I Kill Monsters For A Living

It was a cold winter night, back when I was around 5 years old... It was raining that day...

-Twelve years ago-

My father had just gone out to buy some groceries about two hours ago. He'd usually be back by now but he was running late for some unknown reason. We lived in a fairly small house in a small town not so far away from Alinam. The town also had a bunch of parks and a farm not so close by.

"Mom, can I have swome spaghetti?!" I asked mother as I began to poke his mother in the back.

"Just wait, I'll make you some alphabet spaghetti." Alice then took out a can from the cabinet and began to open it with a can opener.

"No!"

"Huh? What do you mean no?"

"I want da rweal spaghetti! I'm all grown up now!" I then grinned and crossed my arms.

"And how old are you now?"

"I'm five!" I said with a big smile on my face.

"WOAH! That's a big number!"

"That's right! I'm a big number now!" I said with pride.

"Haha, I'll start cooking some spaghetti right now, it'll be done in a while... are you sure you're old enough for spaghetti?"

"YES! I CAN HANDLE IT!"

"Alrighty, I'll get the spaghetti ready."

"YAAAAAAAY!"

My mother giggled for a bit as she placed the pasta noodles in the pot. She then looked around the cabinet for a union but wasn't able to find one. "Could you do me a favor and pass mommy my phone? It's on the couch right now."

"Okay, mommy!" I then ran towards the couch and grabbed her phone. "I GOT IT!" I yelled as I held the phone up.

"NICE JOB!" She then gave me a thumbs up while a large smile as I lent the phone to her. "I'm just gonna call daddy, just watch tv while I'm on the phone."

"OKAY!" I then rushed towards the couch and began jumping on it as I turned on the TV.

Alice then dialed in the phone number and called Kevin, "Hey, Kevin, you were supposed to be here an hou-"

"We're sorry, you have reached a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in service." The phone replied. Alice sighed as she disconnected the call and tried again.

Alice then dialed in the phone number and tried again. again, "Kevin, co-"

"We're sorry, you have reache-"

"Woah mom, it's raining!" I said as I looked outside the window. I then spotted two plastic bags filled with groceries right next to our door.

"Man... I can't make spaghetti without unions..."

"Mom, there's groceries outside!" I said as I opened the front door.

"Owota! I told you not to open the front door by yourself!" Alice said as she went and picked me up at the door. She then spotted the two grocery bags laying in front of our doorstep and went to go pick them up. "Where's Kevin..." She said to herself as she closes the door and placed the groceries on the kitchen table.

"Mom, dad forgot his wallet in here..." I said as I picked up his wallet off the floor and handed it towards my mother.

"Mom, is dad okay?" I asked her with a sad tone in my voice.

"Dad is fine, he's just home really late." She said with a smile on her face.