Secretary of the Month
Disclaimer: You can all keep your Kaname's and Zero's and Shiki's to yourselves. All I want is Aido!! Mwahaha! He's so freaking cute- ahem, I don't own Vampire Knights... Matsuri Hino does... Err.
Chapter 1: Look out Sunshine!
-X-
Aido sighed, flipping over the millions of paper that littered his desk, gazing boredly at his computer screen.
There were just too many of them there, he decided, he just didn't feel like doing any of it right now. Not at this ungodly hour, anyway. What time was it? 1 pm? Jesus Christ, he was staying up too late nowadays. He ought to get some more sleep.
The blonde stiffened a yawn, his eyes teary from fatigue when his phone rang.
He frowned at it, silently bantering himself that it'll just stop ringing if he glared at it long enough.
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...ring!...
...ringring!!...
...RINGRINGRINGPICKUPTHEDAMNEDPHONEASSHOLE! ...
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Okay. Stop. The ringing was plucking his last nerves. He flips it open instead.
"Yerlo..?" the young man mumbled half-heartedly.
"- I want a mocha latte with whipped cream and mint on top, stat."
"You have the wrong number." Aido's brow furrowed. If it was one of those little shits that were calling him right now, pranking him like he saw on those TV shows, he would be so pissed.
Who the hell ordered coffee on a cell phone number?
The voice from the other line huffed. "I wasn't talking to you, Hanabusa." A female mocked him through the phone.
"Ruka?" Aido called out with a skeptic voice then groaned suddenly, raking a hand through his hair. "Urrghh… to what do I owe the pleasure of this lovely call?" he mumbled sarcastically.
"Would you mind repeating that? I didn't hear you." the woman answered before lecturing him. "Speak more clearly, Hanabusa. You sound like you're dead."
You just had to love the irony in that sentence. The blonde scowled. "I said, what do you want?"
She huffs again. "I'm just reminding you of next week's 'get together'. Kaname-sama humbly invited us to his residence and clearly, something important is going to take place. I don't want you to screw us all over, Hanabusa." Ruka hisses through the phone.
Aido blinked at her words, not knowing what the hell she was even talking about until the info jammed his brain. He suddenly straightened up at his seat, eyes wide. "What!? We're going where!? Why didn't you tell me!?"
"Oh for Pete's sake…" he could picture the chestnut-haired woman rolling her eyes at him. "You don't remember?"
"No, I didn't even know!" He shouted.
He could hear her sigh at the other end of the line. "Oh, whatever. As long as you're aware of it right now. Though ring up Akatsuki and ask him if he knows about it. The lot of you are all the same."
Aido suddenly smirked at the phone, despite the hellish circumstances. "'Ring up Akatsuki?' Goodness gracious, Ruka! London is doing wonders to your vocabulary." He grinned, teasing the woman.
She was rolling her eyes again at the pause, he could tell. "Oh shut up, Hanabusa." The woman muttered one last time before hanging up.
The blonde grinned, seemingly pleased at how he ended that phone call. Though he felt somewhat overtired now. Great, he had to get all dollied up and prepared to attend Kaname-sama's invitation... in... when was it? 7 days? Right. And today was 1:10 pm, so that made it 6 days.
Plus he had to get the millions of paperwork stacked on his desk finished and turned in by NEXT Thursday, giving him about-- Monday, he was going to Kaname-sama's house... Tuesday, Wednesday... only 2 days to work on it. Okay, shit.
And then he had to escort some ungodly human lady on her "coming-of-age" ball, which was the long term. The short term was a "debutante" ball, or perhaps just debut-- since she was an only child.
Err...?
But hell, they had to have a cotillion and heaven only knew how much riot that could bring.
He also had to meet up with Akatsuki today.
Aido sat at his chair again, leaning back and glancing at the computer screen. He didn't know why, but just being in front of a computer just made you want to stare at the screen despite it being BLANK.
...
Oh. Akatsuki. Right!
