Chris Chirp Chirp
The Sun slowly rising from the horizon, the sounds of bird chirping can be heard throughout the neighborhood.
Inside a particular house, a young man in his room was slumped down to the floor with a bowl, a sword, and a scabbard beside him.
Slowly opening his eyes, his face taking in the sunlight coming through the window, finding the energy to pick himseld up.
Henry found himseld in a daze as he yawned, before remembering what happened last night.
Sigh
(What a loser...) With a self deprecating comment, he picked up the scabbard with the sword, put it back together, and placed it back on the closet.
Finding tissues to clean the mess he made with the bowl before leaving, meeting his parents in the living room and kitchen preparing dinner, he greeted them casually like everyday, taking a shower, suiting up, eat his breakfast, head to work, Henry found himself again back to his mundane life despite being overwhelmed with emotions yesterday.
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Taking the train to go to the heart of the city, heading for his job, along the way, he have some thoughts to ponder.
(Right, it was really embarrassing of me to somehow check up on her yesterday, what was I thinking? There's no place for me right beside her, since she already found someone much better.)
Henry pondered as he walk the street, with buildings standing high up all over him, showcasing power and wealth, and the office worker makes him feel already more insignificant than he already is.
As usual, passing by himself the city square to get to his job, the commercial screen on the building screens was flooded with a clear picture of Henry and Mary somehow locking gazes with each other accompanied by juicy titles and headlines such as.
"Who is this nobody person?"
"Ex boyfriend perhaps?"
"Is this a love triangle?"
But there's also those that focuses back on Mary and her Fiancee, such as.
"Princess and Prince, when is the wedding?"
"Are they perhaps expecting?"
But Henry, he never bothered to cast his gazes up to look at them properly for he was still locked looking down.
Upon entering his office, before he could even find the time to place his belongings in his desk, he found someone sitting on chair.
(What? Who is this?)
"Henry! Office, now!"
Before he could even properly process what was happening, over who was the unfamiliar face on his space, his manager called him to his office.
"What is it, Manager?"
Standing in front of the manager inside his office, while he sits leisurely.
"Unfortunately, well, should I say fortunately for us, Henry, you're fired."
Henry stood there in a daze, but instead of showing shock, or protest even a little, he just stands there in silence, as if he's expecting it.
(Well, I already know it's gonna happen, but I- ugh, whatever! Let's just get on with it!)
"Your performance by far has been the worst within the history of this company, too many failed reports, you can barely even managed your own cubicle, I get a lot of complaints from your coworkers, it's been really tiring to watch over you and overlook some of your mistake, we already find a replacement for you, so, well, do you have anything to say, Henry?"
The Manager locked eyes with Henry, showing his usual bossy attitude, and a disdain hinted through his eyes.
"I won't deny it, I guess I had it coming in the end, so all I say is that, thank you Manager, for taking care of me this whole time." Henry bowed sincerely as if saying his farewell, somehow feeling even relieved.
"Well, at least you understood what you did wrong, don't worry, we won't be so cruel to just cast you out without your paycheck, you can wait one month to get it. Now, shoo, shoo!"
Henry bowed again, with one glance back at the office space he used to work on, the colleagues he's spend 6 months with, still gossiping even after he got fired.
"Look at that guy!"
"He's finally leaving, finally! I will really good crazy if he spend another minute in this place!"
"Wait, is he perhaps familiar with the princess, the news lately has been crazy, with articles after articles somehow capturing a moment between the two of them locking gaze with each other, it's like a once deep intertwined connected love now forever lost!"
"Stop your yapping, you're getting ahead of yourself, she clearly said he was just a nobody, and it was just an accident as she fell in a daze, there's no way that could happen!"
Even though there's a clear distance that seperates Henry and his coworkers, his Conqueror physiology still allows him to hear them cleary as if he's just beside them.
(They never changed, huh, even when I'm finally leaving, only insults hurled at me is the only thing they ever associated with me, ugh... Whatever, now I gotta find another job.)
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Upon leaving the premise of the building, with one final glance at it from his back, he heaved a sigh as if a burdened has been lifted, but unfortunately, in his case, another weight seems to replaced it just as immediately for he have to find another job.
