The black haired shinigami had shown up at the beginning of his shift, as usual. The reaper was walking down the halls of the Dispatch towards his office dressed in his usual attire. All and all, it was a proving to be just another day, not that the man would complain. If anything, he preferred it over anything else. A daily routine wasn't a bad thing and most may disagree with that—he wasn't the one for surprises. Though working here, having something like that was nothing easy thing to maintain. Oh well…over the years he'd come accustom to it all.
William had soon reached his office, opening the door with his black gloved hand stepping inside. He did make sure it was closed behind him, if he could get a few moments of peace and quiet; he would. He put a few case files down on his desk along with the mug of tea he'd gotten for himself. Afterward, taking a seat behind his desk, he began his usual routine of work.
The redhead reaper named Grell Sutcliff was running through the hallways of the Dispatch excitedly; making a huge commotion. He was so happy that William returned his weeklong mission. His black gloved hand quickly grabbed the door to William's office and pulls it open. The door flew open without warning, then suddenly, the redhead screamed, "WILLLLLL!," excitedly and attempted to tackle hug the other.
"Sutcliff!," he huffed as he pushed the other man away from himself, lovely…well how could he have expected anything less of him? He straightens his clothing, brushing himself off as well. "Shouldn't you be working?," he questioned with a light sigh and adjusted his glasses. "Honestly, I have things to be doing. Do me a favor and take your antics elsewhere."
"I finished work early," he answered to William with a smile. "You know that I love it when you play hard to get darling!," he exclaimed excitedly, as if he was expecting some kind of romance with the other, or at least, the others could heart making William glare at him. Oh, how Grell loved those eyes that glare at him when William is angry! He winked flirtatiously at William as he began to sway his hips side to side, making him wiggle in front of the strict man.
"Again, I am not your darling, Sutcliff," he corrected Grell. He and Grell never that that relationship that Grell thinks he had in his head between the both of them. They were only co-workers, and that was only as far as they would go. He resumed trying to get something done, but he didn't count on it, now, that Grell has barged in here, without so much as a knock or warning. "It is all well and fine, you are done, but do not bother me," he muttered coldly with a demanding tone to his voice. He had begun to write up some paperwork that had yet to finish.
Grell giggled as he watched the other working on his paperwork. From his angle, it looked like file close cases on future soul collections that needed to be signed off by the Management Department. William is the manager of the London Dispatch Society after all, so of course he had more paperwork related to the future cases and passing them down to his co-workers in his division. Grell happened to be one of them, and that's why they see each other more since their 'first time' together. The reaper dressed in red had an idea forming in his head to make his work much more fun for him. He smirked, quickly taking half of the pile of William's files with the paperwork in them, and then he quickly dashed out of William's office.
His eye twitched with annoyance as he watched the red reaper left with the work he had to do. This does annoy William to an extent. He can't believe that he has to get his work back from the annoying Grell Sutcliff! It irritated him more and more as he yelled, "Sutcliff!" His expression showed annoyance and anger. He stood up from his chair and left his office to chase the crimson reaper. William really didn't want to have overtime just because Grell made him fall behind schedule.
Grell ran down the hallway in search of a room he can use to hide from William. He knew he was being pursued and wasn't sure where he can hide, but then he noticed Ronald Knox's office. He and Ronald weren't that close, but he did spend some time with him outside office hours. They would drink together and party all night. It almost became an every weekend plan for them do such things together. Occasionally, Alan or Eric would join into the fun. Alan wasn't the kind of person to go out partying every night. He was more of a stay at home person that preferred to read a book. Eric would be able to convince the 'second' William in a way. He was a stickler like William, but he didn't have the cold hearted personality that even could keep Grell warm at night. The only differences those were different between them, besides the Thorns.
Once Grell has entered the Knox's room he turned to see that he was still in his office. "Hey Sempai, do you ever knock?!," Ronald shouted at the redhead that barged into his office. Grell didn't say much, over even argued with the bicolored shinigami. Grell grabbed Ronald's pants then the collar of his shirt, lifting him up with ease. Ronald was younger and smaller, compared to the other, so he was able to lift him with ease. Without a second thought—even without a warning—Grell kicked the door of his office from the inside and threw Ronald out into the hallway.
Ronald landed onto the hard tiled floor. His landing wasn't so great, since he wasn't expecting to maneuver Grell's unexpected decision of throwing him out of his own office. Ronald slowly began to sit up, rubbing the back of his head, and then standing back up on his feet. He brushed off the dust off of his legs that's on his pants. Ronald heard footsteps walking towards this direction. He poked his head up to that direction to only find his irritated boss walking down the hall. He really didn't want his boss to be angry at him since it means that he would have overtime.
While William was interrogating Ronald to see if he has seen the redhead with his files outside of the office that he was currently in, Grell was finishing William's stolen paperwork. He was writing it all down with the black ink pen, considering that red would be obvious. He was hoping if he would help William, then maybe he'll take him out on a date.
William wasn't overly pleased at all, he could only imagine what Grell would be doing to those files, certainly not thinking that he'd be working on them, being a slacker that Grell occasionally was. That thought never once ran across the strict reaper's mind. Of course, he had attempted to open the office door by twisting the knob and pulling it open. He had no luck with that since the door was locked. There was nothing else he could do, but to wait, however he wasn't going to waste his time waiting outside like the fool. Grell did manage to take half of his work after all. Until he returned it, he figured he'd just finish whatever work he had left in his office.
So while Grell was doing to God who knows what to the files, William assigned Ronald a couple of soul collections at London. Ronald accepted them and immediately left to take care of it. He didn't want any progress to slow down due to Sutcliff's rude behavior. After he taken care of Ronald's situation, he headed to his office. He already felt that today was just only going to drag on. Grell already managed to make him annoyed in the morning. The stressed out reaper had made his way to his office, resuming work there was but in a rather foul mood.
Shortly, Grell knocked on the door to William's office with the finished paperwork he had taken the time to finish. After the knock on the door, Grell just barged in like he usually does. He doesn't like be kept waiting. The door closed behind when he walked up to the desk, and then handed William the files he had stolen from him earlier. "Here you go! I made your work half easier!," he giggled with a smile on his face. He was waiting for William to say for his reward to take him on the date he vividly imagined in his mind countless times every day. It was definitely a way for Grell to work in his own pleasure as well. He didn't like working unless it was fun, in which his case, he wanted a date so he attempted to be on the others good side.
The dark haired reaper finished the work he had to do by the time Grell came back around. William took the paperwork that was stolen from Grell when it was handed to him. He read through what the other has written into the files thoroughly, as if he had a hard time taking into thought that Grell actually did work, even though it wasn't his work, but still it was odd. Once he finished skimming through the finished written documents, he was shocked to noticed how well Grell written them, or even possibly well enough. "Do not take my, write up, or interfere with my work, Sutcliff," he ordered sternly. Apparently the words 'thank you' didn't seem to be in vocabulary.
Grell frowned and there was disappointment in the acidic eyes when watched how William reacted to the work he put into a lot of effort into. "But—" Grell was about to argue at him for trying to help out his boss with his work, but he stopped himself so he wouldn't get William anymore irritated than he already was. The redhead apologized in a sigh, "I'm sorry, it won't happen again." Then he turned his back to William to leave the office. He left the office and closed the door behind him.
William watched him leave before having gathered up the paperwork and filed it away. He tilts his head to check the clock that was hanging on the wall. Checking the time, William sighed again since he wasn't expecting to have been done by this time. He leaned back in the chair, closing his eyes and enjoyed the silence for the moment before something else pops up. Apparently, Grell wasn't all too happy that he wasn't able to get his date that he wanted.