-X-
At an old restaurant… err, cafe. Because you know, that was always where little private meetings between unearthly beings took place (NOT AN ALIEN!), a very light blue sky with tainted sunny red hang above, an occasional car or jogger ran passed the homely building, and two figures could not be seen, as they were talking at the very corner of the room.
Aido stared at his cousin stupendously, with wide blue eyes and a single arched brow. "You were aware? Why didn't you tell me!?"
"I assumed that you already knew, Hanabusa." The amber-haired man explained, giving the blonde an amused stare.
"How the hell would I know? Nobody ever tells me these things," Aido said dryly, resting his cheek at his open palm. The icy blue-eyed man was frowning effervescently, taking out his irritation at the man behind the counter who wanted them to leave already, given that they had been there since the strike of midnight.
"Did you check your mail?" Akatsuki suggested, drinking his black coffee only to place it back at the table like it was contaminated. "Too sweet," he muttered as an explanation.
"Yes, I did check my mail." Aido replied after a second.
The man in front of him scoffed, giving him a knowing look. "I bet you lost your key to the mailbox."
"No, I didn't." the younger man stalled with a childish glare. "It's… somewhere in my apartment!!"
"I thought you said it was in your key chain."
"I did, I have two…" Aido lied, now running out of excuses. "Dammit, shut up!"
Akatsuki 'tsked'. "You really need to get rid of all those paperwork that clutters the trash bin you call 'home'."
"At least I don't have a forest fire in my apartment."
"At least I'm not a packrat," his cousin taunted back with a leveled stare.
"Hey, I'm not a fucking packrat; I just like to treasure the little things in my life!"
"You mean the whole world." Akatsuki rolled his eyes. "Hanabusa, your place will end up being a museum if you continue this little habit of yours."
"It's not a habit- I just need time, is all."
"No, what you need is a secretary. And what you are right now is hopeless. You're so frigging disorganized with your work it's depressing."
"What about you- you break the law. You freaking smoke when there's a non-smoking sign!" Aido retorts back, his icy blue eyes narrowing. "You fuckin' hypocrite."
"First of all, being disorganized and breaking the little laws aren't alike." The amber-eyed man explained ever so slowly, mocking his cousin. "And third, if you can't even keep track of that- you really, really need a secretary."
"I don't need a secretary." The blonde scowls lividly. "What about you, huh, Akatsuki? You ever thought of having a secretary? You know how pointless that is?"
"Well, my job requires less paperwork than yours." The pyromaniac smirked.
"Yes, blowing stuff up demands very little signing." Aido rolled his eyes.
"Right on target." His cousin grins lazily.
"Well whatever, I don't like meeting up with human girls. They screech a lot." The blue-eyed man explained, slightly wincing at the memory.
"I thought you liked that back in high-school?" the amber-eyed man raised a brow.
"Those were the good old days, Akatsuki." Aido grins back at him. "Right now, I'm a changed man. If I even hear a single, fucking screech, I will commit murder. I'm just not in the mood for fan-girls these years."
"-Uhh, sirs, could you please go out now? It's past my shift…" the man behind the counter interludes awkwardly.
They ignore him, like he wasn't even there in the first place.
"Right. Well, you don't have to worry about that." His cousin's smirk widens, the fangs viewable to some extent.
-X-
The next few days were pure hell.
"Human Resources!? You got me a secretary—from HUMAN RESOURCES!?" Aido bellowed, unbelieving the words he was hearing.
He specifically told his cousin a few days ago that he didn't even like human girls anymore, didn't he? He was surprised he even fucking agreed to this bloody thing!
"Why the hell—" he found himself speechless all of a sudden as to what the taller man just did, but shouted nonetheless. "—I'm not even human, Akatsuki!" he growled.
Akatsuki stood across him, his amber eyes and pointed gaze merely staring at the other younger vampire passively.
Like maybe the words just went from one ear to the other. Or maybe he wished that the shouting lad who now began to pace about the room could be like a TV.
You were able to lower the volume or even mute it—hell; you could turn the damned thing off it you wanted.
But no. The thought itself was ridiculous and highly improbably.
