Bab 2: The invitation.
"Pssss... Eli, Eli, Eliiiii..."
Hansuke aggressively whispered
Hansuke (full name Hansuke Hibiki) thought of himself as a friend to Eli, since they started at around the same time at this company a year ago.
To Eli though he was the manifestation of annoyance ever since he helped the guy with a few work related tasks, he was stuck to him. Hansuke never stopped bothering him, inviting him to meet-ups, night outs and even holidays. Not that he accepted any of his requests/invitations.
"Mmmm, what do you need?" Eli blurted out half asleep on his desk.
"I was wondering if you are interested in goi..."
A stern: "No" cut him off mid sentence.
"You haven't even allowed me to finish speaking Eli. How can you say no when you haven't heard the whole thing." Hansuke protested.
Eli turned his face towards him and was met with a wall of perfume and an agog (means very eager or curious to see or hear something) face.
"OK... What is it?"
"Well i just found this amazing 'restaurant' that serves the best...."
As Hansuke continued talking Eli's mind had compeletely lost interest at the mention of 'restaurant' and became preoccupied with his own thoughts.
"So what do you think Eli?"
"I'm not interested but thanks for the invitation." not that i asked you to worry about me or invite me to any of your stupid sh*t he thought to himself.
"Please, please, come if you do you won't regret it" Hansuke had been trying for a long time to set him up with a date and introduce him to someone else besides work colleagues. Every time he tried though it was always the same answer 'no' followed by the 'I'm not interested' line. He was used to it, it almost felt like automatic responses, but this didn't stop him from trying his luck.
Hansuke begun to chuckle quietly to himself. It was one of the few ways he would stop himself from falling into complete despair.
Eli saw Hansuke's pleading face still plastered on him "OK sure... I will come..." As Eli got up he flashed a quick smile to reassure him.
"Really! Seriously you will?" Hansuke replied surprised by the change of hurt, he was so caught off guard by the change that his voice came out in a high pitch.
"Ya sure" Eli replied
Hansuke immediately begun speed texting his friends and almost looked like he was about to break down in tears. He was unsure what made Eli change his mind but he didn't dare let this opportunity slip, so he would work fast before Eli could re-ice himself.
Unbeknownst to him the reason why Eli accepted his invitation was to get rid of him. See he came to the conclusion that if he accepted his invitation this time maybe he would drop this act that he cared about someone else besides himself, plus free food right? After all he most likely wasn't going to pay, so it was an opportune moment.
"I will text you the place, we are meeting at 9 pm hope to see you there." as an excited Hansuke seemed to almost prance back to his work desk.
Eli stared after him instantly regretting his decision and muttered under his breath "It's for the food." He turned back to his work computer to see that he still had plenty more work to do, he sighed to himself, now that he was awake he might as well gt some tasks out of the way.
The time raced by, so what felt like minutes was actually hours as he noticed it was already 8 pm. He checked his phone and saw the barrage of messages from Hansuke, as he scrolled down through the sea of garbage to look for the directions to his awaiting meal. He cursed himself accepting his request.
"8:30pm that leaves me 30 minutes to get there, the food better be worth it" as he begun to switch off his desktop computer and enclose his laptop in its casing. He looked around and saw there was only a few people left even his boss had left, his mood brightened up a bit at least he didn't have to deal with his boss trying to walk home with him, now that, was it's own headache.
He proceeded to start his journey to his promised meal and torturous chatter box. Most of the staff who were working on different shifts/working late, noticed him leaving and they wanted to voice their goodbyes, but thought their words would probably fall on deaf ears.
He approached the entry point of the building and buzzed himself out but was immediately hit by a gust of wind. The cold daggers that came with the wind prickled his face and hands, the sensation awakened him from his work state.
Deep in thought he walked on the well lit streets. What was he thinking of? Mostly food related stuff he was unsure what to eat for tomorrow, yes his food needs were taken care of today, but what about tomorrow and the next 3 days and the entire rest of next week: take away perhaps? This was his priority for the time being.
In this time as his mind drifted, he simply just walked, till he noticed that the street he was on was the wrong one.
"Damn" He murmured under his breath as he instantaneously whipped out his phone and switched on the navigation app.
After a 360 body turn he familiarized him self with his surroundings and noticed a back alley that would connect him with the road he needed to be on, thankfully the detour wouldn't make him late, as he checked his watch to confirm the time. But as he slipped into the back alley, a paid of eyes had long been watching him,
The guy in the hooded jumper observed Eli from the moment he left the company building, deduced this guy was loaded with his smart clothing and watch. What's more the guy seemed to be carrying a laptop case, a laptop can fetch quite a good price on the market, he licked his lips maliciously in anticipation. When Eli turned into a dark alley the hooded figure couldn't believe his luck! Almost seemed like fate was with him.
Eli continued to walk through the abandoned, half-lit, waste-ridden alley-way and resorted to turning on his flash on the phone to keep track of what was on the ground. There was a full moon out and a cloudless sky so the alley-way wasn't as dark as it could be. "It could be worse" He thought to himself. Then he heard the pit-ta-pata, pit-ta-pata of foot-steps besides his own and he immediately stopped walking.
The hooded figure noticed Eli had stopped so he quickened his pace, as he fastened the grip on his knife in his hooded jumper.
Eli turned around to stare at a hooded person approaching him at pace. The hooded figure then proceeded to stop just short of him.
"Give me your sh*t nice and easy." As the hooded figure smirked
Eli looked at him and chuckled, luck was not on his side and a hiccup like this would definitely make him late he though to himself, much to the disbelief of the hooded figure, who wondered what was funny in this situation.
"And why should i give you... my sh*t?" as he looked back unafraid.
The hooded figure was taken back by this response... Who is this guy anyway, guess he is over confident? He replied back in a rough threatening tone "Just give me your sh*t and you can be on your way." He hoped this guy would come to his senses.
"Why do you want all this? I mean a watch sure maybe u need it to catch the time, but you don't look to me as someone who needs a laptop or a phone on that matter."
The hooded figure started to become irritated and started brandishing his knife to intimidate Eli.
"Give me your shit don't you understand this is a robbery?" The hooded figure responded with a snarl.
"The you also must understand that i specifically need these items that you seem to be intent on taking more than you do. Its just going to end up in someone else's hands in your possession, and that would definitely be a waste." Eli calmly voiced his opinion.
Who is this guy? The hooded figure looked at his target's face and noticed not an inch of fear instead it was cold, calculating as if to say he was sizing him up. Wait, what? Sizing him up?
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