Max woke up before the sun even rose. For so reason, there was still no news from Flexy. Still, he shouldn't worry about that for today as he had decided to spend ti with Nina and have fun together before she departed for the cooking school.
Facing the mirror, he took a look at his appearance. This ti, he didn't wear his usual jacket but a simple white turtleneck with a blue bomber jacket on top and long pants.
Max also made sure to wear a black mask in case soone recognized him. His fa shot up after he appeared on the billboard. When he got out with Lily last ti, he felt strangers' gaze on him many tis.
"Clothes, OK. And money…"
He looked at his bank account. 27 grand was sitting inside. "All clear." He nodded in satisfaction.
It was supposed to be more, but he hadn't withdrawn his last paynt from Punch. He wanted to accumulate it for a nice surprise on May 15th.
With everything confird, he left his apartnt. The spring would end soon, and sumr would arrive. It was already May 10th, and he deserved so rest today.
He didn't imdiately go to Nina's place. Instead, he made a detour and went to the city center first. Before going to et her, he planned to give her a gift.
'Thankfully, Li City's Mall is open 24/7.' He thought. 'I already bought the ticket too, so all is good.'
Li City's Mall was massive. It was the sa size or even bigger than a stadium used for the Olympics in his past life. It also had 4 floors, which made it impossible to look around all the parts in just a day.
Coincidentally, the aforentioned aquarium was also located inside this mall, precisely at the center of the first floor. The entire area was transford into a giant aquarium.
Entering the mall, he imdiately went to the second floor to find the store he planned to buy a gift from. When he found the store, he entered imdiately and talked to the employee inside, ordering sothing to be wrapped.
Thankfully, the store was willing to keep it until he picked it up, so he didn't need to bring it with him and ruin the surprise. After paying and leaving his information to pick up the item later, he left the mall and walked to Nina's place.
In the end, he decided not to stream this outing. That would ruin the atmosphere of their outing.
At this ti, the sun had risen already. It peeked from between the skyscrapers. The warm light hit Max's face, making him smile.
'The weather is beautiful, perfect for an outing.'
After a while, he arrived at the restaurant. When he reached the place, he noticed Nina dressed nicely in front of the restaurant. She was wearing a layered white t-shirt tucked inside jeans and cream clothes.
While standing, she was playing with her hair and appeared to be nervous.
"Nina," Max called out to her and waved his hand. "Morning."
Upon seeing him, a smile blossod on her face.
"Morning, Max." She waved back, seeing him stop in front of her. "Have you had breakfast already?" She asked curiously.
"Breakfast? I haven't had any." He answered.
"Great!" She clasped her hands together, and her smile widened, "I actually prepared a light stew already. Let's have breakfast together before going. We need to fill our stomachs so we can have the energy to look around the aquarium!"
"Well, I won't refuse."
"Hehe, I promise it will be good." Nina giggled cutely and entered the restaurant.
Max followed her and sat on the usual seat while she got the stew from inside. It didn't take long for her to return with two bowls as if she had prepared them beforehand. She placed them on the table, and they began to eat.
It was surprisingly delicious, more than anything Max ever tasted in this world.
"If you give this dish to your cooking school teacher in the future, I believe you can easily secure the top spot. This dish is that delicious." He praised it honestly.
Hearing that, Nina's face reddened slightly. She was happy.
"Really? Hehehe, I am glad you like it. If you want more, I still have a lot in the pot. You take it ho later."
"I guess I will do that later." He nodded, "But not before we go to the aquarium. Shall we go now?"
"Hmm, yes. Let's go before it's too crowded." Nina said, walking beside Max and leaving the restaurant. "But, Max. Are you not going to do a vlog or anything? I believe all strears will do it when they visit an interesting place, no?"
"Not all strears do that." He responded, "And I don't want to mix my private and public life. I will only livestream when I want to. If I am going out with my friend and enjoy my day, I won't stream that to other people."
That would only give his viewers a reason to tease him. It was one of the reasons why he canceled his plan to stream the vlog.
'Dealing with them is too troubleso.' He sighed.
"Hmm, is that so?" Nina humd in interest and put her hands behind her back. "That's impressive, I think. Most people will do anything for money, even if that ans exposing their private life. I have seen so strears do that. So, I think you're really impressive by noticing that boundary, Max."
"It's not that amazing."
"No, it's amazing." She retorted and shook her head.
"Do you think I didn't watch your stream? I do, you know? And from what I watched, your viewers call you money-grubbing Breeze or Capitalist. With your love for money, I think you will step into that territory too, but you're not. So, that's impressive. You should be proud of that."
"I see." Max only nodded at her words while hiding his real feelings.
Sotis, other people's assessnt was better than your own assessnt. Getting praised like that made him happy, and his smile widened slightly.
They continued walking in silence, side by side. The scenery was calming. Many people also walked outside the sidewalk. Passing the park, they found many people doing morning exercise like usual.
These were the daily lives they could see in Li City. And in a week, Nina wouldn't be able to witness it as she would go to another city far away.
Still, both of them looked happy. Although a bit hard, they could always et again.
After a short walk, they reached their destination.
"Woah! This is so beautiful!" Nina exclaid, her eyes widened as she gazed at the large aquarium before her. Excited, she turned to Max and pulled his hand. "Max, let's enter!"
"Hahaha, alright. Slow down, Nina."
The do-shaped structure sparkled under the sunlight that passed through the glass roof. It invited people to enter, imrsing themselves. Fish swam freely, and there were various paths visitors could take.
Once their tickets were verified, they could finally step inside the aquarium. Inside, the sound of water was clear. Nina's eyes sparkled with delight as she looked around, srized by the underwater world.
"This is the best." She exclaid happily, turning to her friend. Her smile was so captivating under the bluish glow of the water. "Thank you for accompanying here. Hehehe."
Smiling softly, Max let out a soft sigh, "It's not a problem at all. I also enjoyed this. It's as if we're directly underwater."
"Right? I wonder if we can catch them and cook them." She humd curiously, looking at a large fish in the right tank.
Max couldn't know whether she was joking or serious. At least her eyes looked as if she would cook the fish without a second thought.
Noticing his gaze, Nina looked at him and giggled, "I was just joking, obviously. Those fish aren't tasty at all."
"Ha…haha…" He laughed dryly at that.
'Do you an if it's delicious, then you will cook them?' He retorted in his mind.
He should be careful and not take his gaze away from Nina. Who knew what she would do to the fish?
Bringing a chef to an aquarium was dangerous, he took a note of that.
Putting that aside, Nina was too energetic and pulled him everywhere she found interesting. Max had a difficult ti following her, but he still did his best to do that.
After all, it might be their last outing together for a while.
'As long as she's happy.'
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