And even if Aido was just an inanimate television, God knew that the bloody idiot would somehow gain the power to turn itself on and off just like in the horror movies, and practically scare the living shit out of anyone for fun.
"What-" the wide-eyed blonde turned to him. "You actually expect me to let a human girl walk around my apartment and- and- and, let her help me!?"
"Well, since you turned down all the other nice vampire girls." His cousin offered, rolling his eyes a bit.
"They were level D's!" the blonde defended himself immediately. "Hell, one of them was about to attack me! Can't you get me a normal one at least… or a noble or something that won't flipping attack me?"
Akatsuki scoffed at this surreptitiously, restraining his tongue on saying that almost everybody did want to attack the blue-eyed idiot. Including himself whenever his cousin tended to be a little overexcited.
Though that was rarely. The latter part, however, was almost 24/7. What the hell was wrong with the world today?
"Hanabusa, nobody really wants to work you, to tell you the truth."
"Oh ha ha, very funny Akatsuki." Aido, rolled his eyes, still pacing about the room.
He looked disbelieving about what his cousin said, until the rust-haired young man had about slapped him (metaphorically speaking, of course) and gave him a look.
"They don't, Hanabusa. Seriously."
Aido blinked at this, stopped pacing, and now crossed his arms. He ignored the insult that was underlying in the sentence, and scowled at the thought of not enough nobles wanting to be secretaries.
"I didn't even want a secretary in the first place," he gritted out, rubbing his temples.
Akatsuki shrugged. "Listen, you're really fuckin' disorganized Hanabusa. You need one, the world doesn't care if you don't want one—you need one."
"Yes. I know." Aido hissed out. "That's why I agreed."
"Exactly. And you're kind of too late to bail out in this plan."
The blonde stared at the amber-eyed man, his own icy blue eyes narrowing.
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…
He was going to win this fucking staring contest, dammit!
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… .... ...!!!
Aido growled, finally giving in. "Alright. Tch. Whatever." They could all burn in hell.
Akatsuki nodded softly. "She's not going to be your betrothed or anything, y'know."
"Yes. I know." Aido hissed back, a little bit pissed off.
-X-
"AAAH! Shit!"
Aido surreptitiously hissed, quickly turning in his bed when thin fingers opened the blinds to his window, letting in yellow rays of sunshine and crispy morning air float around his apartment complex, signifying a good day.
It lasted a good 10 minutes of the blue-eyed vampire trying to convince himself that this was all just a bad dream, and if he shut his eyes tight enough, the wicked witch would just go and dissipate.
GoawayGoawayGoawayGoawayGoaway—
She's still there whether you like it or not.
Fuck you, conscience.
He stared down at the intruder half-heartedly. A short girl with big brown eyes. You are going down short girl with big brown eyes.
He paused, wondering what to say. "... who the hell are you?" Aido decided finally, too tired and... blinded, for a lack of a better word, to sit up.
Sayori blinked. It was tiring to wait for her new 'boss' to wake up, so she sat down at his computer chair. "A man by the name of Kain Akatsuki sent me here to work with you."
"Oh," Aido drawled out, rolling lazily in his bed. He covered his head with his pillow, trying to go back to sleep and block out all the sunshiny rays of light pouring out his window.
It was just so like his cousin to send someone and bother his sleep on a nice Sunday afternoon.
The brown-eyed girl swirled around in the chair boredly, and when the vampire caught her doing it, she merely gave him an unreadable stare.
Yes?
Oh whatever, do what you want. Just don't touch my stuff.
"And what did he say?" the vampire asked incoherently, though luckily, the young woman caught it. ".... Tell him I don't care..."
She turned back around, facing her employer. "Oh, I disagree, um, Aido—"
"—Sir is fine."
... what? He LIKED being called "sir"!
"Aido… sir," the girl finished, trying not to show the funny face that was beginning to grow on her features. He really didn't look the type to be called "sir"… she coughed awkwardly, though managed to continue.
"Truthfully, if I were you, I'd care about attending Kuran-sama's invitation." she flashed a winning smile.
