This is a modern AU with a character from my friend an I's story TSLL, which can be found posted on this account. Kamryn belongs to user KertHertBert. This is in no way canon to TSLL.
It was another busy day at the office. Kamryn had gained two new clients today, had deadlines right around the corner, and was just generally swamped with work. And it was only 9 AM…
Kamryn let out a low, drawn out groan at her desk, causing a few of the other people outside of her office to look up from their work and either give her a concerned look or glare.
It was going to be one hell of a day, and to make matters worse, Olivia hadn't come around with everyone's coffee yet.
It was just then that Kam heard a knock at her opened office door, her boss was standing there, an annoyed look on his face.
"Olivia called in sick, if you don't want to drink what's in the break room, you'll have to go get it yourself. I'm giving you a fifteen minute break to be there and back."
Kam's forehead hit her desk, that's exactly what she needed…
Well, she couldn't function without her morning latte, and the shit in the break room was awful. So, she grudgingly pulled herself to her feet, and as quickly as she could, made it down to the first floor of the building she worked in.
She wasn't entirely sure where Olivia got their coffee from, but her best guess was the small mom and pop shop a block over.
She walked briskly to the shop, avoiding people on the ever busy street. The thought of how Olivia ever managed through this foot traffic and carried all that coffee crossed her mind, this must be why she's in an especially bad mood in the mornings.
Finally, she arrived. Surprisingly, the place wasn't that busy, probably due to the new Starbucks right down the street. There were people at most of the tables, but only one other person in line ahead of her.
The man in front of her was a sight for sore eyes. He was tall and muscular, with spiked blue hair. He was dressed in a nicely fitting dress shirt and suit jacket, which showed off his physique nicely, with a deep blue tie, along with a nice pair of black suit pants and dress shoes.
He seethed with power and importance, and Kamryn was in awe, jaw almost literally hanging open at the specimen before her.
As he turned his head to glance over the menu, while the baristas were busy, she got a glance at his chiseled face, and peeking out of the neck of his fancy dress shirt were dark tattoos. Kamryn's one weakness…
If she wasn't drooling before, she was now.
Then, she caught his eye, no doubt in the middle of her checking him out. A devilishly handsome smirk appeared on his beautiful face.
She felt the heat rise to her face, and she quickly averted her eyes, not seeing how his own eyes rolled slowly over her body.
But his attention turned back to the barista who was now ready to take his order, and was very obviously, and shamelessly, flirting with the handsome man.
He laughed at whatever joke she had made, and it was a beautiful laugh, deep and rumbling up from his very core.
Kamryn was in awe at how perfect of a man was standing in front of her. Maybe this was how Olivia made it through her mornings, maybe there were always handsome men at this café.
But now it was her turn to order, and the man moved over to the side and waited patiently, and handsomely, for his drink.
She quickly ordered her chai tea latte, and then she realized, she forgot her wallet.
"I'm so sorry." She apologized to the cashier for wasting her time, ready to leave the café, when the handsome man slid his card across the counter to the cashier.
"I'll pay for it, if you'll have a seat and drink it with me." His voice was deep, low, and perfect.
"S-sure." Kamryn stuttered out, her tired face heating up again. She wasn't normally this awkward of a person, but this early around such a handsome man was too much for her tired brain.
He gave her another smirk, this time showing off a row of shiny, pointy teeth, and there was just something oh so sexy about it.
He motioned for her to go pick a seat, while he waited for their drinks.
She picked a seat out by the window, and regretted it instantly. As she sat, her refection shown in the window, and she took in just how awful she looked.
She didn't look like the proud business woman she was, but a hot mess. Her eyes had dark circles under them, her hair was ruffled about, and she had managed to smudge her mascara a little bit. And there was nothing she could do to fix it.
She tried her best to run her hands through her hair quickly to contain the frizz and curls that wanted to lay out of place, but accomplished nothing but looking like a fool.
She pouted at her reflection. This was just perfect. A handsome man wants to have coffee with her and she looks like this? He must really have low standards…
She was surprised when a large hand slid her latte in front of her, and the man sat down suddenly in the chair across from her.
