I was tapping my fingers on the hard surface of the marble table waiting for the water to boil. It was seven in the morning and my master is expecting a visit from one of his relatives.
The sound of the steam coming out of the kettles mouth broke my thoughts and I quickly scrambled for a pot holder and removed the kettle from the electric stove after turning it off.
I poured enough amount of hot water into the white and blue teacups and submerged a honey milk tea into the cups. The oven goes 'ding' indicating that my velvet cupcakes were done and I quickly removed them out of the oven to cool.
After one minute, all of the snacks and the teas are all prepared in the tray and I rolled out of the kitchen into the huge guest room.
I knocked softly on the hard wood and a voice from inside replied to me, allowing me to come in. I immediately trotted inside the room and found my master sitting on the sofa with his legs and arms crossed.
When he saw me, a smirk decorated his face and I looked away to avoid his gaze but I can still feel him drilling holes into my head with his constant stare while I arrange his cup of tea and snacks.
Be professional Lay. Be professional.
I turned around to serve him his tea and I only look at him disapprovingly. Like, look at him, he's just wearing a black skinny jeans and a loose black longsleeves shirt that's exposing some of his collar bones and his slippers were his ordinary indoor furry slippers.
My gosh! Where's Mark?! He's the one whose in charge of masters clothing.
"Master, you should change your clothes and wear more formal in front of your guest." I told him while bowing slightly to show respect.
"It's just my sister, I don't have to look decent in front of her, I also need break in wearing those tight neck clothes." He protested.
Tight neck clothes means his usual business clothing which is the Americana or tux.
"And oh, I decided too that from now on, I'll appoint you to everything that involves myself. If I want to change my clothes, you will do it. If I want a companion, you will accompany me. And everything else including my 'personal' needs, butler. I don't want anyone but you. So don't worry about Mark, I already informed him about it." He licked his lips seductively and looked at me straight to my eyes. I just nodded and replied a blank 'as you wish' as I bowed to him.
Soon the guest the household was expecting entered the room and there goes Magnolia with her curly golden blonde hair bouncing on her head with a red tie, as she crossed the room, meeting the eyes of her brother, which is my current master. She's elegant as ever, even if she's just wearing a nice red sundays dress and some flat white shoes that might've cost seven months of my salary.
Wow.
"Brother!!"
Mag screamed at my master and quickly tackled him on the sofa as they giggled together. I scoffed at them and Mag quickly jumped off from killing my master in a hug that could well, literally kill.
She got off from his brother and looked at me. When she met my gray eyes, she went ballistic and started giggling like a high school girl that got his crush looked at her for the first time.
"Gah... Lay!! Marry me as in now! You always look so fucking hot!" She spread her arms wide and went to hug me but before she could take a step towards me my master scoffed and glared at her way making her stepped back, a few good meters from me.
"You're no fun Al! I was just admiring Lay's handsomeness! Why can't I just gave him a hug?" She whined at her brother and slumped her butt on the sofa opposite to my master with arms crossed on her breast.
"You're going to choke him to death. Haven't you thought about that?"
"But I love Lay!" Then she turned to look at me. "You'll be my husband in the near future right Lay?" And she gave me a smile while raising her eyebrows up and down, trying to convince me if it is possible.
"I... ummm...." I prolonged. Not knowing what to do.
I never had the chance to answer her question because I just don'tknow what to say. I didn't even hear anyone complimented me as 'hot', but after hearing it I was flattered to the extent that I even felt butterflies in my stomach.
Master gave a sideway glance at me while sipping his tea, giving me a glare saying 'say yes and I'll kill you' look. Hey, what's that look suppose to mean?
My master returned his attention to his sister, sending her dagger stares which could kill her if only looks could kill making Mag smirked and started humming.
"Jealous is the wolf who get his dick rip off..."
Mag sung those pathetic and adsurb words, and I almost laughed out loud but supressed it inside me with a silent scoffed. Master was worst, he had just spit his tea out of his mouth. I quickly gave my master a tissue and dry the surfaces where he had spit his tea with a dry rag.
"Are you okay master?" I asked him and he just gave me a nod. I went back to my post, standing behind my master and again being ignored at the back.
Just the perks of being a butler. You become a human robot.
"Where did you hear that kind of song Mag?! That's just hilarious!"
"I know right? If you get too jealous, you'll have your dick rip off in the near future brother. And I know it will happen."
She said every word with a hidden meaning to it that I couldn't decipher and gave me a wink. I saw my master glare at her but she only ignore it and kept on winking at me and giving me flying kisses secretly, making me shift uncomfortably on my place.
But as the skilled butler as I am, I kept my poker face on and ignored everything.
"Mag, stop that." My master hissed. Bitterness evident in his voice.
"What?" Mag replied in a sing song voice, acting innocent and went back on giving me her winks and flying kisses.
"That! Stop doing things that annoys me!"
Master yelled at Mag and she immediately behaved like a dog and sat silently on her seat. She mumbled something like 'annoyed? or just jealous?' that's what I had read on her mouth as I watched her form sulk away in the corner.
Master quickly stood up from the couch, a grim expression covered his face as he went out of the room and slammed the door shut making it echo around the hall. I heaved a long sigh and look at Magnolia.
"I'm so sorry for my Master's behavior towards you my lady." I bowed slightly to her and begun cleaning the table when Mag suddenly spoke.
"He'll really get his dick rip off in the near future." Mag said still looking at the door.
I felt curiosity hit my senses and I wanted so badly to ask Mag what she meant by getting my master's um... d-dick rip off? But that would defy my masters rule as his mere butler.
"I know you're itching to ask me what I meant by getting my brothers dick rip off, isn't it Lay?"
I abruptly stop from what I was doing and look at Mag with wide eyes. She just gave me a smirk and sit back down a little bit.
"You see, I always went here as my brothers diary, he always told me about the things that he didn't want anyone to know. And he's...a little kind of an impatient person, so be careful Lay, he might eat you someday." Mag said while looking at me.
I frowned. She should tell that to master's soon to be lover, not to someone who will die in the future being a butler. She looked at me and started motioning me to sit down but I quickly refused.
"I'm sorry my lady, I'm just a servant I have no right to sit with you." I told her and she gave me a glare.
"Like I care! Its just for a short little time."I heaved a sigh to myself and went to sat on the spot where my master just vacated.
"Good. You see, your master, which is my brother has been adoring someone for long now, but this person is just too naive to see it." I pretend to listen to her although I didn't really. Its not my duty to meddle with my master's privacy, he would kill me. FOR SURE.
"So, what I want is..." Mag said while pointing directly at me, as if giving me orders, but I immediately cut her off before she could say anything.
Even though she's my master's sister, I won't follow her orders. I'll have my masters decision first before I act. I stood up from the couch I was sitting on making Mag halt on her words and looked at me dumbfounded. I bowed and look down at her afterwards.
"I'm sorry my lady, I only abide by my master's rule and I don't follow orders to anyone except my master only. So please excuse me for I have something to do."
I grab the cart and exited the guest room leaving Mag in there. Before I could shut the door I heard her say.
"That's why he's head over heels for that person."