Tobias
The call ran longer than I expected, as there was more information from the HQ that I need to be aware of for tomorrow. After the call with Pierre ended, I turned off my laptop and grabbed my mug from the table. I walked out of my room and searched for Tobias, but he was nowhere to be found.
“Tobias,” I called him.
I saw the snacks and souvenirs he brought me from Japan that he put on the coffee table. I sat on the floor, ate the Tokyo Banana one, and put the rest in the fridge. He bought me some postcards, snow globes, and fridge magnets. He usually buys me those three whenever he’s out of the country.
I heard the sound of the door opening, and I knew where the sound was coming from — he was taking a bath at my place.
“In my defense, I was waiting for hours.” He said as he put the towel and his clothes in the laundry room.
“Where are that clothes coming from?” I pointed to the striped pajamas he was wearing.
“I put some of my clothes in the guest room.” He grinned like he did something amazing — he was proud of what he did.
“Why would you do that?!” I was taken aback by his remarks.
“I came here a lot.” He grabbed the coke and the Tokyo Banana that I put on the fridge and came to sit down.
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“What if I brought some guy home, and he found your clothes? What would he think of me.”
He laughed, “oh, I wouldn’t have to worry about that.”
“What does it mean?!” I threw the pillows that were on the sofa behind me to him.
“I’ve known you for years, and I haven’t seen you bring a guy home once.” He takes a bite of the Tokyo Banana. His eyes grew wide, “I should buy this more when I’m in Japan.”
“I might bring a guy home without your knowledge,” I told him.
He shakes his head repeatedly, “I don’t think so.”
“You know,” he started. “I heard there will be some changes in the group. They will appoint a new global brand manager, and there are two strong candidates. They didn’t give me the names, but I heard one of them is in their thirties.” Tobias added, the gossip of the new global brand manager has been going on for a couple of months now, and honestly, it might just be one of the groundless rumors — it happened a lot in big companies.
“Aren’t you working in Japan?” I looked at him.
He rolled his eyes as he knew what I was going to ask. “I knew that you would ask me that.” He told me. He got up from where he sat, came up to me, put his face just a few inches away from mine, and pointed at his face.
“Do I look like I was coming back from a vacation?” He argued.
“Yes,” I told him as he pinched my arms.
