WARNING!!! THIS BOOK WILL CONTAIN MATURE THEMES AND VIOLENCE ,PLEASE LEAVE IF IT WILL MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE. I DO NOT NEED THIS BOOK TO BE REPORTED . YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
But. This chapter contains none of that
⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳⌛ ∆ The continuous clicking of keys echoed through the dark empty office room, the light coming off a lone desktop was the only thing illuminating the whole room, and it seemed to also be the source of the continuous clacking of key. In the plastic chair in front of the computer sat a man who looked to be in his mid twenties, with messy h/c hair, he was slouched over in his seat, his e/c eyes that had black bags under them were focused on the screen, occasionally scrolling over to reread what he had typed down.
Work had ended a little over thirty minutes ago and his co workers had gathered their things and hurried out in different groups, all chatting excitedly and wondering what they were gonna do for the evening, leaving the male alone to go through his work. It's not like the man didn't like getting off work early too, he could use the free time to do lots of things ( order a cake from that one cafe he liked, read a manga , watch anime, or laze around on his phone until his neck hurt),but he liked having no mistakes or errors in his work. He wasn't a perfectionist, his procrastination habits would never let him be one,but when he had a job to do he liked it done thoroughly, besides it's not like he had anywhere to be.
"I thought you would have been done by now, but looks like your boring ass still buried in work" a voice said snapping the man out of his concentration. An annoyed sigh made it's way passed his thin lips as he recognized the sound instantly knowing who the voice belonged too and it didn't help that the clicking of heels on the tiled was getting closer to him.
Frustrated e/c eyes turned to look over at a pretty woman standing a few feet away from his position, her sparkling brown were filled with mischief and her lips formed in a smug smirk. Feeling a headache forming the man raised a hand to his forehead and rubbed his temples. "Well if you find my ass so boring why do you bothered waiting for me" he retorted back , going back to his work and trying to tune her out, ultimately failing when she walked over to him and throw her arms over his shoulders and leaned over to look at what he was doing, startling the male, "This again?! Really M/N?, this has to be the sixth time your doing this " her condensing tone irked him and he swatted her arms away from his neck ignoring the annoyed "hey!" that left her. It's not his fault that he likes his work with no mistakes. Rather do it well the first time than fail countless other time trying to get it right.
The h/c male turned of his computer knowing he wouldn't be able to get any work done with the woman around so he would just give into her whims for now. He stood up and packed his stuff,mumbling under his breath before turning to glare at the pretty dark skinned woman , who in turn was staring at him with an innocent smile. "Eh~ your finished already? Great now let's go." The woman said and pulled him out of the gloomy office ignoring his own noise of protest, as she practically dragged him by his arm into the outside world away from their depressing minimum wage prison into the dazzling bright lights of the late night city blinding him for a few moments,before his vision adjusted to them. The taller woman took in a breath of fresh air, before looking over at the male, a bright smile on her face, a dimple visible on her cheeks, her eyes twinkling with excitement. A huge contrast to the s/c male in her grasp ,who's lips was pulled down in a vexed frown, his brows furrowed occasionally twitching in irritation, his eyes showing annoyance and disinterest , his whole persona screamed 'I'm in this situation and I don't like it', but that didn't deter the woman one bit. Intact she seemed amused by it 'just like a grouchy cat' she thought as they turned a corner.
"Were exactly are kidnapping me too Cass?" The male asked after they turned another corner in the last ten minutes of their little 'stroll', the h/c male recognized the street, and had an idea where they would be going, but knowing his friend predicting where she was taking him to would be useless, 'Cass' smirked and did that weird ojou sama laugh getting weird out glances from passers by "oh you'll see~" she said walking faster and M/N couldn't surpass the shiver that ran down his spine. What the hell did this woman have in store for him again? If it was cosplaying as some stupid cat maid again-
"Tada~!!!" The woman declared as she gestured towards a soft pink building, and the man's e/c eyes widened in awe, far different from the usual scowl he always had and the Lady gave her self a pat on the back for a job well done. "Is this?..." The man started and trailed off still on shock "Yep" the woman said popping the 'p' a soft grin on her face as she took in the male's expression 'the trouble was worth it" she thought to herself watching the child like glimmer in his eyes.
M/N couldn't believe it, his e/c eyes taking in the pink exterior of the small shop,pastel lights, glimmering around it to attract attention to itself, even though the colour palette choice was already doing that, but the fact the he was still going to get in their made him giddy.
The building, ' Rosé Patisserie' was the best cafe in the whole city, and very strict and sophisticated for a small establishment, you couldn't get in unless you've booked a reservation and not to mention those were expensive as heck, but the heavenly goods and drinks we're worth all the money and stress.
"H..how did you even get a spot?" He asked the woman turning when he finally managed to tear his eyes away from the building to look at her, his expression still filled with shock and awe. "Meh. A woman never reveals her secrets and besides your boring ass needs a little excitement once in a while, away from your computer" the Lady teased him and laughed when the man's face reverted back to his normal grouchy look, she caught her breath after a while and walked towards the h/c male "come on let's go in before our seats get passed to someone else" she urged him dragging him behind her once again as she took the lead to the cafe's direction , this time with little complain from the man in her grasp. She would be damned if the seat she spent nearly 120 dollars for gets taken away. M/N watched her fondly taking in a her cheerful expression and for the first time in a long time gave her a soft smile "Thank you Cassandra I'm very grateful" he said gently, this made Cassandra stop and look at the man with huge eyes and a bewildered look, as her ears and eyes tried to process what she just saw and heated and the h/c male stared at her in confusion at her bewildered state. Cassandra couldn't believe her eyes, her friend since diapers, just smiled? And said thank you??? Was the world ending soon? Had God finally given up hope on humanity.
"Who are you and what have you done with my M/N" the black woman demand as she grabbed the e/c man and brought him closer staring him dead in the eye with all seriousness. Her accusations made the man's face revert back to his usual grouchy look and his eyebrow twitched in irritation "Cassandra battleaxe Milford you just had to ruin the moment didn't you" the man spat out between girthed teeth and glare back into her warm brown eyes,but the woman just heaved out a sigh of relief ' it was just a glitch in the system, his back to his normal self. "Thank God I thought I was going to have a heart attack the woman mumbled under her breath, but it was loud enough for the man to hear and a visible vain popped out by the side of his head and he used his hand to rub his temples to calm down an upcoming head. Was him smiling really that bad? Ignoring his thoughts he brushed the woman off him and stalked towards the building, reaching out to dragged her behind him this time and tuned our her complains and whining, what was he going to do with her?
Cassandra stopped her complains and looked up M/N noticing he had a small smile on his thin lips and she in turn chuckled internally at her friends unique personality. What was she going to do with him?
bury him pretty soon-
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Hi everyone unlike the other small stories with diamond heads thus small Clip does not contain any hints or clues to what will happen in future chapters at least not yet. I just wanted to write something about the MC's past life before he was reincarnated and explore more on Case's character. I like her but sadly she'll only be appearing in small flashbacks like this. Honestly we all need a friend like this lovely Lady who is ready to bust out a lot of cash just so we can eat fancy cake for the night.