"You we're thinking I'm nude." It's a statement. Mayu was startled but soon composed herself. Yeah, right. As if I'll ever admit on it.
"What? No! Are you crazy?" she tried to sound disgusted as she shrieked but the guy didn't seem to mind her.
"I won't blame you. So what do you think?" he walked lazily towards her and she just found herself face-to-face with his body.
"Ah!" Sniff. Sniff. Mmm. So fragrant. Her nose felt a bit of pain when she bumped into him but she also enjoyed sniffing his addictive scent. Chryxso furrowed his eyebrows and she felt her body being pushed away from his as he forcefully pushed on her forehead. She flailed to find her balance and tried to reach with her hands but since her arms are a huge amount shorter than his, she can just grasp for air. With one foot behind, she regained her footing.
"You would have been my type if you're not acting childish," he concluded. Turning away, he busily tried to button his shirt.
"I don't like you," she lied through her gritted teeth. Well, maybe I'm starting to but now I won't. Hah!
"You keep saying that but you can't resist sniffing me. What are you? A dog?" he kept teasing her. Mayu felt her cheeks blush after having found out. She annoyingly smacked her own nose before she spat her response.
"I'm an angel send here on earth to accompany you for the time being. And I'm not sniffing you, you bumped yourself into my nose. I don't have a choice but to smell you since you're blocking my way to get some air. I needed to breath." she gabbled. Mayu grimaced at her own stupid reasoning. Even I don't believe what I just said.
"You're really talkative when you're trying to build up your lie. Are you attracted to me? Would you like to have another look of my perfect bod?" he turned back to where he heard her voice was and started to unbutton her shirt causing the poor lady to flush crimson on her face.
"Dream on dude." she readied herself to run away from him again but he's faster this time and got her cage in between his arms. Uh-oh. Can I sniff again?
"What are trying to do?" his face is slowly descending to her face and she tried to hold her breath for fear of getting accused again. Not that it was not true after all still this distraction is... She blinked more that she could count.
"I'm checking if my assumptions are correct," he's now just a couple of breaths away from her. She held hers.
"What assumption?" she spoke through gritted teeth.
"That you're attracted to me," his voice turning into a sexy drawl.
"I already told you I don't like you. And get your face out of my way!" And stop talking like that, it's too delicious to my ears! His face is still descending to hers. Why is it suddenly getting hot in here? Is he kissing? Is he kissing?
Gulping down any saliva on her throat, she closed her eyes and clenched her fist. She calmly counted on her mind. One. Two. Three! Aw! Then, she heard him curse loudly while he staggered backwards and away from her, holding his forehead.
"What did you strike my head with! Aw! Did you bang your head on mine?" she's feeling dizzy herself due to the impact but she didn't mind it. Ugh, I'm gonna be a unicorn after this. She threw him an accusing glance.
"I'm also checking if my assumptions are correct," she copied him.
"What is that?"
"If your head is hard or not. And it's really hard, you're really a full-grown now."Mayu spoke coolly as if she had not felt any pain at all. She even knocked on his pate which made him furrow his brows more.
"You!" he steadied his body and tried to pounce on her but she just easily avoided it and moved away. Sorry dude, I won this round. He yelled few more curses when he plunged towards the carpeted floor.
"Get yourself up. I'm not extending help to perverts like yourself." she walked past him and waited outside the door again. Sheeesh. He almost got me there. Those soft lips. Ah. I'm having perverted thoughts. Stop, stop, stop!
She pinched her cheeks to keep any corrupted thoughts off of her mind. Chryxso is already suited up when he walked out of his room. She stood beside him so they can walk together, his hands resting on her shoulders. He did not castigate her from the earlier incident which made her happy. I would not be able to explain myself anyway.
She's actually the one pre-occupied with what happened. She can't help but admire his physique. His arms looked like it could carry the weight of the world. She imagined herself swaying on those strong arms, it's like a swing. All the muscles in their right places. She smiled to herself.
"You really are short." he coolly commented which caught her attention. Her smile dropped and she just tried to blink away her bitterness. This guy won't allow himself to be on any disadvantage at all.
"Do you have problem with my height dude?"
"Will you stop calling me dude? That's creeping me out, I feel like I'm speaking with my brother." he even wriggled his other arm to prove his point.
"Fine. Girl?" she quickly adjusted not minding the disbelief showing on his face.
"Yumi." he called out. She just eyed him and continued walking him out.
