Chapter 8: The Neighbor Owes a Debt
Xanxus twirled the roll of Frutips through his fingers like a baton as he slouched down on his thron-chair (Damn it. He thought he got over that already.), careful to keep his eyes focused only on the candy as he read the mix of English letters and Chinese characters.
Black Currant Pastilles…
What the hell, it's not like the baby trash had the time or intention to tamper with it and he doubted the old bitch who sold it would have done anything to her own merchandise no matter how much she seemed to think he was some sort of criminal. Which, to be fair, she wouldn't have been wrong about.
He peeled back the wrapper and studied the sugar coated innards. It was a single column of dark purple hard gummies, but they didn't smell suspicious. After spending another five minutes staring at the innocent piece being pinched between his thumb and finger due to his paranoia, he held it up to his face.
Damn. He was going to regret this wasn't he.
With that he popped one into his mouth, letting himself get used to the texture. So far nothing special. Just gritty, sweet and tougher than expected. Then he bit it in half.
Fuck.
It was even worse than he thought, because it was completely, utterly, maddeningly, fucking delicious.
He was right. He really was going to regret this because now he owed the little shit a debt.
Because while Xanxus may be an ungrateful son of a bitch, he takes certain things like debts and honor very seriously. As any proper member of the mafia should.
Xanxus spent the rest of the night trying to ration the rest of the Frutips. Then he realized that whatever stupidity he had picked up from the baby trash was obviously still lingering in his system and just ordered an entire case online with overnight shipping.
There's a difference between Frutips from Hong Kong and Canada even though Nestle owns them both. I've never had the Canadian ones, but people seem to like the HK ones better as these are the original flavors and the other is the new cheaper version that just doesn't taste as good.
Adopted and raised by a loving father who treats him like his own even though he didn't have to.
Reaction: Avoids at all cost and when he can't, treats him like an ass.
Gets delicious candy from a weird stranger who thinks he's a king.
Reaction: Now owes a debt (however minor) to said stranger.
Xanxus Logic. Gotta love it. Didn't anyone ever tell you not to take candy from strangers Xanxus? XD