Meeting the GF's friends. (For Indigo.)

"I don't meet people online, not unless they're friends with my girl." Ryan said.

Mr Knight would walk in and take a glance at the room, he noted that Nick seemed to love chocolate. Ryan was fine with anything as long as it wasn't dark chocolate, he just couldn't stand the taste of it much.

"I'm fine thank you." Ryan said as he gently sat down onto the bed.

"So Nick-san, how's the day treated you so far?" Ryan asked, he decided the best way to start most conversations was with an icebreaker.

His dog's ears lowered a bit and he sighed. "Well,I havent done much.Just woke up a few hours ago.Yesterday I went Job hunting.I'd like to have a bit of cash around for my..." He looked at the wall. "...Expenses.And I havent really gotten around to having a match yet." Nick pointed to the wall. "Take some if you'd like....So,you are a 'friend' of Anampo you say?" He walked over and took a bar for himself to eat.

"I've been up since 8-ish I think, I don't really sleep too much, nightmares and all that." Ryan said.

"Very well, chocolate is one of the things that you can't go wrong with. That's what my old man John says." Mr Knight smiled as he picked up a bar and opened it to eat.

"Well....I'm Anampo's boyfriend. Let me tell you it ain't been easy, having to throw down with Jay. But I wouldn't trade her for the world, my surname is Knight after all." Ryan cracked a jovial smile.

"Who says that chocolate can go wrong? I'll kill them." Nick growled.His love for the treat showed and was very profound.He did feel for Ryan's reason for small amounts of sleep. "The nightmares,they be a cruel mistress of the mind." Nick took out a third of his bar in one large chomp.

This Ryan boy,he was his friend's boyfriend.He didnt seem like a bad guy,but looks were obviously deceiving.Nick decided to hit a few nerves to see how he kept his emotions. "Who do you,or used to,live with.For say...The past decade or less?"

"Eh? Oh in the past." Ryan said.

Mr Knight leaned back in a casual manner and said "Yeah when I was young my old man would beat me up on a regular basis. Think he blamed me for when my Mom died giving birth to me, said he was teaching me how to be a man but all he taught me was how to take a beating. When I turned 15 I had enough of his shit and battered him down, then I met my adoptive Father who took me and turned me around for the better."

Nick might be taken aback by how casually Ryan was talking about this.
"So had any matches lately?" Ryan asked.

He raised an eyebrow at how....Calmy,Ryan spoke of his past.He was tormented by a bastard of a father.Someone who dare even try to exist as such a ruthless person in this world should not exist in the first place.At least Ryan got him back for those years of abuse....

"Hm? Me? I havent had so much as a starting match.Its fine,though.As long as I can get some form of work then I can manage to stay afloat until I actually do get in a ring." He reached over to take a second bar of chocolate,finishing his first in haste.

Ryan nodded "I tend to have a hard time getting matches, I guess being 6 foot and going to the ring with my family puts foes off." he said with a small laugh.

"So did you know Jay's in the AFW?" Mr Knight asked, he wanted to gauge Jay's reaction here. If it was an issue with Anampo then it might be with him.

"Yeah,I know....Some month or two ago,he slashed Anampo on the arm a good one.But she challanged him,so it was a bit her fault." Nick bit his next bar almost in half.

"Maybe I shouldn't have told you that if you didn't know it." He said a moment later,realizing he screwed up a bit. "Jay isn't a bad person,just very brute and vicious..."

Ryan nodded "I was aware of it, it pains me to see or hear of my love being hurt. However this is the AFW, we go in expecting to take punishment. That's the breaks."

"As for Jay, I did get the vibe that he was too focused on the whole 'The battle is all that matters.' kinda thing. He certainly gave me a good battle at least, but I came out on top."

"So if I hear of any job openings I'll let you know right away, friends of Anampo are friends of me. I'll hand you my number here, I'll require yours as well if that's okay."
Mr Knight would take out the same notepad he used earlier and write his number for Nick, tearing it off for him.

"Dont mind Jay.Dont tell anyone,not even your journal....Jay is so hard on Anampo for two reasons." Nick stood up,putting one finger up for a count. "First.He saw her as weak,and still wants her to become stonger.So,he pushes her."

"Second,Jay has a soft spot surrounded by a stone house core.He mustve met someone to open that in him." Nick moved on while he wrote his own number down. "Any reason you have to go,Ryan?"