"Leon! Two burgers at table three! Give them a couple cups of coke on the house too!" Leon's boss, gan, yelled out as she slipped into the kitchen at the back of the diner with an empty tray in her hands.
"Alright." Leon replied as he deftly served the freshly made burgers onto plates and placed them on a tray, before breaking so ice into two cups and filling them up with coke. The door was held open for him by gan, and he quickly made his way through the diner.
"Two burgers and two cups of coke. The cokes are on the house." Leon smiled brightly at the two n who were seated at table three as he announced their orders.
"Thanks, kid. Tell gan we owe her one, haha!" One man gave Leon a thumbs up before he turned to pick up his burger. His friend studied Leon a bit more before doing the sa thing.
Leon made his way around the diner to clear up the empty trays and clean up the tables that got dirty while the custors ate.
"Do you know those guys, gan?" Leon asked when he returned to the kitchen. gan was standing by the sink while washing the dirty plates.
"Maybe her boyfriend? Or maybe her ex and his friend?" His co-worker, Jas, one for gossip, spoke up from his spot at the grill.
"Pah! They're my friends from college!" gan exclaid and directed a glare at Jas. "Watch what you say, kid!" She pointed a fork at Jas, who raised his arms with a grin.
"Friends from college? What do they do?" Leon asked as he made his way to the sink with the trays in his hands.
"Rowan is into modeling, while Andrew is more into fashion. They usually work together, hosting collaborative shows and all, with Rowan's models showing off Andrew's latest wears." gan explained.
"That's pretty cool. Why don't you go model for Rowan, then?" Jas whistled. "You've got so pretty good looks yourself." He said sincerely, and Leon couldn't help but nod in agreent. gan was truly a feast for the eyes of anyone who knew what beauty was. Plus, she had a decent personality. And she could cook well too. She was truly wife material.
"Eh? , model? Impossible!" gan scoffed and both Leon and Jas burst into a fit of laughter. The only thing that would stop gan from agreeing to be a model was that she was a shy person. She was only in her elent when she had grown comfortable in an environnt.
The three of them continued to work until evening.
While making his rounds around the diner, Leon noticed that gan's friends, Andrew and Rowan, had yet to leave. They had ordered a few more servings and cups of coke to go with the food, but aside from that, they remained in the diner. He made his way to their table to ask if they would like a refill of their coke, although he doubted it.
"Hey, is there anything I can get you guys while you wait?" He asked when he stopped at the table, rousing the two n from what they were doing.
"Ah, no, we're okay, thanks." Andrew smiled and replied.
"Alright." Leon nodded and was about to leave when Rowan stopped him.
"Say, Leon. You are a fine man in this day and age. Have you ever thought about modeling?" The man leaned forward and asked with a smile.
"What? , a model?" Leon stuttered.
"Of course! You don't see it yourself, but I do. That glossy dark skin that almost seems to radiate perfection, and your sharp jawline can almost slice a block of ice into two clean halves." Rowan continued to shower Leon with complints while making fake cara shutter sounds and shaping his fingers like a cara.
"Don't try to woo my employee into quitting his job, Rowan!" gan passed by the table while glaring daggers at the man, who laughed and rubbed the back of his head.
Leon laughed it off but was still surprised when Rowan passed him a business card. "Call later, but discuss it with gan first. You can start out as a part-ti model if she doesn't mind." The man shrugged before waving Leon away to return to his job. Rowan and Andrew left soon after that.
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A few hours later, the diner had emptied out and Leon, Jas, and gan were preparing to go ho to rest for the night.
"So, Rowan wants you to work part ti as a model for his brand? Sweet!" Jas exclaid as he pulled on his sneakers.
"I was expecting it, though, so it's not really a shocker." gan shrugged.
"You were expecting it? What do you an by that?" Leon leaned forward and asked her. He adjusted the strap of his backpack as he waited by the backdoor of the diner where they would leave through.
"Well, I always knew you had good looks, and then when Andrew and Rowan told they were coming over, the thought of them picking an interest in you crossed my mind." gan replied as she switched off the kitchen lights and Leon held open the door until all three of them had stepped out and gan locked it up with her key.
"I honestly don't mind you working part ti for both the diner and his modeling brand. It's a good way to make so extra cash." She continued.
The three of them continued to discuss the matter as they walked down the side of the empty street that led away from the diner. Leon pulled out the business card that Rowan had handed him earlier and eyed it before dialing the number that was on it.
"Alright, I'll see you guys tomorrow." He told them as he stopped at the corner that they usually parted ways. He would continue walking forward, across the road, while they would take the corner and eventually split up later on.
"Okay, see you tomorrow, Leon." gan waved while Jas flashed him a grin. He hit the dial and held the phone to his ear as he stepped onto the dark asphalt.
"Hello? Rowan Hemmings on the line." The familiar voice of the man he had t earlier today ca from the other end of the phone and Leon couldn't suppress a smile. He couldn't believe he was going to model for a popular rising brand.
"Um, hey Rowan. This is Leon from gan's diner." Leon started.
"Ah! Leon, I was just wondering if you would call at-"
"LEON!"
Honk!
Two loud sounds cut through the peaceful conversation Leon was having on the phone, and he turned quickly when he heard the sound of a horn. A midsize truck was racing toward him and there was no ti for him to even take it in.
The yell he had heard earlier ca from gan. She was still frozen in place, seemingly paused by ti as a single second stretched on into an eternity. Leon only had one thought as that second ca to an end.
'How did I not hear a truck coming...?'
Bam!
A resounding thud was heard and Leon's body was thrown into the air, miraculously escaping the fate of being trampled by the vicious tires of the truck, and mashed into a aty paste by its humongous weight.
That did not make the situation any better, though. Leon's sense of pain had ceased to function in that mont, and his body had gone into shock. Almost every single bone in his body had been broken or crushed by that epic collision with the truck, and he was in a dire situation.
"Leon!" gan scread and rushed over with Jas, but the young man in question couldn't hear it. He had already lost consciousness.
Jas was already punching the ergency services' number on his phone to get an ambulance to rush over. Luckily, there was a hospital not too far from the diner, so they would be there soon.
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Leon's eyes blearily blinked open and a white light shone into his right eye. He groaned deeply and felt a warm liquid bubble in his mouth.
"Hold on, Leon!" gan's voice reached his ears, but it seed so far away.
He closed his eyes and returned to the warm, comfortable darkness that gladly welcod him with open arms.
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When Leon opened his eyes again, the white light did not shine into his eyes. Instead, a dark brick ceiling that was partially covered in moss was what greeted his sight.
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