Chapter 9

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER

Bianca's POV ❤️

I told Kumiko everything that happened; from the point I arrived at Green Co., to the point where I slapped Charles, and also what happened at Jason's car. I narrated everything to her, every single detail.

She was so focused on what I was telling her, and kept on gasping and sighing when necessary. She cursed in Japanese when I was done, and I laughed at how serious and concerned she was, which was even more than I was.

"That dick-head! He should be jailed. Oh why wasn't I there?" She was totally serious.

I'm glad she wasn't there actually, because it could have turned out worse. She could have done more than what I did.

I am talking fire, burning down the company, doing something terrible not just to Charles alone, both the protesters and Jason. She was fierce, and that was one thing I loved about her. She was brave and courageous, she didn't fear anyone or anything and that was something I lacked. I sometimes got jealous of how confident she is and when I told her one day and asked how she does it, she said

"...if you let people ride you, if you let people see you as someone weak, they will take advantage of that. All you have to do is show them who is boss."

I couldn't agree more, but I knew I would never come close to having such confidence.

Kumiko was dangerous, a ticking time bomb that needs someone to watch over her, and I am glad I am that person. Charles was pretty fortunate that she wasn't with me. He should be grateful I didn't do worse than slapping him. I could also do the undoable whenever I get angry. He was really lucky.

"Relax, Kumiko."

I gestured for her to pass me my ice cream and I started eating my soul away.

She brought a spoon and joined me.

What? Didn't she see I was in a grief period? She knew what she was doing though. I couldn't help but feel lucky for having her, so so lucky that I burst out crying. I kinda wished she was there with me, and we could have taught that bastard a lesson, but then, I wouldn't bear to see her suffer because of me, or my mistakes. I couldn't just bear it.

"Oh! Come here. Is it because of the ice cream? I'm sorry, sweetheart."

She hugged me and I felt at ease.

It wasn't because of the ice cream I was tearing up. I was just feeling enlivened by her presence. I was really glad I had her in my life.

"Aww... It's okay, everything will be fine. I will always be here for you."

Her words of affirmation was enough to pull me out of my worries.

She was the best thing that has ever happened in my life.

"...so stop being a cry baby and wipe your tears."

Kumiko will always be Kumiko. She couldn't just stay nice for two minutes?

"Now, eat your ice cream before it melts or I take it away from you." She said and took a spoonful of my ice cream.

"I love you so much, Kumi."

I hugged her back and blew my nose on her t-shirt. Payback for eating my ice cream. She deserved more than that even.

"Ewwww! Gross."

She smacked me. There goes my loving and affectionate bestie.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

I nodded.

She pounced on me, and we got into a little tug of war. Few minutes later, we were breathing hard, trying to catch our breaths and laughing at each other and our silly behavior.

"Where would I have been without you?" I hugged her again and took a spoon of ice cream.

"Probably dead." She chuckled and dipped her spoon inside the bowl of ice cream.

I smacked her hand and she shouted. She just couldn't have said something sweet back to me, but it was fine. I loved her this way, I loved her the way she was.

"Go get your own, this is mine."

She dipped her spoon in my ice cream, and managed to run away before I could do anything to her. She was so fast. Few minutes later, she came back later with a big bowl of ice cream and poured some for me. That was nice, probably the only nice thing she had done for me since I got here. Well, except looking out for me and listening to me rant about my problems.

"Are you going to work tomorrow?" She asked while fiddling with the TV remote, searching for the perfect channel to watch. It was extremely peaceful before, as I basked in the beauty of the silence, if at all silence was beautiful. Just me and my ice cream, it was such a pleasant feeling until she switched on the TV. I definitely enjoyed the silence while it lasted.

"I think so... I don't know."

I didn't want to go because I had to face Jason, we both work at a restaurant but he worked there as a part-timer to support his current job. He doesn't come often though, I just hoped he wasn't going to be there tomorrow. It was most likely he wasn't going to be at work tomorrow cause of the incident that conspired against us. Will he continue to ignore me forever? He hasn't even called me or texted yet. I was overthinking again, I was disrupting the peace I just found, and I didn't want that. I shrugged the feeling off, maybe I should see him. It wasn't such a big deal.

"It's fine if you don't want to go. You can stay here as long as you want."

She seemed really excited. It was clear that she really wanted me to stay here, she really wanted me to be by her side, but I had things to deal with, and I wasn't ready to drag her into my affairs.

"I think I should go, I can't stop my work because of a guy."

But that guy happened to be my boyfriend. I shouldn't think about it and just enjoy this moment.

We cuddled and started watching an horror movie. It was the best idea right now cause watching a romantic movie would have made me cry.

The day didn't turn out great. But this night, I had my best friend, a delicious bowl of ice cream and a movie.

I was definitely soon to forget everything that happened to me today

It couldn't be more perfect...