I changed in to my uniform and walked towards the staff meeting room . I was almost late thanks to that girl ! Luckily I made it in on time before the manager could catch me . I heard that he was going to meet a newcomer that have just transferred to this branch . Well , its non of my business so long as I don't get the job of looking after that person .Everyone has a partner here to look out for each other when they come to this branch , well , I don't since i'm able to handle things by myself . I walked into the meeting room and sat down on one of the open chairs .
"Good afternoon echizen ." One of the staff greeted me .
"hai..." I replied , trying not to talk to him much . I went over to pour myself a cup of water when the door flung opened . The manager walked in with a smile on his face . Why is he always smiling ? God he reminds me of fuji-senpai .
"Everyone , We have a new staff member joining us today , she just transferred her from the south branch , lets all welcome her ."
She ? Another girl ? We already have 2 girls here and its already a torture to me , and now we have one more . Sigh . I took a sip of my water and closed my eyes
"Hello , i'm Takanishi Chiyo , Nice to meet you all , you can call me chi or chiyo ."
I choked on my water and starting coughing . What ? Takanishi Chiyo ? You can't be serious right ? It can't be her , I mean , there are people that have the same names so it can't be her right ? It must be a coincidence of people having the same names or maybe the manager pronounced her name wrongly , he was a clumsy type of person. I looked up and to my horror , I wished I was having dream .
"Echizen-san ?!" The girl who was in my class , the girl who almost made me late for work and the girl who was talking to me non-stop at class , was standing right in front of my eyes .
"Echizen-san ! Wah what a coincidence ! You're working here too ? The world is such a small place !"
"Takanishi-san , you know echizen ?" The manager asked her .
"yeah , we attend the same school and we're also classmates ."
Why do I have a bad feeling about this .
"Great , then it settles everything ! I was having a headache on who should look after her here since she is new to this branch , but since your her classmate and you go to the same school ..." He came over and patted my shoulder . "You'll look after her then !" What ? WHAT?! WHAT!?
"But manager ! Why me ?! You know I don't need a partner !" I told the manager , not wanting to raise my voice .
"you don't need the partner ,but she does ."
"then ask someone else to do it ."
"i'm sorry echizen , but everyone already has a partner except for you , and since you already know her , you're the best person for the job , i'll leave it to you then !"
"Manager wait-" He skipped out of the room and shut the door shut before I could say anything else .I stoned down there . That sadistic manager ! Is he trying to kill me ?!
"Echizen-san , thanks for looking after me ! Lets work hard together !" takanishi-san smiled at me . I looked down at her . You have got to be shitting with me ..
At our working shift , I was on the floor and serving the customers drinks while takanishi-san ..took orders for another table full of guys . They looked like scums , well i'm not serving them so its non of my business .
"Okay , then i'll repeat your orders , one omelet rice , one chocolate parfait and one cheesecake . That will be all ? Do you need anything else ?"
"Yes , why don't you give me your number sweety."One of guys grabbed her wrist .
"Um .. i'm sorry but-" The man tightened his grip on her hands and she flinched .
"Come on just give us your number , you look so cute , then we can take you out somewhere nice and fun later ."
"ow...please let go of me .." takanishi-san tried to pulled her hands away from that guy but it was futile and his grip got tighter .
"I'll let go of you once you give me your number .."
Everyone was looking at that scene . Some were even whispering 'somebody help her' .Where the hell is the manager at a time like this ? I looked around for the manager only to find him hiding behind the counter with puppy eyes as if he was telling me something .
"What ? Don't look at me like that ."
His eyes then became teary as if he was about to cry . What ? Is he scared or something ? I knew he was a wimp.. but come on this is ridiculous ! What kind of manager hides when his employee is in trouble ?! Sigh looks like i've got no choice , do I ? I sighed and went over . I forcefully grabbed the guy's hand and pulled his hands away from takanishi-san's hands , freeing her from his grip .
"What do you think your doing ?! Stay out of our business !" He shouted at me and stood up .
"That's what I should be asking you , you're harassing her ."
"That's non of your business !"
"well unfortunately it is , you're harassing her inside this restaurant and you are disrupting our work , therefore , it is my business , please stop this before I start calling the police ." I shot a glared at him which made him step backwards . Is my glare really that scary to be able to make him step backwards ? The whole restaurant looked at our direction and he was completely silence as many people were saying stuff like ' yeah leave her alone !' and 'stop this now .' The rest of them stood and and whispered something to his ear . Then he looked at me and glared back at me .
"Argh , I'll remember this !" He and his friends ran out of the restaurant and everyone started cheering . The manager came out from hiding and came over and hugged me by the neck . Ahh stop hugging me ! I shot a glare at him and he finally let go of me .
"T-thanks echizen-san..you really saved me back there ." Takanishi-san came over and thanked me . Heh , it was nothing , I only did it because mr manager over there couldn't do the job and the others were too scared to even serve them .
"Not really .. you don't have to thank me .." I walked off and continued to do my work shift . At last , after few hours of working , my work ended ! I stacked the chairs up in the restaurant since I was the last to leave and I needed to lock the door .
