Playing With Destiny

Chapter Four

[Khyzrr Khryss Alejandro's Point of View]

While looking at Keliche when she got out of Mr. Craniard’s office I think she needed some help? She looked so bothered, ugh what did that gay did to her again? I just continued to work since I’m still embarrassed about what happened a while ago. I even curse the shop manager when I talked to him earlier, he said many apologies and they promised to bring their most expensive bouquet later here at the office. That will be the bouquet that I’ll give to Keliche, to lessen her anger at least.

I didn’t talk too much while she and Trixie’s in each other’s throat a while ago because that’s their kind of fight. I don’t want to be caught in a scandal, and I think Keliche handled it well because Trixie’s still silent up until now. Her cubicle is beside mine and she seemed so busy, too focused when I looked at her cubicle.

Seconds, minutes, and hours had passed and I finished my paper works already. Ah! My shoulders and neck hurt. I checked the clock and it’s passed lunch time, I looked at the photocopying machine but Keliche’s not there. Maybe she took lunch already without me, maybe she’s in the cafeteria already.

“Are you looking for Ms. Sandoval?” Gerson asked looking at me, maybe I’m too obvious so being honest, I nodded so he smiled.

“Mr. Craniard shouted at her a while ago, it looks like she had done something wrong so she was ordered to clean the bathroom.” He answered.

“Is Mr. Craniard some kind of crazy or insane person?” I asked him but he just shrugged. He’s being too much! It’s just our second day yet Keliche even clean the bathroom right now. I immediately walked towards the bathroom where I saw Keliche talking someone over the phone.

“Should I file a law suit against that unidentified human being? He’s too harsh to me, I applied here to become a great chemist not to become a mighty janitress!”

Oh my, she’s hysterical.

“Fine! I’ll rip his head once I became a regular here! He will see!” She said before putting her phone down and continued mopping the restroom’s floor.

“Hey, are you okay?” I asked her, she looked at me and she looked so shocked upon seeing me.

“What are you doing here? You are supposed to be eating your lunch right now.” She asked while she’s busy with her work.

“Well, I have no spirit if I’m not eating with you. And, ugh, I can talk to him if you want to.” I told her but she just shrugged while glaring at me. Ugh, that’s I think is a very bad idea.

“His wrath would be bigger than his wrath to me right now. I can handle this, don’t worry. He’s just an immature unidentified human being.” She answered, so I nodded and waited for her until she finished cleaning the whole bathroom.

After she finished cleaning the bathroom we went on the cafeteria and sadly, Trixie started gossiping again that Keliche cleaned the bathroom, so since I’m with Keliche she heard everything too.

“Oh, the pathetic b***h just cleaned the bathroom.”

“Yeah?” Keliche said making Trixie looked at her, well, she looked so happy seeing Keliche’s messy hair. Ugh, she’s still pretty despite of that, she looked like she just woke up from a deep sleep.

“How’s the bathroom? Did you clean it well?” Trixie asked, so Keliche just smirked making me more amazed.

“Well, the bathroom I cleaned is dirty as you before I started to clean it but when I finished? b***h, they are cleaner than your personality.” Keliche answered before holding my hand leaving the girls dumbfounded. We went in line, the feeling of being hungry is sinking into me right now, the smell of fried chicken’s making my mouth water.

“Go find a table.” I said to her, so she nodded before leaving. I looked at her while she’s walking and like me, other people inside the cafeteria looks at her like a Goddess. Well, she is a so-called Goddess already though.

I looked at the cafeteria’s menu for today,

Fried Chicken

[Fried chicken is a dish consisting of chicken pieces usually from broiler chickens which have been floured or battered and then pan-fried, deep fried, or pressurefried.]

Sinigang na Baboy

[Pork Sinigang, also called Sinigang na Baboy, is a traditional Filipino soup dish known for its sour flavor. By tradition, the souring ingredient of this dish comes from a tamarind fruit.]

Ginataang Gulay

[Ginataang Gulay is a hearty pork, shrimp and vegetable stew cooked in coconut milk; best served with steamed rice.]

