Find Me in 1000 Years

Painting Time

Ken and the man pulled the groceries out of the car. They led him to the front door where the woman stood welcoming them.

"Mr Jack Wickerman?" asked the woman who did not expect the man to be very handsome, the original.

"Ah, yes, it's Me," said the man graciously. "So soon, I just got home shopping with my son." The bule man then prepared the key and opened the front door.

The beautiful-eyed Mexican woman simply gave a smile on the foreskin while glancing at Ken in a strange way. Maybe I wonder if the young man is really his son.

"Please come in, we'll be upstairs for a second, okay?" jack told the woman.

The woman walks in with Ken and Jack. The two men went upstairs.

"Ken, you don't come down until the guest gets home" the man told Ken as he filled the fridge.

"Old?"

"For a moment, you don't come down."

Ken scowling. "Can I play outside?"

"No. I took you out."

"Just walk around for a minute, and then come back."

"No, I said no, yes no!" firmly the man.

Ken was silent, annoyed.

"At least, not long with this guest."

Ken stepped into the room quietly.

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"So from tomorrow, I'll paint Miss Mirelle, so you don't come down?" jack said, bribing his salad.

"Why? I can't see?"

"Later she's embarrassed."

"Why?"

"She asked to be painted naked."

The young man rounded his eyes. "Dad ...."

"Why? 'And dad often gets orders like that. It's for private collections, usually."

"But ... when I painted it, I didn't ...."

The man smiled broadly. He grabbed the young man's head and ruffled his bangs. "Here you go, you don't have to worry about it. It's my job, so I'm used to it."

"Mk." Ken bribed his dinner.

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Ken spent a few slices of sandwiches for lunch that his father had stored in the fridge, while his father was still busy painting below. He actually wanted to peek but was afraid of being caught from below. As a result, he can only pacing the room and dining room only. Turning on the TV was banned because it would disturb the concentration of the man painting below.

Suddenly Jack's voice came from below. "Kenzie, I went for a while with Miss Mirelle, huh?"

Ken rushed to the fence on the 2nd floor, and saw the man waving at him, beside the woman before closing the door. After the door was closed, the young man flashed in the head to go outside as well without Jack's knowledge. He happily went down to the first floor.

Peering out the window made sure the man was gone, and Ken came out. He would, of course, obey his father's orders by playing in the forest.

The quiet forest with the bright air made Ken come to the lake. The peaceful atmosphere made the young man sit by the lake.

He didn't realize someone was spying on him. This guy again ... What else does he want to do here? After watching him for a long time, the man moved about to leave him because the young man had done nothing, until Ken moved to pick up the small stones nearby. The man was curious and returned to his original position.

Ken tried to throw a rock on the water as far as possible while sitting, but could not get far. He did it standing up, the same. He tried to sit while tilting his body, throwing a small stone. The stone moves on the surface of the water by jumping up and down but not far. "Wow." The young man was surprised that the stone could jump on the water so happy.

The man who looked at him smiled. Ken tried in various ways to get the stone to go further before it sank and the man enjoyed it. The man shook his head because Ken was so persistent in trying, but in the end the stone did not reach the middle of the lake but was already submerged.

But then the man wanted to stop watching the little show when he saw Ken pensively holding a small rock. The man wanted to see the young man's last attempt to throw the small stone.

Ken was focused on seeing the stone in his hand and the lake whose water reached to the other side. He tilted his body and threw the stone slowly, but what happened? The little rock kept jumping up and down on the surface of the water until it reached the other side!

He saw the young man cheerfully running around the lake just to look for the stone he threw, but the man, still gawking at his place recalled the incident just now.

Ken of course could not find the stone he was looking for because all the stones are similar in shape. He had to find the stone more thoroughly. He scratched his head because of the many. As he looked around, someone came over.

"Hello."

A man of stature came to him. Ken was surprised to fall.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to surprise you. Here, I help you stand." The Asian-faced man extended his hand.

The young man greeted him hesitantly until he could stand up.

"Eh, what's your name?" The man clasped his hand.

"Ken."

"Gojo's."

"Oh."

"Kenzie!"

"Ah, father ...." The young man was confused.

"Is he your father?"

"Yes" Ken replied with a worried face.

"Is he really your father? Why don't you look alike?"

"Huh?" The young man was of course surprised because they had not seen Jack appear there and the man named Gojo knew what his father's face was like, making Ken wonder who this Gojo was. "Why do you know my father? You know him?"

"I found you passed out here yesterday and handed it to your father." The man was blunt.

Ken looked at the man in disbelief.

"Kenzie!" Jack finally found Ken with the guy yesterday. He came to them both. "Let's go home." He pulled the young man's hand.

"Dad knows him?" Ken innocently pointed at Gojo.

"No. Why?" Jack's forehead wrinkled.

"Say, he found me unconscious yesterday and gave me to Dad."

The bule man glanced at Gojo and then Ken. He pulled his son home. "Oh, I was looking for you and he found you. That's all."

"Oh."

"You're talking to him?"

"No, Dad."

"Don't talk to strangers?"

"Mmd? Okay, Dad."

Gojo kept watching Ken. Who is this young man really? God, or half god? Or even a demon? The Asian man continued to watch her far away. What if I find out where he lives?

The man dropped his knee to the ground. On his head came a pair of hairy ears also on the buttocks come out a hairy tail. His teeth fanged when he smiled. He was transformed into a wolf. The creature quickly chased the two men away in secret.

Ken felt that someone was following him until he looked back.

"Kenzie, what's wrong?" ask Jack.

"Someone, like someone's tailing."

Jack looked. Suddenly a cat came to them. "Oh, just a cat."

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