Office Romance with a Werewolf - Chapter 88

The dark place became their meeting place, where they could talk face-to-face as if they had become two people physically.

As Ranz promised, he finally explained everything to Randell, the entire details of their past.

They had a long conversation that made Randell feel sleepy from all the talking. Even though they were inside the dark space, his eyes felt heavy and he couldn’t help but blink multiple times.

“Randell, I’m sorry.”

“Why are you suddenly apologizing?” He rubbed his eyes as he got confused by the random apologies.

They were only talking to each other and not doing anything else.

“What else would Ranz feel bad about? He even revealed all the secrets he had been hiding.”

“Are you hiding more?” His eyes were wide open, even though he was having a hard time keeping himself wide-awake.

“I think this is the only solution so that you won’t suffer even more. Don’t you? I mean us. I don’t want us to suffer.”

Randell feels weird about what Ranz was saying and shakes his head as if to fight his sleepiness, but he really can’t help it.

He doesn’t want to sleep because he still wants to ask Ranz what he meant, but his vision turns blurry and everything turns black.

“Sorry.”

That was the last thing he heard from Ranz before he gave in to his sleepiness.

kring kring kring

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Randell groans as he stretches his arms and legs while still in bed.

He was woken up by the sound of the alarm clock, and strange as it may seem, he felt out of place in the peaceful ambiance of his room.

“Did I sleep well?” he asked himself, as he felt really well rested for the first time.

He stood up in his bed and walked into the bathroom to wash up.

huh?

He looked into the mirror, very confused.

“W-what happened? Why do I look a little bit old? ” He touched the mirror as he could not believe what the mirror was showing him.

He traced the obvious scar on his right eye, which he didn’t remember having on his face.

His face had become very mature.

He aged as if he was now in his mid-twenties.

Although his silver hair and golden eyes are still the same, he feels like he is looking at a different person.

“Welcome back, Randell.” Ranz commented, as he sounded not joyful at all. He controlled Randell’s hand and waved it into the mirror.

“Huh? Ranz? I thought you couldn’t come out, right? How come?” He asked, confused about why Ranz could freely come out now. Before he fell asleep, they were talking about how unfortunate it was that Ranz could not come out freely.

“That was five years ago.”

“What?” he exclaimed as he lean forward to the mirror.

“I thought adjusting to the new environment would be hard for you, especially if the new place is still messed up, so I fixed it and made sure when you wake up, the pack is fine to live on.”

“What are you saying? Did you make me fall asleep for ten years? ”

“Yes, sorry. That’s the only way I could think of fixing everything.”

“What about my mother and father? and Nida? ”

“Mother and father are fine, but Nida, I haven’t seen her for ten years. We haven’t gone back to San Antonio since then.”

“Why?”

“Because of…” Ranz paused for a moment before continuing. “Do you think she will forgive us?”

“That’s—.” He bit his lips as he thought that Nida would not really forgive them as they almost killed her.

Randell feels ridiculous about what is happening to him.

“W-wait! Why have I been asleep for that long? Isn’t it a bit too much? ”

“Ah, that’s something I can’t control. I thought you would wake up just after a month or year, but you won’t wake up even after years. I was so worried. Sorry.” Ranz said he is very apologetic.

“Then what should I do now?” He stares at his hands that are filled with callouses. “What have you been doing? ”

Although he hates that he was asleep for a decade, he doesn’t feel aggrieved.

A side of him is feeling comforted by his sudden shut down. He cowardly felt relieved that he had escaped his problem by just letting Ranz deal with it alone.

“We are working for a trucking company.”

“Trucking company? What work am I doing there?” he asked, since he assumed that the “work” included horrendous tasks for him that left him with thick callouses on his hands and a scar on his face.

“You’re a safety officer. All you have to do is inspect and insure safety.”

“Then why do I have a scar?” He pointed at his scar on his face while still leaning toward the mirror.

