Private Be My Bat Buddy

Form: Kirintaur
Disappointing. The playground today at school wasn't as active as usual. People here were too sensitive to wet and cold weather. Now that the air was getting chillier, people were being diswayed from coming out, but it wasn't that good. It was still sunny and a good day to play. So while Junchi's dad was working, Junchi ran around the playground looking for interesting kids to play with.

One good thing about the small number of kids was that it was easier to pick someone to approach. He went with a brown-skinned, blonde bat girl. He ran to a stop in front of her. "Hi! I think you're really pretty. I like your hair and eyes. And your wings! They're soooo cool."

Junchi took a couple of steps back from the bat girl, though not with any offensive or defensive positioning. He wanted to give her some space. It looked like it worked. Once she had time to process his words, she calmed down significantly.

"Yeah I do! So are you a bat girl? You look like one. Aah, that's so cool! You're like... You're like that girl in Remi's comic books. Batgirl!"

Junchi nodded several times. "There are comics about a girl who dresses up to look like a bat and she fights crime. She's not a real bat girl, but I think some people mistake her for one. Her comic is called Batgirl and..."

He paused, unsure how to answer the last question. "I think so? I remember a comic and manga section in the library..."

"Manga is Japanese comic books! My big sister, Remi, she has a whooole bunch of comics books and some manga. She really really likes superheroes too. Actually, she's friends with some and is dating an ex-superhero. I'm also friends with an ex-superhero. His name is Angelo Genovese."

Junchi regretted not knowing about comic books as much as his siblings, but he at least had that to brag about. Even if it wasn't completely true that he was friends with the famous Angelo Genovese.

It was refreshing to talk to someone as talkative as himself. "Angelo Genovese is his real name. His superhero name is Jude. His power is being really smart. He's like Iron Man or Batman. And he's not a superhero anymore so it's okay. All the superheroes and supervillains from his world came here and now they're being good. Angelo used to be part of the student council and I know where he works too, and he used to just go by Jude, so he's not hiding."