"Uh... Thanks for the offer Sato, but I will go out with another person, maybe another day? You don't need to use your money, I will afford everything." A handsome guy excuses politely the girl, who starts to look down at the floor with a mix of confused and lost looks, her white skin starts to go pale as she doesn't seem to move anymore.
[ Another person? Did I? Did I got rejected? What am I supposed to do? Is it a friend? It must be, but maybe I still have a chance, it's just competition? Right? So this is how it feels being neglected, It's not like he already has a girlfriend or anything. ] Her mind races through the world trying to find an answer and a proper reaction, but the worlds see only her stopped body, not even her lungs moving.
"Are you ok Sato? You look pale, are you resting well?" The young man asks in a normal tone, he doesn't seem concerned about this unusual situation.
"Uh... Yeah-
Suddenly, a woman, her coworker, enters the conversation and pulls Sato some meters away, she leans closer to talk.
"Are you ok?"
"Yes I'm fine"
"Relax Sato, take a breath"
"Thanks for the concern, but I'm good, really, it's not like..."
"This is normal to happen, is part of life, let's eat, shall we?"
"Yeah..."
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[ Hrrr... Why did you have to do that, he will be mine, not yours, you can have whatever guy you want ] The woman takes the time where the world can't pay attention to her, she tries to avoid thinking further, the working time didn't end yet, professional and personal life can't be mixed.
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~ 6:00 PM, Rikko Street ~
The working day ended, yet many can't stop thinking about the work, about the future or the past, the present, the now, doesn't seem to exist. At the way to the near station, the woman, Sato's co-worker, starts to finally let her mind work as her body rests.
[ I'm not going to let it go like that, maybe she didn't have fault, but I can't afford to spend another year without anyone, sorry Sato but I have no way but to make you leave ]
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[ I have bigger chances, a better future waiting for me, and I can't make such mistakes like you, working at burger king, you can spend the rest of your life on another side of this country, you have a beautiful face, and you will find a way to live peacefully, with honor, I will take him from here and reclaim what is mine for right, everyone wins ]
[ Maybe I shouldn't do something low for a good thing, but the world is not bound by a rule, why do I care anyway? I barely know her, either way, I'm not going to do something because I want, I just can't compete, can I? Why I should be blamed if I couldn't do something about it? She is young and I'm getting old, she is making herself a life and I'm being taken from mine, just because my parents don't agree with me, I shouldn't be working at Burger King in the first place, it's not my fault, I've lost enough, it's not right but I have to do something, maybe later I will help her, pay the double of what I did, this shall give me mercy for my sins... Am I that stressed? ]