Aido stared at her vacantly before the message finally clicked. "Holy shi!— that's thing today!?" D:
"Yes. Didn't you know?"
"No, I did not know!" he growled. The vampire practically flew from his bed to the bathroom, slamming the door close.
Which was a new record by the way. The last time he tried to attempt doing it was back in high school. It was a sort of freshmen assembly hosted by the elite vampires, and just to show off, he tried doing it.
But some girl closed the entrance door on him, making his face accidentally get in contact with the wooden door. Thankfully, nobody important— at least— saw the incident.
Come to think of it—
... ...
Nah. It couldn't be.
But on a totally different subject that somehow related to this, how come nobody ever told him these meeting things in time!? Were they all ridiculing him or something here?!
A second later, the vamp was out of the bathroom with a towel at his hand and a seemingly refreshed face that's just been doused with cold water. "Why didn't you wake me up?!" he growled at the girl.
"But I did wake you up," the girl blinked, pointing it out. She had never witnessed anybody move that fast in her entire life before. To give a little credit, she was somewhat amazed.
Aido rubbed his temples, trying to clear his mind. Damn it, even this whole thing was messing with his memory. "Oh, that's right, you did. Thanks." he muttered before suddenly pointing out the door. "Get out."
Sayori gave him an incredulous look. What a rude man! "But why?" her brows furrowed. Was she being fired just because this guy couldn't take a little criticism?
"So I can get changed!! Duh!" The vampire gritted out impatiently. Seriously, this girl...! "What? You want to stay for a show!?"
"No thank you," Sayori quickly replied, going for the door.
-X-
It took about 10 minutes for the noble to get fully changed, all dressed up in an exceptional suit that said "I'm proper but yet I'm loose."
Though the vampire didn't care. He was late. He was pissed. He was going to get slapped, damn it. Sayori dully noted that the scowl on his face would at least last until tomorrow.
"Okay, I am seriously freaking late and if I do not get my ass there in time, I am going to get massacred by the gang leader," he muttered to her while walking to the door. Sayori could only nod.
The man glared at everything: the air, the space, the nothingness as if he all wanted it to burn. Or freeze. He was very… irate today, long story short.
I didn't even know there was a story-
Don't fuck with me today, conscience. Aido growled irritably.
"When I get back here, I want all the paper on my desk typed. And call the number on the yellow stick-it-note and ask for the party's theme. Have fun. Eat your vegetables. Drink milk. Whatever." he muttered, swiping the keys off of the dining table before he slammed the door shut.
The brown-eyed girl couldn't help but let off a fascinated smile once her employer left. If he was mad now, imagine how madder he would get when he found out she woke him up 2 hours early.
-X-
Aido scowled. His so-called "secretary" was so going to lose her bathroom privileges for the next 2 months.
-X-
Yay! New story. I'm currently working on Because We're Young but just couldn't resist typing this up since it was already written in my notebook. -grins-
Though I hope it's okay. Is it? Dammit, I hope it is!! fsdfsajk! I worked hard on the idea, so I'm actually hoping that it can be at least a little successful as Cheese with that Whine.... or something -sniffles-
But anyway, here's a half-assed attempt that may or may not make you want to read the next chapter. I hope it does, though.
Tell me what you like, hate, or want to see improved in this story! The love? The drama? Teh action? ThE hUmOuR!?
Or do you wanna see Aido giving Yori a nickname all throughout the story!? You wanna see Aido delivering coffee to Yori since she needs it and he doesn't!? You wanna see Yori hold down her bladder while Aido laughs mercilessly? Wait. No. Let's switch the roles instead. :D
Do ya!? Well then, review and alert!!
Err. There was gonna be a KainxRuka scene here... though it didn't fit. Eheheh... But no worries, I'll add that next chapter!! C:
-X-
P.S: Hey, if you're reading this BloodLustLove (did'ja change your penname? o.o) thanks so much for pointing out that Yori could be recommended by someone! C: Seriously, I had no idea how to bring her in here if it wasn't for you. xDD So thanks again! C: