Purchased a Grave, Good for Two

Chapter 09 - John got spoiled

               John was staring at the displayed cakes and cupcakes in a rich store around the biggest mall in the town where Wilrin took him to eat and walk. He was slurping his ice cream as he stared at the colorful cakes, both delicious in the eyes and must be tasty as he imagined himself taking it all out. 

"Sir?" he snapped back when a saleslady went beside him. John immediately wiped his mouth.

"Do...you need anything?" the saleslady saw how John wore his worn-out clothes that were indeed clean but the colors already faded out, his old snickers and poor posture, he could even eat the ice cream clumsily at this age made the lady approach him awkwardly.

"I...I..." he was about to excuse himself when a hand appeared on his shoulder.

"He's with me."

They both raised their heads just to see Wilrin with his usual handsome look, "We'll take a table." he said to the lady, and the lady immediately flushed red from seeing such a fine man in town.

"T-This way Sir." she led them inside.

John who was yet to finish his ice cream hurriedly ate it all that made John laugh, "It's still allowed to bring outside foods here."

"Ah?" John stared at him stupidly hearing that the young man just spoke what was on his mind. Wilrin took his handkerchief and wiped the smear of ice cream on his lips, it was already the third handkerchief he bought with him since the other two were still in the laundry.

After days of bringing the old man all around the places in the town, Wilrin finally realized how very clumsy the man is. He would eat actively and enthusiastically but would leave some on his face or hair!

They entered the most elegant pastry shop in the mall and led them to a table where several couples also settled themselves in but nothing could bother John once he had already targeted something to eat.

"Give us the best sellers." Wilrin spoke to the lady and turned to John, "I'm sorry it took me a while. Several executives discussed a few more added topics." His schedule for the today was coincidentally located in this mall where he had already planned to take the old man.

"Don't worry, it's not like there is anything wrong with it." Thanks to Wilrin he had visited this place once again, he didn't like buying or eating outside which was way out of his budget but with Wilrin's invitation for several days, he felt like he became a tourist in his town exploring places to places.

"You should try the ice cream stall outside, they had the rare avocado flavor. It's delicious and refreshing." He said, "Also the strawberry one with added mint..." he started mumbling with anything on his mind again and Wilrin could only listen to him as he nods time to time.

Noticing it, John stopped and asked in almost whisper, "Are your coins enough?"

Wilrin burst out laughing, one thing he realized when he spent his days spoiling the man was that he doesn't know if John truly acknowledged him as a CEO or even thought of him as just a rich person in disguise since he could only care about the coins in every money transaction they had as if coins were his life and didn't even hold paper money.

Wilrin's smile and laughter would make everyone fall since his eyes were also smiling, his white teeth perfectly aligned and everything around him seemed to bloom, "Don't worry, I still have my coins here."

The moment the slices of cakes and cupcakes arrived, John no longer cared about anything and dug in. Wilrin didn't like sweets but seeing the man happily eating, he would also take some bites. Both of them would talk then dug in, then if Wilrin would spot some icings on his face, he would wipe it as if it was his usual job without John minding it.