Your eyes widen a bit in surprise a little when you saw a iddle aged, but still well muscled anthro panther in a nice suit sitting in the booth you had walked up to. "M-Mr. Wilder, what you doing here?" You asked the panther as you sat down on the other side of the booth.
You saw Mr. Wilder just smile warmly at you while he responded back with, "Well, I was just passing by when I remembered that you worked here. So I figured why not visit you , and get something eat at the same time."
"That's very nice of you, Mr Wilder. But you really didn't have to do that." You commented, a bit embarrassed that your second boss was here.
He saw the black furred panther just wave his hand dismissing your comment when he replied, "Nonsense. Besides what type of employer would I be if I didn't check up on my favorite employee every now and than. And what have I told you, Alex. When your not working at my store it's okay for you to call me Brain."
You just sighed and shook her head as you had known Brain Wilder for most of life since he had been a good friend of your parents. In fact if it wasn't for him you most likely would have been living either on the streets or at your friend Cory's house after your parents had passed away in a plane crash during the summer of your junior year of high school. When you found out that their wedding anniversary plans had been ruined because of that you were devastated for quite some time. However, once Brain had shown up one day to pay his respects he offered you a job at small party store that he owned. You of course instantly took the job, and along with that he also helped pay some of the bills until you had graduated high school. Even your best friend Cory and his parents were nice enough to get you food when you needed it.
And when you felt lonely at the house either Cory or Mr. Wilder would stay there with you....at least until you got used to being alone in your won home. You even remember one time during your senior year when someone had started a rumor that you and Cory were "doing it" together. The red panda of course just old you to ignore the rumor to which you did. But after you had went to work at the small party store you remember telling Mr. Wilder about the situation. To your surprise the panther just smiled and said that a rumor was nothing to worry about...just like Cory had said. But he even went a bit further when he said that it didn't matter to him if you were gay or not since he'll still be there for you no matter what. Hearing him say that made you wonder why exactly the panther would say such a thing. Did he mean in a fatherly type way? Or was there a different meaning behind it?
"Alex? Hello? Are you still with me, son?" Brain's voice asked, breaking out of your thoughts.
"Ah, I yes. Sorry Brain, I guess I was just thinking about past things. But I've got to ask do you know if Corey will be working along with us today?" You questioned, as you remember him telling you about having a second job just like you did.
"Hmm, if I remember right he should be coming an hour after your shift starts." The yellow eyed panther stated, which caused you to frown a little bit. But once he saw this you saw the panther smile again as he added, "Now I know you're worried about what Cory's other job might be. But I'm sure whatever his doing I don't he would do anything that put himself in any danger."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." You let out, before you looked over at the clock and saw that your shift was over in a just a few minutes. Upon realizing this you looked back over at the well muscled panther and continued with, "So my shift is almost over soon, Mr Wilder. So do you want to walk to your store together?"
"Of course Alex, it'd be my pleasure." Mr. Wilder replied, before thanked him and walked away from the booth.
About thirty minutes later your shift at the diner had ended and then you and Brain Wilder were off to his store. Along the way.....
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