Fate's Humor

Chapter 5

The girls that became your friends confessed to you, and you are devastated. You go to work today and get yet another unpleasant surprise.
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You got a confession by the girls you were talking to that morning. You were thinking that you weren't going to be able to be friends with them after all.

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You were in the outside school hallway heading to 2nd period when the confessions happened. When they were walking up to you, you thought they just wanted to talk. To have fun.

"I knew what you meant by 'friends'", one said.

"We like you too. Let's date!" Her friend said.

Everything beyond that was a blur for you. But, little did you know, Aoi accidentally watched the whole thing.

Of course he was there when you had asked them to be friends. His seat was right next to yours. He also knew that when you said friends, you meant friends, never girlfriends.

He was getting a drink from the water fountain when he heard crying. He was curious, so he went to go see. He saw you talking to the two girls, and they were crying.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way." He heard you speak calmly. "Please forgive me." He heard your voice cracking. The girls didn't notice because they were too busy crying themselves. You were trying so hard not to cry, because it wasn't only the two girls loses. You lost too. It made you sad how unfair it was. You didn't want to be a guy. You wanted to be a girl. You wanted to act like one, have friends that were girls, and get a boyfriend. You wanted to do all those things, but because of your strict parents, you couldn't.

Many would ask you in the future, "why didn't you just hide it from your parents. Just do it in secret everyday.". Your parents were actually very smart with knowing your school life. They went as far as to get teacher spies. Yeah, it was bad.

Aoi felt empathy for you in his chest, but his face remained plain. He turned back to finish getting his water.

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You went to work that day. The yard you were working on today was in the same neighborhood as last time.

"Hey, hey, hey! Yb/n! Nice to see you!" You boss was too enthusiastic.

"Yeah." You said plainly. You tried to sound happy, but you just couldn't. Good thing your boss kept on smiling, or else you would have felt bad.

"We've got a nice lawn today. Easy in some places, but hard in a few." He put his hands on his hips, looking very proud of how it was looking so far.
"Let me guess." You smiled at your boss. His attitude was just too infectious. "I get the hard areas."

"Yes you do. He poked your chest. You wobbled back some. "Plus, don't be complaining. You skipped all of yesterday, so you had plenty time to rest up." You smiled at him. He did have a point. "Now get to it!"

You mock saluted him.

One of the hard parts was where tall weeds were growing under and up through the front door step. Not only did you have to fight the plant, but the tile too. You yanked on it. It slid up some, and you yanked on it again. It finally came out on the third try. There were a couple more like that, then you crouched down to get the small ones.

While you were on the door step, the front door opened. You looked up, then suddenly, before you couldn't even get a glimpse of who it was, the door slammed in your face. You fell back into the grass with a thump. Then the window curtains were drawn together. What the heck was that about. The lawn was good for once, but the people were terrible.

A couple of hours after that incident, you and the guys finished the lawn, and it was close to four. Your parents would be home by five today. You were already dreading it.

"Hey yb/n, can you get the money from them today? I've got to finish putting this equipment up." Your boss trusted you with just about anything.

"Sure thing, boss." You didn't want to face the rude people, but you had to anyway. It was your job, and a good paying one too.

You rang the door bell and waited for a minute.

"Can you get it?!" Someone yelled from inside.

"Why can't you?! I'm busy!" This voice was coming from farther into the house. There was a sigh, then the door unlocked and opened to you.

The face that you did see was certainly rude. You couldn't help but think, 'Are. You. Serious.'

"Oh hello Aoi, I've come to get the check for my boss." You had to be polite to him. The worker has to be polite to the customer.

"Ew you stink. Why would I give money to someone who doesn't even know how to bathe." He frowned at you, but there was still a little twinkle in his eye. You hated him. You knew you stunk because you were sweating from working out in the hot sun, but he didn't have any curtesy to be nice when you were tired.

"I'm sorry sir, but would you like to pay for our services now or la-" the door slammed in your face. For the second time. You were fed up.

You pressed the doorbell over and over and over, so much your finger started to cramp. "Aaoooiiiiii!!!" An irritated voice yelled at him from inside again.
"Uggghhhh", you heard him sigh behind the door, then it opened.

You stared at him and sighed too. You got close to him so your boss couldn't hear you and whispered harshly. "Aoi, look. This is my job, so cut me some slack. I don't want to see you just as much as you don't want to see me. Just please hand me the check and we can be done."

Aoi backed up from you and frowned. "Fine. Here." He handed you the check. You made sure it wasn't fake, then you walked over to you boss and handed it to him.

"Thanks yb/n. See you tomorrow." He drove off in his van. It was finally your turn to leave. You were the last one. Your bag was on the fence, then you started to walk home. You would be getting there late now. It would be a pleasant surprise for your parents, you walking home late all sweaty and dirty. You were just like a boy. You cursed you parents in your mind again.

"Yb/n, wait!" Aoi called from his door step. You stopped and looked back. He was waving you to come to him.

When you got back to his front door, you looked curiously at him. He looked curiously at you too.

"What?" You asked, agitated. "You wanted me here."

"Turn around." He commanded.

"Don't tell me what t-"

"Turn around!" You frowned at him and turned around. You shivered when you felt his hand on your neck. You froze when he pulled on a long piece of your hair. Not the wig, your hair. He was going to find out. He was going to find out. You couldn't do anything. You were frozen from fear.

He inspected the piece of hair, then put his whole hand on the top of your head. You both stayed still for minutes. Suddenly, the whole wig was ripped from your head.