Too Perfect

Before I could make a scene in the warehouse, father brought me and the manager inside the office to talk things out and I told father about everything that had happened while I was working. I wanted to tell him everything, but he asked me to leave and let the two of them talk and as I waited outside, I looked for the one that saved me and the nurse said that he went to the locker room.

'I hope he has not left yet,' I said to myself as I have not thanked him for what he has done for me. 

As I reached the locker room, the door was already opened and when I entered, I saw him changing his shirt. I tried to look away, but his perfectly fit body is just too attractive to me, that I find it hard not to look. And just like that, I made the atmosphere a bit awkward.

'Ahem…. are you done changing?' I asked, clearing my throat as if there was something stuck inside but clearly there wasn't. It's just my excuse. He turned to me with a smile and asked, 'Uhm, hi. What are you doing here?' 

I just looked at him and asked after noticing that he doesn't have a single bandage on his head where he was bleeding. I unknowingly went to him to take a look at his wound, and it was still bleeding.

'What are you doing? You're injured! How can you change your clothes first!' I exclaimed out of frustration, and he was just there looking at me like an idiot and his next words frustrated me even more, 'Well, I can't work with a dirty shirt on. The manager would scold me.' 

It is at that moment, I realized the kind of idiot I am facing that I could not help but bury my face under my hands. 'Oh my god....this guy is just too much…' I muttered to myself and grabbed his arm. 

'What are you doing?' he asked as if I was doing something unreasonable, I turned to him and said, 'I will have your wound cleaned and treated.' I said, scorning him for his idiotic action and he followed me silently like a kid, always glancing from left and right from time to time as if he was afraid of something.

Just then, I realized that he might be afraid that he would lose his job because of what happened. I stopped and asked, 'You…you're not used to being helped, are you?' He just gazed away from me and slightly nodded his head. In response, I patted his shoulder and said, 'Don't worry, I'll take care of it. Just think of it as my way of repaying you for what you have done for me.' 

He looked at me confused at first, but then my eyes widened the instant I saw his smile. I was in awe. 'How can someone have that beautiful smile, and on top of that, he has unnaturally perfectly aligned teeth with his fangs clearly protruding from the rest.' Is what I thought the moment he smiled.

I myself could not help but smile back, knowing that I at least did something good for someone. When we got there, I had the nurse treat his head injury and at the same time, my father also got out of the office and called out to me.

'Cassey!' His voice is rather more worried than usual, so I ran up to him and to my surprise, my father embraced me out of nowhere. 'That was close...my baby could have been badly hurt..daddy is sorry, okay?' he whimpered. I did not want to ruin his moment, so I waited out until he calmed down. 'Uhm, dad. I was not injured, though? He saved me.' I said, trying to guess if father has finally calmed down.

He slowly let go of me and looked at him, as if he was trying to inspect the goods on the crates and his response was hilarious, everytime father looked at him dead in the eye, he would turn his gaze away. 

'Father, please stop that.' I said, as I try to keep father from looking like an idiot. 'Hmm….. so you are the one that saved my baby. You are selfless and alert, I like this young man!' he said with a big smile on his face and grabbed his hands and asked, 'Because you saved my daughter, I want to reward you. Tell me, what do you want?' 

I was planning to ask father to let me reward him myself, but since father has stepped in and asked him, I have no other complaints since father is a generous man despite his strange personality. And just as I suspected, he just stares at us cluelessly as if he doesn't know what he wants.

'I'm sorry…..I just did something that I think was right, so I have not thought this far ahead. Hehe….' He responded with the stupidest line and laugh I have ever heard. I expected my father to be irritated and lash at him for saying such things, but never did I expect that my father would remain calm and commend him instead.

'This young man is the prime example of how people should be! What a strange yet interesting young man.' Father said with a smile and then pat his shoulders, 'If that's the case, then you can tell me what you want later on. for now, I will postpone your reward since you clearly don't have anything in mind.' 

Father then turned to me and said, 'Let's go home. I'm sure your mother is really worried right now. I will explain things to her when we get back.' 

I did not want to leave until he was rewarded, but father ushered me back to the car. And as we are about to leave, father's expression returns to the usual and turns back, 'I hope this bullying needs to stop, otherwise I have no choice but to trim the staff myself.' His words are filled with a threat that most of the employees kept their heads down in fear. And that marks the end of my work for that day.

When we arrived home, mother immediately lunged at father because of what happened, but after explaining everything that happened, mother calmed down. 

After supper, I went straight to my room and recalled all the things that happened and how eventful it was.

'Still, I am disappointed. To think that he is an idiot that wants nothing.' I said to myself, still frustrated. But then a brilliant idea came to mind and before I knew it, I was reaching out to my father's study room when I heard his voice from the other side saying, 

'Investigate that young man that saved Cassey today. I don't think he is an ordinary man.' 

That sent chills down my spine, it is not everyday that father wants to investigate someone and for that someone happened to save my life, I felt enraged and want to storm inside his office and protest, but I know that if I want to protect him just like I promised, I need to stand down and wait for the perfect opportunity.So I walked back to my room and called someone to do the same.

'I don't like calling this guy, but right now he is the one I can count on.' I said to myself and went ahead and dialed Bella's number.