93 My Two Days Off

(Tu's POV)

"Come again, Sir?"

"You should have a day off today. My wife was complaining about me being harsh to you lately. I know you have been busy with the tasks I gave you. So, right now you don't have to come here."

"Sir?"

"Okay, I have other works to do. You can go and do something fun with your hobbies or something."

"Sir?"

"I'll see you in two days."

Bam!

"..."

The door of my boss's office was closed in front of my poor little face. Did I just get fired? No, I didn't think so. He said that he'll see me again for two days.

So, It was true then.

"..."

What should I do now?

...

I walked to my apartment's room, entering the passcode for my door and a 'click' sound could be heard. I took off my shoes messily, loosen up my tie, and collapsed on my soft white coach. I let out of sighed and closed my eyes.

I took a nap with my lips unconsciously curved up. I finally got a day off!

Why I felt so happy?

I was tired to be the boss's personal secretary of course. Every day, he was busy with the upcoming meetings, discussing new projects, checking about the work situations.

Secretary's job was hard, I tell you. Not only we must ready to be our boss representative when he was absent, but we also need to have a high-level negotiation and persuasion when dealing with some people. For example, like the rats inside the building, we must always be ready to help our boss to exterminate the rats one by one.

Speaking of rats, as I investigated deeper about them, I discovered two of the employees were selling our future plan project to other competitor companies! It was then I as boss's representative exposed the rats inside. One from stealing the inside information while others tried to manipulate the money accounts.

I scoffed, how amazing were they, right?

Although boss and I caught two rats so far, they were surprisingly fast to hide before we probe deeper information. Who sent them? Which company that against us? What was their target? The company's money? The company bankruptcy? The boss and family?

It was still unknown.

I cursed my self for being incompetent with that situation. We were so close yet they escaped!

The boss didn't complain or angry about the two rats. He was calm the entire process, which was a little scary.

I finally noticed from the past experience we were together, he would show that expression when he encountered a snake, two-face dog, disgusting bug and rats which he found eyesore. Another meaning, there will be a calamity approaching those people.

...

I wasn't a novice secretary. I served Lotus Corp as one of the director secretaries before.

But, I resign when I found out that I didn't get a bonus from overworking.

I mean I work hard yet and he didn't give a bonus? I stayed up late and did his works while he spent his time on the bar and picked some girls. How could I tolerate that? It was Sunday night yet I was working my a*s off with no girlfriend! And so, I moved my job to the Asuzawa Group company.

Well, that was not only the reason I quit my job, but it wasn't important yet it was a pretty stupid reason. I just had enough with the works.

In my current company, the boss was surprisingly the same yet different. He gave me a bonus when I worked overtime or when he was absent, he always kept his promise to pay my wages two times than original if I did the works well. He sometimes skipped his meeting and I ended up as his representative.

The reason? of course he wanted to spend more time with his wife.

The boss really loves his wife. Not like my last boss, he was married yet he brought a lot of mistress to his office once a while. After he was tired with them, he would let me clean up his messes.

Once, no, multiple times when I told the ex-mistresses to not meet the boss again, I got a counter attack like scratches, punches, and kicks by them.

'What am I doing here?' I thought, and yes that was the stupid reason.

I heard my phone alarm ring and I looked at the time. It was 11:42 AM. Just two hour ago I was in the company and now, here. Nothing to do.

I had hobbies before but it was gone when I devoted my self to work for 24 hours. I looked at the apartment ceiling wondering what was I doing?

As I couldn't think clearly about this, I opened my documents and began to work again. I organized for the boss upcoming schedules, important meetings and checking the new products of other companies competitor. I reviewed it and made a plans to counter the situation. It may be a good way to increase our quality products.

By the time I finished doing all the works. It was already 15:00 PM.

"..."

I facepalmed my face.

'What am I doing?'

...

I went to the park beside my apartment building, feeling bored. As I sat on the bench alone, I saw a lot of couples came and flirting with each other. Over there and another one over there.

I glanced at them while drinking my can corn soup. I felt resentment by it. Could you see this lone dog here?

Anyway, not only lovey-dovey couples in this park, there were children playing as well.

Speaking of a lovey-dovey couple, boss and his wife were really loving each other so much. I was wondering how could a couple like them exist? As if there was a strong force--A: Hey-- to make them love each other like a destiny couple or something.

