Sulking

Felix walks across the lobby of The Bubble, greeting the receptionist with a smile on his face, as usual. With his cashmere top–turtle neck in blue black– and a pair of brown slack, he strides with his white Reebok's towards the elevator.

As soon as he arrives at the top level of the building, he walks past Ran, slightly nods his head to her. However, the girl, all of a sudden, dashes from her seat and stops Felix midway.

"Stop! Stop!" Ran spreads both of her hands. She stands firmly between Felix and the door to the CEO office. The boy blinks at her in confused.

"What's wrong, Ran?" Felix asks.

"You're not allow to meet Miss Ratchana today!" Ran speaks up as her eyes almost bulging out of the socket.

"Why? Is she sick?" Felix insists to enter the room but Ran puts her body as a barrier and guard the room with her might.

"Yes. She's sick.." Ran sighs, before she stared at Felix with a crinkle on her forehead. "She's sick of hearing your name, you betrayer!"

Felix is taking aback with Ran's hostile act. For a moment, he recalls what went wrong, before slowly realizes the issue.

"I have no choice but to submit to Mr. Ratchana and Mr. Nitthitorn. I am at the loss, I swear!"

"You know what did you do to Miss Ratchana? She lost her phone number to that creep Jupe! And now, that man constantly calling her and texting her, even in the middle of the night!"

Ai shia Jupe, what are you doing?! Felix curses under his breath.

"It's not that bad, right? It's just twenty four hours after the date. He'll get boring soon, trust me–"

"Those twenty four hours might be short for you, but not for Miss Ratchana. She needs her sleep, a good rest and some time to work! There shouldn't be a buffer between that!" Ran shrieks as she cups her waist with both of her palms.

Felix sighs in silence. " Now, how should I work today?" he asks.

"I don't know," Ran replies with a dry note in her voice. "Figure it out yourself!"

Felix blinks in desperation. He has a lot to ask about the date and too many appointments to arrange with Reis. But, right now, it seems impossible to meet her in person.

"Ran, may I have a piece of post-it?" Felix asks for a favor, in the most polite way possible. Ran; still in anger, slowly give up when she sees a strain of sadness in Felix's eyes, as if a man is in a forbidden love situation.

"Fine, fine! Aish, I should stop watching those Y Series!" Ran gushes to her table, before she picks up a piece of pink post-it. Felix plucks the post-it from Ran, scribbles something using his pen and hands it to Ran.

"Ran, pass this to Miss Ratchana. Tell her, I will update her schedule via email. I'm leaving now," says Felix, with a sadness in his tone.

Ran glares at him before she takes the post-it. Her eyes send him out of the CEO's office. Once his glimpse is out of the sight, Ran hastily runs inside Reis's room, where the lady sits calmly in front of her tab.

"Boss! Look at this!" Ran gasps between her breath while showing the post-it to Reis. The lady picks it up lazily, before she reads the note carefully.

~Sorry for the storm I brought~

Reis sighs as she puts away the post-it. Ran blinks her eyes, feeling disappointed by Reis's dry reaction.

"Miss Ratchana, did you feel anything? I mean, the post-it idea is definitely romantic!"

Reis glares at Ran. "Check my email. Arrange today's schedule according to the appointment that Felix already booked for me..."

"But, it will be a lot to arrange!"

Reis gives away a sharp gaze at Ran. Her secretary shrinks as she pouts her lips a bit. "It could be better if you allow him to work like usual. What's the bitterness anyway..."

No words coming from Reis, except for a deep stare at Ran. The girl gushes as she nods and leaves the room at once.

Reis sighs, leaning against the chair while looking at the view through the wide window. This is childish, she knows. But, because Felix seems to have a lack of understanding, she has to teach him some lesson.

No matter how silly it is, he should know that Reis is not a forgiven person.

***

"So, that's what happened after you left.." Ran sighs. Her index finger and middle finger pinch the end of the straw, looking at Felix who sits across her, next to Tawan.

"I'm just doing my job. I wish you're in my position. It's hard..." Felix hangs his head low.

"It's okay, pal. Things happened anyway. Come to think of it, sooner or later, Jupe will slits his way to Miss Ratchana," Tawan pats Felix's shoulder softly.

"So, what now? Although I'm angry at you, but still, I can't help but feel sorry as well. What should we do to ask for boss's forgiveness?" Ran asks.

Tawan's eyes twitch as he gradually smirks. He leans forward, gather both Ran and Felix closer.

"There's an annual company's sports day this Saturday. And usually, Miss Ratchana will participate as well. We can use that as a chance to get you closer to her..." says Tawan. Ran immediately shrieks a little, before nods in merry.

"But how?" Felix is still in daze.

"We'll assign you to one of the sports event. Subtly. If it's obvious, Miss Ratchana will disagree..." Ran replies.

"Are you sure it works?"

"Believe us, you amateur! We've done this thing countlessly. Some even ended up dating after that!" Tawan nods, giving an assurance to Felix.

"Yeah... Just like us..." Ran gazes at Tawan. The man smiles but later goes bitter.

"Is it gonna work? I mean, yes.. you both dating each other, but you guys broke up after that..."

"Don't mention it!" Both Ran and Tawan yell in unison. Felix lifts both of his hand to the level of his chest and backs off a bit.

"So... Should we choose the event?" Tawan's brows crook up a bit.

"Let me get the lists..." Ran smirks before she scrolls her tab, looking for the lists.