"What? I can adjust easily. You don't want me calling you dude then girl should do just fine."
"Do I look like a girl to you?"
"Ah..."
"Nevermind it. I'm sure you'll give me another out-of-the-human-existence type of answer."
"I'm human."
"I know. Your responses are the ones not of this world."
"Let's just go to work." she opened the door to the car and helped him take his seat.
The employees from his company are already used to them being together. They're still under the assumption that they are girlfriend and boyfriend which he never bothered correcting anymore. She also got too lazy to even clarify the situation. They'll eventually know once she gets back home anyway.
Speaking of home. She got to speak with her grandfather who she knows is keeping a healthy lifestyle. Her brother bothers her every now and then asking for the littlest of things which she happily obliges herself to answer. She always worries about her brother, who's probably still pining and unable to move on since Yumi's accident. This is the reason why she uses 'Yumi" as her pen name and when she introduces herself to other people, to remind her that her friend is still alive somewhere and that she should not forget. And she never will. There are only three people who calls her by 'Mayu', her brother, grandfather and Yumi- her bestfriend.
"Something wrong?" she heard Chryxso's voice. They just finished closing the deal with some investors.
"I just remembered something." she absently answered.
"You wanna go home?" Chryxso asked but felt annoyed when he realized she might say so. Something must be wrong with him.
"Not really. I still have to, though." she pouted.
"You've been staying here for almost two months now. Don't you think they needed you back home already?" he wanted to take back what he said but is also hoping. Hoping for what? his thoughts asked. For something, maybe. You're out of your mind Chryxso, he just shelved that thought away.
"I really wont have anything to do if I go back and while I promised my grandfather that I'll go back to practice, he did not press me onto it." she moved to arranged the documents on his table and checked his schedule for the day.
"Well, what do you think? Are you gonna go back? They have nicer patients unlike me." He probed further. not understanding why he would care to know the answer but feeling nervous as he slowly fidgeted on his seat.
"You're not bad. I've had my worst experiences and you're not one of them." Chryxso smiled.
"And I'm still nice in this condition, huh."
"Yeah. And besides I'm not your nurse, I'm your assistant, right?" she started making calls to confirm his schedule as he went on.
"You're efficient."
"Thank you." she answered coolly.
"So will you answer it now?"
"Which one?"
"If you're going back home already," she pouted, finished her current call and looked at him unhappily.
"You're really something, you know. You're still shoving me away? Okay fine, I'll go." she sighed and checked his documents again, intending to finish everything today and just go home like what this heartless guy wants.
"I never asked you to leave. It's just that-" realizing he's been misunderstood, he tried to correct himself. Mayu did not mind it anyway and gave him a cold reply.
"I called back home last night. You're right, I've already wasted much of both our times. I already had the hospital update my schedule for next week."
Shocked, Chryxso can't find any word to banter with her. She just continued with her stuff and asked him when needed. He answered curtly but he felt like walking on eggshells as silence continued to envelope them. It took a long time before he found courage to talk to her again.
"How about your writing career." unable to think of anything else, he asked.
"That can wait. I guess that's also why I can write any other story right now but I'm not yet ready to face it today. I promise I'll be braver and finish what I've started. At least to fulfill my friend's wishes." She smiled to herself. Writing? If I can move over Yumi, then.
"That was really nice of you." she heard him say. One of her eyebrows raised, did she heard h right?
"And thanks for tolerating my silliness." she chuckled.
"I charge for that." she just laughed. She found out that he's just really throwing jokes randomly which she already got used to. He was a good boss all in all, he never makes her feel out-of-place whenever he discusses his business with his employees.
"Don't laugh, I'm really charging you."His serious tone made her turn to him. Is he trying to make a scene again?
"Are you trying to be evil again? I really thought we've already come to an entente. I'm even offering my assitant services for free." I gotta bargain, I don't have any money now.
"I'm still charging you." He started sulking like a kid. Hah! She scoffed, what a nasty personality.
"Fine. Fine." She took her wallet out and started counting her money. She grimaced, I have not even taken my pay from my last nursing stint, tsk. How could I go thome after this?
"How much will you charge?" One of the things that can really make her mad is money. She has no money so how can he ask for some? This theif! Her mood has already started turning sour by this time as she picked some paper bills from her wallet. The guy however seem like he's having a good time making her a beggar as he smiled from ear to ear then he spoke again.
"Go out on a date with me." Her wallet slipped from her hand and dropped to the floor with a loud 'thud'.