In a crowded shopping mall there was a small shop with so many clothes and accessories, designable suits and dresses, shining jewelleries and Makeup products, there was a section for both men and women, in a space of counter there was a boy looking quite young like 22 or 23?, with slightly short hair from the back and quite long from the front that could get to his eyes, he was wearing diamond earrings in his ears that looked so great with his fair face, his height was good but compared to other guys he looked small, a handsome boy with a simple t-shirt on that doesn't look much expensive and loose pants as if he was on holiday, his taste in clothings was quite weird in some peoples eyes as he weared a pink t-shirt with light green pants that had army design, there was something written on that pink t-shirt 'Keep going' and below that 'you are the best' that might motivate the one who read it, with his charming and attractive personality he was good at conversations too as if he was working from a long time, if you look closing he had applied nail polish on his fingers that gave his finger a girly look but rather it was catchy, some customers even ask for his number sometimes but he was not allowed to give away his personal or contact information that would only leave a disappointed look on there faces.
"Good work today too" Ms.Rose said with her genuine and pretty smile, "you must be tired go and eat something Sam will handle the rest for now", Ms.Rose was young lady in her 30's and she was skill with every work she done, she was quite of a scary person too went she gets angry but motherly too when she is happy, well it was like a shift she made for her shop with two people, one will work and at the break time another one will work, they change there place in 3 to 4 hours so to get breaks and stay healthy, it was not same at every shop but as Ms.Rose was concern about at staff so she specially made this setting, Ms.Rose was a gentle woman and Neil worked with her for like 6 to 7 years already as now he is 22 and still likes too work with her, at first she had a small cafe near the main road of city and Neil was her staff as a waiter, he was already so good with everything that she hired him forever, then she decided too complete her dream of running a clothing store with the help of her husband and cause Neil was her trusted person she chose him as a staff again, "yes" Niel replied and left the shop for a while to get his meal.
He went to a food store, that was placed in the mall itself, "oh Niel you are here, welcome so what would you like sir?" after seeing Neil the friendly counterman Thomas said, "stop with this act Mr.Thomas" Neil replied, Mr.Thomas was an middle age man with a builded body, grey eyes and charming personality, he had less hairs on his head so he was used to wearing a cap all the time, peoples around him rarely saw him without cap including Niel, Neil was like a regular customer cause he would always come only to this store to get food in the whole mall, every shop was independent in this mall and this store was the best one to supply food also it was so near the clothing store of Ms.Rose, "I will get my things for payment" Neil said to Mr.Thomas, after a while a got a spicy ramen cup, a rice cake packet, guava juice with ice cup and a yakut, he did the payment and went to table, "enjoy your mean" Mr.Thomas said.
When Neil set to his table and was about to open his ramen cup of noodles, his phone started ringing, he looked at the name on screen, (My landlord?) Neil thought, "Hello" Neil said after picking up the phone,
"Hi...em...Neil I got the rent yesterday of this month...I never send though?"
"yes I had the money available so I send it before date"
"good... that's ok but you...can you get your payment back?"
"but why?" Niel got a idea of what the landlord was trying to say,
"well... my few close relatives are coming so... I want a place for them to stay...they will be for few months so..."
"oh...I got it"
"yes, I will give that payment back soon, thank you bye"
"bye"
Neil hang up the phone and started eating his meal, (I have to look for rented place again), (should I ask for a leave to Ms.Rose now?), he was not disappointed rather he was exhausted, (maybe later) Neil thought with a sign in his face, he was just thinking and a message poped up on screen which was from his landlord of giving back the payment.
He finished his meal quickly and went back to Ms.Rose's store, Neil was lost in his thoughts of finding a rented place again and asking for a leave then he will have a pay cut too, while getting back he found that there was a person on the elevator looking like someone he knew, there was a one more person looking familiar, standing beside the other person but he ignored him, when Neil looked closely he become sure that the person was same, (D...Denial?), (Why is he here?) Neil couldn't get his eyes off that person for a minute that he even forgot to move, (They says right, this world is so small), those two familier peoples went in the elevator and the door closed but Neil's eyes were still locked in there, not moving even a inch.
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