The days of his friendship with Mayvee was going peacefully. it has been months since they started to know each other. he would occassionally help her with her studies and she would tell him about her thoughts on every book that she read.
until one day, when their days peace started to reach its end.
one day Niel suddenly came down with fever. His mother forced him to stay at home and not go to college. Neil tried to tell her that his fever wasn't so bad but he simply couldn't convince his mom. feeling defeated he had to stay home but his mind was somewhere else. it was soon valentines day. until last year, 14th feb was the most cringeworthy day for him. But ever since he met Mayvee, his perspective on life just changed 360 degree. he was now looking forward to a day he never thought was special.
but now sitting at home made him get restless. he knew Maybe would be at college now. he wanted to see her so bad but he just couldn't. just when he was about to feel miserable, he got an idea. he thought about surprising Mayvee by visiting her at the mall. looking at the time now was 12;20pm. he thought that the time Maybe gets out of college is 3;30pm. and by the time she would reach PR mall would be 4;45pm, since its quite far.
after calculating the timing he decided to drop by the mall at exactly 5. but in the meantime he had to take rest as per his mother's instruction.
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It was now 5 and Niel was waiting for Mayvee near the cash counter. after waiting for 20 more minutes, and seeing no sign of her coming, he decided to go and ask a fellow cashier if she knows anything.
"excuse me?"
" yes? how may I help you?" the cashier, who seemed to be quite young asked him politely.
" actually I wanted to know if you knew someone named Mayvee. She works here right?"
" yes she does. She sits in the customer care counter."
" oh okay. so when does she come here usually?"
the cashier girl hesitated for a moment. studying her uneasiness, he clarified that he is just a friend of hers.
after pausing for few seconds she replies " her shift starts at 7. but since our timings don't match so I don't know anything else about her". the cashier girl looks at him for sometime. he had no expression. so she lowered her voice and continued " I don't know who you are to her but....."
she gulped down stopping.
" but what?" asked niel with a heavy voice. the cashier girl looked around a little before responding. " but I'd suggest you to stay away from her. she kind of gives an eerie feeling."
Niel said nothing in response. he just thanked her and moved away from the counter. despite having a serious face, his mind was yet again in chaos because of her. why would she lie to him? she didn't technically lie to him about her job but she obviously goes somewhere else before coming here. and his hunch was that it was some place she wanted to keep it a secret. He decided to get into the depth of this secret.