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❝︎ EVERYONE NEEDS A LITTLE COMFORT IN LIFE . ❞︎

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"Y/n? You should be in bed," A calm voice spoke up.

Y/n let out a small sigh in defeat as he was trying to do some extra paperwork in his office. He couldn't help himself, he wanted to do work so that he could get his mind off of what had happened between him and Railey and Zaxton.

Annie, the one who caught Y/n working, put a hand on his shoulder, "Come on, you need your rest, especially after what had happened. Besides, you have work to go to tomorrow, today should be a day you rest."

"Alright, alright you caught me," Y/n sighed as he stood up, "I'll go bed." He suddenly let out a hiss in pain as he held on his lower back, where the bruise was forming.

Annie, for some reason she did not know, was quick to Y/n's side. She held a slightly concerned look on her face as Y/n held onto her arm for slight support.

Y/n couldn't help but chuckle in embarrassment, "Ah, I'm sorry Annie. I don't mean to cause you this much trouble."

Annie was quick to shake her head, "It's not a problem. You take care of all of us, even when you're still injured. Helping you out every once in a while, is the least I could do for you."

"Yeah, thank you," Y/n said as he looked away with a small frown.

Annie slightly furrowed her brows as she helped Y/n get back to his room. She couldn't help but feel like she said something wrong to Y/n. She knew that she wasn't one to converse with other people, so she thought she might've said something that made Y/n upset.

"Huh? Annie, Y/n, what are you doing here?" Reiner spoke up, seeing Y/n and Annie in the hallway, "And Y/n shouldn't you be in your room?"

"This workaholic decided to sneak into his office earlier," Annie stated blankly as Y/n slumped a bit in defeat.

"Ah, Y/n we told you to rest today!" Bertholdt panicked slightly as he went to Y/n's other side.

"I know, I know..." Y/n mumbled, "I just want to get my mind off of the situation..."

The trio looked at each other in slight worry. They knew that Y/n liked to work away until no end. If they hadn't caught Y/n in his office, who knows how long he would be in there because of what had happened.

Reiner furrowed his brows at Y/n, "And 'getting your mind off of the situation' means you work all day and night yourself to the bone?"

Y/n chuckled as Bertholdt was the one helping him to his room instead of Annie, "When you say it like that, it sounds like a bad thing to do."

"Because it is a bad thing to do," Annie pointed out.

Y/n looked down and let his feet continue walking, "I guess so, but working is the only thing I knew in my life, so I don't really know how to relax when it comes to stressful situations. I just like to distract myself with my work so I won't have to remember the situation anymore... I'm sorry."

"There's no need to be sorry, Y/n," Reiner spoke up, making Y/n look at him, "I... We can relate to what you're saying... Having to work your ass off just so that you can get what you want, whether it will be emotionally, mentally or physically."

"But coming to this world, you taught us that not everything has to be about work," Bertholdt said with a small smile of reassurance, "We can read in your library, watch TV, help you cook, help you clean, and so much more stuff I can't even list off." He chuckled to himself.

"What we're saying is that if we are able to relax without work, we think you can too," Annie stated, "Besides this is your world, you know it better than us after all."

Y/n blinked at the trio in slight shock. He and them had stopped right in front of his room, but he wasn't going in it, he stared at the trio in some sort of small daze. He then smiled warmly at the characters. He couldn't help but felt comforted by their words.

"Okay, thanks guys, I never knew I needed to hear those words," Y/n said, he the let out a chuckle, "I guess you are right, there is ways I can relax better than to do work. Thank you three again, you guys are really good people."

The trio couldn't help but be shocked by Y/n's words. They always wanted to be good people, and deep down they've been wanting to hear those words said to them at their face. So, hearing it from Y/n, someone they only meet until recently, say those words, it made them feel fuzzy inside.

"Well, I'm going to turn in for now," Y/n said as he opened in bedroom door, "I'll see you all for diner, don't worry, I'll let you guys help me."

Y/n gave a small wave to the characters with a smile on his face. He then closed the door softly, making sure to not slam it since he learned that most characters are easily startled or scared by loud noises.

The three characters outside Y/n's door couldn't help but blush at Y/n's kind words and the smile on his face. For some reason, they felt really warm and fuzzy where their heart is, and their face heated up more as they thought of Y/n's smile. They never had this feeling before.

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❝︎ IT'S OKAY TO FORGIVE, BUT NEVER FORGET . ❞︎

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"Mr. Valentine?" Y/n questioned as he walked into his boss's office, "You called for... me..." He started to trail off.

In Valentine's office, was Railey and Zaxton, however they both looked hella nervous as Valentine looked like he was ready to punch someone in the face. Y/n gulped down his nervousness as he stood up as straight as he could without injuring his back.

"Ah, Y/n, good to see you," Valentine greeted, "Now that all three of you are here, I have a question, a few actually, and I want all of them answered and answered honestly, you got that?"

Railey and Zaxton glanced at each other in worry while Y/n didn't even bat an eye to the devil duo, "Yes, sir/Mr. Valentine," The trio said.

Valentine nodded but still had a glint in his eyes, "Good, now before we get started," He turned to Y/n, "How's your back doing, Y/n?"

"Huh? Oh, it's okay, still bruised and... wait, how'd you know I was injured?" Y/n spoke up but then mumbled in shock.

Valentine took in a breath as he stood up from his office chair, "You've been slouching in pain, I can tell. You would always have this slightly pained expression when you walk and when you would sat down in your chair. I had a doctor's degree before becoming a business man, I know when someone is in pain.

"However, I know that Y/n would not cause pain to himself or would get himself hurt unless telling me beforehand so he could recover. You also never take time off three days before your work day meaning that what had happened was in your home and 1-2 days ago."