(I got fired again from a job huh, maybe I search for tomorrow instead, I've been so exhausted lately, resting is a must!)
Before the gloomy Henry who just got fired from his job could even take a step after, glancing back at the company's building he used to work on, reminiscing even just a little bit, thinking back from when he first started, and desperately tried all sorts of things just to be admitted, to now getting just fired.
Screech
A black Limousine suddenly stopped by his side on the side of the road which took Henry's attention, a beautiful woman step out of the car from the driver's seat, and approached him.
"Henry Val? My Lady would like to have a conversation with you! She won't take no for an answer, please, get in."
The woman didn't even give Henry a time to speak for himself, as she immediately went on and take the initiative to push him inside the car.
(What now, I just got fired from my job, can you stop, and just give me time to rest?! Wait, am I perhaps getting kidnapped, who are these people?!)
"He-!" Before he could protest his voice as he's already inside the vehicle, she closed the door before his eyes before he could finish his word.
"Henry?"
Out of nowhere, suddenly, a familiar voice echoed within the interior of the limousine, Henry was immediately taken aback from the voice, as the familiar voice was one he just heard recently yesterday, a familiar voice he's been wanting to hear for a very long time and spend his time with.
"Mary?!" A weak yet powerful voice escaped his mouth, hinting his excitement at the voice.
Within the spacious interior of the limo, the place is found to be really expensive, the soft couches, the beers, everything around him is something Henry could never hope to afford in his life if he continued working on the company.
Yet inside, the only person was him inside, up front, the window slides, and a noticeably red haired emerged from the slides while on her left is her secretary on the wheel, Henry's voice grew in even more excitement.
"Mary! What are you doing here?!" Finding a bit of joy upon the fact he could once again spend some time with his childhood sweetheart, Henry said with clear anticipation for what Mary's about to say next.
"What do you think you're doing yesterday, are you trying to embarrass me again?" A soft clear voice but one that expressed a hint of anger and strong resentment echoed in Henry's ears.
Although her face is upfront, not even bothering to talk to him properly face to face, Henry could clearly imagine the face she's probably making right now with only the back of her head as seen through the slides.
A face Henry once saw on THAT day, one that he could never forget.
"Wha- what do you mean?" Stuttering his words, conveying his fear of her.
"Speak properly." Mary's powerful commanding voice resounded again within the vehicle.
(Yeah, not only I embarrassed myself back then yesterday, I might've also embarrassed Mary along the way due to my rash actions, she would've been saved anyway by her fiancee, what a foolish person I am, hehe...) He thought to himself with self loathing and self deprecation.
"I'm sorry, I guess." Trying to make a light of himself, he scratched the back of his head while making a weak unmotivated statement to answer her babk.
"If you're really sorry, then never show your face in front of me ever again, changed another city, somewhere far away, just by sharing the same car as you disgust me, don't worry, my secretary will take care of you and your parents financial needs, so you don't have to worry about money during your moving."
Upon hearing that, Henry felt another stabbing pain swirling in his chest.
(Does she still really hate me that much after all this years, can't she just forget it, I'm repenting and suffering here aren't i? I even thought of killing myself just so you would be happy, but I can't afford to do that, who's gonna take care of my parents, they be sad if I do that?)
"Do you still hate me that much after all these years, I've been repenting this whole time and suffering just like you wished, aren't i?" Those words escape his mouth while seemingly not thinking through it properly, lost in his own thought.
Upon hearing those words, the vehicle suddenly started to shake and tremble, glasses clinking, couches tearing apart, windows crackings, all of this stemming from Mary's aura that was very imposing, her powers growing irascibly, affecting the car, her anger reaching was reaching its critical limit as veins bulges out of her hands that's grabbing a wand with irritation and resentment towards the man at the back of the limousine.
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"My Lady, please, calm yourself, the car- The car!"
But upon hearing her secretary's voice who was at the wheel, she took the time to calm her down again, clearing her mind, and finding clarity.
With her powers, the vehicle's damaged was slowly getting repaired, turning back itself into what's once it look like before, like they've never been damaged.
