CALESIE'S POINT OF VIEW (POV)
"YOU BITCH!!!!" The man shouted He's mad because I slapped him on the face,
"I am so sorry sir," I apologized, I am so scared right now, I wanted to run
"Come here!!!" The man still insisted to drag me across the road, he grabbed my arm but this time it was tighter than earlier,
"Please sir let go of me," I begged,
I am about to cry...
"Don't play hard to get Baby, I know you also want me," He was still pulling me to go to The Sexy Bar, I don't want to be in there,
The man successfully pulled me all the way across, I was nervous, scared and at the same time I wanted to cry,
We were about to go inside but then..... because I wanted to defend myself
I bite his hand pulling my arm....
"AHHH....." He screamed out of pain, He released me, it was my chance to run away, I was about to run, but he pulled my hair,
"You bitch! I will make sure you are going to be punished for what you have done to my hand," He shouted while pulling my hair, I was struggling to remove his hand, It hurts!
"Please..... Let go of me," I begged but he does not listen,
He was about to get me inside the bar pulling my hair, when suddenly....
Someone punched him
"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!!!" I looked at the person who punches the old drunk man, I can't believe that he's still outside of the University, I thought he went back,
A lot of people was staring at us because of what happened, The old drunk man that he punched passed out, I don't know if it's because of the punch or if he's too drunk
"Let's go," He said and then grab my hand, he pulled me as we ran away from that place
"I have to go back," I said, he was in front of me while pulling me, He didn't stop and he's not responding, we are continuously running away,
But I can't leave the convenience store or else Jairo and Asha will hate me, then they might fire me,
"Why do you even chose that work if you can't even do it with the old man? Huh?" He asked, is he talking about the convenience store?
"Look, I have to go back, Or else I will be fired," He didn't let go of me so I let go of him,
"Are you that pathetic? you wanted to go back to that Bar even though a guy wants you to do something that he wanted? do you like that bar so much? Is that why you are working there?"
What? Working in the bar? What is he talking about?
"Thank you so much Artreus, you save me back there, but I have to go,"
I have to go back, I turned around and then ran as fast as I could so that I can go back to the convenience store,
After minutes of running...
*CATCHING BREATH*
I finally arrived, I went inside the convenience store, I felt relieved when I saw that there is no costumer, I checked the money on the counter, the amount of the money is still the same, Thank God the convenience store isn't robbed when I am gone,
I looked at the monitor while thinking of how I can fix it,
"Welcome sir," I greeted while bowing down to him, he entered the convenience store but the monitor is broken,
"Calesie?" I raised my head to look at him because he knows my name,
"Kio? Wha-What are you doing here?" I asked I can't believe that Kio is also outside of the University, he's breaking the rules just like me,
"I followed someone here"
"Really? Who?"
"My roommate, "
"You work here?"
"Yeah, I am begging you, Kio, please don't report me, I didn't mean to violate the rules of the school, I am going to tell the dean so that he can give me permission to work at night but I kind of forgot the curfew so I didn't get the chance and today was my first day and I didn't want to get fired and... and...."
"Whoa Calesie, slow down, Don't worry, I won't report you, besides if I report you then that would also mean reporting myself because I am also outside of the university,"
That's a relief, Kio looked around the convenience store while both of his hands are inside his pocket,
"What are you looking for?" I asked
"Just some food that I am going to like, and some water too, do you have one?"
I don't know what he likes but
"How about this one? I bet that you will like it" I offered, giving him chocolate that I got from the side of the counter,
"How are you so sure?" He looked at me like he's suspecting me,
"Well I just know that you will like it," I answered but he was hesitating
"How about this deal, Open and taste it, if you don't like it I can pay for you because you opened the product and you can't get it back but if you like it you will pay,"
"Okay? It's a Deal then," He agreed, he opened the chocolate bar, then taste it, he looked at me like he was so happy, Is this the first time he tasted chocolate?
"This is delicious, How much is it? and I also want to get some mineral water, please"
"Yeah sure, you can get the water over there, I am going to scan the chocolate first,"
"Okay, I will be right back," He said then left to go to the refrigerators to get some water,
I was about to scan the product but I saw the broken monitor, I forgot about it, It's still broken
"Here is the water Calesie," Kio said then put the mineral water on the counter,
"Sorry, Kio I forgot, the monitor is broken,"
Kio looked at the broken monitor then smiled at me,
"Don't worry I can fix it,"
"What?"
"Can I go inside the counter?"