"Rough morning?" He asked, in that beautiful smooth voice of his, which made her want to melt.
"You have no idea…" She mumbled out quickly taking a sip of her scalding latte, wincing as the liquid burnt her lips, but ignoring it.
"Looks like it." He gave a playful grin, teasing on her ruffled appearance, and making her blush.
A moment of awkward silence passed between the few for a moment, before Kamryn realized she hadn't yet thanked the man.
"Ah, thanks for this by the way…" She looked over the rim of her cup to him, taking in his handsome features up close. He just sat with a permanent smirk on his face, oozing confidence.
It made her jealous, really. He looked like the kind of person who breezed through life and never had a rough day, all because of those good looks and charisma.
"Don't mention it. It's not every day that I can get a date with a pretty woman in this city for just three dollars." He let out a small chuckle, finally drinking a sip of his own coffee.
This struck Kamryn like a ton of bricks, and it was obvious. "T-thank you so much." She stuttered out, her cheeks turning a rosy red at the compliment.
"M-my names Kamryn, just by the way." She cursed herself for stuttering again, but his presence was just so intimidating and awe inspiring.
"Nice to meet you Kamryn," He gave his most charming smile, making the girl melt in her seat, "The names Kisame. If you don't mind me asking, what do you do?"
She gulped trying to collect herself, her hands fiddling with the top to her coffee cup.
"I'm head editor at F&B Publishing." She boasted, she was proud of her high up position. It was hard work, but she had a lot of power in the company. She had worked her way up from just an intern, and talking about her job was one of her number one favorite things to do.
F&B publishing wasn't a huge nationwide known company, but it was known pretty well in this city. The CEO was a pretty influential man in the community, and Kamryn was glad she could count him among one of her friends.
"That must be a very interesting job," Kisame took another sip of his coffee, his eyes locked onto the woman in front of him, he hadn't taken them off of her since he sat down, and it was starting to make her more nervous.
"What do you do?"
"Me? I'm just the VP of a little organization called the Akatsuki. You might have heard of us." He gave yet another devilish grin, and Kamryn's jaw dropped.
The Akatsuki was a multi-million dollar organization that was located right here in her city, and here she was having casual coffee with the VP of that company.
"You can't be serious?" She asked in awe, her hands nervously gripping tighter around her coffee cup.
"Yep." His grin never faltered, obviously amused by her reaction.
"What in the world is a man like you doing here with a girl like me?" She questioned him, still in awe.
He shrugged, "I like beautiful women, and you are most definitely a beautiful woman." His eyes rolled over her, and when they got back up to her face, he gave her a little wink.
And of course, her phone rang. She dug in her pocket, cursing as he bosses name appeared on the screen.
"Sorry, I've got to take this." She quickly stood and took her coffee out to the front of the shop and answered the phone.
"Where are you?! Its been well over fifteen minutes!" Her boss yelled over the line as soon as she picked up the phone, causing Kam to hold the phone out away from her ear.
"Ohmygod, I'm so sorry!" She responded back, worry lacing her voice.
"Well hurry and get your ass back, you don't wanna know what is going to happen if you're not back in five."
He hung up by slamming his phone, causing Kam to jump at the loud noise.
She let out a sigh, of course she was late getting back…
Without her noticing, Kisame had come out of the café and was leaning onto the wall near her.
"What an ass." He startled her, and she looked over to see him with a frown marring his handsome face.
"It's his job…" She gave him a frown back, placing her phone back in her pocket. "I've really gotta go though… Thanks again for the coffee." She let out a loud huff, waving at him and staring to walk away.
"Wait," He caught up to her, putting his hand on her shoulder and turning her around to face him. He pulled out a business card and shoved it into her hands. "If you're interested, give me a call this weekend." That same devilish smirk was on his face as he turned to walk away before she could respond, leaving a stunned Kamryn behind.
Hope you enjoyed it so far Kert!
IDK how many chapters this will have, but hopefully 3 or so.