Right now, in this country, I as the representative of bachelor in this world really had a difficult time to find our ideal partner. The birth rate was in decline, a lot of people choose to be single or married for convenience. A lot of reason were all involved how they didn't want to be divorced or betray by the end. Another reason because of the economy and living expense would be double and many other excuses.

Thus, my conclusion that love was complicated and true love was a rare thing. I couldn't describe it well as I tried to elaborate simple enough.

Lover or married couple who love each other would someday felt tired when they are together long enough. Their passionate love will be gone when they found out each other bad habits. It was like their expectation were crushed by the sudden difference.

I knew that the boss and his wife were loving each other right now, but could they keep the same feeling in the future? In this one year, I observed them, I didn't see any sign of them feeling tired with each other.

Well, they often fought now, but it always fine the next day. Perhaps because his wife was easy to coax or the boss who had a secret method to make his wife obedient. I didn't know, I really didn't know.

As an outsider, I just wanted to admire them being a loving couple. Even they had a kid, they still in love with each other. From my past experience with my parent. They stopped seeing each other when I was born into this world. I heard them often fought because of me.

They thought I was weighing them down for their future plan. Well, sorry. I didn't ask you to bring me to this world!

From time to time their love became a piece of wasted and divorce in the end. I stayed with my father and moved from his house after I was grown up enough to start studying and working alone. He didn't like me that much, and time to time he just gave me money to live.

Okay, we stray from the topic.

Anyway, like I said. I admired the boss and his wife. I wish them for a long last happily ever after. They were a really rare couple in this era now.

Sighing, I prayed to Love God that I'll have a girlfriend in the future! I want to taste how someone loving me!

I looked at myself reflection on the water fountain, I was pretty...average guy. Not handsome and not ugly enough. I was normal...should I say plain?

I remembered my past dating history, it was I who confessed to the girls and I was the one who got broke up by them in the end too. They were cruel, weren't they?

Today, I wore my usual everyday outfit. Gray shirt, blue jean, and white sneakers. I was walking to one of the kid sliders on the playground. It has been a while I didn't do this. When I try to play with the slider, one of the kids there came to me. The little girl was tugging my shirt. "Uncle, do you have another drink? Mi-chan is thirsty~"

"..." who is an uncle? What drink? My can corn soup?

"Uncle? Do you have a drink?" said the girl called Mi-chan.

"Umm, it's a big brother. Not, uncle, little lady."

"You are old, so you are an uncle! Do you have a drink?"

"..."

You know what? F*ck with 'big brother' let just go with 'uncle'!

"Uncle didn't have a drink anymore. If you want a drink you can buy it there in the vending machine."

"I did! But it was empty!"

Ah, right. I was the one who took the last drink.

"But there are other drinks too," I said while smiling.

"No! No! No! I want your drink! Now!" she puffed her cheeks and her eyes became teary.

I scratched my head while feeling troubled by the request. I could just go to the convenience store across the road, but it was pretty far, yet this little girl insisted the corn soup drink now. By the way, why this girl knew that I drank the can corn soup this entire time? Did she watch me?

I wrecked my brain and realized there was candy inside my pants pocket. It was a strawberry flavor. She should like it, right? I said with a helpless smile. "Little lady, I don't have a drink. But, I have candy. Do you want it? It's a strawberry flavor."

"Candy?"

"Yes, here. It's good." she took the candy and opened the plastic wrap. She ate it the candy with one crunch. Her cheeks became like a squirrel. I asked, "How is it? Do you like it?"

She nodded and asked me if I have some more. I did have some. But it was in my apartment, I couldn't ask her to come to my apartment, right?

I said to her, "I don't have any candy for now. It's in my apartment. Can you-" ask your own parent to buy it and leave me alone?

It was the sentence that I wanted to finish it, yet out of the blue, a patrol polices came to grab my shoulder with a smile. I frowned from what just happened.

"Sir, you are under arrest." (Police 1)

"..."

"You are the guy who kept giving candies to little kids and brought them to your house, didn't you?" (Police 2)

"Excuse me?"

"Less talk and come with us to the police station." (Police 1)

"..."

...

By the time I realized, I was inside the police car with my hands being handcuffed. I looked outside the window car. The children's parents and a lot of children were gathered looking at me judging with disgust in their eyes.

That girl was looking at me clueless while munching the candy that I gave her. She blinked her eyes and waved her little hand at me.

I scoffed and shouted inwardly.

'What the f*ck just happened?!'