A Talk over Hot Coffee

Ban101

Disclaimer: I do not own Daa! Daa! Daa!

Summary: Lifetime best friends aren't meant to be more than best friends.

Ban101: Alright! I know I'm such a stupid writer to not update for a long time. But this idea's been bubbling in my head. I just had to post this. I am currently finishing all chapters so that I won't take long in updating. I will try to update the others once I get my interest in those stories back. Sorry for the long wait.

Chapter 1: Caffeine wasn't of any help

Rushing down the hallway of the Omachi Building, Miyu Kouzuki took a quick sip on her take-out coffee. She was late… again. Her work was so hectic she needed to wake up early and sleep late. Caffeine wasn't any help with her physical health but it was a help during mornings.

Miyu is a magazine editor. Not editor-in-chief, just editor. She is making her way up to editor-in-chief anytime soon, but she prays to God that this tardiness thing won't affect tot that promotion she's been waiting for.

"Sorry I'm late!" She said to her colleague.

A red head popped out from under the table. "Oh, Miyu you're late again!" Nanami, her officemate and best friend said.

"I stayed up late last night, finishing up an article about Kanata Saionji."

Nanami thought for a while. "Oh, yeah! You're childhood best friend who became a famous model!"

"Yeah! Just about every single girl's dream guy." Miyu said as she prepared everything she needs for the day.

The short haired girl stood up from her seat, leaned on her office table and looked out of the semi-tinted glass office wall/window. "So what are you writing about him?"

Miyu settled her things on the table and faced her best friend. "You know this and that, his personal life. The boss wanted articles about him, because he is so in demand by teenage fan girls." Miyu grabbed her coffee and took another sip. "I'm just so lucky we're close. If not, it would be so hard to get an interview."

"At least that way, you two were able to talk."

"You're right. I think it's a good thing that interview happened. We were able to catch up with some things." She stopped for a while and looked at her best friend. "I remember the last time I saw him was when we were in College…"

"Let's see…" Nanami took her hand out from her chest and counter her fingers. "About five years ago!"

"Hmmm…" The blonde counted the years herself. Concluding that her friend was right, she answered a quick "Yes, you're right. It's been so long." Miyu daydreamed for a while then quickly went back to her papers. "Anyway, enough reminiscing and let's start this day!"

They went back to their respective seats. The blonde booted her laptop on and stretched her fingers before typing. After the desktop was shown, Miyu inserted the diskette with the file of her interview with Kanata. She edited it, printed it, and submitted it to the editor-in-chief.

It was the same for her. Write articles, sometimes, read and re-read articles, edit them, check for spelling, grammar, and so on, and submit to the editor-in-chief.

She was the editor for celebrity news, which was really hard. She needed lots of connections to celebrities and stars, all this for a good salary, and a good chance to meet celebrities.

She opened her drawer and picked up an old copy of their Magazine. Moé (1) was written at the middle top part of the cover with the famous singer Tomoyo Daidouji (2) as the cover girl. This was the first ever issue she wrote an article for. And this issue was so close to her heart. Whenever she is pressured with deadlines and other dilemma, she pulls this magazine out of her office drawer and reads her article.

Two years later, she is now the editor. She loves her job. It was weird, though. Reading and writing wasn't her thing before. But in the end, she was able to snatch a job that is all about writing. And she is happy that she has this job.

"Miyu!" Nanami called to her. "You're spacing out."

"Sorry! I just remembered the first time I worked here for Moé" Miyu smiled, looked at her favorite issue of Moé and returned it in the drawer. "What was it you were saying?"

"I was asking if you wanted to go out for dinner and a small shopping trip." Nanami said sarcastically.

"Well, I don't have any plans, I'm in!"

"Alright! We can go shopping after work! I'm happy it's the weekend tomorrow! I don't know what to do if we have another workday!" Nanami stretched her arms.

"We're still going to be busy next week, you know it's the middle of the month and we have to plan for next, next month issue."

"I know that! But don't remind me! I'm stressed out just hearing about it!" The red head gently massaged her temples while her eyes were closed.

Miyu reached for her coffee and took another sip but there was none left, she then threw it in the trash bin, and continued with her work.

To be continued…

Footnote:

Moé is a word I found in the internet referring to a style of drawing. It is actually a Japanese slang. Just look it up in wikipedia. I remember reading that it refers to bishoujo drawing and things like that. Here, Moé is the magazine company Miyu works for. Its targets are teenage girls, it's about fashion, celebrities, couture etc.

I decided that Tomoyo from CCS would be a good celebrity to introduce here.

Next Chapter: We Thought Coffee tasted like Chocolate

Ban101: I will definitely finish this because I'm already done typing the whole thing! I am starting this new story. I have totally lost interest in my previous stories maybe because they are poorly written. I will be deleting some of them soon.