Ch 008: Baboon "girlfriend"

Manual wore a black tuxedo with a blue bow tie, that made him look like a Prince from some enchanting kingdom. At that moment, life worries didn’t make sense to him anymore, he smiled as he looked at himself on the mirror.

“I would have dyed this hair blue to match the outfit.” He mumbled as his hands ran through the soft purplish hair.

“Wow, my baby boy looks dashing today. Are you going out with Ginny today. She said it’s been long since you last took her out on a date.” Manuel sighed as his mother kept ranting about the one person he didn’t want to discuss about.

His mom liked Ginny, his high school classmate that clung on him like glue for over 5 years.

Ginny and Manuel met in high school . She was a transferred student to his school and he must admit, she was even more gutsier than the girl he met at the mall. Ginny on the very first day she saw him, approached him, telling him she liked him.

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“I like you, Mr.” she told him and he looked at her shocked. Richard just smiled in his corner like he didn’t see a thing, watching the pretty girl confess her love to the loveless boy in front of him.

“You do realize we don’t know each other, right?” Manu had asked just to be sure she wasn’t making a mistake. He had a lot more questions in store for her but she didn’t seem willing to listen. All she wanted was for him to tell her that he liked her and that was it.

“Well, you aren’t bad, yourself….”

“Ginny!”

“Ginny…. You aren’t bad yourself, Ginny.” He replied and she smiled happily.

“Thank you sir. May I know your name? Since we are now boyfriend and girlfriend, I think it’s best I know your name as of now.”

“Hey hold your horses. You don’t just date someone you just met?”

“Well I do. Besides, you already said you liked me too so why shouldn’t we date each other?” She was very straightforward and didn’t blink even a bit.

***

Thinking about it, Manuel realized he was quite smitten by her boldness. She was one rare girl and giving their supposing relationship a try wouldn’t have hurt them, as he thought until one day when a girl was rushed to the hospital. The rumors he heard were of Ginny beating her up, so he had to confront her.

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“Yes I beat her up.” She admitted much to his surprise. The girl he saw on the stretcher seemed to have been beaten up by five strong men, so how could a muscle less lady like her do such a terrible thing to her fellow woman. He knew from then that he made a terrible mistake friending such a Baboon in the body of a baboon.

***

His staying away wasn’t helping matters at all because his mom had taken an unusual liking in Ginny.

“Manuel!” His mom called him back to reality and he just scoffed.

“I’m not taking that baboon out on any date, mom.” He growled angrily.

“Wow, did you have to call your wife to be a baboon?”

“She is not my wife. If you will please mom, I have to go for a meeting.” The word meeting got his mom worried and about he understood from the face she made.

“Don’t worry. Thus one won’t take long, I will make sure of that.” He told her with a peck before leaving the house. Of course she has to worry but first, she needs someone to stay with her for the mean time that he will be out.

Richard just looked at his boss and sighed.

“Someone seems to be upset that her boy is leaving her at home.” He said and Manu shook his head.

“Hey uhm buddy! Can you call your mom?”

“Don’t worry yourself Master Han Manuel. I already gave her a call and she should be on her way now.” Richard replied and Manu just nodded, resting his head on the seat as he enjoyed his small ride to the club.

The street was filled with tress for a while then the trees got replaced by houses, estates, buildings, street lamps that made the roads like the night was yet to come.

They arrived at their destination and saw a white car parked at their parking spot. Richard sighed lazily, hoping Manuel didn’t get angry. He knew Manuel so much so that he knew his friend had this bad attitude of getting angry at the slightest mistake.

“Lord, please let this angry bird not get angry today.” He prayed and it seemed as if his prayers made worst because Manuel just walked out of the car and headed straight inside through the VIP door. After ordering the driver to stay inside, he ran after Manuel and entered the VIP lounge and much to their surprise, the so called investors hadn’t arrived yet.

While Richard earnestly prayed that Manu doesn’t get angry, Manu was busily throwing back his phone inside his pocket. Ginny had been calling but he wasn’t ready to answer her call. Another call came to his phone and he answered angrily.

“What do you want? What is it? Haven’t I told you to stop pestering me around?” He asked immediately but softened upon hearing the voice.

“M…Mom!” He was a little surprised and checked the caller ID. It was indeed his mother calling and he just shouted at her. He was already feeling uncomfortable from within, probably because of his rising anger.

“Why are you calling mom?”

“I thought you said you wanted to take Ginny out on a date. I told her about it and she was very happy but you kept declining her calls, why? Or do you want to surprise her? Ginny likes surprises, you know.” His mom said but he scoffed.

“Why on earth did you do that, mom? I am not taking that baboon anywhere with me. She deserves to be kept in a zoo, under restraining orders. Besides, I don’t like her so why should I take her out on a date?”

“Because you are my son, Han Manuel. I raised you up better.” She began to sob, a powerful she had when dealing with him. He never wanted to hear her cry even a little bit.

“Mom stop crying.”

“I won’t. Take Ginny out on a date for my sake. Please son, if you don’t want your dear old mama to die then you will do it. Please.” She kept crying while he rubbed the back of his neck. He had no choice, he has to accept so he can focus on his ruined clubbing without having to worry about his mom getting into trouble.

“I will mom, but not today, please.”

“Ok dear. Take care and come home early.” With that, she ended the call and he resumed a normal face.