Oliver was eating omelet and drinking fruit juice while chatting with the waitress in front of him.

A normal conversation was taking place, the girl laughed at times and seemed completely serious at others, but one thing to notice was that the smile never left her face.

Client ”excuse me, I would like to order please”.

Violet looked at the old man who was staring at them and remembered she was at work.

Oliver noticed that and used it as a chance.

Oliver ”sorry it was my fault, to make it up to you how about I take you out after you finish work, since you already know I am new to town, I will appreciate a tour from a native, in exchange I will buy you lunch and those pancakes you just mentioned you liked as a thank you ”

Violet looked at him and thought for a second.

Violet ’ok how about Sunday at 11:00, we will meet in front of this restaurant”

Oliver nodded ”sure it works for me”

“Great” violet smiled and went to help the old gentleman, another waiter came to work at the bar.

Oliver continued to eat his meal and then turned to his right, the man there would turn every now and then to stare at him, a normal person wouldn’t notice but was Oliver normal.

Oliver ”you know you cant blame me right”

Migras ”…..”

The lack of answer showed a lack of agreement, but It also showed the lack of disagreement as well.

Oliver let ought a sight, it looks this city guard was still green behind the ears is many aspects.

Migras couldn’t help but be angry, the whole time he tried to talk to the girl he liked she barely replied, but the moment some handsome dude appeared she became all smiles, how can a person not feel down in such a situation.

Knowing what he was thinking Oliver just shook his head.

Actually it was not that Violet didn’t like him or anything like that, if anything they were childhood friends from her words, but this world was not an anime or manga, Violet saw him more like a brother, there was not one bit of romantic feelings involved, it was easy to tell from their talk just now.

Migras was so stuck in the “best-friend zone” that his chances were almost null, the image of the little Migras was engrave in her mind, so this was completely his one-sided crush.

Oliver ”you know that there are quite a few beauties here that seem interested in you, why don’t you try to go out with them”

Migras looked at Oliver not knowing what to say, whether this was something to make him feel angry since it meant he had no chance with Violet or just genuine question.

Seeing the face of Oliver which showed no sign of mockingness his anger quickly disappeared.

Migras showed dejected smile ”cause I don’t like them in a romantic way”

Oliver barely didn’t exclaim {wow so you are not that dense then} but he decided to hold it in as this would only make the other party angry, he thought that Migras just hadn’t noticed but that didn’t seem to be the case.

Oliver stopped looking at him and instead took another bite, the omelet was quite tasty btw.

Oliver “so you feel towards them, how she feels towards you, you know that right”

Migras looked at Oliver with anger in his eyes, now he really wondered whether this dude was dissing him or trying to make him angry, cause he sure knew where it hurt.

But after seeing once again that there was no mocking in his words, Migras quickly calmed down and got dejected again.

Oliver once again looked at him, there was no pity in his eyes, after all he was sure that Violet probably made it clear by now about her feelings towards him but this dude just refused to give up, which had the opposite effect of what he wanted instead, so yes at least the girl didn’t lead him by the nose, he just refused to accept the reality.

Oliver even felt a bit bad for Violet, if a girl he didn’t like kept pestering him none-stop for a long period of time, Oliver would have probably been very direct about a lot of stuff, but since Violet and Migras were childhood friends she didn’t want to hurt his feelings too much.

Migras “yea I kinda do, but I think that if I persist hard enough she would change her mind eventually”

Oliver {said exactly like a guy who doesn’t know shit about girls}, he even started to pity Violet a bit.

He didn’t know where Migras got the idea that if there was a mountain in front of you, you just needed to push hard enough and it would work eventually but he felt bad.

This was the real world and a real person, not a bunch of rocks, the only thing pushing hard would get you is a restraining order and a punch in the gut in the best case or crushing the family jewels in the worst.

Oliver decided to give him advice.

Oliver ”she wont, since you have done that till now and it doesn’t work, it wont work in the future as well,… by the way how long have you done that”

Migrass thought for a bit, he was 25 now he liked her since they were 15, he did try to go out with other girls but it didn’t work out, cause even then he still continued to like her so ..

Migras “about 10 year”

Looking at the proud face with which Migras said that Oliver could only shook his head {poor Violet}

Seeing the look of the opposite party Migras felt anger, the face of Oliver was like he was looking at a moron.

Migras ”how do you know now it wont work, do you think you are such a big experts on girls, how did you even succeed with Violet, how long have you been trying ”

Oliver saw that there were quite a few mixed feelings in those questions so he decided to be direct , he would do Violet a favor and would not spare the feelings of the other party

Oliver ”lets see I came here today, so 2”

Hearing him Migras anger disappeared and he stared blankly at Oliver, then dejection came with a bit of admiration, which again turned to anger, then finally to sadness and disappointed.

Migras moved his gaze and stared blankly at the table in front of him, like it just killed his dog.

”two hours, two fucking hours” Migras spoke under his breath, but it was closer to a whisper.

Oliver however didn’t even think twice about nailing the last nail in the coffin.

Oliver “nah, not two hours, this is the second time I see her, so if we talk about time, the first time I didn’t talk to her, so about forty minutes or less, I didn’t count”

“…come outside with me for a second” Migras looked like he had eaten the most bitter thing in the world, making his face contract in an ugly expression.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA” hearing this Oliver barely didn’t choke laughing, the reaction was like a comedy skits so he couldn’t help it, but after taking a look at Migras who had no killing intent and didn’t even try to stand from his chair to go outside, it showed that this dude was the chief of the guards for a reason.

Most men in his situation would probably have already hit Oliver with a chair and started to shout profanities towards his whole family, of course Oliver wouldn’t have left that happened, and if this was a Chinese novel then the guard squad would have showed up and shouted ”how do you there to bully our leader, we will deal with you”, and then things would have gotten complicated, but seeing that this wasn’t the case, he let out a sight of relief, Oliver wast afraid of the fight, but the consequences after that would have been troublesome.

