Chapter 10: Part 5 - Maybe She likes her...maybe she does not...

= Chris POV =

" Be your best friend again?" I repeated, trying to wrap my head around how that felt to me. It felt weird. I didn't want to be best friends with Sarah anymore. I wanted…

"You said anything within your power, and you were my best friend once… couldn't you be that person again, just until midnight tonight? I've been dying to talk to someone about the things I've been going through" Sarah said and sighed "And I miss the heart-to-heart chitchats that we had in the past"

I sighed and sat back. What did I expect, this was Sarah. It's not like her requests would have been like mine. I would have gone for a striptease, but clearly, the soft-hearted Sarah just wanted a listening ear. Sure, I could play ball, she has been working hard and she should be able to confide in me, if not, she might end up confiding in that snake, Ruby, and I did not want that.

"Sure, starting from now, I'm back to being ol' Chris, your very bestest friend" I said and smiled.

"Great!" Sarah said and stood up " Then first, let's go to my room, I wanna sit and eat in comfort," Sarah said and gathered up the bag of buns and sushi "Can you bring us something to drink? I have a lot to share tonight, and this sushi would taste so good with some white wine" Sarah said and winked, and then disappeared into her room.

I groaned and stood up. Sarah drunk was a handful, but at least I didn't have to drive her home. I grabbed two wine glasses and a bottle of white wine from the wine storage and went to join her.

I paused at the entrance of her room. The guest room had been completely transformed into a cute gamer girl aesthetic room, with anime posters on the wall, neo-vintage white furnishings and a cute white four-post bed with pink sheets. Sarah was seated on the fluffiest-looking carpet with her back leaning against the bed frame, and she had placed all the food on a small coffee table in front of her.

"Wow, when did you get the place redecorated?" I asked, impressed. It felt like I was walking back into Sarah's other apartment which we had to return to the landlord.

"Two weeks ago" Sarah said.

I paused " How did I not notice?" I gasped " All this happened and you didn't tell me about it?"

"I did! I asked for permission, and you gave it, but then you also told me not to talk to you after midnight again, and that is the only time you come back home from work. So yeah, how would you know?" Sarah replied and pouted.

I sank down onto the carpet across from Sarah and sighed " I am so sorry, I am such a dunce! I think I said that out of exhaustion, I didn't mean it" said and placed the wine and the cups down.

" Well it's hard to tell, anyway that better count as a request, because I've been sticking to it every since!" Sarah demanded, poking my phone as if to indicate that I should update the strikes. 

"Ok ok I will, I'll account for it tmr, alright?" I said and smiled, swatting away her finger.

"So what do you think of the room?" Sarah asked as she opened the sushi box and started preparing the soya sauce and wasabi in the little sauce dishes the store provided.

"I love it! This place really looks like yours now, you did a great job" I smiled, taking a long look around to really take it all in.

Sarah smile just got bigger and bigger "Thank you, I'm so glad you love it. It was mostly Ms Takahasi and her team that did the work, however, I really feel at home here now that the furniture and decor have been changed up. Now, let's eat, I need to tell you all about this horrible landlord I have and my new awkward work arrangements" Sarah said cheekily as she popped into her mouth a salmon sushi.

Two hours and four glasses of wine later. We both were lying on the carpet, having pushed aside the coffee table to make room.

"I can't believe Ruby did that to you. I'd have punched her if she pinned me down like that and force-fed me cake" I said, after hearing the full story of what Ruby did to Sarah during her interview.

"Yeah well, after working there for a week, Ruby has cornered Mr Ichikawa, Ms Hana and even Amber, and tried to force-feed them cake as well. She targets people shorter than her, and she always pounces when their hands are full, so it turns out I'm not as special as I thought I was. The trouble is not the cake, it's the alcohol content, it's not a rational amount to add to a cake and then expect your employees to try it out" Sarah explained, pouring herself another glass of wine.

"Yeah well, you can still press charges if you want to, you probably must have hated it," I said, sitting up to sip my wine.

Sarah paused for a moment. She leaned back against her bedframe and wrapped an arm around her legs while swirling her wine with the other hand.

"Well, I kinda…liked it? I kind of, like her. She has a real taste for life, you know? I wish I could live life as intensely and passionately as she lives every day of hers", Sarah smiled.

I sat up straight, staring at her " But Sarah, you're straight, I know you don't understand cause it's a girl touching you, but from the standpoint of a lesbian, it's just as bad if a man did that to you, don't you see you were being taken advantage of?"

Sarah turned to me and smiled a little smile. She tilted her head slightly, as though deep in thought, and then said, " Who told you I was straight?" 

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