Flickering Memories

Chapter 35

A/N: The image above does not belong to me. It belongs to the person who uploaded it on the internet.

In case there are any OffGun shippers among my readers, I apologize in advance that I will be pairing him with Earth just for this story, just because Off (or his character Kai in Theory of Love) was very insensitive to him and made him cry so many times. I haven't read the book but I have been watching the series on YouTube and the subtitled episodes so far has only been till Episode 4 where I have cried with him as Off (Kai) repeatedly breaks his heart.😭😭😭

Third Person POV

Earth was in his office busy going through the sketches that he had collated and placed in one binder.

Those sketches had been submitted by different prospective fashion designers that had applied for that position at KV Garments.

The previous fashion designer had resigned to accept an offer of a much higher paying company in Japan.

He stopped to study a particular design that was one of the many that were submitted for his consideration.

He was instantly impressed by it. It was bold and unique.

He looked at the name attached to the design and the contact number that had been written beside the name.

Gun Attaphan Poonsawat.

Earth lifted the receiver of his desk landline and tried to reach Gun's contact number.

Earth heard the ringing at the other end but his call went unanswered. His call was directed to voicemail.

Earth identified himself and gave the reason for the call and requested for a return call.

Before the end of the day, the receptionist transferred a call to Earth's desk.

"KV Garments, this is Earth speaking, how may I help you?"

"Good afternoon, sir, this is Gun Poonsawat returning your call."

"Mr. Poonsawat!"

"Please just call me Gun, sir,"

"Fine with me. Gun, are you free to come in for an interview?"

"When would you like me to come in, sir?"

"As in, right now?" Earth kept his fingers crossed as he waited for Gun's response.

"Whaaattt? I mean, yes, of course, sir. Can you give me an hour to an hour and a half?"

"Do you live far away from here, Gun?"

"No, actually my apartment is just fifteen to twenty minutes from your building, but right now I just got out from another company that is in the outskirts of the city so it will take me a while to get there. Is that alright with you?"

Shit, Earth thought, another company was going to snap him up if he did not make the right offer. He would have to go about the interview very carefully.

"Yes, it's alright with me. I will wait for you. Anyway I have a lot of work to do that I need to work overtime on. I will work on those while waiting for you."

"Very well, then, sir, I'll see you in an hour or so."

And with that Gun cut the call.

Kimmon was on his way out of his company building and was walking towards his car in his designated spot in the parking lot, when he saw a young man coming out of a white car that had been parked right beside his.

He wondered what his purpose or business was with KV Garments.

He smiled at the young man and the young man bowed and smiled back at him.

Shit, he had such cute dimples when he smiled, but they were not as cute as Copter's. Of course he realized that he was just being biased for Copter.

As soon as Earth heard a knock on his door, he went to open it.

Earth held out his hand and the young man took it.

"I'm Gun Poonsawat, sir."

"Stop calling me sir. Just call me Earth."

"Okay, sir, I mean, Earth."

Earth did not show it but he was totally taken by Gun's dimpled smile. He instantly remembered Copter's dimples. What was it about dimples that just always melted him, he asked himself, shaking his head.

"Is something wrong, sir?"

"No, no, nothing's wrong, Gun. Come sit on that chair right beside my desk."

"Oh, good. I got worried because I noticed you shaking your head."

"Oh, I was just shaking off some unwanted thoughts," Earth explained.

"Okay," Gun replied, wide eyed.

The remainder of the meeting involved Earth asking Gun about his work experience and how long he had been doing fashion design. Gun showed Earth several more samples of his designs and Earth was very much impressed with the sketches.

Earth then informed Gun of the salary that the company offered a fashion designer and told him about all the company benefits that he would be entitled to once he became a permanent employee of the company.

"Would you be interested in joining our company?" Earth asked, not realizing that he had automatically held his breath as he waited for Gun's answer.

Gun looked down at his clasped hands that were resting on his lap.

Shit, Earth thought, he was going to turn down his offer.

Then after a brief period, which to Earth seemed like an eternity, Gun looked up and held out his hand to Earth.

"I accept your offer," Gun said with a smile, his dimples appearing once more, making Earth's heart flutter everywhere.

Instead of shaking Gun's hand, Earth stood up from his desk and walked to where Gun was sitting and bent down to give Gun a big hug, making Gun go wide eyed again.

"Can you start tomorrow?" Earth asked.

"Whaaattt?" Gun was not expecting to start working right away.

"Will that be a problem for you?" Earth asked, his heart sinking fast.

"Well ... " Gun had to think fast. Tomorrow was Friday and he had promised his papii Off that he would help out at his shop because Friday was usually a very busy day for Off.

"The company really needs a fashion designer soonest because we have been receiving a lot of requests from retailers," Earth was practically begging.

"Alright then," said Gun. Papii will have to manage by himself tomorrow. Anyway, he would be happy at the thought that his work was closer to home and that the pay and benefits were way better than the other company where he had earlier went to apply for the same position.

Earth broke out into a wide grin and once more gave Gun a big hug.