix," she replied.

"No, there's no need to thank me," he sighed.

"You are being really nice, that's unusual," she said.

"You know, I can say the same thing with you," he replied.

"I'm just not in a bad mood right now," she said.

"That's good, but I don't think you're actually happy, even if you appear to be at times; I recognize a fake smile when I see one," he responded.

"Of course, you would, just eat, let's not talk about the smiles right now, but can you tell if I'm faking it right now Alix ?" He looked at her as she asked.

"It's not a sad, fake, or happy smile," he replied, and she chuckled.

"You're not bad, you are really good at observing," she said.

"Thank you, but you don't like it when people read you, that's what I think, so do you?" he inquired.

"I don't mind when it's my teammates, it's fine," she replied, taking a sip of her soda and passing Alix a piece of her sweet and sour chicken.

"Thank you," he said.

"You are welcome," she replied.

"You enjoy eating sweet and sour chicken; what is your favorite food, if you don't mind me asking?" He inquired, and she smiled.

"I don't have a favorite food; most people don't; there are many things one likes but can't decide between them, believe me, it's hard to choose; how about you?" She asked.

"It's basically the same thing here," he responded, "though when it comes to desserts, I think I prefer ice cream most of the time, eating it helps relieve a lot of things."

"Then we are the same in that regard, and a few other things, of course," she sighed and stretched off.

"Are you tired?" he inquired.

"Not quite," she replied.

"Okay, if you say so," he said as the wind blew hard and her bun flung open, causing her hair to blow up and Alix sighed as she grabbed onto it before it blew into her food.

"I didn't tie it tight enough, thank you," she said.

"Just tie it a little at the bottom until you finish eating, your hair is really long, it's nice," he replied, and she smiled before tying it at the bottom and continuing to eat.

"Do you prefer long hair?" she asked.

"Not for myself but I think it's cool even though having long hair might be hard for some, I don't know, but my opinion is I like long hair more," he responded and she chuckled.

"Sorry for asking that but I get that," she said with a smirk and he sighed.

When they finished eating, Alix got up and looked at Adora.

"Where is the ice cream selling?" he asked.

"There is an ice cream shop at the beach; we will get it there," she replied.

"You obviously know your way around here, nice," he said as he walked away, and she followed him back to the car, got in, and drove away.

"Alix, do you like cars like these?" she asked as he followed her direction to the beach.

"I do, they are nice, comfortable, and fast," he replied.

"You can get all of this right now," she said.

"True, we have a lot of money now, but maybe when this is all over, I'll think about everything I want, that's if we survive," he replied and she smiled a bit, understanding his point.