Chapter 28 - Shoelace

"Look out!!" shouted Emma as she pulled away the man in front of her. At the same time, the big boxes from the top falling down toward them. Everyone in the garage looked at them when they heard a loud noise.

Emma who managed to grab the man sighed revealed as she save this person on time. If she was late for a second, then this mas surely hit by this big boxes.

"What happen??" asked Alex, approaching Emma and the man who Emma's saved.

"The boxes from the top has fallen down. I've managed to pulled him before the boxes hit him," said Emma.

Alex looked at the man.

He is Russell, a clumsy and tall man. Russell scratching his head with an awkward smile toward Alex. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't pull that one. Thank you for saving me."

Emma smiled again. "Emma, my name is Emma..."

Russell replied with a smiled.

"Well then... If there is no one injured and everything is alright, you two can get back to work. We still need to moved this boxes to the hall in one hour," said Alex.

"Yes, Alex!"

Alex nodded when the two hunters know what they have to do. After that, he walked away to see the other boxes.

Emma and Russell then continued to move all the boxes onto the big trolley before other hunter take it to the other hall. This boxes contained foods and clothes for the survivors from last night. They will need these to keep survive in the Royal Organisation until they've been sent to their other family member.

Emma and Russell keep talking to each other while they moves the boxes. There would be a time where a loud laughed comes from them. The other hunter didn't pay much attention to them as they have another job to do.

Aftet all the boxes has been sent, Russell sighed relieved. His backbone was almost snapped as he keep moving the boxes without stopping. And all the boxes he carried was most of the big boxes. Of course the little boxes would be left for Emma to carried it. Russell would not gonna let Emma carried the big boxes since she was a woman and to be precisely, almost like a frail woman. How could Russell be so cruel to let a woman carrying a big and heavy boxes while he was carrying the small one?

"I'm going to get you a drink. You sit over there first and I will bring you the water. Okey??" said Russell.

Emma shifted her gaze toward the metal chair at the corner of the garage, then Emma looked at Russell again. She smiled as she said, "Okey!"

Russell walked away with a smile when he heard Emma's words. He think that Emma was actually a cheerful person with a free-spirit attitude. She was a friendly and it was easy to be friend with her. Besides, she like to smile and it make it easy for Russell to approached her.

Russell thought it was a good idea to be friend with Emma. He never saw anyone who was free-spirited like her.

On the other side, Emma was already walking to the metal chair and take a seat. She use her right hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead. It was a good thing all the big and heavy boxes were carried by Russell. If she going to carry all that, then she will suffered tonight with her body sore in every inch. Emma don't want to suffered like that.

But even so, Emma still getting tired after carrying all the small boxes all by herself.

"I'm so tired!" whispered Emma as she close her eyes, want to take a short nap.

"Here you are!"

Emma opened her eyes as she heard someone was offering her something. The first thing she saw after she opened her eyes is a bottle of water in front of her face. Emma titled her head to looked at the person who was kind enough to give her water.

Elvin only looked at Emma with a blank face as he was waiting for Emma to take the bottle.

"Thanks." Emma take the bottle and immediately opened the bottle.

Elvin take a sit beside Emma and slowly watching the girl drinking her water. He can see that Emma was sweating too much as her shirt is wet with her overflowing sweat.

"You really work that hard. You shouldn't force yourself to work. You have to take rest," said Elvin, shifting his gaze toward the new lorry that sent to the garage.

"It is okey. I like to work here. I don't have anything to do anyway so it's best to wasting my time in here," said Emma. She put the bottle beside her and leaned over to the chair.

"In my revision, yesterday mission was your first time right? Did you feel it was fun??" asked Elvin.

"Fun?? Urmm.. Maybe, but I don't feel any fun in it. I've almost get kidnapped by the vampire if Mark didn't save me. That vampire was stronger than what I think,"said Emma.

"Seems like you need to learn about fun. Killing a vampire was fun, okey. But I can understand it since this was your first time in the mission. Next time, it would be harder and you couldn't find any fun in it," said Elvin, already grinning.

"I can find the fun for myself. Anyway, what are you doing in here? I didn't see you in the first place," said Emma.

"I was just come in here when I saw you sitting alone here. I saw you are the only female who was working hard here."

Emma smiled a little. "Nah, I'm just doing my job here since I don't know what to do next."

"You are done here? So, how about following me to the hall where we give the survivors their food and clothes. I'm sure we can help more people there later," said Elvin.

Upon hearing Elvin's words, Emma suddenly become excited. She looked at Elvin with a sparkling-like eyes. She lifted her hands toward her chest and she almost look like a little child who get a candy from her mother. The word excited was written all over her face.

Elvin chuckled when he saw the 'excited' Emma. "Of course."

"Then lets go!!" shouted Emma excitedly as she stand up.

Elvin looked at Emma with a gaped on his mouth. Didn't she just looked tired just now? Why did she be so energetic so suddenly? Did she really that happy to be able to help other people?

Emma didn't wait any longer as she took a two step foward than Elvin. But unfortunately her luck was so bad today that she didn't realised she already stepping onto her untie shoelace. Without anything to get hold on, Emma falling to the front.

"Arrgghhh!!" Only a scream filled the garage hall.

Emma closed her eyes as she was ready to fall on the floor but then after two minutes, she didn't feel any pain on her body and she realised that she didn't fall straight onto the floor.

Instead, she can feel a strong and muscular hands was holding her by the waist. The grip become more tightened when Emma opened her eyes slowly.

As soon as she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was the brown chestnut of Elvin's eyes that was watching deeply through her eyes. It seems like he was looking straight to her heart that, it make Emma out of breath for a second. That eyes could really make her melting. That addicting eyes!

[Good Heaven, please bless me! I'm going to die if he going to look at me like that again!!!] Emma just blinked many times because she don't know what she need to say. Besides, his face was very close to her face. If she move any inch again, then their lips surely gonna touched.

Elvin coughed a little before he pulled Emma until she was in the standing position.

Emma also coughed to swipe away the awkward feeling.

"Are you okey? How could you fall like that when there is nothing in front of you."

Emma looked down and saw her shoelace was untied. She frowned a bit. Damn you, shoelace! You make me embarrassed myself in front of him!

>If the shoelace could talk, maybe it would say:Sorry, master. But shouldn't you be happy because you can be in this moment?<

Emma immediately kneeled down on one knee and she tied the shoelace quickly.

Elvin watched Emma as she just tied up her shoelace without looking at him anymore. When Elvin saw that Emma tied hed shoelace in a wrong way, he also kneeled down in front of Emma.

Emma startled when Elvin suddenly take the shoelace from her hands. She startled for the second time when his forehead touched slightly onto her forehead. Emma could feel that her face become hot, hot like it were burnt by the sunlight.

"If you tied your shoelace like that, it will untie again. For your safety, you should tied it like this. I'm sure you will not fall again." Elvin continue to tied up the shoelace while Emma watching him there, in a completely frozen state.

After Elvin done tied up the shoelace, he stand up. While Emma standing slowly like how a sloth moving and surely, she was looking somewhere else because of the embarrassing feeling.

"Thank you," said Emma, shyly.

If Becky was here, she was the very first girl who would show Emma her vomit reaction. Since when did this girl become so shy?

"Let's go. I will lead the way. You will follow me from behind."

Emma nodded at the instruction.

And then, in a minute they already vanished from the garage.