"Then why are we here?" Zaxton asked, trying to sound confident.

"You're here because I noticed your bank account, Mr. Zaxton Floid," Valentine stated as he walked over to the tanned male, "Usually you would have 550 dollars put in your account every day, and will earn 2700 dollars on pay days.

"However, when I checked your account to pay you the other day, you didn't have that 550 added in your account and 300 dollars were taken away from the pay day check, this also applies to you, Mr. Railey Stan. Which means, someone has been paying both of you more money than usual, and they have finally stopped paying you yesterday.

"From what I have seen, Mr. Floid, Mr. Stan, you have not had the best relationship with Mr. L/n. I have also noticed that Mr. L/n avoided you both during work as much as he can. I have also noticed that 1100 dollars have been taken away from Mr. L/n's account every day, and 600 on pay days. What do you two have to say?"

"S-Sir, you've got it all wrong!" Railey tried to argue, "We wound never threaten Mr. L/n into g-giving us money, he's our boss! Why would we ever do such a despicable thing?"

"Ah, so you did make Mr. L/n give you money," Valentine said in a dark tone.

"W-What? That's not what he said!" Zaxton butted in, "He said that we didn't threaten Mr. L/n! Didn't!"

"But he wasn't pinning the blame on you," Y/n mumbled, "He asked what you two thought about it, he wanted your opinion, but now you've both ratted yourselves out."

The color in Railey's and Zaxton face seemed to have paled into realizing what they had said. How could they be so stupid into falling for that trap?!

"Thank you for picking up on that, Mr. L/n," Valentine said as he walked over to his computer, "But I also have video proof that you two were harassing Mr. L/n here."

"What...?" Zaxton muttered under his breath.

Valentine looked at his screen, refusing to show it the three males in front of him, "An unknown person submitted this video into my emails, and I have to say, I am disgusted by both of your actions in this."

Y/n furrowed his brows in slight confusion. He knew for a fact that he didn't send any sort of video to Valentine, and he knew that he hadn't taught the characters on how to use the computer. Unless...

"It's not true, sir!!" Zaxton shouted defensively, "Me and Railey didn't go to Y/n's house! We don't even know where he lives for god's sake!! That video has to be edited!"

'...It's a bluff,' Y/n thought, 'They've fallen into another trap that Mr. Valentine created. The video being sent was a lie, a lie to lore the true truth from Zaxton since he is so fragile minded.' He smiled to himself.

Valentine smiled and put his hand under his chin, "I lied. There is no video."

Zaxon tensed, "P-Pardon...?"

"There is no video, I lied," Valentine said with a carefree shrug, "It was bait, clearly. Now I know that you and Railey had went to Y/n's house, and THREATENED him into giving you money." His voice held anger as he slammed his hands on the desk, his smile was gone, "Do you not know how fucking MESSED UP THAT IS, MR. FLOID?!"

Zaxton and Railey flinched at Valentine's yelling. Y/n closed his eyes and took a deep breath, not liking yelling on matter if it was directed at him or someone else. Valentine had to standup from his seat as he pointed at the two males.

Valentine continued to yell, "Threatening someone into giving you money is not a way to go in life!! You both have successfully failed in it!! Do you both not have a sense of humanity in you?! What in the ever-living FUCK is wrong with you two?!!

"I put Y/n into a position because he deserved it, because he worked his ass off and I noticed it!! If you both would've worked hard, communicated with your co-workers, with your boss, then you wouldn't have gone off sucking the energy and money off of Y/n!!

"Y/n in younger than the both of you, YEARS FUCKING YOUNGER!! So, what is going on in your heads to think such horrendous things and TAKE ACTION on them?!?! I am fucking furious with the both of you!!

"I truly thought you both were good workers, I was going to promote you both! However, the suspicions I had on you two were confirmed today!! You're both fired!! Pack your things, give me your key cards, your passes, and your licenses to the building! Leave!! Fucking leave and never come back into my sight ever again!!"

"B-But! W-what?! Sir!! Y-You can't!! Y/n was-" Railey was cut off.

"DO NOT SAY Y/N'S NAME GODDAMNIT!!" Valentine shouted, slamming his hands on his desk once again, "He did not give you permission to say it, he did not say that it was okay for you two to say it!! If I see even a scratch on him, and he tells me that it's from the either of you, you both will be having the police on your fucking back!!

"Leave the company, and leave Y/n alone for the last GODDAMN TIME!! OUT!!"

Zaxton and Railey both were shaking in fear as they quickly left to pack their things. Railey had small tears in his eyes as Zaxton looked furious and scared at the same time. Valentine took a deep breath and dropped back into his seat.

"Sir...?" Y/n whispered.

"Please, never call me that again, kid, just Mr. Valentine is good," Valentine said as he ran a hand on his face.

"Sorry, Mr. Valentine... But I just wanted to say thank you..." Y/n muttered as he played with his sleeves a bit.

Valentine let out a sigh, "There's no need to be sorry, kid, I should've noticed what they were doing to you from the beginning. I should be sorry to not have taken your request on firing them."

Y/n looked down, he couldn't help but smile to himself as small tears pricked his eyes, "No... I'm seriously... very thankful, Mr. Valentine..."

Valentine looked up when he heard Y/n's breaking voice. He furrowed his brows as he quickly got up from his seat and went over to Y/n. He gave the shorter a gentle hug, careful with his back. Y/n sniffed as he hugged his boss back.

"Thank you, thank you..." Y/n continued to say.

"Shh, it's okay kid, they're not going to hurt you anymore," Valentine said in a fatherly tone, "It's going to be alright now, kid, just breath..."

Y/n went home happy with what had happened today.

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❝︎ IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU . ❞︎

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