A Tale of 5 Brothers (Completed)

Chapter 17: Podd's question

A/N : I am still alive... so here we go!

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Gun, who was asleep on the couch wake up somewhere in late night to attend nature's call. He regretted drinking too many beers. He woke up grunting and turned on the flashlight in his mobile. He walked out carefully trying not to stamp on the entangled limbs of their small group.

He decided to go to guest restroom which was past kitchen and dining hall. When he reached dining hall, the lights were on and someone was sitting in the dining table.

Hearing his steps the person turned to see him. Gun noticed it was Off working on his laptop at this ungodly hour. Off was questioning him with his eyes.

Gun: "Hey..."

Off didn't say anything. Gun want to tell him how rude he was but there was more pressing matters at hand. So he went to do what woke him late at night. After few minutes he came back to Off who was still working.

Gun: "Hi"

He said again. Off just eyed him and continued with his working.

Gun: "It is so rude to ignore others Off."

Off: "I can ignore when someone disturbs me when I work."

Gun: "This is not your working hour! You should be sleeping now."

Off: "So do you. Just leave me in peace."

Gun: "Nah.. since I am awake I will keep you company. But why are you working in this ghostly hour?"

Off: "I didn't finish my work earlier. I can't say no to my brothers either."

Gun: "Aww... you make me fall more for you, do you know that?"

Off: "If you are done with your interview go back to sleep. Don't disturb me."

Gun: "Do you want any help? I am a quick learner."

Off will never get used to how stubborn Gun was. So he planned to take a revenge on him.

Off: "Are you sure?"

Gun nodded enthusiastically.

Off went to his room and came with a big pile of papers. He placed the bundle in front of Gun which almost hid him.

Gun: "Wow... I thought companies are upgraded and depending on soft copies now."

Off: "Still somethings are better in hardcopy. These are some of the important files regarding our works in the past quarter. I want you to segregate them based on the budget and duration."

Actually he already has soft copy of the segregated data, but he is in revenge mode now. Off hid his evil smirk behind his stoic face. Gun's head is going to spin once he starts seeing the numbers. He showed him some sample of how to seperate and Gun seemed to learn quickly. He started working happily humming some tune. Off also went back to his work. Once in a while Gun asked some doubt but he was doing his work diligently.

Off could see how Gun was yawning frequently. Though he was interested, Gun's body seem to protest with him. That's what you get for being stubborn, Off was proud of his punishment.

After another hour, Off was done with his work. He finally took his eyes off from the laptop to check how Gun was doing.

Gun was sleeping on the table, one hand set down as pillow for his head and on the other he was barely holding a paper. He must've slept while still seeing the papers, Off thought.

He stood up and gently got the paper from his hand. To be honest, Off was surprised how Gun completed almost three fourth of the files given to him.

Off: "If you are that tired, why are you so stubborn to stay with me?"