Tempura

[ A Japanese dish of vegetables and shrimp or other seafood dipped in batter and fried in deep fat.]

Since I know that Keliche loves shrimp according to my reliable source named Alana, I bought tempura and orange juice for her and fried chicken and coke zero for me. I’m happy that the staffs of the company cafeteria are so hospitable and kind.

When I got our food, I search for Keliche and she’s sitting in a vacant table near the door so I immediately walked towards her. I smiled as I sat at the chair in front of her. I prepared our food in the table and started eating afterwards.

“Ugh, I love shrimp so much. Did you know that when I was young, I used to order our house maids to cook tempura for me that’s why my father’s always angry at me? I remembered running for my life every time I did that stupid stunt of mine.”

I was shocked hearing her sharing her childhood with me, well, she doesn’t have any facial expression but it’s fun hearing her story.

“Then, I should cook tempura for you if you want too, just tell me.” I said to her, she nodded before eating her food. It’s fun seeing her eat her food, I felt her happiness. I just hope that next time, she’ll be smiling like a kid when I cooked for her.

After we finished eating our food, I got a message from the flower shop that they are already at the front desk.

“Ice, I have something to do. You go there first.” I said pertaining to her cubicle because I still have to fetch the bouquet. She nodded before entering the elevator going up while me, I took the other elevator, and went down to the ground floor. I saw a huge bouquet that the manager of the flower shop is holding while smiling at me.

“We’re very sorry about what happened, sir. We promised to make it clear next time.” He apologized so I just nodded and took the bouquet for Keliche.

When I was walking back to the elevator going up, many people are looking at me but I just let them. I didn’t even mind them, I just walked, rode the elevator and again walked towards Keliche’s cubicle while she’s playing tetris on her desktop computer.

“Hey…”

As she looked around, I heard her loud gasp so I smiled before handing her the bouquet. She looked around and bit red when she saw that everyone’s looking at us, some even clapped their hands.

“I think they misunderstood what’s happening.” She whispered to my ear, I smiled and messed with her hair.

“Let them. I will be working in my own cubicle, do your best.” I said to her, she nodded before sitting in her chair putting the large bouquet beside her. I think she liked it.

“Nice one, bro.”

“Oh my, Keliche’s so darn lucky!”

“Did I just watch a scene?”

“Ugh, I wish I was her.”

I just shrugged before continuing my own work and luckily, I finished it before the hand of the clock says that it’s already 5 in the afternoon. I looked around and my other co-trainees are already finished with their work too so I just passed it to our supervisor since he’s the one who gave me the task. He said that he’s impressed but before I can even hold the door knob of his door to go out of his office he asked,

“Are you and Ms. Sandoval already in a relationship?”

Maybe it’s our time to kill him with curiosity.

“What do you think, sir?” I also asked him before going out of his office and I saw Keliche standing outside, holding the bouquet like she’s waiting for me so I smiled and took the bouquet and her sling bag since she looked like she needed help.

“Thanks for this.” She said pointing the flowers, I nodded and smiled. We immediately reached the parking lot, since it’s still early in the afternoon.

“Alana’s going to tease me more because of this.” She whimpered as we both get inside my car so I laughed at her.

“Stop laughing, you fool!” She shouted at me but she’s already red, she’s blushing!

“Okay, okay. But since I gave you flowers, I think you need to pay me with your cellphone number.” I said while wiggling my eyebrows, she rolled her eyes before she started dictating her cellphone number. Luckily, I’m already typing it in my notes. Maybe I should call her later to confirm that it’s really hers.

“Ugh, you gave me those flowers in purpose!”

“Of course, this is a give and take relationship, Ice. You must know.” I said to her before maneuvering the steer wheel and started driving to her apartment.

“I should have predicted this to happen, walking dimple. I’m stupid.” She said but I just pinched her cheeks making her slapped my right hand.

Damn. Everything she do make her looked gorgeous to me, do I need to go on a psychiatrist now? Or should I let someone check my heart right now? It’s beating so fast like I’m running to save my life from death.

[ definition are from google, yey]