The younger man's direct approach
07
"i like you."
"I told you I don't want to."
"I told you I like you?"
"I don't like it."
"why...?"
"I may be stupid, but I also have talent. I hate being unemployed."
"I told you I'm not unemployed?"
"Then why are you calling me at this hour?"
"Because I miss you."
"This guy is really fast."
During lunch, Mr. Rabbit called again. Knowing how many times he'd call me before I left work if I didn't answer, I postponed my lunch appointment with my manager and took the video call. He suddenly told me he liked me. Doesn't he get tired of it? I have no intention of accepting it anyway. Even if I said no, he'd just be direct, so it wasn't like I was being a harbinger of hope...
"I just received what I got, I never did it."
"..Are you trying to brag?"
"You're good enough for me to come in first."
"I'm not excited."
"Why? If it were just my face, I'd be thrilled."
"..haha, hang up, the manager will be here soon."
"...You like it that much?"
"Yes, so don't like me."
"No, I don't like it. It's my heart that likes it."
"I won't ask you to like me."
"Instead... let's meet tomorrow."
"I have good news."
"Well... okay, hang up."
Have you grown up? You used to ask me to like you... and what on earth could possibly be happening that makes you want to meet up? I don't want to give up my vacation days, but it seems a bit much if you don't meet up. No, maybe it's a bit of a wishful thinking...? But I enjoyed meeting you, too. Not as a romantic interest, but just somehow, being around you makes me feel comfortable. I can't look at the manager because my heart skips a beat just by looking at his face...
"too bad."
"You don't even eat with me, who are you talking to on the phone?"
"..Haha, Manager, you came quickly..?"
"I can't eat without you."
"Why are you starving when you're so skinny?"
"It's only in the manager's eyes..."
Our manager worried about me as soon as he got home..๐ I really regretted breaking my lunch appointment with him and calling Mr. Rabbit, but it was a satisfying lunch time to see our manager looking so gloomy and worried about me. The manager must have had a phobia because he said I was thin when I was so fat.. Our manager's womanizing skills are no joke(ุโธโธแตุฬโธโธ)โโง (As a writer, let me say this: the female lead is 159.6cm tall and weighs 47kg....)
"No way, come out tomorrow. I'll buy you dinner."
"Uh... I have plans tomorrow..."
"...You even canceled our lunch appointment... Do you have an important appointment tomorrow?"
"So... you can see it..?"
"Yeah... I guess there's nothing I can do."
"Eat well and dress warmly."
"yes yes!"
Because of Mr. Rabbit, I'm taking a step further away from my boss..๐ญ
"Here it is, here it is!!"
"Ha... What is this weekend because of you, old man.."
"Isn't it good? See me on the weekend too."
"Do you want to die?"
"I don't like it~"
"..let's stop talking. So what's the good news?"
"...I'm going to work tomorrow..!"
Suddenly his expression darkened and his voice became hoarse, so I wondered what was going on, but all he said was that he was working. My weekend..๐ฅน I gave up my holiday to hear words like that.... No, this is really good news for an unemployed person, so shouldn't I congratulate him?? No, he really was unemployed, right..? Wow, did I get fooled by that man..?
"Then you've been unemployed until now, right..?"
"I told you I'm not unemployed."
"If you're going to work now, you've been unemployed all this time!!"
"Huh... You don't need to know, kid."
"Wow... I don't know anything, so I guess I should go..."
"Ah.. Sorry..!! Let's play a little today.."
"..Instead, the old man will buy it, no... I'm unemployed so I don't have any money..?"
"I'll live, all of it."
So I ended up hanging out with the old man. We went to cafes, ate, went to karaoke, and took pictures of my life. My conscience was too prickly to ask a jobless person to pay, so I tried to pay myself, but money came out like Doraemon's pocket. Is his family rich even though he's unemployed..? Or is it a part-time job? It's cheating if his family is rich too. Oh, this old man sings well, too. It was a bit annoying that he split my song after hearing my tone-deaf singing... And it's not strange, but his tastes are a bit like those of children? The tastes of children younger than me. For an old man, he must be young on the inside.
"Thanks to you, I had a great time. Congratulations on escaping unemployment!"
"Oh my, I told you I'm not unemployed..."
"Hey hey~ I'm going!"
"I'll take you there."
"Okay, go in carefully."
"See you the day after tomorrow, kid."
? I don't like it.
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