Chapter 5:Excitement

As weeks gone by, Andre waited and waited for Clyde to show up but the said person never came. he was nervous as to why Clyde stopped coming to the Cafe, he was confused. Did he do anything wrong? or is Clyde regretting ever meeting him? or he really is no one to Clyde. as the days gone by he was starting to lose hope as he was always expecting to see a man wearing a tux with folders on his hands to go through the doors of the cafe.

As the Sun rises he immediately went to prepare to go to the Cafe, but as he was wearing his shoes to work he got a text message from Kyle saying if he could drop by the store for a moment. Andre doesn't have any reason to refuse as he still has a lot of time up his sleeves, so he texted back an Okay and went out. he enjoyed the Sun's rays as he walked down the street to meet up with Kyle. as he nears the store he can already see Kyle and was confused as to why he is not in his uniform. he walked straight to Kyle to ask what's wrong but he was shocked to see Kyle smiling in his phone.

"Hey, what's up?" he patted Kyle's shoulder to get his attention

"Oh! Andre, I'm glad you're here. My boss fired me because he told me he got enough complains from the customers" Kyle stated as if he was not affected by it

"So, what are you going to do now?" Andre asked

"Can you help me a little? are you looking for an Employee right now? maybe a part timer?" Kyle asked Andre

"Urm, I don't know. but we'll ask Ian if he needs some" Andre said

as the both of them left the store they first went to a cafe nearby. Andre was curious on how he got fired because the Owner seems like a nice guy. Kyle answered that the Girlfriend of one of their customers stormed inside the shop saying that Kyle seduced his Boyfriend and went to complain to the owner. Kyle has this reputation of Flirting with other guys when he sees them but he stopped that actions because he was scared to be fired but now that it happened, he couldn't find any job so he asked Andre instead.

as the two finished talking, they went to the Cafe Andre worked at. Andre was feeling a little off the moment they got in front of the store, he was hoping that he can meet Clyde today just like the other weeks. he couldn't deny that he missed Clyde even though he's just a stranger to Clyde. as he opened the Doors he halted his steps as he saw a man standing in front of the cashier. he grew nervous as the back of the guy was oddly familiar.

"Thank You" the man spoke

Andre grew nervous, it is the man that he longed but cannot hold. he took a few steps towards Clyde. he was so caught in the moment that he bumped to Clyde the moment he turned around. Andre then was woken up on his trance to see Clyde in front of him. everything slowed down as he looked at Clyde's face. examining his every feature made him feel nervous. it made him question himself, 'If I am to take a step forward, will I be able to hold him?' his questions lingers as Clyde looked into his eyes. Andre was quite surprised to see Clyde looking nervous.

"Sorry Sir, I-" Andre tried to apologize to Clyde but he was dismissed by the Other with an It's okay

Andre tried to call for Clyde but to no avail. he couldn't do anything but to look at Clyde's disappearing back from the crowd.

"Hey, Did you see that man? he's gorgeous!" Kyle shrieked in excitement as he mentioned the man.

"so, here's where I work and Here's Ian" Andre ignored Kyle's remarks and introduced Him to Ian and explained to whole situation to him

"So, I may be needing a new part timer to help around here. you can be the cleaner of the tables when customers are done and strictly no talking to them unless necessary. Do not flirt and get their number and also do not give them yours, got it?" Ian said as he handed an Apron to Kyle.

as Ian and Kyle were talking, Andre was standing behind the cashier waiting for a certain someone while looking through the Glass doors. he looked back on the moment his eyes met with Clyde. he couldn't explain the butterflies in his stomach. he didn't know what to do, but he told himself that the next time that Clyde visits their Cafe. He will be ready to take a step froward. he was ready to risk it all. he doesn't know what took over him but he finally got the courage to approach Clyde. he knew what he was about to do was suicidal, but he was ready to take the risk. Rejected or not, humiliated or not, he was willing to risk it. he was satisfied just by looking at Clyde from afar in the past, but now that Destiny has given him this chance. he will not lose it. he looked at the handkerchief on his hands with a C embroidered on it. It was given to him by one of the customers when Clyde left the store in a hurry. they told Andre that he dropped it when they bumped into each other. grasping the handkerchief on his hand he looked outside.

"Please comeback, I still haven't thanked you yet"

as the night grew deeper, Kyle was making a splendid job at work. he still was staring at the handsome customers but the man he saw that left the store in the afternoon was engraved on his mind. he was never this excited because of a man before, but now he knew that he have to look for him. No matter what it takes.

on the other hand, Clyde was still working on the piles of papers stacked on his desk as it was the papers that needs immediate response. he was wondering on what the former CEO did to have this many papers unnoticed. as he was massaging his temples, he then recalled what happened this afternoon. he doesn't know what took over him on why he ran away from Andre. he missed the latter but he knew he has to stop. Andre already have a boyfriend, he doesn't stand a chance. as he was staring into space, a knock on the door can be heard.

"Sir, may I come in?" his assistant spoke through the doors, he told him to come in and his assistant couldn't look at him properly.

"What is it?" he asked as he looked at the ashamed assistant

"I'm sorry on what happened this morning sir, and it's late already so I ordered coffee from the coffee shop where I bumped into you as a sign of apology" the Assistant said as he bowed down to show respect

"Okay, Apology accepted" the moment Clyde said that his assistant stood up properly with smile on his face

"just tell the delivery man to send it directly to the office and inform the front desk" Clyde instructed his assistant and dismissed him

as he was scrolling through the papers, his assistant bid him goodbye as it was already late and Clyde was working overtime. as he scanned through the paper a knock took his attention and told the other man outside to come in. the moment the doors opened the delivery man was shocked to see the man sitting in front of him. he was looking for this man and he was surprised to see him here.

"Oh! It's you!" the delivery man said

"excuse me?" Clyde said

"My name's Kyle, I saw you in the Cafe earlier"

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