"Happy birthday!" The coworkers screamed joyously through the small break space that was provided on their floor.
"Really, guys, you didn't have to do this." A man with long, curly, black hair blushed slightly at his friends. His secretary stood by his side, glancing down at his watch.
"We have the meeting with your dad in ten minutes, Christophe." The small secretary said to him. His voice was a little nervous as he was growing anxious from the large crowd of office workers. His shaggy blonde hair hung directly above his thick eyebrows as he looked up at Christophe.
"Looks like I have to go. All business with this one!" He chuckled to his friends and tapped his secretary on the shoulder, causing the smaller blonde to become more nervous and blush. "Alright, Arthur. I'll be up in a few. Could you get my papers ready for me?"
"Of course." Arthur took his chance to leave and quickly walked out of the room, accidentally knocking into someone on his way out. " Sorry." He turned around and said quickly before rushing out.
The man turned around to respond but Arthur had already walked around the corner. "Who was that?" The man asked a woman standing to his right. She had silky black hair that went down to the middle of her back and sat against the shoulder pads of her stylish light gray suit. She smiled at the man as she moved her hair to one shoulder, revealing her neck. The man's the man's eyes flickered behind his glasses in confusion. He tilted his head slightly, making his soft blonde locks move across his forehead, but his cowlick stood its ground on the top where his hair parted.
"I thought you would know by now." The woman said in a slight mock tone. "I suppose your best friend had neglected to tell you about his new toy, Alfred." She began to pout slightly as if to pity Alfred.
"What are you talking about, Cassy?"
"My name is Cassandra. Cas-san-dra." She grimaced at Alfred's childish smile. "Why do you insist on using nicknames."
"I love using nicknames! You know-"
"As I was saying," Cassandra interrupted Alfred before he began another immature rant, "Christophe got a new secretary, and rumor has it they're more than just coworkers." She raised her eyebrows suggestively to imply their relationship, but the comment just flew over Alfred's head.
"So, they're friends? Don't worry about me, Cassy. I'm not jealous. I have friends other than Chris, like you." Alfred said obliviously, smiling from ear to ear. Cassandra rolled her eyes at the boy before dragging him out of the loud break room.
"They're not friends, Alfred!" She exclaimed in a soft whisper.
Arthur had been rushing down the hall back to the break room. It has been 'a few' and he still hasn't left! He thought to himself, rushing down the halls. Until he heard Cassandra. He stopped dead in his tracks, peeking from the corner to confirm her identity. She was standing with Christophe's best friend whispering about something, but it was just too quiet for Arthur to hear.
"Ugh!" Cassandra began to grow tired of Alfred's dense mindset. "Let me spell it put for you then! Arthur is fucking your 'best bud' Christophe!" She nearly screamed while making quotations in the air with her fingers. Just as she realized what she had done, she began to look around almost frantically.
Arthur just sat behind the corner nearly panicking. It was a complete violation of the rules to date a fellow office employee - let alone sleep with them - and Arthur had done both. He began to shake, his head grew light and he sunk against the wall, holding back tears. What was he to do?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm pretty excited for this fan fiction. I know chapter one is a little short, but its more for preview. Hope you like it!