Office Romance with a Werewolf - Chapter 119

“Hmm? You three again?” The same police officer who interrogated Ranz three days ago was the one dealing with them again.

“I am sorry, sir. My roommates have just had a bad day.” Randell apologized politely. He is the only one sober. He talked to the police officer regarding the complaint they received from the neighborhood reporting them because of their scandalous drinking habits.

“Bad day? It’s still nine in the morning!” The police officer exclaimed, pointing at the sun that was brightly shining outside the police station.

“It is a bad day for her already, sir. I am sorry for the inconvenience we have brought to this neighborhood. Please let us go. We won’t do this again.” Randell works hard to persuade the cops, but the two at his back are too loud. His veins on his neck are slightly popping out from annoyance at the two of them.

“Whatever, but please understand that you need to stay here to sober up first. You will also be given a fine for drinking alcohol near the school zone.” The police officer explained.

“Hey! The convenience store was a distance away from the school. What are you talking about?” Nida interjected. She screamed loudly toward the police officer that made Randell pull her back to her seat.

“This guy wants to fight us, Nidz!” Ranz shouted as well.

“Hey! Ranz! Stop!” Randell had a hard time making the two settle down in one place.

“Ehem! The school is far away, but students are passing where the three of you are drinking. All students pass there to reach the school. Do you realize what kind of example you, three adults, are showing the young once?” He scolded them, but it was useless because Nida and Ranz didn’t have any intention of listening.

“Sir, can I just pay the fine now and I’ll take them home? Your station will be chaotic if they stay here.”

“It’s a good suggestion, but let me check if you are drunk too, or else you can’t drive as well.” The police officer said and stood for a moment to take the breathalyzer. It is a device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC).

“You’re good to go.” The police officer said, after confirming that Randell was not drunk. He also confirmed the fine Randell paid and let go of the two, who had not stopped talking since they entered the police station.

“It’s a good thing that humans can’t see your dust, but it would be dangerous if other supernatural beings noticed you, so please calm down.” Randell warned Nida, who was making her dust dance just because she was drunk.

“Calm down? My heart aches from my failed interview. How heartless you are!” Nida talked in an indistinct way.

“Yeah! Randell is KJ and heartless!” Ranz joined Nida.

“Yeah!”

Randell was also slapped and hit by the two before he could successfully settle them in the passenger seat.

He drove the car fast to take the two home. He made sure the two were sleeping before he left home to go back to CTC. He couldn’t leave his work for the whole day. That is why, even though he was worried, he still left them and went back to work.

One thing Randell realized that day was, “I will never let these two drink alcohol again.”

Later that afternoon,

“Aaahh!” Nida screamed the moment she woke up.

“W-What? What happened?” Ranz was woken up by Nida’s loud scream.

“Did we just make another embarrassing thing?” she asked Ranz, as she remembered everything she did while she was drunk.

“Haha! At least you can forget about the first one.” Ranz replied, then he went back to lying on the floor. He was left there to sleep because Randell was annoyed with their antics while drunk and just left them where they ended up sleeping.

“Nooooo! Why did I keep making myself embarrassed?” Nida rolled around the floor and ended up bumping into Ranz’s back. Ranz turned around and looked at her with a smile.

“You don’t have to worry; everyone there is just a stranger that you will probably never meet again, so don’t bother thinking about it.”

“But I feel worse.”

“Just move on. Let’s do well by looking for other companies. You haven’t gotten a call yet from the other company. Let’s wait for that and try again.” He comforted Nida and tapped her shoulder.

“Haa— yes, I’ll make sure I don’t make any more mistakes!” Nida said with determination, but that determination slowly fades out after a few days full of rejection.

“Ugh! I failed again!” Nida said, slamming the beer on the table.

“But at least you’re not crying like before.” Ranz commented while watching Nida drink. He is only watching because he is not allowed to drink if Randell is not around.

“I’m tired of crying! This is my eighth rejection! I feel so numb!” She exclaimed, while downing a beer again.

