Talking dickhead

As mentioned earlier, Cassie has work to do.

Just like anyone else on the planet, the other party was left with no choice but to work and make ends meet. Otherwise, she would not survive; starving herself since no one would provide her needs to her other than herself.

On that particular day, Cassie took two shifts straight; both the middle and the last shift. Their work schedules were divided into three, the morning, afternoon, and night shift.

When she arrived at the store, Aries was already there.

She referred him to the shop owner when on one occasion he asked her if she happened to know a place that was looking for a part-timer.

Aries took the morning shift that day and was just about to leave work because the afternoon shift already started. But he seemed to be caught in the middle of something.

"Hey! You're in? Didn't think you would come into work today."

He commented as soon as he noticed that Cassie was around.

"I'm broke. I need the money."

The other party replied shortly using a matter-of-fact tone.

"Well, I was worried about you. Come on."

Right after saying that, Aries spread his arms and invited Cassie with an open arm as though he was trying to welcome her to his warm embrace.

"Bring it in, let us hug it out."

He added afterward.

Aries had heard about what happened to Cassie after she left the bar the other night. That was why he was acting that way.

"No, I'm really fine. I swear."

Cassie refused his kind offer but it did not seem that he heard it. He proceeded to hug her and Cassie was left with no choice but to just hug him back instead.

"Aries?"

She mumbled when as she wanted to break the hug but the other party seemed to be enjoying it.

"Aries."

Cassie reiterated, more forceful this time.

"Ok, yeah. You see, I was just checking."

Aries replied and acted as though he did not do something out of the line just a few moments ago. He resumed what he was doing way before Cassie even arrived.

"What are you doing over there?"

Cassie asked

"Some son of a dinosaur wedged something inside."

Aries, on the other hand, answered her back. But from the way he sounded, it was as though he was only talking to himself.

Then out of the blue, he asked,

"Are you going to have a scar?"

Taken aback and a bit perplexed by the sudden question, Cassie asked him back.

"What?"

"Trust me, girls with scars are hot. Remember that girl who went through the windscreen of her dad's car?"

He said as he used his lips to point at Cassie's wound.

"I see you are talking about, Emma Lawrence. The girl in the wheelchair."

"Are you sure it isn't a skateboard?"

Aries sounded a bit confused this time.

"Pretty sure. They are quite different."

Cassie replied using a matter-of-fact tone.

"The girl I am thinking of rides a skateboard, though. But you know what? Coming to think about it, I just remembered, she does not have any scars either."

"So all you are saying is that it is just totally irrelevant?"

"No, it is something... I made you feel better."

Aries declared as she flashed her a grin.

"Get out there, you furry tit. Go out!"

He added afterward, talking to himself again. Then he turned his back on Cassie. It turned out that what he was actually pulling out from under him was his surprise for her.

It was a small teddy bear, just the size of his palm.

"Do you want to go for a drink later?"

He asked using a little voice. He made it seemed that it was the stuffed toy who was directly asking Cassie that question.

"You are such a dick."

Cassie commented as she tried to fight back her smile.

"I can't"

She added.

"Rejections hurt his feelings."

Aries said back, referring to the teddy bear. Then he put it next to his ear as though the thing was whispering something to him.

"Hey? What is that, buddy?"

After that, he turned back to Cassie and said,

"Oh, he says he likes tequila."

He deliberately made of pause before adding in a whispering manner,

"And pussy"

At this point, Cassie rolled her eyes.

Aries never let a day passed that he would not make it obvious to her that he wanted to someday roll under the sheets with her.

Cassie used to call him a talking dickhead, but she always only said that inside her head.

With short but quick strides, she walked towards Aries and leaned to the toy in his hand.

"Dirty bastard!"

She said next to the teddy bear, but her voice was loud enough for Aries to hear.