Chapter-5: Meet My Colleague: Maki Sakisaki [Subaru POV]

They say surprise is the greatest gift life can grant us, but I think otherwise. I do like surprises when it comes to receiving something unexpectedly good, but not at this time of the night.

Why did Maki have to drop by only at this time?! And what perfect timing too! She would obviously make a huge fuss about seeing the bandages on my arm.

Now I realise why my eye was twitching all day today. Probably because of bad luck, and that has to happen now?!

I immediately shut the door with a bang and scrambled back onto the floor. Damn! It really is her. What should I do?

I could hear Maki speaking from the other side:Come on, Subaru, it's rude to keep someone waiting outside. So hurry and open up!"

I quickly threw down whatever stuff I could find on the floor so as to pretend that I was a bit unattractive right now.

I looked at Maki with a slight nervousness as I greeted her.

"H-hi. What brings you here?"

"You haven't been answering my calls at all for, like, what?Three hours! Obviously, I