It was only a drizzle when he picked up Ada from her house, right now the rain is so heavy that they only could barely hear each other speaking. Sarcastically speaking this is really a great way to spend time with someone. But there's always a positive side of everything and in this case 'a drenched girl'. Again his imagination was blown into pieces when he realized that Ada's wearing a long trench coat, not that the red outerwear looks bad on her.

"Here we go, home sweet home" He announced as he stopped the car in front of the porch. "Well I can't park the car here so you go first, I'll be right there in a sec"

Ada gave him a quick smile and ran to the porch. There she waited patiently until he returned. Turns out he might not get to see her drenched but she do get to see him in that state. Ignoring her inspecting eyes he knocked on the door and shouted for Sherry. A blonde girl opens up the door a few seconds later.

"Hi, you must be Ada,I'm Sherry" Sherry gushed excitedly.

"Oh hi"

"Leon couldn't stop talking about you, he said 'do you know that Carla has a twin sister?' 'An identical twin' 'that's pretty cool, huh' 'I wonder what does it feel like to have a twin' 'did I mention that she's actually pretty cute' 'Oh God I really want to take dozens of picture of –"

"I didn't say that, stop making things up." Leon came and interrupted the other blonde before she could get any further. "Don't believe her, let's go upstairs I want to show you something."

"Before that, you two better take off your muddy shoes" She said that with an ordering tone instead of request.

They both do as she said. Then he technically dragged Ada to the upper level just so he could quickly avoided whatever it is that Sherry going to say next. He doesn't even have to look at Ada face to tell that she's definitely amused and so does Sherry.

"GRAMMY SAID DON'T CLOSE THE DOOR IF ADA IS IN YOUR ROOM" Sherry shouted from downstairs. He doesn't bother to reply. They doesn't even have to remind him, he remember the rules. Keep warning him about it seems like they're trying to embarrass him.

He opened the door to his room and curiously watches his friend's reaction. Just like what he expected Ada is surprised. Well not that kind of surprised that makes her gasp in disbelief in a very girly way, Ada isn't that kind of girl, but her eyes are widened and her mouth is slightly opened. That's enough for him.

"What do you think?" He asked, his hands on the hips. He observes her as she closely inspected his computers. Ada smiled, "I admit this is quite impressive."

Of course it is, besides the double bed and amazing view of Arkalay Mountain, there stood his camera and his soft box lighting kit facing the blue sofa bed, and also the long desk with iMac and another monitors for gaming purposes, not to mention the gaming consoles. This room probably one of the most multipurpose room she has ever seen.

"Told ya I'm pretty serious in video making business" He said as he slipped into his closet to change his clothes. He thought about having the closet door slightly open, but decided against it, he did tell her to make herself comfortable.

"So you have a sister" Ada said as he changed his soaked through shirt.

"Technically Sherry's my cousin, her dad's my uncle, her parents died when she were 8, so my father took her."

"I see," she possibly has the gloomy look by now, "so she lives with you, your mother, and your grammy."

He came out from the closet sporting a grey tee. "Not exactly, my mother died giving birth to me. So it's just the three of us"

Her face is hard to read. She probably thinks he's a freak, like many people do whenever they learnt the truth. She probably regrets her decision to come here. She probably will try to avoid him, thinking that he's a total bad luck. He refrained himself from thinking other possibilities.

"Such a fate you bare, Leon"

Her words never cease to amaze him. He replied with a weary smile, just like he always does whenever someone said they're sorry to hear such thing. Before the situation could go back to being awkward his grandmother called, both of them left the room and met the elderly woman downstairs. Ada and Grammy introduced themselves, Leon watched them silently.

"I'm going out for dinner with Maureen. I went to the grocery yesterday, I think you could make use of them, I'll be back on 8." His grandmother said as they tailed her to the front door. Outside the rain is back to drizzle and fog is starting to form.

"You better behave well young man-" she looked at Leon "and you young lady, don't hesitate to tell me if he doesn't" the last one of course goes to Ada who gave her a genuine smile.

They said goodbye as the old lady get into a silver corolla with Sherry on the driver seat. Usually Leon's the one who gets to drive her around, but thanks to Ada, the task fell to Sherry. They waved them goodbye and watched until the car is nowhere in sight.