"Suffering all this time? Are you kidding me? Did you become a Clown somehow all these years? Wake up, Im the one who's in pain here!" Mary's voice which was soft and calm earlier now turned furious and loud.
"Ma- Mary?"
"What, you think just because you suffered a little over these past years, you would hope I love you back again, you think the love I shared with you since childhood can ever be repaired ever since the day you cheated on me with another bitch, I suffered a lot too you know?!" The memories came flooding back like a title wave as she said those words.
"Look here, I have a fiance who will marry me and make me happy, unlike you, you're just a pathetic loser who will never rise as a Conqueror, and with no job to support your own well being, don't ever compare myself, and James to the likes of you!"
(No job, wait, did she?!) With those particular words, Henry suddenly thought of something, as he begin making connections.
"Mary, were you the one who got me fired from my job?"
"What does it matter anyway, I heard you even suck at it too just like any other you once applied before, I heard from the company they just couldn't fire you out for they took an extreme pity on you, pity, hilarious, it makes me wanna puke! Yes, you heard that right, this job, and I add in to the fact that all the previous one, the reason why you were fired is all because of me!"
Henry came upon realization that Mary was the one who got him fired from his job, but also, all his previous jobs, this was done simply out of spite and to get revenge on him.
"I was actually planning to let you go this time around, but after embarrassing me in front of the media, I just couldn't take it anymore, and I wanted to go all in this moment."
Due to Mary's high status as Conqueror, her influence throughout society was very powerful, and by pulling some strings, she can certainly do something as trivial as getting Henry fired.
(Isn't this a bit too much? I tried really hard to get that job, but more than that, all my previous jobs, all of it, the reason why I got fired in the first place was because of her! Why is going so much out of her way just to make me suffer, all for the sake of revenge? I hate it, did I really suffer this whole time for nothing, thinking of her well being first and foremost before mine that I even almost killed myself, all for the sake of repentance, but- this is what I'm met with? Screw you, screw you!!)
"Just leave for another city already will you, we're even being considerate to pay for the expenses."
"Screw you..." He whispered under his breath.
The gloomy and depressing thoughts that's been welling up ever since Henry's mind ever since she cheated on her, was now slowly turning into anger and resentment just like hers.
"Screw you." His word became cleared this second time.
For he realized how futile it has been this whole time, he realized how far he have fallen, but a different kind now one that bears vexation for feeling like he's just being taken advantage on, his dignity is trampled upon, and cheated on the years of his life he spent rueing in regret, and in the heat of the moment.
"Screw you!! You think you're some kind of tragic heroine in a story, I admit that I did something really bad back then for cheating on you, but aren't you being a little childish for thinking that way this whole time!" Henry shouted back in anger.
Mary was taken and shaken aback from him suddenly shouting.
"This whole time, all these years of torment that I suffered, i wasted my years of life for nothing, hoping to be at least be met with some form of forgiveness to escape my torment, only to be met with these, I was right not to kill myself, why did I even bother holding onto these feelings for you!" Tears slides down his cheeks, as Henry's emotions took a burst, and he started crying his heart out.
"Huhu... Uwahh..." Covering his face with his hands, the tears didn't stop flowing.
Henry this whole time has been at least expecting some sort of forgiveness to be free from the torment, only to be met with betrayal he set upon himself.
Mary clearly heard his every word and desperate pleas, taking it all in her heart.
She took one quick glance at him, and felt extreme satisfaction overwhelm her as what seems like her revenge finally being fulfilled at this very moment.
But.
She quickly casted her gaze aside trying to ignore the crying of the man at the back, she tried to humor himself and make her self laugh just to add salt to the wound, yet she was unable to do so, after seeing the man she once loved broke down, and be so pathetic, the thing she wanted to see this whole time, but her eyes and overall facial expression contains a tinge of regret as she was also swallowed by the sadness she and Henry has been subjected to for a very long time.
"Screw you... Screw you..." Murmuring under his breathe, his voice was weak, but was clearly heard.
With that, Henry's demeanour took a whole turn, wanting to retaliate towards his former lover, but left unable to do anything, but cry his eyes out as it already happened.