Rody's POV:
(It's already the next day, btw)
I wake up yawning before I get up out of bed stretching as I make my way to my bathroom. I grab my toothbrush, putting toothpaste on it before I start brushing.
I yawn as I brush my teeth, making my toothbrush slip and touch the bsck of my throat. I immediately started coughing heavily, baling my hand into a fist as I hit it against my chest to stop myself from coughing.
After I finish, I clear my throat, still coughing a bit before finishing brushing my teeth. I then go into my kitchen, which is connected to my living room.
I opened my fridge seeing the fast food that I had gotten on my day off instead of groceries (in chapter 8). Next to it was the food Vince had given me and also the chocolate that's been there for around 3 months now.
I take the bag of fast food and select a burger and fries. I start to microwave it yawning while i wait for the 'ding'.
After 30 seconds I hear the ding and I open the microwave grabbing my food and immediately start eating but I soon regret it beacuse it's so hot it burns my tounge so I'm forced to spit it out.
After letting it cool down, I finally started eating. "mmh.." I mumble to myself as I continue to eat my food. I should get ready for work soon.
Vincent's POV:
As I wake up, I sit up in bed just staring at my wall, not really wanting to get hmup or get ready for work at all.
It's probably because of what Mannon said to me yesterday.. it made me want to cry, but she's right Rody wouldn't like me, especially if he found out what I did to his ex-girlfriend.
I lazily sit up and get put off by bed, walking over to the mirror in the corner of my room. I should definitely brush my hair.
I walk into the bathroom a comb as I run it through my hair. After combing through, I grab my toothbrush, and I start to brush. I make it quick, though, because I'm in a rush.
After I finish, I walk back to my room, grabbing my outfit as I start to get ready. Once I'm done, I head downstairs to the bistro, but upon arriving, i see today at the front door. I let him in wondering why he's here so early when he's usually late.
"Why are you here so early?" I say questioning him "Oh I just woke up really early and decided to come here since I didn't have anything else to do while I was at home. " He says, smiling. "..alright."
"There's nothing to do right now, so you can just come in my apartment for right now." I say, walking upstairs, and he follows close behind.
Once we get inside, I sit on the couch, and he does so as well, we sit in silence for a while before I randomly blurt out, "What do you see me as?" I didn't know where I was going with this. I just needed to know how he felt about me.
"Oh well, that's random, but.. I see you as a good friend! Not just my boss." He says with a smile. When he smiles, sometimes I wonder if it's genuine.
"That's all I needed to know." I say briefly. I started thinking about what he said. We're just friends. Just friends? But does he not recall sleeping in the same bed as me watching movies with me helping me.. or was that just what friends do?
I was disappointed by his response. I feel like he has something else to say it can't just be that.. right?
After 20 minutes of silence goes by because neither of us talk, I stand up and look at him. "Come on, some chefs are about to come in." I say, leaving to go downstairs, not even waiting for him.
After a minute, I see him come down as well, and he goes into the kitchen to get ready. I open the door as some of the other employees come in.
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Rody's POV:
After work, I was about to start cleaning like usual until a chef came up to me. "Hey, your Rody.. right?" He says in a calm tone."Oh yea, I'm Rody. Why do you ask?" I say surprised that someone other than Vince is talking to me at work.
"I've seen you and Vincent talk alot are you two friends?" He says smiling "oh yea, we're great friends, actually!" I say grinning. "Oh well, that's nice.. anyways I was wondering if you'd like to hang out sometime after work, maybe next Tuesday?" I think about it for a moment.
Next Tuesday is in four days.. I guess I could since I probably won't have anything planned. "Sure, why not." I say, giving a small smile. "Great! See you then!" He says, walking away while waving as I he continued to walk out the bistro. I realize I never even got his name.
I guess I'll get it another time..
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After cleaning, I head into Vince's office, not even knocking. "Hey, vince!" I say as I walk in and shut the door behind me he was smoking and seemed a little stressed, so I walked up to him. "Vince, you alright?" I say worried, but he continues to smoke, not looking at me.
"Rody Leave me alone." He says sternly, but I lean against his desk."Come on, you can tell me what's wrong!" He continued to stay quiet after I said that but then started to speak.
"Rody.. I have something to tell you. But I don't want you to hate me for it." He says, putting out his cigarette.
Now I was extremely invested with what he was saying, "whatever it is won't make me think any differently if you." I say, resting my hand on his shoulder reassuringly.
He slowly stands up and looks me in my eyes. "Ok.." He says, sighing before opening his mouth to speak.
"Rody.. I love you." He says going quiet right after. I stared at him, shocked. I felt my face get red and hot. I was at a loss of words. He looks at the floor, afraid of my reaction. I didn't know what to say.
Do I love him to? I mean.. whenever I'm around him, I feel happy I can't help but smile whenever I hear his voice. I love the way he looks at me the way he's always willing to be with me and look out for me.
..I love Vince.
To be continued
(YALL SHOULD ALREADY KNOW WHAT WAS COMING WHEN YALL SEE FRANK OCEAN PLAYING.)
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