Rody's POV:
After work, I went into the kitchen to help Vince clean the kitchen and dining area he was already there cleaning up some of it until he saw me. "Come here, Rody."
I walk towards him, and he hands me the cleaning supply he just had. "Start cleaning, I'll clean the dining area."
"Ok, I'm on it!" I say, starting to clean, he leaves and goes into the dining room as I continue to clean. After a while, I finished up since the kitchen wasn't all that dirty, and I went to take out the trash. As I walked outside, I saw a rat it wasn't really scary or dirty, so I knelt down to get a better look at it.
"Aren't you cute.." I mumble, it might be hungry. I'll find something! I go back into the kitchen and look around after some time. I find cheese, so I opened the back door to give it to the rat, hoping it was still there.
Luckily enough, it was so I placed a piece of it on the ground for it, and the rat immediately started to eat it. Hopefully, Vince doesn't catch mw doing this.. I'd get in so much trouble.
Vincent's POV:
As I continue cleaning the dining room, I hear shuffling coming from in the kitchen. I ignore it thinking it's just Rody cleaning, but then I thought about it for a moment. It's not that dirty. Wouldn't he be done by now? So what is he doing?
I walk into the kitchen just to catch a glimpse of him leaving through the back door. I assume he's taking out the trash, so I go to follow him, I want to smoke anyway.
As I was about to open the door, I heard him mumble something. I don't really care, though. I opened the back door just to see him with a rat he was petting it, and I immediately got disgusted.
"Rody. Would you kindly explain why you're feeding a rodent food from my restaurant!?" I say annoyed he just stared at me blankly for a while before talking
"I couldn't let it starve! I'm not a monster!" He says complaining and whining, which just makes me even more annoyed "Rody get that rat out of my sight before it becomes my next dish." I say sternly he just looked at me with sad eyes.
"Please, Vince! Keep it around..! For me?" He says practically begging, but I didn't care. I shoot him a glare, and he sighs before shooing away the rat.
"Good now, finish cleaning the dining area since you got on my nerves." I say sighing."ok Vince.." He says, still disappointed I made him shoo away the rat. Maybe I'll make a dish out of it..
He gets up from kneeling and goes through the back door once he's out of sight. I pull out a pack of cigarettes from my pocket, taking one into my mouth as I light it.
After inhaling some of the smoke, I pull away, blowing it out again. I continued to smoke until 5 minutes later when Rody came back from cleaning.
He came through the back door and immediately started coughing from the smoke. Although it was funny, I held in a laugh as I fan away the smoke with my hand. "You don't smoke, do you?" I say smiling a bit.
"No, not at all," He says, still coughing a bit. "Alright, I'll put it out then." I say, throwing my cigarette to the ground and stomping on it. "Better?" I ask with a hint of sarcasm."Way better.." He says, clearing his throat.
"Well, you can go home now. Your shift was over a while ago.." I say sighing "Alright see you tomorrow, Vince!" He says about to leave, but I stop him by placing my hand on his shoulder.
"Do you need something?" He says, turning to look at me, but I don't actually know why I stopped him. I just wanted him to he around me.. I don't want him to leave yet, but I let go anyway "nevermind just go home."
He looks at me questioningly for a while before finally leaving. After he left, I let out a small sigh, I didn't really want him to go..
After a while, I go back in, and I also lock up the bistro, then i head upstairs to my apartment. Once I'm there, I head to my bathroom, and I start showering.
After 8 minutes, I get out (it took 8 minutes bc back in the 1960s. their bathes only took 8 minutes)
After I get out, I dry off, and I get dressed heading towards my bedroom. Mannons ghost shows up again.
"What do you want?" I say not fazed that she's haunting me again."I'm bored.. plus, I had a question." She says calmly.
"What do you want then?" I say, rolling my eyes. "Do you like Rody?.." As soon as she said that, I felt my chest swell up and my face get hot. How does she know?
"..yea I do why?" I say avoiding looking at her, "Are you serious?!" She says, clearly enraged."Do you really think he would like you back, though? And what if he finds out what you did to me? Plus, how are you so sure you wouldn't murder him to..?" She says in a cold tone. I don't think she's been this upset with me before.
"You don't know anything shut up." I say, glaring at her, but she continues "no I'm just looking out for Rody." Can you really blame me?" She says, crossing her arms. I stay quiet after that before she speaks again. "Nothing to say?" She says her hand on my shoulder. It felt cold.
"Leave me alone," i say, annoyed now. "You have nothing to say because you know I'm right. Dont make the same mistake you made with me, Vince. " she says, disappearing. I stayed silent, thinking about what she said. It was right..
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