“Slow down.” Ranz offered the mixed nuts to Nida so that she could take a break from drinking for a moment.

“Seriously? I know you taught me a lot of things, but there is still something new coming out of the interview! My brain is not designed for this!” She exclaimed, expressing how ridiculous she thought her job interviews were.

“Why? What happened this time?” Ranz kindly opened his ears to listen to Nida’s grumbling.

“Listen. I was applying for a position as a marketing representative, then he asked me to convince him to sell him used socks. Why would I sell used socks?”

“No, nida, he was testing your creativity and ability to sell things. What did you answered?”

“Of course, I said I would never sell used items. I’m not stupid.” Nida said, as if she’s not wrong.

“Oh! There’s another! He asked me how I would eat an elephant. Like, duh! Why would I eat an elephant?” She looked very frustrated and chugged another bottle of beer.

Ranz just put his palm on his forehead and couldn’t believe how Nida dealt with her interviews.

“T-that’s not how interviews work, Nidz.” He said. He doesn’t know how to explain this to Nida and tries to think of other ways to teach Nida to pass an interview.

“But really? Should I thank Wendell for backing me up in getting accepted at CTC? Right now, I feel so incompetent. Why did no company want me?” She grumbled.

“Keep on trying; you will find a company soon.”

“Thank you for comforting me, Ranz, but you don’t feel tired or demotivated? You keep teaching me things about job interviews, but I keep failing. I’m sorry for being stupid!”

“Come on, think positively. You’ll get a job soon.” Ranz smiled at her and gave her more beer.

“What’s wrong?” Ranz stopped smiling after noticing Nida kept on staring at him. “Is there something on my face?”

“None. I was just wandering.”

“About what?”

“You were all shy and silent when you first came here, but now you look comfortable drinking beer with me.” Nida pointed out.

She noticed that Ranz and Randell had only been with her for almost two weeks, but the two had adjusted well to her apartment, and they had been living together without any problems. Rather than being a problem, the two assisted her in maintaining the cleanliness of her home, doing the laundry, cooking food for her, and doing other housework that she had neglected since moving in alone.

“Ah, that time?” Ranz smiled again, as if he was reminiscing about a distant memory. “I was scared and wary at that time. That is why.”

“You? scared?” Nida emphasized the word, saying she couldn’t believe it came from Ranz’s mouth.

“Well, I was helpless because I had become weak as a human.” Ranz stated, awkwardly avoiding Nida’s gaze.

“Oh, really? Is that so? Yeah, you even broke my doll.” Nida nodded as he remembered how weak Ranz looked before.

“W-well, sorry for breaking them.”

“That’s okay. That was an accident. ” Nida lay on the couch after emptying four bottles of beer.

“Yes, that was an accident.” Ranz murmured because he couldn’t still tell her that it was his fault. He then also sat on the couch where Nida was lying. He lifted her head to place them on his lap.

Nida just casually let Ranz do it because they were now comfortable with each other.

“Anyway, what are you scared of?” Nida asked curiously.

“You.” He honestly replied.

“Me?” Nida blinks her eyes, surprised by Ranz’s reply.

“You were angry at us at that time, and I am not sure if you will really protect us or later kill us, since light-attributed priests usually purge us.”

“Kill the dark attribute creatures?”

Ranz nodded at her inquiry.

Ranz’s expression became troubled, and that made Nida reach her hand to his cheeks.

She feels it’s ironic that the wolves that she is scared and wary of are also scared of her.

“What about now? Are you still scared of me?” She asked in a gentle tone, but she immediately frowned when Ranz replied with a nod.

“Ack!” Ranz groaned and clutched his stinging cheek from being barely pinched.

“What was that?” he asked.

“Nothing. I can’t believe you’re scared of me despite being casual like this.” Nida grumbled, but she remained, using Ranz’s lap as her pillow. She closes her eyes and says something before she falls asleep.

“That’s made us equal.. I am also scared of you.”