Zero was kind enough to be our personal tour guide for the rest of the day. Although it had been a while since I moved to Fairbanks, I realized that I still had a lot of good local establishments that I had not discovered until that day. I had only been to the famous ones and overlooked the underrated. Zero also paid for everything we ate aside from accompanying us during the mini-food tour. I didn’t know how many times I tried to pay him back, but he just wouldn’t listen and let me. “I can pay for that. I’m already earning,” I told him countless times. “But you don’t have to,” Zero seriously told me every time I dared. That was the only thing I was frustrated with. Zero didn’t have to pay for everything just to prove how kind and generous he was. I believe once is enough. But I couldn