key:ishita / jai
meet me
coming!
meet me
okayyy
meet me
you just met me!
where are the files i asked you to send me?
i sent it
where is it?
you're hopeless! don't you know how to use the fucking expensive computer sitting on your desk?
it's not there in the inbox. those are important files, ishita. confidential too. if you had sent it to the wrong person, it's game over
WHAT
WHY WOULD YOU LET ME HANDLE SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING?? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
i trust you
oh
i didn't think you did
i think you are capable of keeping a secret, ishita. that doesn't mean i like you.
fine, you asshole
where is the file?
wait
oh shit!
i forgot to press send. i guess i got distracted
be careful with things like these
okay, i'm sorry
won't happen again, i promise
everyday you learn
why does it say ‘order pizza for ish’ on my schedule?
i thought it might inspire you to do something similar?
my schedule is not for you to play with, ishita
i know, i know, but come on. your schedule is boring. do something spontaneous, something fun! you are so boring.you must have taught boredom how to be boring.
noted.
ugh there's no use talking to you. just sit in your ergonomic chair, enjoy being the successful man with money but no life, waste away your years behind that screen and your fucking schedule and eventually die in that chair.
okay
were you born this way?
i'm going back to work if you have nothing important to say.
finish fast so we can both leave. it's friday!
you leave if you want
just do your work
YOU!
ORDERED!
PIZZA!
HOW DID YOU KNOW I LIKE BUTTER CHICKEN PIZZA?
AND PEPPERONI!
I DON'T WANT TO BE UNGRATEFUL OR ANYTHING BUT I CAN'T FINISH BOTH. I WISH I COULD THOUGH
bring it in
to your room?
yes
have you lost it?
cut the dramatics
but that's your shrine!
i thought you told me to be fun
i thought you were too arrogant to listen to what i say
minds change
wow wow wow
look at yourself in the mirror, jai. so much more likable now
if all it takes to make you remember my name is to buy you pizza, i would have done it long back
now you know the trick
YOU ARE READING
1.3 | Cellophane
Short StoryIn which, spontaneous Ishita agrees to work for the methodical businessman Jai to prove him wrong and put him in his place.