Hearts on Hire (Completed)

A Chance Encounter

"Wake up already. You are getting on my nerves now." Sarawat huffed in annoyance while glaring at the sleeping form of his elder brother, Mew Suppasit.

"Five more minutes." Mew mumbled.

"Fine, you asked for this." Sarawat went to the bathroom and came back with a mug full of cold water and poured it all on Mew without any remorse.

Mew shrieked and jumped off the bed soaking wet and ran after his little brother to strangle him. They ran down the stairs shouting curses at each other and stopped dead in their track as soon as they caught sight of their elder brother, Kit Suppasit standing in the living room with a scowl on his face. Now Kit Suppasit was the cutest guy you could ever meet with a dimple to die for but only his closed ones knew how utterly devilish he could be when he's angry.

"Do I need to break few bones this early in the morning?" Kit asked with saccharine smile on his face.

"No, Phi." Both of them answered immediately.

"Get ready fast. You have classes in 45 minutes."

That was enough to send Mew and Sarawat racing back to their rooms to get ready as fast as they could. Mew was in first year of his MBA and Sarawat was pursuing B.Tech in computer science and was currently in second year. Both went to the same university. While Kit had finished his M.Tech and was working as intern. Their parents died when they were still in school but thankfully Kit was an adult and took custody of them so they didn't have to go orphanage.

Their parents didn't leave much for them to live on so they started working part time since young age. It wasn't enough but they made ends meet somehow. It was truly a blessing that all three of them were exceptionally smart hence they always won scholarships in school and college which actually made it possible for them to get education.

"Are you guys ready?" Kit shouted while cooking breakfast.

"Yup." Both of them ran down the stairs and started gobbling the delicious food.

"Eat slowly. Don't choke to death on my sandwich." Kit rolled his eyes at his troublemakers.

"Phi, I got full marks in last internal exam." Sarawat exclaimed proudly.

Mew scoffed at him, "I aced the presentation for my project assessment."

"Whatever." Sarawat rolled his eyes at Mew.

"It's more important than your little internal exam."

Kit smiled fondly at them, "You both did very well. I'm proud of you both."

They snapped back to look at Kit and it made all that late night studies and ditching club and parties worthwhile. Making Kit happy and proud felt million times better than any party or outing ever could. To Mew and Sarawat, Kit was their Mom and Dad and making him happy was most important thing to them because he had sacrificed a lot for his brothers.

"Let's hurry. I don't want you both to get late." They quickly finished the breakfast and left to catch the bus.

Mew and Sarawat parted ways to go to their respective departments. Mew was feeling sluggish because he had been awake till 3 am completing his assignments. He had two part time jobs and he didn't get enough time for his college work. He was thinking of looking at some other job that payed good but didn't take that much of his time. Kit had been nagging at him stop working and just focus on his studies but he knew how much strain it put on Kit to manage the household. He wanted to help his brothers as much as he could.

"You okay, Mew?" Off Jumpol asked in concern.

"Yeah, just tired as hell."

"Those jobs are taking a toll on you."

"I know but there's only so many jobs I can get while still attending college."

"Let's find something that wouldn't work you to the ground."

"I'm thinking of that too. Do let me know if you find something."

"Sure."

After the college was over Mew headed to the cafe he worked at. It was a bit far from his place but it worked perfectly in his schedule and payed well. He went to the staff room and changed his clothes and was soon busy serving the customers. The restaurant was quite well known and posh, it had a separate section for VIP customers and today Mew was going to be server at one of the VIP table. He went to take their order and was met with the most handsome man he had ever seen. He looked a bit older around in his late twenties and was dressed so impeccably that he looked fresh out of Vogue magazine.

"Stop staring and take our order." The man beside the one he had been ogling said in a light tone.

"I'm s-so s-sorry." Mew stammered in embarrassment.

He quickly took their order and went back to the kitchen. He shook himself out of this stupid trance. He made a fool out of himself out there. He went back to the table with the food and after they were done eating he cleared the table. He had just opened the bottle of expensive red wine and was about to pour it he made eye contact with that beautiful man and his hand shook a little making quarter of the wine fall on the man he had been staring at.

Mew could only state in horror at the mess he had created. The man quickly got up and his friend started cleaning his suit with tissues but the damage was done. His suit was completely ruined and Mew couldn't even imagine how expensive that must be. He quickly put down the bottle and started cleaning the mess while the manager came rushing over and apologized to the guy while shouting curses at Mew.

"I'm so s-sorry. It was a m-mistake. Please f-forgive me." Mew kept apologizing without making any eye contact. He was too scared to look at the man.

"Mr.Kanawut, I'm so sorry. I apologize on the behalf of this jerk. These poor people are useless and trashy. I would like to offer complementary meal to you as an apology." The manager tried to pacify the man.

"Fire him." Gulf spoke in cold voice.

Mew stared at him in horror, he couldn't lose this job. It was the best job he had till now. He would beg for forgiveness if he had to.

"Sir, please don't do that. I'm so sorry. I'll compensate you. Please, forgive me."

"What's your name? "

"Mew Suppasit."

"Mew, I'm Gulf Kanawut. I want you to leave your job here-"

"Sir, I need this job. Please-"

"Don't ever cut me off in the middle. Is that clear?"

"Y-yes."

"Leave your job here and work for me."

"Huh?"

"Do you have hearing problem?"

"No but-"

"Then I'm sure you heard me the first time. Give me your phone number. My secretary will contact you with further details." Gulf offered his phone to him and Mew typed in his number.

"See you again, Mew." With that said Gulf left with his friend.