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Paperclips By Deep Color
"Good morning, Tatsumi-san!"
"Good morning!"
"Good morning, Secretary!"
Fakes. All of them, each and every one of those working, dead men. Flashing those smiles so early in the morning, when even a child would be able to tell that it would cost them more energy to do so than to simply just frown, like what's truly in their hearts.
Really, society forms minds so well that most civilized beings, myself included at times, are trained well to lie to ourselves and do something against our own pathetic, little wills.
Oh well.
As long as they get their jobs done, and they don't over-spend and cause the department to lose further money with useless and irrelevant expenditures, then… I guess it's okay.
"Good morning, Tatsumi!" the lively voice of my former partner signals the approach of the morning break. He is usually so late that he misses my morning rumblings and catches me at my happiest moments – that when I'm cleaning up my desk for the break. All of Juuochou knows not to disturb me when I'm still too attached to my work.
"Would you like to join me for a tea break, then, Tsuzuki-san?" I ask, glancing up to him, elbows on the table with hands clasped together over my chin in the business-oriented way I am so used to.
He flashed me one of his best smiles and politely declined, "Sorry, Tatsumi, no-can-do, I promised to treat Hisoka to all the meals of the day today."
"Oh?" I utter, simply out of surprise and wonder. And I think Tsuzuki was clever enough to decipher the message I was trying to convey.
"Don't worry, I swear I didn't steal any money. I saved up!" he winked.
"Well, that's… surprising." I let a smile slip from my usually pursed lips.
"I know."
"Well, okay, then, off you go, Kurosaki-kun is waiting," I jerked my head slightly to the door, as I spot the boy's presence with my shadows.
"Ja na."
The door of my office closes. So does my heart.
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For the meantime, this is destined to be a drabble. But I originally wanted to put another chapter or two, for Tatsumi and Watari this time. To make up for breaking the Secretary's heart, I guess. \o/ Love for Tatsumi. Tell me if you guys want that T/W.
–Deep Color
