"Hush, that was too close… I almost fell with you…" Lying down on the floor after successfully rescuing Abaddon against his will to die, Eric spoke to himself in disbelief as he did it and continued. "Hey… are you really gone crazy? I don't know what your f****** problem here, but I know one thing, suicide isn't an answer for anything in this world."
"I-I know…"
"YOU KNOW… Then why did you try to do that?" Silence is the only answer, Eric gain from Abaddon to his question. "Haa, Abaddon… Let me tell you something, silence and fear are the biggest enemies everyone has in their life. Keeping this together, you won't be able to live a life you wanted in this life nor another.
I don't know what kind of problem you are facing right now, but if you need any help from me, feel free to ask me any time. And don't do anything stupid like this anymore."
"If I want to kill someone, will you still be willing to help me?" The unexpected reply from Abaddon startled Eric for a moment. Reading the expression change on Eric's face, Abaddon continued. "You can't, right? So, stop spouting nonsense as you can do anything if I ask…"
Without looking back, Abaddon intends to move out of that place and situation by overpowering Eric through his words. But he never expects, Eric would stop him by grabbing his hands.
"What?"
"I sacrifice myself for you that night, even erased five idiots' existence for your sake and you still doubt my sincerity towards you.
However, I won't do anything without any reason or a gain. You aren't that special to me, nor we had any special relation. Even the help you need is quite risky too. So, let's make a deal rather than asking some help. Offer something that can satisfy me before asking something from me.
Think carefully and tell me tomorrow, what you can offer. After that, we can talk about this matter deeply." Patting his shoulders, Eric went out first while putting Abaddon in a confused state.
When the school time is over, Eric went to pick up Cain from XXX junior school on his way back home.
At the front gate, Cain was waiting for his boss with his friend who is quite familiar with Eric.
"Boss…" Seeing Eric coming to pick him up, a bright smile showed up on Cain's face and he run towards him without any hesitation.
Holding Cain's hand, Eric approached Cain's friend and called her name passionately. "Helica…"
"You again… Is he your boss that you are talking about?" Furiously looking at Eric and diverting her question towards Cain, Helica spoke.
"Yeah, he is my boss. By the way, do you guys know each other?" With a confused look, Cain looked at them.
"Yeah…." "NO…" Both of them answer in one go, but oppositely.
"You are so mean… How can you say that so simply, it has been just three days and you forget me already? It hurts…" Using his overacting skill, Eric tries to soften Helica's heart and then… "But how can you still forget the day, we met for the first time. You even screamed like a gorilla that day. Don't you remember, how ugly you look that day… And the following days, you were wandering around me like a monkey…"
The proud looks in her face as how she defeated Eric, slowly melt away with the non-stop talk of Eric about their past meetings in front of her bestie. "Y-you… Stop…stop it… I remember, I remember…" She finally admits her defeat in a pathetic way.
Towards the upset face which turned red from shame, a lollipop pops up in front of it. "I missed you… my lollipop partner." With a single sentence, he creates a smile on Helica's face.
"Ahem… Where is brother Aiden? Didn't he come with you?" Quickly taken back the smile, she curiously asks after looking here and there.
"Nope, he is little sick lately. So, he is resting in his home."
"Oh…"
"Why didn't you come to the store as always? Didn't you able to steal money from your aunt today?" In a teasing way, Eric asked.
"Not even once I stole her money. And what I take is actually mine, not hers." In a serious tone, she spoke.
"Ok, Ok. Whatever it is, don't get hurt." Patting her head, Eric concernedly spoke.
"I'm not a child." Making a pout face, she spoke and divert the talk. "Let's go to the bus stand…"
"Wait a minute, Cain why are you calling him boss anyway?" Leading the way, Helica curiously talks.
"Mmm… Because he said to call him that way. Also, I'm working at his house to repay my father's debt, isn't it normal to call that way?" Without hiding anything, Cain spoke.
"What??? You work at his home… Aren't you afraid of the law? Child labor is a crime, don't you know?" Without holding back, she shouts while standing at the road and continued with a sigh. "Hush, what is so good about having a handsome face when you are acting like a villain? Nowadays, can't judge people by their handsome face anymore?" Not only that she even takes Cain to her side quickly as a mother bird.
"Heli, boss isn't a bad guy." Supporting Eric, Cain spoke.
"It's hard to believe…" With full confidence, she said.
"Trust me, Helica. I'm a good guy."
"Not even in my dreams, I would trust you… You, loan shark!!! Cain let's escape… run…"
"Really…" She meant all these as a game or not, whatever, she drains Eric's energy by making him follow them the whole evening.