"Thanks for the hard work guys ! I'll be taking my leave first !" Takanishi-san said and walked out of the front door . Ahh finally she's gone at last ! I have some peace and quiet ! Today is really horrible , first I sat next to her and she just wouldn't leave me alone and then she held me back which almost made me late ,and now , she's working in the same restaurant as I am with me being her partner ! What a hectic day , I can finally have some rest now that she's gone . I changed out of my uniform and back to my school uniform and left the restaurant after locking the back door . I looked at my watch , what ? 9.30 ?! the time has gotten so late ? Damn , and I still have the stupid english essay that the stupid teacher had told me to do . I raced to the train station . On my way I saw takanishi-san walking out from a convenience store with a big huddle of plastic bag . Oi oi , she left earlier than me and she's still in this district ? I ignored the fact that she was still here and continued running for the station when I noticed that someone was following her . I stopped at my tracks only to realize that the guys from earlier were stalking her .
"what ? Are they still at it ?" I looked away and thought that it was non of my business and started to run again . I kept running trying to ignore everything , But the thought of her being in trouble kept bothering me . Ah what the hell ? Why am I so damn worried about her ? She's not even my friend . Well , she thinks I am . DAMN IT ! I turned around and ran back towards the direction of the convenience store . I am so going to regret this later .
After running for sometime , I finally found her . She was …. PLAYING WITH A CAT ?! WHAT ?! AND I CAME BACK FOR NOTHING ! Screw me for worrying . I was about to leave when I heard someone whispering behind the bushes . I went closer and saw that the same group of guys from earlier was there and they were planning something .I hid behind a tree that was behind them . Then I heard them saying "Lets drug her , you'll go there to hand her a glass of juice after adding the drug in as and apology for this afternoon , i'm sure she'll drink it , she looks so gullible . Then we can take her away ."
Those bastard ! What do they think they are doing ? They went over to her and passed the glass of juice to her .
"hey , its me , i'm sorry for earlier , here please take this as a token of my apology."
"Oh its fine , thank you ."
WHAT ?! IS SHE DUMB ?! Who in the world would take a free drink from a complete stranger ?! She must be the dumbest girl i've ever known ! Even though it is non of my business , I can't just stand here and let that happen . I have to somehow stop them .Takanishi-san is already about to drink the juice . Argh . I jumped out from behind the tree and out to the pavement .
"Takanishi-san !" I called out to her which stopped her from drinking the juice . She looked up to my direction .
"Echizen-san ? What are you doing here ?"
Okay now what do I say ..
"Well..er , I was just here for a walk !" Ack what am I saying ? "what are you doing here with this guy ?"
"oh , well he apologized to me and well he gave me a drink ."
"Are you an idiot ?"
"heh?"
I grabbed the drink from her hands and placed it on the chair , and then I grabbed her wrist pulling her away from the guys . Is she an idiot ?! Who the hell accepts free drinks from a stranger ? And what the hell am I doing ?! Why can't I just leave her alone ?! Argh .. I hate myself .
"echizen-san ?"
Her voice brought me back from my thoughts .And I let go of her wrist and looked at her .
"Are you an idiot ?! Who the hell would take free stuff from a stranger ? Your a girl for pete's sake ! And you can't even protect yourself ?!" I shouted at her . Why am I shouting again ? I have absolutely no idea why but I am just so annoyed right now . God she is so freaking gullible !
"heh ? why ? I thought it was fine ." she looked at me innocently . AHHH I WANNA KILL HER ! I am so exhausted ..
"Echizen-san , could It be that you were worried about me ?"
Who the hell will .. I should have just left you there ..then again , my body just wouldn't listen to me .
"thanks echizen-san , I knew you weren't a bad person."
I started to walk away towards the train station that was just a few meters away from where we were standing , ignoring her as usual .
"echizen-san wait for me !" She caught up with me , walking beside me to the train station stand .The train came and we both went inside a almost empty train and stood near the door .
"echizen-san , I heard you played tennis."
I kept silent .. don't even mention tennis in front of me ever again..
"echizen-san , did you hear what I just said ?"
Okay now i'm starting to regret ever going back and saving her from those scums .
"echizen-san , you're ignoring me again...why wont you talk to me ?"
"why wont you stop talking for once .." I said it . I looked at her and she stared at me with eyes wide opened .
"Heh ! you finally spoke ! Yatta ! I was thinking that maybe you hated me since you ignored me most of the time ."
"Not really..."
"so echizen-san , you told me that you didn't need any friends ..is there some reason why..?"
"Not really..."
"then the rumors about you being a bad guy...is it true .."
"Not really..."
"AH stop saying 'not really' all the time when I ask you a question ! I feel like i'm talking to a robot !"
I looked at her and blinked my eyes . What me a robot ? Then what is she , a talking machine that never stop talking ?! Sigh ..
"Why do I need any friends , I am fine by myself , I don't need someone by my side .." Not after all of them betrayed me ..
"but isn't that lonely ?"
"Not really ..."
"There you go with the 'not really' . Besides , I think you could use a friend.. so how about it ? won't you be my friend ?"
She's asking me to be her friend ? She must be Nuts ! How can she want me to be her friend , she must have already know about the rumors going around the school ..so why ..?
"you're weird you know that."
"HUH ? That's mean !"
Her expression made me want to burst out laughing . She is the weirdest girl I have ever known .
Thanks for all the support ! Here is chapter 3 ! I hope you liked it ! Thanks for the reviews ! Love you guys :D
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I will update chapter 4 ASAP !