...Remnants...

It's Saturday again and my mind is filled with a lot of things. Thinking of new things to do. Planning of new things to contribute to my workplace. But above all, it was one hell of a day. My boss was angry at me for the wrong report submitted by one of my assistant to the Head, without consulting me, therefore it was my fault according to her. What an ass.

So here I am, staring at my laptop trying to come up with a solution to boost our sales and services to offer. My mind is filled with things. But it was blank as well. I couldn't formulate any idea, nor can I come up with a new plan.

It was filled with different thoughts, like what am I doing here? Maybe I should move on to something new at this time. Changing jobs, changing homes and a lot more of thoughts like that. So here I am, my mind unfocused on the job on hand, my mind wandering elsewhere.

Ding!


'Hi!' reads a simple instant message from someone not on my list.

Sighing, I ignored it and went back to my work on hand. Gathered some documents I should be encoding in our system. Better start doing that, instead of trying to come up with something when ones mind ain't working.

Ding!


'Can we be friends? Really I know you're there. Can't you just answer me?' came another IM again.

"Ravishing hunk? Very cliche. He must be very ugly to use such a name." Sacha commented from my back.

"I know right? He's been PMing me for the last three months and won't give up. I only answered him once asking who he is and if I know him, but he said I don't so I stopped talking to him." I explained

"Wait, this is your personal ID, right? How did he get your ID?"


"I don't know, on the net maybe."


"But, you don't put up your email add even on social networks. How would that be possible?" my friend inquired. "You know what, I think he knows you personally. Talk to him and find out." 


"I don't have time for that anymore. It's either he let himself known to me or I'm not answering or adding him." coolly gathering up my things and gave Sacha a bland look.

"You ain't blocking him either. So I think you're thinking about it." Sacha smiled knowingly

"Don't you have like work to do? Rather than standing here and asking about my life or hypothesizing about it? irritated now.

Sacha pinched my cheek and just gave a hearty laugh and moved on to her cubicle. I feel silly and thought of it. It wasn't that it didn't cross my mind to block this intruder, but it was because he said it himself not to block him and just give him a chance.

It's been 3 months since I received his first private message. Same as all the people around me, I got curious about how he got my private email ID. So, I talked to him and pumped the information for a very long 3 hours. Yet, he wouldn't give in, just telling me, I probably do not know him and just wants to be friends. I told him I'd be blocking him and that I don't entertain people like him. That's when he told me, not to do that and just give him a chance and I might get to know him.

"Again"


That bothered me, but he said it was for someone else and not for me, just mistakenly typed it on my inbox. I think it's bull. That got me curious, so I told him I won't block him, but I won't answer him either. since then, the same opening would come. Hi, Hello, Can we be friends?

'How was your day?'
'Smile and don't frown, so you'll always stay pretty.'
'Off from work? You take care okay?'


It was the same routine over and over again. Yet, sometimes when I feel down, it cheers me up in a way. Sometimes his lines are cheesy and corny that it makes me smile and shake my head, sometimes.

But not right now. Right now, my patience is at the end of its rope. It's a very shitty day. Traffic. Stupid secretaries. Pushover Boss. House rental due date. Taxes. Everything is a problem right now, so is everybody. I'm getting a massive headache and I don't think I'm up for some bullshit right now. And everything is getting on my nerves right now and fast, too.

Ding! Buzz! Buzz! Ding!
'You there'


'Can you please stop PMing me already? Give it up dude! I'm not talking to you!' I replied in frustration.


' :) but you are talking to me now'


"Rheigne! Get your butt in my office now!" Boss shouted through the intercom.

Everybody around the room, turned to look at me, with those sympathetic looks. God! How I hate it when they do that! Why can't they just pretend nothing happened! Aaarggh!

'You there? talk to me, please?' came the message

'Fuck the hell off! I'm blocking you. I don't know you and you obviously don't know me! So please just leave me alone! If you're looking for someone to befriend, look somewhere else, I don't talk to people I don't know. So bug off, man!' heatedly I walk away from my cubicle and walked into the office of our boss.

An hour later after so many work designated to me, so many faults blamed at me and 30 mins of listening to all the nagging from your boss about how good she is to everyone and gives everyone a chance, I took a quick turn to the cafeteria before I head home. The massive headache just turned gigantic.

After returning to my cubicle, not minding my laptop, I arranged my things and decided to just go home. Picking up my bag, I turned to get my laptop. That's the time when I saw the message on the screen.

'I won't. That was my mistake a long time ago. I won't bug off.'
'I need you to know me again, Rheigne. I need you to start with me again.'


Oh my God. Can it be?


Sliding down on my chair, I just watch the message on the screen. To many ideas, to many memories circling in my head. And most of all, too much pain is coming right back as if it was just yesterday.