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Monday (Day 0)

"If you don't like it then you can quit."

Piercing grey eyes accompanied the statement and it was all Kotetsu could do not to throw his hands up in frustration. Or to shrink back against the tacky wallpaper. Really he wasn't sure which option would fit the current situation. "But, Mr. Lloyds, I'm just not sure I'm the right man for the -"

"No buts Mr. Kaburagi!" Mr. Lloyds laced his fingers together before letting out a deep sigh. Apparently talking to Kotetsu was draining to him.

"Look Kotetsu,"Mr. Lloyds began again, much calmer than before. "Ever since Apollon Media bought your tiny company I have done my best to treat you like the rest of my staff. That means you are being measured against highly trained workers who take their job quite seriously. Thus I expect you to accept any job I throw at you and you should have a smile on your face. Understood?"

Bowing slightly at the waist like any good Japanese man, Kotetsu resigned himself to his fate and smiled at Mr. Lloyds. The man did not return the gesture. That was the end of that conversation. Kotetsu understood he was no longer necessary and began to turn to get out of his boss's office. He was stopped by monotone voice.

"Agnes will give you the rest of the details as you leave today. If you have any questions, feel free to ask her."

Kotetsu practically slumped backed into his swivel chair when returned to his desk. Why did they even have desks anyway? It's not like there was a lot of paper work for the kind of job he did. No, what would be even more beneficial would be a gym. A nice little gym with punching bags that he could hit and get his frustration out on. Preferably the ones shaped like people. Although there was that new gym that just popped up last month. That was right by his house and they would be likely to have grand opening deals or something….

"Kotetsu?"

Blinking rapidly Kotetsu realized that someone had been trying to talk to him for a while.

"You alright Kotetsu?" Antonio asked casually. He was leaning against the side of Kotetsu desk, making it tilt. Pens and papers began shifting towards the burly man.

The seated man scratched the back of his head nervously. "Yeah, I just got a new job from Lloyds."

Antonio raised one large eyebrow at him. Wasn't that why they were at work? To get jobs?

"You don't like who they assigned you?" he asked taking a shot at what was bothering his bearded friend.

"It's not that 'Tonio. I just was hoping I could take this weekend off. Kaede just made it into nationals with her figure skating and I really wanted to be there for my baby." Kotetsu fiddled idly with his black and white hat, a slight pout on his lips. This would be the third time in a month that he missed something important in his daughter's life. He honestly wanted to be there for his girl but this job was not very conducive to having a family. Maybe that's why Antonio was one of the boss's favorites.

Shifting slightly Antonio grumbled his agreement.

"And you told Mr. Lloyds this. He told you to quit?"

Kotetsu just nodded his head dejectly.

Antonio knew there wasn't really anything he could tell Kotetsu. Lloyds had laid down the law. There was no real arguing with their boss. But maybe he could help his friend out.

"You know," Antonio began, "I don't have any current jobs for this week. If you wanted I could go with her and videotape the performance."

At the potential to see his baby preform Kotetsu perked up considerably. Bright honey eyes swung up to the burly man. "You mean it 'Tonio?"

He only had time to nod his head before Kotetsu was hugging him tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will find a way to repay you someday." Kotetsu cried as he buried his face happily in his burly friend. An idea struck him and he began to think out loud. "Maybe I should buy her flowers beforehand? Then I could present them to her in person and she would cry 'Papa'!" Kotetsu was practically beaming by the end of his rant.

"Okay, okay now get back to work. Nathan is about two seconds from joining us and I don't know about you but I'm not feeling a glittery hug right now."

The end of the work day almost felt like a relief after the debacle with Nathan.

Kotetsu closed out the last tab on his computer, stuffed all his paper air planes in the bottom drawer of his desk and was pulling on his jacket when his job reminder showed up.

Kotetsu nearly jumped when the blonde started tapping her manicured nails on his recently cleared off desk. Agnes stood tall and glared at him like she just eaten a lemon head. Which in all actuality could've been a possibility. In her non tapping hand was a manila envelope with Kotetsu's codename neatly printed on it. He tried to keep his eyes off of the package and instead chose to focus on Agnes's I-just-ate-a-lemonhead- face.

"Bonjour Kotetsu. Glad to see you haven't left already."

Kotetsu smiled and shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "Well, happy hour isn't for another 15 minutes so-"

Agnes's slight smile dropped and in half a second she had thrust the envelope into his chest. She folded her arms, waiting for Kotetsu to open the envelope. Part of protocol apparently was to make sure Kotetsu had at least opened it up. That way all blame was placed on him not showing rather than Apollon assuming he had gone MIA. As much as he would have rather seen his little girl ice skating, he would still show up for the job tomorrow because it was his job and deep down he really did love it.

Agnes watched Kotetsu like a hawk as he slipped the glossy papers out of the envelope.

"Your client flew in last night at the Sternbuild Plaza Hotel and is bunked in the pent house. Obviously he can't live there for the next seven months so you will rendezvous with him at 7 am sharp outside the plaza. From there you two will find your way to Mr. Maverick's place for breakfast. Then you'll go to the Grand Skyrise Apartments which will be his permanent residence. Got that, Tiger?"

Kotetsu quickly glanced up and smiled, "Yes sir!"

Another nasty glare from Agnes.

"I mean Ma'am. Yeah that's it."

The blonde jabbed a perfectly manicured finger at Kotetsu's chest and enunciated every word with a poke. "Do not. Mess. This. Up. Tiger."

With that Agnes spun on her ridiculously high heels and strutted out of Apollon.

Kotetsu watched her disappear before reshuffling his papers so the client's profile was on top.

Well there two faces staring him down. The one who asked for the job and the one he was supposed to protect.

The older of the two Kotetsu recognized right away. The old wrinkled skin and the large rimmed glasses were dead give aways. He didn't even need to read the name attached to his picture. All of Sternbuild knew who he was. Instead Kotetsu focused on the younger of the two. The young confident green eyes staring out at him caught his eye first. Then he saw the shockingly bright blond hair and the attractive smile. A real lady killer smile if he ever saw one. Actually everything about this boy screamed lady killer. Kotetsu was going to have to fight off the women with a stick. He sighed at the thought. Finally he read over the name that had been on his mind since this morning; Barnaby Brooks Jr.

Kotetsu was going to be the body guard of Barnaby Brooks Jr. for the next seven months.

Leaning back against his desk Kotetsu decided that this was going to be a long job.