After Violet served her orders and went to the kitchen, she took a quick look at the bar counter, and saw big dude patting the shoulder of a smaller dude who looked like he was about to cry.

She let a sight of relieve and continued to do her work.

Migras really didn’t know how to deal with his feelings right now, he felt the big hand on his shoulder that tried to comfort him, but that only made him feel worse, he couldn’t help but really want to punch this guy at this moment.

How would someone feel if the person who just stole the person you like after trying for 10 whole years, tried to comfort you not even 20 minutes after he stole her right in front of you, punching him would be ok, right, shooting him in the foot should be ok as well, right, he could not help but really want to cry right now.

But even though Migras was a bit immature he didn’t blame Oliver too much, after all he knew it was not Olivers fault, but he still wanted to know something.

Migras looked at him with teary eyes ”how… how did you make her like you after meeting her twice”

Olive thought about it {noting much, since you kept pestering her and no other guy probably got close to her for about ten years from respect or fear of you, she was how should I say it, thirsty for attention like every normal person would be in that situation and I just fit her criteria }, but he quickly shook his head, if he said that he might really need to face that guardian squad tonight

Oliver thought a bit more, and finally came with the answer, which wasn’t false but was acceptable.

Oliver” well, I just found her interest which was adventure stories, and told her about my previous fights, then let her talk about her interests and thoughts, and she just seemed to like me, I don’t know what more to say ”

Migras just remained quiet, he didn’t look at Oliver anymore, he started to wonder about himself, adventure stories pff, he had been a captain of the security team for 5 years now, with fights at least twice a week he had more than enough.

Her interests, he could name them like he was reading a book in front of him.

If that was all why did she not like him, he just didn’t know.

Oliver looked at the contemplating Migras before him and chuckled, he decided to give him another advice, he actually liked the guy, and if we had to be honest 10 years was not something everyone could do, even if not wanted there were quite a few beauties that were eyeing Migas even now, not going for even one of them was admirable, it was one thing to hang on to someone when you think he/she is your only option but its something completely different when you do it even though you have a surplus of options, at least for that, he deserved respect.

Oliver ”since you know that pushing doesn’t work why don’t you try something else”

Migras gave him a doubtful look ”what do you mean”

Oliver smiled at him.

Oliver “its simple, give her space, and try to go out with other girls, think about it, if you were in her position and a guy who you didn’t like kept pestering you for 10 years, what feelings would you have for him, would it be love… or disgust”

Seeing Migras gaze as he listened Oliver knew it wasn’t enough.

Oliver” think about it, you tried for ten years, and I am sure even you are not dense enough not to notice that she has no interest, but I spent 30 minutes and have a date with her tomorrow, who do you think is more successful here, if you like her, give her space, gain more experience, and try again in the future, don’t strangle her with your feelings expecting her to suddenly fall for you, life doesn’t work that way”

Hearing this Migras didn’t answer, he just sat quietly thinking about the words of the person next to him, negative emotions couldn’t help but befall him.

Oliver just drank his juice, and didn’t say a word, he knew he was a bit rough, but unless he was Migras who was like him, a stone head, wouldn’t get it.

He even remembered being in a similar position long ago, before he had a bit more experience with the opposite gender, now that he thought about it he couldn’t help but cringe, he might have actually been worse, but well whether you were boy or girl that was normal in the beginning.

So he knew, Migras would get better, he did that as a favor to Violet as well, he couldn’t even imagine what she had been feeling until now, but when he talked to her even if she herself didn’t notice it probably, though she didn’t like him she didn’t see him in a negative light either, so he probably still had a bit of a chance left, a small one, but a chance none the less, but if he had continued this way it would have disappeared, it was actually a miracle it didn’t happen till now.

Which just proved how much she must have treasured him, even if not the way he wanted.

After a few minutes of silence Migras raised his head, he had thought about Olivers words.

Migras ”I will try”

His face was solemn but the resolve showed in it.

Oliver nodded, it must have been a bit hard for him to accept his words, but thankfully he did.

”by the way what is strongest monster you have ever defeated” Migras asked him smugly.

Seeing this Oliver laughed, they really were alike after all, since the kid pride got hurt he wanted to see who was stronger.

Oliver thought about it but it didn’t take him long.

Oliver” Warsher, by far this was the most difficult one I defeated ”

Hearing this Migras jaw dropped, Washer, the giant meat fortress with astonishing speed and spikes around its body, one of the stronger underwater creature one could face, also known as one of the species that could be included in the category ”Uncrowned kings”

Now Migras regretted even asking, maybe Violet liked this guy cause he was too strong after all, but he quickly discarded that thought, he knew her better than that, the biggest proof of all is that, if that was the case he wouldn’t need ten fucking years, since he was one of the strongest people in this city.

Seeing his reaction Oliver smiled playfully {its still too early for you to compete with me}.

But as he was about to say something a roar resounded from beyond the bar door.

CRASH.

A wall outside the restaurant door started to break.

Oliver took a look at the boy next to him but with the current look on his face a “man” seemed more appropriate word.

He couldn’t help but let out a light sight, if he acted this way not only when he was on the job, Violet wouldn’t have been able to ignore him and continue to see him as a little brother and they might have even been together by now, what a pity.

Before he could even finish his thoughts, Migras had already given instructions, his serious and confident face which showed that this was not his first time in such situation made everyone listen to him, the girls who were taking glances at him earlier were now listening to his commands like everyone else, everyone was looking at him, no not “him”, but at the guardian of this town with reassured expression.

Oliver finished his drink and stood up, he followed the rushing Migras, he wanted to take a look as well.