Chapter 11: A LOT of awkwardness!
"huh? You are hugging me to relax yourself? Do I look like a teddy bear to you? I know that we are enemies and fight like children,but you shouldn't forget the fact that I am a man and you're a woman. You can't just hug me whenever you want to,if someone sees us hugging eachother,then I don't think that,you will get the chance to date someone."said Akihito.
"Yeah,you're right,I shouldn't hug you,but I can't help myself,I am actually feeling very stressed,I can't tell you the reason of my stress but,I can atleast hug you. And I promise that,this is the last time,I am hugging you,I won't hug you ever again."said Suzume.
They hugged eachother for 10 minutes,and Suzume released Akihito." You should leave now,since it's already 9 PM,actually I should drop you to your house since it's so late."said Akihito.
"No,you don't need to do that I can go alone,I will meet you tomorrow. Bye."said Suzume. She left in a hurry,after saying this. After she left, Akihito was all alone in the office.
Akihito's thoughts: why does this place seems quiter than usual? Back then,I used to work alone in my office,and didn't talk much to my employees but now,it feels weird to stay here without Suzume.
Akihito posted the episode,cleaned the office. And went to the convenience store to have dinner,after having dinner he returned back home. He went to the washroom to take a bath. Akihito's thoughts while taking a shower: why did she hug me before leaving? And why did I feel the urge to kiss her? I mean the kiss was the only way to stop her yapping,but still,I never kissed anyone,except my wife.
Wait,am I falling for her? And why the heck am I thinking about her so much? No,come to your senses,I can't get tricked by her face,what if she's pretty? I won't get tricked, NEVER! Wait,did I just call her pretty!? What the freak is going on with me?this never happened when my secretary tried to seduce me back then.
I never treated my employees differently,be it a woman or a man. Hah! I should just stop thinking about the past. Akihito finished taking a bath,and went to sleep.
Suzume, on the other hand was still staying at her fiance's house. Even though,her fiance refused to marry her. Suzume did her skincare,had dinner and slept. Suzume's thoughts wile sleeping: am I having insomnia again? But I felt sleepy when I was at the office!
And by the way,how the hell am I going to go to the office tomorrow!? How can I face him after what happened between us this evening? It would be so embarrassing to even talk to him! Oh my lord! I shouldn't have hugged him in the first place,but I was feeling so lonely!
But somehow,today,I can sleep peacefully without having insomnia. My therapist told me that my insomnia will never ever leave me,since I am missing Haruto so much and also because of my toxic parents. But,today,I feel better,maybe it's because of the hug.
Suzume fell asleep,before even realising. She woke up in the morning at 7am. Suzume's thoughts after waking up: how did I wake up so early today? And how did I fall asleep yesterday? Did I just fall alseep while thinking about Akihito? I guess I did! Anyways,I don't care about how I feel about him,I am happy that I didn't have any problems while sleeping yesterday.
Suzume got ready, had breakfast and went to the office. "I hope I will not have to face him so early in the morning. I don't want to be embarrassed anymore. I just want to work,and earn money to support my family." Suzume said to herself.
As soon as she entered the office,she saw Akihito mopping the floor. They both thought that they wouldn't have to face eachother xxx,if they reached the office earlier,but unfortunately they both had the same plan.
"Why are you so early today? You always come at 10 am,but today you're 2 hours early. I am sorry to say,but I won't give you any extra money for coming so early. I didn't tell you to overtime,so it's your fault.
Suzume didn't say anything and went to the convenience store to have breakfast. Akihito's thoughts: um,this was my second plan,but did it work? Or did I make a mistake by talking about money early in the morning? Anyways,I don't care about her opinion on what I said,I just wanted to change the topic of conversation,and I successfully did.
Suzume came to the office after 2 hours. What were you doing at the convenience store for so long? Were you eating or talking to someone?"asked Akihito.
"Why do you care? I don't think that I need to inform you about my whereabouts. Anyways,tell me what I have to work on today."said Suzume.
"U...uh today's a holiday,you don't need to work today,it's a holiday today!"said Akihito.
"Huh,it's a holiday today? Who has a holiday on Tuesday? People get a holiday on the weekends,not on the week days!"said Suzume.
"U..um I am the boss,so I get to decide,if there's a holiday or not,you should just leave without asking me unnecessary questions."said Akihito. I don't trust you,what if you deduct my sala...ok I guess,I should leave,bye.
Suzume left in a hurry,without saying anything. Suzume's thoughts: bruh,did I just ended up repeating the whole thing that happened yesterday!? What if he kissed me again? It's good that I left the office,before he could do anything to me.
As Akihito was cleaning the office,he noticed that Suzume left her purse,on her desk.