Bury a friend \\ smiling friends au

Ch. 5 Consequences

It was yet an other day, Charlie drove the car on his way to work, he made sure he wiped down the blood that was left behind to not start anything or at least attempt to leave any evidence, he even made sure he washed his clothing hard enough, the only thing sticking out is the scar on his nose being covered by a band-aid, hopefully no one points it out too much. "Alright.. stay calm Charlie. Just act normal." Charlie repeated to himself as he parked in front of the building. Charlie let out a big sigh and stepped out. Inside the break room was Allan and Glep. Like usual Allan was tightening up and organizing the place while Glep stayed on the bean bag watching videos. Charlie then walked in and sat on a chair trying to keep calm. "Oh hey Charlie, how is.. oh is your nose alright?" Allan said staring at the little band-aid in attempt to cover such a big scar. "Oh this? Yeah I'm fine psst. But uh last night wasn't fun at all." Allan shrugged and turned back to the dishes and continued to clean them. "By the way, Pim isn't here today it's very unusual. Do you know where's he at?" Allan asked. "Oh uh.." Charlie tapped his fingers on the table trying to make up something. "He's probably sick.." "sick?" Allan looked over, questioning. "Y-yeah.. yeah he's sick. Probably got a cold from the mu- I mean rain. It-it was raining last night." Charlie smiled as he broke a sweat trying to see if Allan was satisfied with his response.

Allan seemed like he had more questions to ask but just brushed it off and continued his thing, he really didn't want to bother. Charlie let out a sigh in relief. He then just sat there staring what played on the tv. Seemed like they're playing the daily news like usual. Charlie laid back for a moment as he finally felt relaxed at the moment, he tried resting his head but before he could he was called in by the boss into his office. I wonder what could he want now. He left the break room unaware what was next to come out on that news channel. Charlie walked into his bosses office to see that he's playing what seemed like an indoor mini golf. "Hey there Charlie. Don't mind the mess I have laid out right now." Mr Boss said hitting the golf ball hitting a hole in one. "No I don't mind at all. Is there a job or something?" Charlie said standing still waiting in front of the his bosses desk. "Oh haha right!" Mr boss said walking over to the back of his desk and picking up a box with items in them. "come over here for a moment" he said as he held up the box taking off the led. Charlie stood by confused as he watched him load in more small items from under his desk. What on earth is this."is this like.. some type of delivery mission or what is this? What am I supposed to see here." Charlie said now confused. "Oh no. It's just you see.. since Pim isn't here I thought maybe you can just take a moment to just analyze what's in here!"

Mr boss said, digging in the box before picking up an item from in the box and put it on his desk for Charlie to stare at. It was a mini portrait of Pim and Charlie together. Something about it gave Charlie chills and brought discomfort. He stared at it for a while before understanding what was going on. "why are you showing me this.. what is this. Is this Pim's stuff.?" He looked up sweating. "Oh don't be a fool now. I'm just simply showing you that.. I know what you did." Mr boss said now in a serious tone as he stared down at him. Charlie stood there frozen like if he was unable to move from his own spot. "Now listen Charlie, you're a very good employee and all but I know what you are. Don't think that scar on your face wouldn't make anyone point it out too far." Charlie stayed silent, he didn't know how to respond and felt nauseous. He couldn't stand properly anymore. "..don't fire me sir. No no. Anything but that." Charlie plead as he tried to balance himself. It was getting harder to breath and listen. "Letting you go is the least thing I wouldn't do if you weren't a killer." Mr boss then got up and then waited for Charlie to get out of his office immediately. "PLEASE. YOU DONT UNDERSTAND.. IF YOU DO I'LL-" "what kill me like you did to your friend?" Charlie hushed up and stared blankly. Mr boss chuckled and then walked over towards him. "Listen, I expect you to leave now before the cops come. I don't want a big scene here at the smiling friends. It would make the business look bad now." Mr boss said grinning, Charlie just stared for a moment before he ran out of his office and into the break room where he saw that the news have found where he had left Pim's body and other evidence. He watched as Allan and Glep have their eyes glued to the screen before turning around to face Charlie. His face felt numb as he just froze in place staring back at them. "..what the fuck is wrong with you." Allan said backing away. Glep began to lash out towards Charlie as he just stood there trying to process everything at once. All he could think was just Glep yelling at him and Allan staring. Allan then punched Charlie hard causing him to fall down. "You better leave.. NOW. WE DONT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU NO MORE." Allan screamed. Charlie who laid there for a moment quickly got up and ran out to the back of the building and just threw his hat to the ground. "I FUCKING HATE MY LIFE. UGH." he yelled out loud as he kicked a trash can. He then looked down and saw a puddle showing his reflection. He got down on both knees and began to punch the puddle out of frustration until his knuckles began to swell up and bleed. Charlie couldn't help but slowly break down and roll up into a ball and just lay on the ground. He began to cry heavily and scream. "I'm so fucking sorry.. I'm so sorry." He cried. He began to catch himself again after hearing the faint sounds of police sirens come forward. He quickly got up and bailed out of there through the back alley. We already know that even if he tried running and hiding he was gonna get caught and arrested for murder at this point. After all, his actions had consequences and he had to face them.