"Uhh... Ye-Yeah sure," Kio went inside the counter then he was like doing something in the monitor,
*MINUTES LATER*
"It's Fixed," He said, I checked and open the monitor again, he's right it is fixed, how did he do that?
"How did you do that?" I asked
"Well it's a secret, I am into technology since I was just a kid so these kinds of things are easy for me,"
"That's cool," I said admiring his talent,
I scanned the chocolate bar and the water that he wanted to buy, then he paid for it,
"What time is your out for this work?", He asked
"At 12;00 Am"
"Can I wait for you here? I don't have any place to go to stay in this hour, I can't go back to the university because I am going to be in big trouble, " He explained
"Sure, I don't see why not,"
There is no customer at this hour so Kio and I decided to stay outside and have a little talk, the outside of the convenience store has three tables with 4 chairs each for the customers who want to eat the food that they bought inside,
"I heard that bars are a dangerous place," Kio suddenly said while looking at the Sexy Bar a little far away from us,
"You have never been inside a bar before?" I asked,
"Nope, never in my life,"
I looked at the SEXY BAR because it's closing now, I remember Artreus because of it, I wonder where Artreus is? Why is he so mad at me? I didn't do anything to make him hate me,
"Anyway why did you follow your roommate?", I asked
"My annoying roommate suddenly wanted to go outside and his reason was to make sure that some girl was okay, I tried to stop him but he was so stubborn, so I followed him, He was running to go somewhere and that leads me here, then I saw a convenience store on the way, because I was so tired, I wanted to drink so I went inside, then I saw you"
"Where do you think is he?"
"I don't know, maybe Somewhere, Everywhere or Nowhere, He can take care of himself," Kio is funny,
"Why are you working here at this convenience store? Aren't your parents giving you an allowance?"
"Nope, I am not with my mom here in this city"
"Why?"
"Well, My mom is in my village, and besides asking her for money? I don't want to keep doing that, I wanted to support myself here, and then when I get the chance to be what I dream I would be, I will support my mother with the money that I earned just like how she supported me,"
"Wow I never knew such a person existed, I only knew girls who were spoiled by there parents,"
"Well, There lucky I guess,"
I looked up at the sky where I saw the stars, there are some constellations, I miss looking at the stars with my mom, I sure hope I could hug her right now,
"By the way, Calesie, Can I ask you a question?", Kio asked
"Okay? What is it?"
"Maybe you can answer this, I asked this for a lot of people now and none of them got to answer the question, You see Calesie, it's a riddle, Someone asked me this riddle a long time ago but I still can't figure out the answer, I wanted to answer this riddle so badly because I wanted to know something about that person who asked me this,"
"Okay? What's the riddle?"
"The riddle is..... I am the only one that you can count on when you have problems in your life, You can do anything when you believed in me, you can be everything when you have me and without me, you are NOTHING" right after Kio asked the riddle, I think about it carefully
I think
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I KNOW THE ANSWER...
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BONUS STORY:
ARTREUS POINT OF VIEW(POV)
I did save her but I think I said too many harsh words to her, I don't even know her, just because of my past it doesn't mean that the Pink-haired girl is just like her...
I was walking back to the University when I passed by the bar that I and the pink-haired girl came from earlier when I saved her from the drunken old man, I looked around to check if she was in there but the bar is already closed, I don't know why but I can't seem to forget about this pink-haired girl ever since I met her on the garden talking to Deyro,
I was about to start walking again when suddenly I saw Kio across the road talking to some girl, I was about to call him but I hesitated when I finally realized that the girl that Kio was talking to is the pink-haired girl,
What is she doing there talking to my best friend?
Maybe her work is done now that's why she is at the convenience store, the bar is closed, after all, I went near them but I stayed hidden in the dark so that they can't see me
"Why are you working here at this convenience store? Aren't your parents giving you an allowance?" I heard Kio asked, What? She's working at the convenience store and not at the bar?
"Nope, I am not with my mom here in this city" I heard her answered,
"Why?"
"Well, My mom is in my village, and besides asking her for money? I don't want to keep doing that, I wanted to support myself here, and then when I get the chance to be what I dream I would be, I will support my mother with the money that I earned just like how she supported me,"
"Wow I never knew such a person existed, I only knew girls who were spoiled by there parents,"
"Well, There lucky I guess,"
Did I just hear her right? I was rude to her just because of my past, I judged her easily because of that woman who betrayed me,
I am so wrong to judge her that easily,
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I AM SO WRONG...