"So care to help me cooking the dinner?" He asked, leading the way to the kitchen.

He's starting to inspect the ingredient in the cupboard, thinking about what he should make. Ada sat on one of the stools near the kitchen counter, her face full of doubt, "to be honest, I'm not the kind of girl who cooks."

"The fact that I don't find it surprising is surprising" he snickered, moving to the fridge and taking out chicken meat from the freezer. He glanced at Ada for a second, if she's irritated she doesn't show it. He preheated the oven and started to cut the meat. Ada moved to sit on the counter right beside him, she inspected his work.

"Do you have an idea what you're doing, Kennedy?" She quipped. Leon doesn't answer, instead he started to season the cutlet. He took out an arugula from the fridge and also a cheese. Ada grabbed his phone and starting to go through the apps.

"I'd be happy if you respect my privacy, Ada" he stated when she goes through his text messages. She smirked and goes back to the main menu. Leon shook his head. Unbelievable, he thinks. Leon moved his focus back to the food and it's pretty hard to focus when Ada is playing the flappy bird game, he's not actually that kind of guy who couldn't focus but the curiosity got him, he really wanted to know, "how far can you go?."

"28" She replied, Leon doesn't bother with a comment and he could see that Ada's fine with that. He heard a quick steps climbing down the stairs and not nearly 3 seconds later he could feel that it's not only the two of them in the kitchen anymore. He looked behind and found a red and white Alaskan puppy staring back at him "Hi there bud"

Ada slide down from the counter to rub the pup belly. "That's Taco, I got him for Sherry's birthday. That girl had been dreaming about having a dog for years, so I did a little searching." He explained, probably more than he should.

"How old is he?"

"He is between 9-10 months and loves to chase wild rabbits. I was thinking of showing you around and walk him if it's not raining, but seems like the odds is not in our favor." He retorted.

"There's a lot of thing that I wanted to show you, the farm, the greenhouse, and the stable" He continued, for a moment he glanced at the window and the rain that's pouring outside. He goes back to heating the oil in an ovenproof skillet.

"That's too bad then" that's all that she said before they fell into silence.

About a quarter hour later Leon already got the food in the oven, behind him Ada bend down to observe, then she clasp her hands together as if she's some kind of cooking contest judge evaluating the dish. It'll take 10 minutes until its ready, so they watched the TV to kill the spare time, well technically Leon is the one who's watching because Ada is still playing the flappy bird.

"Just give it up already, that game is pretty much impossible to beat," he told her when again she failed. Ada gave him a really stubborn look and tapped on retry section harshly, Leon frowned "hey that's my phone you're using"

She gave up several attempts later, threw the white iphone to him then stood up "I gotta grab something in my bag, I left it in your room" she said as she climb up the stairs. Curiously Leon unlocked his phone and check the flappy bird high score, that girl did beat his score, he's not going to admit it out loud but he admires her effort.

While Ada is upstairs he took out the food from the oven. It came out great, not under-cooked or over-cooked. Skillfully he split the food into 3 parts, one for him, one for Ada, and the other is for Sherry who probably is on her way back by now. He'd finished all the plating matters and the food is already on the dining table by the time Ada came down.

The dining table is round and has 4 chairs, Ada chooses to sit right across of him, she eyed the food suspiciously. "This dish is looking pretty but still there was a chance you switched the one that you were cooking with this"

"I gave you my word that it's the one"

"Why would I trust your word?" She mocked then took her first bite.

"That's your choice"

"This is the second time you got me amazed today, well good job Leon" She nodded in approval. "So cooking, you take it seriously, aren't you?"

"When I was 6, Grammy taught me how to bake cookies, since then I really enjoy cooking. It tastes better when you're the one who cook it." He said then continues to explain the dish to her, what makes it great, what's in it and so on. He stopped when he realized he had been talking about that for minutes. "I got boring, am I? Sorry for that."

"That's okay. Well you did get a bit too enthusiastic, but nothing I can't handle"

"Noted" he smiled, "anyway, you went to Hartbrook, right?"

"Yeah"

"Was it fun? I always wanted to enroll a boarding school, stories that I heard, it sounds fun"

"It has its ups and downs"

"Did something happen?" He blurted out, noticing her lack of enthusiasm.

