"Why does that panda eyed kid keep following you?"  I looked to Luhan who had a questioning look on his face. I look back to see Hēisè, the name I had given him, following behind us happily. A few days had passed since he had helped me and after that he would accompany me almost everywhere. The day after, he trailed behind me far away and as the days passed, he got a little closer. Some days he would even grab the back of my shirt cutely. I wasn't bothered at all by his company, oddly. He was like a kid brother to some extents. "Does it bother you?" I ask meeting Luhan's face. "It doesn't but sometimes your friend looks at me like he wants to kill me." Luhan frowned and I couldn't help but chuckle. "Hēisè is harmless. He's like a little kid." Luhan looked back at him. "Hēisè? Don't tell me that's his name." I shook my head. "I don't know his actual name. He doesn't talk." Luhan brought his hand up to his mouth and absentmindedly put the side of his index finger between his lips. Something he always did when he was in thought. "I've noticed. Do you even know where he lives?" I bit my bottom lip at the question. "No. I actually don't know anything about him. I don't think he speaks Chinese. I've also tried English and Korean but nothing." I shrugged, climbing up the stairs that led up to my apartment. 

      "Maybe he doesn't know how to talk?" Luhan followed close behind. I waved to Hēisè, telling him to come up since he always stops at the bottom of my stairs, asking for permission to follow. "How could that be possible at his age?" I watched him climb up the stairs as I held the door open for him. He smiled halfly and bowed before coming in, something he probably picked up from watching me go into stores. I closed the door and watched Luhan study Hēisè from the kitchen. "Maybe a childhood trauma?" Luhan shrugged then disappeared in the kitchen. "Maybe. He does have his sort of branding on his chest." I throw my body on the couch. Hēisè had his eyes on the clock I had mounted on the wall, silently counting the seconds go by. I watched him for a moment until I was brought back to reality. "Branding? Like they do to cows?" Luhan came back with a bowl of popcorn and I grabbed the television remote, turning it on to a random channel. "Yeah, It was in the shape of an hourglass, but there was also the number 10 under it." I turn to look at Hēisè who was now engulfed in the television.        "There possibly might be nine more of him? Kids who don't know how to speak or use common technology?" Luhan grabbed a handful of popcorn as he passed me the bowl and sat on the floor, next to Hēisè, at my feet. "He has some understanding I guess. He reads emotions pretty well." I place my hand on his head and he turns to look at me. He smiles and points to the television. Cute. "Lets try something. Turn off the television really quick." I grab the remote and flick it off. Hēisè's smile disappears and me looks at me with a disappointed face. He tugs on my jeans slightly and points to the television again. How can anyone be this cute? Luhan grabbed one of his hands and Hēisè turned to him questioningly. I sat back and watched quietly. "Can you say Kris?" Hēisè turns his head to the side, showing his confusion. "Ka-ris." Luhan points to me and I smile softly. Hēisè looks from me to Luhan then back to me. "Ka-ris." I repeat Luhan's words. He ope