That afternoon a man with small stature was found walking sneakingly toward the cleaner's staffroom with drinks and cakes. He had a lingering smile on his lips. . A few hours later he came out with a blooming smile.

Mr. Pakorn is also known as the clumsy bones of the finance department. He always wears a loose check shirt. His forehead covered with hair bangs. Wearing thick black frame specs.

He found a beautiful note folded and placed it on his seat. He started sweating profusely and ran to the nearest sports center where lots of toy claw machines were placed. It was a place dedicated to toy claw machines. He ran like a maniac to find the direction. Just to find Plan frowning while kicking the machine.

"Return my coin..!!"

" How dare you blackmail me?? You faggot!!" Pakorn lashed out as he was tightening his hold on Plan who was shoved to a corner wall.

A cold glint crossed Plan's eyes. 'It's been a long time that someone has used this word....'

The next moment Pakorn was lying on the ground. Never had someone thought Plan with the tiny body structure would throw Pakorn who is double his size? A teenage boy who was sitting on the far end of the deserted gaming console lobby watched Plan's novice action from the start till the end. A small smile bloomed on his face in admiration. On the other hand, Pakorn had given up fighting when he realized the other person was stronger than him. He would resolve other means to solve this problem. It was the first time he had intimidated someone that too failed miserably.

"I don't like being touched.." Plan's eyes were still cold while Pakorn lay there on his back moaning in pain. He sat there on a nearby stool looking emotionlessly toward Pakorn who now has tears running down his eyes.

"Please!! Don't tell anyone!! She will lose her job.." Pakorn said in a hopeless tone.

Plan took out a page from his pocket and gently put it on the Pakorn's head. He went back to inserting coins in the claw machine. Trying his luck to get the pokemon into the claws.

"No this is fabricated!! You are lying!!" Pakorn looked through the page and gasped in surprise with an accusing voice.

Plan smiled listening to it. "What you will do if I prove this is true!!"

"I don't believe it!!!"

"Okay!! Then don't, you should leave....we both will pretend as nothing has happened....I swear on my predecessor's grave I won't say a word...Leave I am already busy!! I have a pokemon to catch......and I'm already kind of disappointed." Plan inserted one more coin and tried his luck again.

Pakorn didn't move but swallowed his saliva looking at the paper carefully. It was an evaluation paper which listed names of people in the finance department who could be promoted. Pakorn was graded average by another instructor while the lady who was screaming on top of her voice early this morning has graded him below average. Her not grading him would be better than writing such a bad review. One look and he knew this was her writing. Writing that he adored. The perfect cursive writing she had written on the first day she had joined the firm.

Tears rolled down his eyes. "Why would she do this?? Even though I gave up my case to her, that's how she got a promotion. I did so much research work for her case till my nose bled. We had been going so good till now. Even if we met less we had a strong relationship. I was thinking of engagement by the end of this year. Than marriage... " Pakorn kept babbling about his future plan with the so-called love of her life who was presently her boss and secretly they were having an affair. Due to the firm's policy, having a relationship with the firm is prohibited.

Plan internally rolled his eyes. "Marriage should be the last thing you should be worried about," he spoke in a carefree tone.

"What do you mean by that.." Pakorn asked while standing up and wiping his tears.

"You will be fired before the end of the year due to your below-average performance on your own cases.." Plan replied without any show of emotions.

"What?? I don't believe you!!"

Plan sighed. 'He is really thick-skinned..'

" Whatever!! believe it or not...I think you are intelligent enough to find it yourself. I am leaving now that my break is over. If you want to keep your job you have a deadline till tomorrow. Come here at the same time, I can save you from this mess and of course, I am not doing it for free...I need something in return.."

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Plan walked away while chewing a big gumball.

Soon he walked out of the sight of Pakorn he sighed in relief and his shoulder slumped a little.

"Would he bite the bait or not??" he murmured to himself and kept thinking about what has happened.

'Should throwing him down was a good move or a bad??'

Perth had replied to his request and Plan smiled. 'Finally, something is on the right track..'

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Pakorn had this urge to confront his lover.

After cooling down a little he looked at the evaluation sheet again.

'No!! No!! She doesn't want to be biased...that's why she gave me a harsh review and low marks.'

He read the words written there. ' No sign of improvement...' 'Can't meet basic expectations..'

He controlled himself. 'Maybe she is right....' he has always acted timidly when confronted and was never able to argue back. Pakorn has a default setting of being submissive.

Pakorn controlled himself well. He controlled his voice while tears ran down his eyes. Taking all the time in the world to make a call

"Liala?? Are you busy today"

"Don't call me during office time...I am out on a meeting.."

"I will wait for you today.." Pakorn was in the middle of his sentence. When Liala interrupted him in the middle.

"I am really busy...I got to go.."

Pakorn's voice was like a whisper "I will wait for you at your apartment..."

'She is just busy...' nodding his head as his heart made a delusional state for his mind.

He sat there silently. Time passed and closing time was near then the owner walked up to him telling him to leave. Pakorn would be set as a perfect example of a simp.

[Simp is an Internet slang term describing someone who performs excessive sympathy and attention toward another person, simp as "someone who does way too much for a person they like"]

His mind was still in a daze as he walked outside and took a cab.

When reaching the destination he realized that he had landed at the wrong place rather than his own house. He was standing in front of her girlfriend's apartment. Found that the light was switched on in the backyard. He thought of taking a backdoor. As he was near the backdoor he could see Liala standing inside her room and looking outside with a smile lingering on her face. Watching her, a smile automatically bloomed on his face. He felt relieved and the burden he faced started to automatically levitate. But it was short-lived as the next moment she was in the embrace of a familiar man. He knew that man. His first mentor when he entered the firm. Liala and Pakorn joined the firm at the same time while Liala had a promotion and was well-liked by their mentor. Pakorn has been quite often picked on by the mentor. He still remembers the day when he first time messed up in the court and was humiliated by his mentor in front of everyone in the firm. Liala was there. She supported him. She was his warm blanket. Something just crushed inside him. His whole body went numb.

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Techno picked up the kids from the school who seem to be more lively today.

"Why so energetic today??

Phu couldn't help but started vomiting everything to Techno which Sarawat wanted to stop but could anyone stop Phu from talking who has inherited his loud mouth from a radio.

"So uncle told us our dada don't need to marry anyone else because Sarawat is not naughty.."

Techno's face was turning red and then blue. He had turned into a flammable substance whose whole motive was now to burn and get burned.

Sarawat head dropped as he didn't say a word. He was silent and avoided eye contact.

Phukong smiled at Techno unaware of the suicidal waves he has generated.

"Now I don't have to share dada with anyone else.."

"So he tried to find a husband for Plan because her teacher told them that they were being a burden and Sarawat was misbehaving because Plan as a single father couldn't teach them well???..." Perth's eyes bulged out when he heard Techno explaining everything to him. He looked at both boys. Phu coloring in his book while Sarawat looking through a galaxy encyclopedia. 

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Author's note

I have been busy a lot so I would keep writing small chapters frequently rather than giving a large chapter after a large interval of time.