"Nothing you should be concerned with" their eyes locked for a moment and she realized that he want to know more than that.

"At first it's fun, living without parent, nobody is telling you what to do, all you have to do is follow the rules, not to mention a lot of friends you'd get, every night is basically a sleepover with them. I didn't realized right away that living with people around your age is harder than living with older people, especially the girls, we'd argue 24/7. There's always a problem, whether it's about boys, or clothes or simply sleeping time. Heck, I even got mad once just because my roommate snored." She laughed, something that Leon doesn't see much, it might sounds cheesy but her laugh is addicting.

"Then the real problem came, the boredom. Basically we have more free time than normal kids, so when the time came a lot of thing appeared the drugs, alcohols, smoking, running away"

"That's against the rules, right?" His question sounds dumb when it's spoken.

"Yeah it is, but at that time who cares, in most cases the school wouldn't do anything to severe such as calling our parents or send us back. Most of parents sent their kids to boarding school because their kids are messed up, hoping they'd become a better person in there. The school tried to cover up the fact that most of the kids become even more messed up than before."

"What about you? Are you one of them too? The messed up kids I mean" he asked, then realized from the change of the looks on her face that's not a right question to ask. "Sorry, that was out of line."

Ada decided not to say anything more, they ended up talking about Leon funny childhood moments as they finish up their dinner. Sherry came back not long after and goes straight to her room, ignoring Leon invitation to join them.

"Is she okay?" Ada asked while Leon does the dishes, she sat on the counter, swinging her legs cheerfully.

"Who? Sherry?" he asked back, "she's fine, we argued this morning, usual brother and sister quarrel, nothing important."

She doesn't need to ask for him to tell her more, his talking mood has already kicked in.

"Well she came home with a boy yesterday, you know the kind of boy with 'gonna get laid' motivations. So I told him to stay away from her, and I did the same talk to Sherry too, then she got mad, told me to keep myself away from her personal life. So she's giving me 'not gonna touch whatever you cook' treatment"

"She's actually right, she's a big girl not 3 years old. You don't have to tell her what to do anymore"

Leon gave her a sharp look, clearly disappointed that she doesn't agree with him on the matter. Ada tilted her head slightly. "That's just my opinions"

"I could live with that. Anyway, earlier today I was wondering if you'd like to be a guest for my video. What do you think?" He asked, locking their gaze once more. He's actually quite nervous to ask her about that, something about Ada is just oddly different in a mysterious way, she's not like another girl who'd say 'yes' a second after he ask them. Ada Wong is the kind of girl who thinks clearly before making choices, he doubt she'd just say yes just because that would make her popular, heck! He even doubt that she ever watch any of his videos.

"What kind of videos?" She asked back sharply.

"Just a fun kind of videos, I was thinking about playing a game. Come on it'd be fun"

"I don't think we have the same definitions of fun, Leon"

"You don't think strip poker is fun?" He innocently asked, trying the hardest to hold his laugh looking at her bemused face. He bursts out laughing.

"Oh my God, can't believe you fell for that, Wong. Come on, I've think of something fun to do that does not include stripping"

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This is probably the longest chapter I've ever wrote. *applause

I apologize for the time I took to make this chapter, I was having the 'writer's block' moment, (is that how you call it, writer?), I was also busy with all the university stuff (Oh yeah I got accepted, YEAY!), and I am now thinking of moving out, totally not a small thing and absolutely takes a hell lot of time.

To be honest, I've re-wrote this chapters over and over and over, I don't want it to be all fun and rainbows because I see that as boring, but this is the 'moment' so I don't want it to be too heavy either. After few considerations, so this is it.

About beta, thank you for your offer, but I think for now I'm going to try to do it all by myself (so I could learn more about writing). But if you find anything that's wrong (grammar, spelling, ect) please tell me, I'll get it fixed.

Now, I need your help for the next chapter. Well as you've read Leon and Ada will play a game, and I want you guys to vote for it. What do you think they should play?

1) Cards against humanity

2) Truth or dare

3) Things the game

Please leave your vote in the review… I am begging for it from here… Also don't forget to tell me what you think about this chapter. Follow/Fav/Review you know what to do ;)