“I actually went wild on our first year staying at the werewolf headquarters. I’m sorry for leaving a scar.”

“What have you done?”

“I-” Ranz is hesitating, and that made Randell narrow his eyes, looking into his reflection in the mirror with a suspicious look.

“Spill it all, please don;t hide anything from me. You already know the consequence of hiding things from me.”

“Haha, I actually flipped the pack over. I kicked out father and sisters. Then give the leader position to our adoptive parents.”

“W-wait wait, Ranz. Is that even possible? did father even agree to this?”

“Who’s father?”

“Our adoptive father!”

“Ah, he was fine. He helped me to get through all of this, but he will soon give out the position to Wendell. He wanted to retire.”

Randell massaged both sides of his temple because of the overwhelming information.

“And who is this Wendell?”

“Our cousin. Let’s stop talking. Why don’t you see it for yourself? It would be easier to know when experienced. ”

“Okay?”

Randell washed himself and put on office attire, which he wasn’t used to wearing. That is why he let Ranz use his body to do it instead.

“Why aren’t you moving out?” Ranz asked him, waiting for Randell to move out of their unit.

“You work today, Ranz. I’ll just stay here and watch.”

“Why? You’ve been asleep for a decade. Aren’t you excited to move on your own again?” Ranz was confused, as he thought that Randell should be excited about moving around again.

“I’ll watch first, I need to know who the people are that you interacted with, and how I will act in front of them.”

“Don’t try to act the way I acted using your body, just be yourself and move freely into this world. That’s why I made you sleep, so that when you wake up, you’ll be free. Don’t try to complicate things. ”

“No. Ranz, don’t they feel strange if I act suddenly different?”

Randell is worried if people around him will notice that he has two personalities.

“Okay, okay, watch for today, I’ll show you that they won’t have any say even if you go crazy today.”

“You haven’t changed, don’t you?”

“No. I changed too much, but my priorities never changed.”

Randell doesn’t get what Ranz said, but he just lets him control his body while staying quiet and observing.

“Hmm? We are still staying in the same building that I last remembered?”

“Yes, but the only difference is that we are the only ones staying on the 50th floor.”

“The entire floor?”

“Yes,”

“What do you do to the other rooms? It seems we’re only occupying one room. ”

“It is all empty.”

“Why?”

“So you don’t have to worry about the neighbor.” Ranz said as he pressed the elevator.

Once the elevator opened, everyone inside gave a full bow and made room for Ranz to enter.

While they were still inside the elevator, Randell noticed everyone trying to avoid his gaze.

“Does the member still hate us?”

“No. They feared us.”

“Like I told you, I flipped the pack. They are frightened, but don’t worry, some have already learned to respect us.”

They haven’t even gotten out of the building yet, but Randell feels troubled already.

The atmosphere inside the building wasn’t welcoming to Randell. Even though the place is well lit, he feels like they are walking in the dark with sharp eyes watching them.

“I want to see father and mother.” he mumbled, as he suddenly missed his adoptive parents.

“Later.”

“also Nida.”

“We can’t. She has no memories of us anymore.”

He already knew about this, but he still wanted to see her.

“Didn’t you try to meet her again?”

“No. She will only get into danger if she gets involved with us.”

Randell was silent again, and Ranz just drove his car to the office.

He doesn’t feel well from the gloominess, but the mood changes once they enter their company building.

“Good morning! Sir Randell.”

“Good morning, Sir!”

“Have you got your breakfast?”

“Oh, it’s nice to see a handsome face early in the morning!”

“Let’s be productive today!”

Every person they passed by greeted them with a friendly smile.

Randell’s jaw drops as he observes the completely opposite atmospheres of the office and his home.

“Ranz, why are you all smiling here but intimidating at home? Don’t tell me, we developed a third personality?”

Note:

I want to hurry back to present time, which is why there’s a lot of skipping.. I hope you all still like it.