HERSHE - TIAOM

Plan

"Van."

Van saw a chat notification from Jane. He quickly typed in his reply.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Any visitors today?"

Van chuckled. Jane is checking on Kim like a private investigator.

"Yeah, every day. Today was someone from the HR. She says she just wanted to ask about some of Kim's requirements. I doubt it."

"Is there anyone that Kim seemed to have shown any interest yet?"

"As far as I can see, none."

"That's good! :-D"

Van wasn't interested in replying again until he saw another message from Jane.

"Hey, do you really like Pie?"

"Of course, I do. Why?"

"Well, I have this proposal."

"Is this something good?"

"Of course, silly. This will benefit both of us ;-)"

"Tell me more about it :-D"

"The plan is I'll help you with Pie while you help me with Kim."

"That sounds fair. When do we start?"

"Tonight."

---

It was the end of the day. Van saw Kim already preparing her stuff so he approached her, "Hey, going home now?"

"Almost, just sending a few more emails to clients."

He comfortably sat at Kim's table. "You seem to be in a hurry, you have plans for later?"

Kim thought about it first before shaking her head. "None on top of my head now. Why?"

"It's just that I noticed that you've been here for more than four months now but haven't hung out with anyone yet."

Kim bit her lip when she realized the same thing. "Now that you mention it, yeah, you're right. I didn't notice that myself."

"So, do you want to go with us later?"

"With whom?"

"Pie and Jane invited us to go out. You know, it's Friday and weekend is approaching. We might want to unwind for a bit," said Van convincingly. He tapped Kim's shoulder. "Plus, they want to celebrate the approval of the lipstick ad. You and Pie did a great job on that."

Kim was planning to turn down the offer until a certain name was mentioned. "Is it gonna be just the 4 of us? With Pie and Jane?"

"Yeah, yeah. The girls were actually expecting you'd come."

Kim's face lit up. "I guess, that sounds like a good plan."

"Cool."

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"Hey, do you want to hang out later?" Jane asked Pie this time.

Pie, who's never really a fan of going out, immediately shook her head. "Nah, I just wanted to rest tonight. It was a stressful week."

"It's not every day that I get to go out with you," said Jane, pouting. She's got to pull this one off because Van already confirmed that Kim is coming.

"But we're together every day. You see, we even sit across each other."

Jane sighed, feeling more hopeless now. "Just this once, Pie, c'mon..."