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Chapter 5

"Do it, do it! Come on, I know you can Ken. Please. Stop being a baby " I pleaded, sitting behind my desk at the office, inconspicuously looking around to check what others were up to.

"I can't smurf. If he catches me, he'll castrate me. You have no idea" Ken tries coaxing from the other end of the bluetooth.

Ken was watching a FIFA rerun yesterday during break, at the cafeteria. He was very immersed in his football match; all straight and serious praying for his 'certain selected country' to win. Even though he already knew who had won the final in the end.

Apparently, he believed that he'd missed that very match and so he was fulfilling his longing to watch it. 

He happened to support a team which I disliked, due to their ugly jerseys, nothing besides. So I started cheering for the opposite one, partly out of curiosity to see if it would win and partly to aggravate Ken. We bet over the match with a condition that the loser would do anything the winner would want them to.

Ultimately, Ken's team lost and here he was at AB's office, trying to steal his phone for me to execute my first plan from the series.

Mission riling Angry Bird.

"Come on Ken, it's not that hard. Trust me"

"Bury me with lotuses at my funeral. I sure as hell would die today" he sounded shaky, probably because of fear.

He really is scared of Angry bird. Poor guy, must be intimidated by him. 

"Lotuses? Okay. I'll make sure they are fresh. Don't worry, but just do it!"

"Oh my God, Fuck" he swears. I flinched and heard shuffling at the other end. After a few seconds of listening to the sounds of rustling, Ken replies in between pants. "I did it. I did it, Smurf I did it"

I squealed, almost slipping off my chair in the process and ignoring the disgusted glares people threw my way."Come at the cafe ground floor"

I ran unnoticeably downstairs towards the cafe to see Ken. His face all flustered and sweat beads covering his forehead. He opened his mouth to say something but before he could do so, I drew AB's phone out of his palm and worked at it quicker than ever, before returning it to him ignoring his 'hey, what your doing?'

"Keep it back. Thanks Ken" I say hugging him tight, he struggles in my tight hold.

"Step back Smurf, you're cutting my oxygen supply" he said making me giggle. He made his way back from where he came from. While a smile makes its way on my face.

"What about a sling shot, Angry bird?" I mumbled to myself, returning back to my workstation.

It took a few hours for me to pile up my allotted tasks. I completed my work and packed up to leave before informing Lanter, asking him if there was something else I could do for him to which he answered in a negative.

I reached the ground floor and got my self seated at a couch right across the elevators to wait until my plan unfurls. This time at the office is usually busy, people are mostly leaving and wrapping their mundane tasks, crowding the floor.

There's mostly buzz of people, talking, discussings and even planning parties after the office. The reception was occupied, so were the exits and the seats. The entire floor filled with employees and domestic staff practically dragging their lethargic bodies after whining about all the work they've done and how tired they were. I, myself was very tired but knowing that there's something fun coming up kept me happy.

The noise suddenly died due to the familiar ring of the lift making me roll my eyes.

From the elevators emerged serious as ever Angry bird, with a couple few people traipsing behind him. He was certainly ordering something and talking in some important manor, gesturing towards the file, making his way towards the entrance.