The manager got to the spot where Leonard was standing and placed his right palms on Leonard's right shoulder. It was Leonard he wanted to speak with, it's evident from the name he called.
"So, how was your first day at work here at the Q and R construction company?". The manager inquired of him.
"It's cool. You know? The working system and environment are good. The workers are nice, and so on". Leonard responded.
"Good, I'm glad that you enjoyed your first day here. And I also noticed your hard work, that's nice. Most of the workers that were employed in this company didn't put in much hard work on their first day. But you did, that's great, keep it up". The manager uttered hardening his grip on Leonard's shoulder.
Wow! The manager was already noticing his hard work too? So quick? Now, this was so nice and Leonard was excited that he couldn't help but let his lips curve in a smile.
"Thanks, manager. I promise to keep working hard". Leonard uttered with that smile still plastered to his face.
The manager nodded his head a little to what Leonard just said, there was a bit of smile on his face. He uttered to Leonard once again,
"Most likely, you'll be following me to the two sites tomorrow...our two current projects. Most of the workers have seen the buildings already. You're ready to come tomorrow, right?".
"Yeah, wholly ready".
"OK, you may go now", The manager stated, then he glanced at Felix and uttered once again, "I see you too, Felix. Wanna thank you for doing all that I asked you to do".
"No prob". Felix uttered as he and Leonard began sauntering to the staircase.
Reaching the staircase, they descended from it and began strolling to the door that leads outside. They got to the door, opened it, and stepped out of the company. The security guard that Leonard saw this morning when he first arrived at this company and when he gained access into it was still standing at the front of the company...like what! Was his job a security guard or a soldier?
Leonard wanted to confirm if he had been standing like this in front of this company from that morning till now. So when he and Felix arrived at the spot where the guard was standing, Leonard inquired of him,
"So, how are you, man?".
"I'm good, young man". The guard retorted.
"Don't tell me you've been standing like this in front of this company since when I met you that morning till now?".
The guard laughed a little and responded, "No, am ain't a soldier? I ate, I drank. And to do that, I had to walk out of this place".
Leonard breathed a sigh of relief and uttered, "That's relieving to hear. I wouldn't have liked it if you'd told me that you've been standing here from that morning till now. Like, it's not fair to human life".
The guard laughed again and said, "Thanks for your concern".
With that, Felix tapped Leonard on his shoulder and said, "Let's go, man".
The both of them were starting to become friends, or let's say, they were friends already. They know a lot about themselves already, though most of the stuff Felix knows about Leonard were fake. And Felix was just older than Leonard by a year...so they were a perfect fit. If only Felix knows all the true details about Leonard, he wouldn't mingle with him.
They sauntered until they were some meters away from the company, and this is where they'll have to part ways. Felix was gonna follow the right-hand side, while Leonard was gonna follow the left-hand side. So Felix said to Leonard before they parted ways,
"Bye bro, we'll see again tomorrow".
As Leonard sauntered, he thought about his first day at work, it was cool. With all those pretty ladies that were giving him those seductive stares, if not for one thing, he'll love to bang one of them. Like, he actually enjoyed working, he could have done more of this on his previous earth. He could have given a chance to work while still gambling.
Gambling was something that was already a part of him, so even now that he was enjoying working...he still felt like gambling. Then he thought about the manager, he was already noticing his hard work just on his first day. And he'll continue working hard like this so he'll be able to collect his salary on time.
While sauntering, he saw a taxi pass by in front of him, and he felt like taking a taxi...but he's got no money. He journeyed and journeyed until he arrived at the boulevard where his apartment was situated, then he strolled to the door of his apartment, unlocked it, and entered. The first thing he did after entering his apartment was to take off his tie, shirt, trousers, shoes, and dash into the bathroom immediately...he needed to freshen up.
After freshening up, he came out of the bathroom and changed into something casual. Then he engaged in the laundry washing the shirt and trousers he just put off and some other clothes using the washing machine. After that, he felt like eating something, but he wanted everywhere to darken up a little before he'll start preparing dinner...he was gonna prepare rice balls and stew for dinner.
So while waiting for everywhere to darken up a little, he put on the television and balanced on one of the sofas...he was gonna watch television to pass time. Watching the television for minutes, he strolled to the window, opened it, and glanced outside. Everywhere had darkened up a little, it's about time to go prepare dinner. So he sauntered into the kitchen and began cooking.
He first started with the preparation of the rice balls, after they had done, he started preparing stew. Preparing stew didn't take much time as it took to prepare the rice balls. After he was done preparing stew, he dished them into two separate plates. Rice balls in one plate, and stew in one plate. Then he took them to the parlor, dropped them on the table, licked his mouth, and rubbed his palms together...then he started eating.
It was such a delicious meal, you know, Leonard was a good cook. After minutes, Leonard was done eating, so he took the plates to the kitchen and washed them that instant with the other plate he used in eating this morning. Done washing, he strolled over to the parlor once again, put on the television, balanced on one of the sofas, and began watching a TV program.
Though his gaze was focused on the TV screen, his mind wasn't completely there. He was thinking of the tactic he planned on using to make Eva fall for him. There was a very high possibility that the tactic would work, but he couldn't help but to keep asking himself, would it work? If it doesn't work, then he'll die 'cause it was remaining just two weeks for the quest to expire.
So though his gaze was focused on the TV screen, he kept on thinking about that. It got to a time when Leonard got tired of watching the television, so he strolled to it and put it off. Then he sat back on the couch and began thinking full time. Just then, he heard the system's daily reminder,
[ Two weeks to go, seduce and bang Eva, or you die]
Why was she always doing this? Why does she always change her statement? Sometimes, she'll say, 'Complete your quest, or you die'. Or sometimes, she'll say, 'Seduce and bang Eva, or you die'. Well, this wasn't something Leonard want to start thinking about now, she'll have her reasons for doing that. His expectation was, now that she had reminded him to complete his quest, he would hear her voice no more, but she spoke again,
[ Host, how was your first day at work?]
With a bit of confused facial expression, Leonard inquired, "Host? When did you start calling me, host?".
[ If we check things out, you're a host. So I just decided to call you that now]
"Please, I don't really like it, just call me by my name".
[ OK, Leonard, how was your first day at work?]
"It was nice, you know? I was elated when I got the job, and I'm working hard already. And best of all, the manager is noticing my hard work already. And seems like I've gotten a friend for myself already, he goes by the name, Felix. I just hope the manager would keep noticing my hard work so I can collect my pay before two weeks".
[ Yeah. And always keep remembering the rule, don't let any of them find out that you're from Earth 1]