Memoirs Of The Past ( On Going )

MP18

It was a sunny morning and the heat of the summer is draining Fourth's energy. He is about to be late at work and he's currently waiting for a bus. Sweats are evident in his silky smooth skin because of him running from his residence going to the bus stop.

Tu had her pain seizures last night so Fourth and Nurse Dunk only had a few hours of sleep. When he woke up, it was already seven-thirty in the morning and his work starts at eight.

He keeps on looking at his wristwatch until the bus comes at last. He immediately hops in and looks for a comfortable seat to settle upon.

When he reaches the GRAMMY building, his heart is beating so fast. Especially that he saw Gemini's car earlier at the parking lot. This is the first time he came late and he doesn't know what to expect from his boss later. He will get scolded that's for sure.

He heard from the employees and managers before that Gemini is very strict about reliability and conversion. Now, he is forty-five minutes late and luckily, he forgot his phone too so he didn't have the chance to call into HR that he's going to be late.

If only possible, Fourth already flies his way up to the 12th floor where Gemini's office is located. Out of panic, he immediately rushes towards the elevator after he scanned his thumb to the biometrics at the building entrance. He even bumped with Engr. Shun and Ryota along the way who's discussing what the latter would do as his assistant and all he did is to apologize. Yes, the younger Ryota Katayose was absorbed into the company because of his performance when he acted as Fourth's sub after he applied for a leave due to Tu.

Now, he is in front of Gemini's office, hands are sweating and is hesitant if he would open the door or not but in the end, he did.

As expected, he was greeted by the angry stares of no other than, Gemini Norawit. Fourth timidly enters the office while his boss is looking at him with piercing eyes.

"Why are you late?" Gemini started the conversation with a bang. He's very frustrated.

"Uhm I'm sorry Sir. It was my fault. I woke up late." Fourth replied with a guilty look all over his face plus, he's getting nervous too by the way Gemini is glaring at him.

"Why can't I contact you on your cell?."

"Well about that, Uhm...I kinda left it at home in a hurry to get here Sir."

"YOU LEFT IT?! How irresponsible of you Fourth! You know that it's a must in your job right?"

Gemini suddenly outbursts which startled Fourth to hell. He doesn't know how Gemini would take this yeah, but, he didn't expect it to be this much too.

Why is he making it a big deal anyway?

That is the question that pops up in Fourth's mind because usually, your boss will just tell you 'just don't do it next time' or 'this serves as a warning to you Fourth' but Gemini's version was rather different. He shouted at him like he lost millions just by him being late for the very first time. Fourth knows that being late is unacceptable especially to him because he's 45 mins late but he thinks that it's not a valid reason for Gemini to shout at him like this. Moreover, calling him irresponsible too!

"Excuse me? With all due respect Sir, I do know that I am at fault here but there is no need for you to raise your voice on me like this. You can scold me, yes, but not to the fact that you're making me feel like I'm your worst employee. It's not even a big deal anyway because you have a free schedule today until twelve o'clock."

Fourth answered back because he felt worthless being called irresponsible for a mere fact that he isn't. It's just that he doesn't have any more options.