Violet

Val smiles, he knows how Violet is, but the girl keeps looking at him as if asking for his support, she must be shy with Jason who can't distract his eyes from her. Jason is so handsome, did he realize that his stare could make any girl nervous? 

"Violet likes watching people sleep, she often takes photos of me and my other friends while we're sleeping," added Val.

Violet smiled. Once again, she tucked her hair behind her ear, it just kept falling when she lowered her head. 

"I'm kidding the reason is, I'm afraid of blood, but I'm still very interested in becoming a doctor. A doctor is cool, right? So far, the major that has the least contact with blood is anesthesia."

They laughed, especially Jason who thought Violet was so unique.

"That can be done too, I think it's a good idea for people who are afraid of blood but want to be doctors"

After eating, Jason helped Violet take the plates to the kitchen to be washed, while Val cleaned the dining area. The atmosphere become more relaxed than before. The tension is slowly gone after a nice dinner. Jason admitted that the girl was not that bad, at first he might think she was like the other rich girl he knew. The girl got used to living alone far from her family abroad, she's quite an independent young woman.

"Pardon me for troubling the guests, you should just sit relax, and let us clean up," said Jason.

Violet smiled, the sweet girl lifted all her hair and tied it high so she could wash it freely. She doesn't mind her delicate hand and curly finger getting soaked in the detergent. 

"Hey, it's no big deal, I like doing it, what's the point of sitting quietly without doing anything, you guys should hire a household assistant to do the housework."

Jason chuckled.

"It's just a few small jobs, there's a robot vacuum cleaner and dishwasher, who still needs a household assistant now?"

Violet couldn't deny it, she nodded slowly. The apartment certainly has everything they need.

"Well, that's how it is, I can't deny it"

Jason looked at Val who was busy cleaning the dining table and turning on the cleaning robot in the living room, the child looked cheerful.

"Um, Vi, does Val afraid of the dark?" Jason asked.

Violet looked at Val, then turned back to Jason.

"Um, yeah, I don't really know about that, but there's one time Val was looked up in the restroom, and the lights were off, which caused him to scream hysterically. Some kids in his class play pranks on him. Um," Violet washed her hands and wiped them with a dry cloth after being done with the dishes then looked at Jason seriously.

"When we found him, he fainted after being locked in the bathroom for half a day. We thought maybe Val was sick or something, but not long after coming out of the bathroom he gradually got better. The school medic said, there was a possibility that his blood sugar dropped which made Val fall unconscious. After the incident, nobody dares to play pranks on him. They being warned about his condition"

Jason pursed his mouth. He straightened up when he saw Val approaching the refrigerator beside him. The kid looks radiant with his cheerful face, as he used to be.

"Come on, let's eat ice cream!" Val exclaimed, taking out the ice cream he bought yesterday from the refrigerator.

Jason and Violet couldn't stop smiling. The young man was smiling so wide from ear to ear.

"Val your stomach going to explode from too much eating," said Jason.

"No it won't, I still have lots of space in there," said Val.

Both Jason and Violet can't hold their laugh.

 …

Klek.

The night was getting late, Violet had already gotten back to her place after all day with Val and Jason.

The apartment was back to a serene atmosphere with just Val and Jason there. Val had just finished cleaning himself and sat on his bed. He just washed his hair and used a towel to dry it.

Jason enters, approaches, and takes the towel from Val's hand, helps him dry his hair.

"This brat, it's late, why are you still washing your hair?"

Val smiled when Jason moved him so he could sit behind the young man. Jason pushes Val's waist and sits so close behind him. The bed is so soft.

"It is itchy, Boss, I haven't washed my hair for a couple of days. It feels so refreshing"

Jason can't hide his smile, he loves Val to dry his hair every time. He smells so good.

"Yeah, but you'll catch a cold sleeping with wet hair."

Val smiled. Jason's hand gently massaged his head to his back neck.

"Are you that close to Violet? Looks like she likes you," Jason asked.

Val pursed his lips.

"Not really, Violet, we've been friends for a very long time, she's so kind. I think it was because she felt sorry for me. I had no friends and was always being bullied, so she approached me to make me feel better."

"Oh yeah?" Jason frowned. "I'm confused, how can they bully a very cute and sweet kid like this? Perhaps, they are all jealous of you?"

Val laughed a little at Jason's words as if he knew him.

"How can that be, they just like to bully everyone, no exception. And Bos, how can you be so sure that I'm cute and sweet? You didn't even see me back then." 

Jason stopped, grabbed Val's shoulder, and tilted his head to see Val's better, so close.

"Em, let me see, this, sweet and perfect face, beautiful eyes, sharp nose, sweet lips," said Jason poke on Val's chin naughty. 

Val blushed. Jason had surely been teasing him. He pushed Jason's chest away.

"Boss"

But Jason held Val's hand, looking at the young man's face for a long moment.

"That's the truth"

For a long time, Jason stared at Val, until his head unconsciously moved closer. But Val lowered his head to avoid him.

"Boss"

Jason bitting his lips. He realized that he was being aggressive again, this couldn't be allowed.

"Eh, well, that's so obvious, is it? Valiant Arcady must have been a sweet and cute kid"

Jason raised his hand to dry Val's hair with a towel, Val writhed in amusement when Jason touched his neck.

"Boss, it's ticklish"

"You smell so good Val, can I sleep here with you tonight?"

"No, Boss, you can't!" 

"Why?"

 …

The next day at the Diamond. It's another bright day. As usual, all activity in the city center starts like the automated machine which is never late even for a second. The street which was deserted at night, became a high traffic of the warrior and worker ants who swarm to then disperse into the holes.

The marketing office was quite as it used to be. Some noises can be heard faintly from the phone call and photocopy machine. Jason has the rules to keep all the sounds as low as they can to pollute the air. The young General Manager sat next to Val helping him finish the presentation for the big boss.

"Look at this, there's a bit of explanation here, what image do you want to use?" Jason asked.

Val pursed his mouth. Thinking quite hard. He looks at some options flavor of the noodles on the screen.

"Um, this is the spicy one, boss, this is the one that sells best among the other variants," said Val.

Jason nodded.

"Oh, then it will be like this, insert the picture on the side here, here are the points. It doesn't have to be too long, two or three lines with the shortest explanation possible and after that the ingredients. Then, here are the other flavor variants"

Jason sat so close to Val that Val was slightly pushed back.

"Boss" Val's eyes got bigger when his boss leaned too close to him, he could even smell his favorite perfume from his place.

Val glanced around him, the other staff were probably turned their face from them, but he could feel that all eyes were looking at them now.

"What?" Jason just plays innocent stupidly. He acts like he did nothing wrong by leaning so close that he can touch Val's hand with his. He even widened his eyes asking.

Val tried to push Jason's chair a bit from him to make some gaps. Jason smiled mischievously, until he moved a bit, just a few inches from before. 

"I just want to explain better, what's wrong with getting so close, this is normal, right"

Yeah, normal, who doesn't know how well Jason takes the opportunity in every condition, thought Val annoyed. He hit Jason's lap quite hard making the boss moan.

"Aw"

 ….