Disclaimer: I still don't own the rights to Beyblade and I am not making money with this.
A/N: Hello everyone! Long time no see!
Wow, I really dropped off the face of the earth for quite some time - apologies to all of you who are waiting for an update.
Here's why: I got a summer job and when I get home after work I'm usually exhausted. Instead of sitting down to write something, I mostly just go to bed. BUT this job has proven to be a real source of inspiration (and I love it for it) and this fic is the result. It's going to be a series of little office drabbles, taking from things that happened at work (and were adapted a bit, obviously). Those of you who have working experience might relate and get a good laugh. As for the others: I hope you still get a good laugh out of this!
Now, enough of this. Enjoy the first chapter. :)
Work!
Chapter 1
His First Day
"A Chococcino and a Caramel Macchiato for Max!"
Max took his coffees from the clerk and thanked him with a smile. He was at a coffee house located at spitting distance from Hiwatari Enterprises office building. Was he buying Kai a coffee? No. Definitely not! Max was quite sure that the heir to a billion dollar company had staff to fetch him his next caffeine fix. Then who was this second coffee Max was carrying for? Well - even though Max wouldn't have minded drinking them both - the second coffee was for Tyson. They had recently graduated high school and while Hilary and Kenny, being the over-achievers they were, had gotten pre‑accepted to elite universities, Tyson and Max had taken it a bit …slower with starting the rest of their life. Max was now leaning towards enrolling in a local college, so he wasn't completely clueless anymore. But Tyson... boy, Tyson had absolutely no idea what wanted to do with his life (besides Blading that is). Last week Ryuu Granger had had enough of his grandson's I-don't-know-what-I-want-to-do-so-I'm-chilling-routine and had told Tyson to get off "that lazy butt of his" and do something useful while he figured out his life. And Tyson, after much convincing and begging, had actually gotten a job - at Hiwatari Enterprises! Yes, correct, Kai had hired Tyson! Max giggled into his coffee. Just the thought of Tyson and Kai working together had cracked him (and everybody else) up countless times and now the day had finally come: it was Tyson's first day at work! Max wasn't going to miss this for the world! And just in case Tyson would complain about Max stopping by to get a good laugh out of this, he'd decided to bring a coffee with him - as bribe, really, so he would get to stay and watch the chaos unfold.
With great anticipation Max stepped into the large, glamorous foyer and asked the receptionist for directions. He then thanked her for the information given and got in the elevator that took him up to the 9th floor. He almost envied the people who worked here – the back wall of the elevator was made out of glass and as the elevator rode up Max had a spectacular view of the city. When he reached the 9th floor he tore himself away from the view and got out. From there it wasn't very hard to find Tyson: his laughter was audible all the way down the hall, so Max simply had to follow the sound of Tyson's voice. Max shook his head and grinned. Seriously, that much noise on his first day? Typical Tyson!
He poked his head into the office. Tyson was sitting laid back in his chair, legs casually crossed with a bar of chocolate in his hands. Across from him sat a guy, slightly older than Tyson, equally laid back.
"Sounds like you're fitting right in, Tys!" Max said.
"Maxi!" Tyson exclaimed in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"I can't miss your first day of work, can I?" Max winked and placed the Chococcino on Tyson's desk. "Here, I brought a little bribe slash pick me up, but it seems neither is needed."
Tyson shook his head.
"Nope. Felix here is just getting me in the loop for office gossip."
Felix nodded and added by a way of explanation, "I'm the personal assistant of the department head. I know everything."
"And work?" Max asked, scratching the back of his head.
"Oh, that. I have no clue what I'm supposed to do," Tyson said and shrugged. "I'm winging it."
"A lot of us are," Felix added and shrugged, too. "It's business as usual here."
Max stared at his grinning face. He turned to look back at Tyson, who was grinning even wider, and did a mental face palm.
Max then wondered if Kai knew that a lot of his employees were just "winging it". He wondered even more how the company could still achieve such huge profits every year... The only explanation was that there were some really, really smart and competent people working in higher positions, who made up for the "winging it" of their employees. He decided he was going to take everything he'd heard today to his grave - Kai would have a fit if he knew... and Max sure as hell wasn't going to be the one breaking the news to Kai! Max also decided that this was a very promising start to Tyson's working life and that he'd stop by whenever he felt like he could use some entertainment.
A/N: That's it for now! As always, I'd love to hear what you think about this. Take care guys! NoEarlyBird :)