"I've got a job offer."

"Eh? ugeh- Khau.. .khau... Cough Cough"

"Hold on! Here, take this water. Are you okay?"

Is this surprising? I mean yeah when I think about it? I mean you can't even call it a job? This is more like a con-artist business. Or maybe it can be classified as an acting job, right?

"It's okay. Please continue. Where ? When? What is the salary?"

Oh F**k! How could I forget to make something up..

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These moments make me realize how I am not a human actually but an idiot sandwich! What should I tell her now? Which believable story can I think of? Hold on.. I think-

"Hey, tell me Adachi-san. Why are you so silent?"

"Stop Kaori-chan. I am thinking. Please be patient."

"Huh! What are you thinking?"

Story! Story! That's what I am thinking! It's difficult to write these days in this time of goldfish attention span.

"Okay, okay. I am telling you to wait. So.. Um.. You know I went to the grocery store to buy some eggs."

But wait! Where are they!? Let me remember ... Oh! Maybe they got crushed while Miyamoto-san was trying to kidnap me. Man! Thinking about that makes my neck ache. It still hurts..

"So, while I was coming home, I decided to go to the park."

"Park? Why.. for what reason?"

Yeah, right for what reason.

"P-Pollution you see. Climate change and global warming are showing their effects. These days it's so suffocating you see."

"Okay, then what happened next."

"So, as I was going to the park, I saw a woman in her thirties lying on the ground crying with pain. Her labor pain had begun. Hence, I immediately called the ambulance, and they thought I was her husband and also even though she was unconscious she was holding my hand tightly. The ambulance took us to the nearest hospital and it took several hours for the operation to complete. When the child was delivered, and his husband and her sister came to the hospital, they turned out to be some big-shots and they offered me a job for the help."

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Kaori's eyes brimmed with pride as if her child got a gold medal in olympics.

"But why hadn't you called me and informed me sooner."

Ah! Stupid! My hands were tied, how would I call you? I didn't even have my phone.

"My mind was such a mess that time that I just forgot to call you. I am so sorry about that."

Pat my head! Such a good story I've created(Stolen actually)! My goodness! Arigato Godai-san! Arigato Rumiko Takahashi-san!

"Yeah, you are right! So, so much proud of you Adachi. Tell me, tell me fast! What is the job?" She asked, shaking with excitement.

"You won't believe me Kaori. But it's a high-level management position with almost a double salary as the previous one."

"Woaaaaahh! Hold on, Then why are we having noodles right now. Let's go outside in some fancy restaurant and celebrate this day. Let's hurry. It's all ready so late!"

I don't want to tell her that I didn't want to do that job.

Her excitement made me flutter. Pondering over the question, as to how I should drop this information, I opened my mouth: "But I don't want to take that offer."

Shocked and amazed, she asked me hastily, "Why! What's the problem?"

"Because the job is in Hokkaido."

Few hours earlier, just after we sealed the deal. He told me that if I wanted that offer, I had to come to Hokkaido where he lived.

That one sentence alone made me rethink my answer and after seeing Kaori my answer was clear.

"I will reject the offer. I don't wanna go. I don't want to leave you."

Leaving you is never an option.

I know. I know very well how much she loves me, and how much I love her. Also, I believe that no physical distance between us can take our love away. Yet still.. I feel a sense of uneasiness in my heart.

"No, Adachi-san. You should go. Opportunities like these don't always come."

I was tired of hearing it. But.. I...

"Yes! I would go. Please take care of yourself."

She wrapped me in her arms. Her warmth made my body shiver a little. The sensation of her touch made me forget all my pain, all tiredness, all agony, all fear, my everything.

In that brief moment of heat, my lips pursed her lips, and tried to get a taste of them.

Even though I know that feeling and I've tasted it a hundred times before, every time it still feels equally special. Maybe that's some evil trick of the God of Love!

We stayed like that for an hour before going to sleep.

Next morning came a little early for us, as we had not packed anything at all, so the thing after waking up was to pack my stuff and clothes. As for the question as to why we are doing it right now is because Kana-san would be coming right now.

I had packed only two bags worth of clothes which we both immediately carried to the ground floor through the lift.

She had told me that she would be in front of the building by 7'o clock.

As we got to our apartment gate, I noticed her car coming.

So, I immediately asked the guard to open the gate.

The car stopped in front of me. The driver, in a bodyguard outfit, stepped out of the car and opened the door of the backseat from where Kana-san made her striking entrance with her usual grace as if she was the boss of some gang of thugs. Dressed in a black single button blazer and trousers, she looked stunning. [ Her image in comment. ]

Before I got to speak, Kaori greeted her with a smile.

I was still tense about the made-up story from last night, and I immediately wanted control over the conversation before any of them spilled any beans to each other, "Hello Kana-san. Good morning! How are you doing? This is my girlfriend Kaori that I told you about."