The wintery skies looked down on the building, shedding its snowy tears down on crowds of people. Children ran around and caught the snowflakes on their tongues as teenager swore to their foggy phones. Adults, mostly parents, searched through their brochures and groaned at the oncoming snow.
This day was beautiful, so true and innocent. So how come it went so wrong? Why did this have to happen?
"Onodera, when are you going to get here?" Takano yelled through the phone.
"I'll be there soon, I just got off the train and I'm on my way." Onodera panted through misty clouds, feet struggling to keep balance.
"Do you have any idea how important this is? All the creative minds of the WORLD are going to be here! Do you have any idea how many connections you can gain from this event?"
"Yes, I know. I'll be there in a second," Onodera wheezed, the building coming into view. "I'm already here, I can see the building."
"Good, come in from the back. See you in a few minutes."
"Bye."
Onodera shoved the phone away into the many layers of clothes, running across the street and stopping at the sidewalk in front of the building. Onodera admired the many people waiting outside the building.
"Aren't they cold? Didn't know fans were so devoted." Onodera put it aside and ran to the back of the building, nearly tripping over the many cardboard cutouts and trashcans. Onodera quickly spotted two officers standing on either side a door, one smoking while the other played on their phone.
"Excuse me, but I'm here for work. Can I come through?" Onodera asked, bowing. The two officers looked at the brunet for a moment, but glanced to the side.
"You got your badge?" a heavy accent erupted from an officer, currently stubbing out a cigarette.
"Um… I didn't know there was one," Onodera searched the bag at his side, the officers waiting. "I'm sorry, but I never received one."
"Nothing we can do about it then."
"Please, if I don't go in soon, my boss will be really mad." Just the thought alone caused the man to hyperventilate.
"Dude, don't sweat it. You can go." the other officer opened the door.
"Thank you." Onodera bowed again, but met the officer's eyes this time. Even though the face was obviously pulled into a grin, the eyes seem to hold nothing. No emotion, no feeling, just a pit of nothing.
Onodera walked through the door quickly, avoiding the gaze.
"Shit, I'm going to be really late."
"Sorry Usagi-san, but I gotta go help my section." Misaki apologized to the author.
"It's fine. You have to work," Usagi voice held an unpleased tone, but Misaki pretended not to hear it. "But you better come back soon. I really didn't want to be here."
"Please take your job a little more seriously." Misaki frowned, but turned to help his own section.
"I'll drop by later." Usagi called out.
"P…please don't!" Misaki stuttered, smiling in embarrassment.
Nearly skipping to the corner of the large room, Misaki found the yaoi section.
"Hey, Misaki! It's about time you got here." A tall man with black hair declared.
"Sorry boss. Had to help out Aikawa with Usag…I mean Usami-San." The boy stood behind the stand with the man.
"Well, you're here now. Remember, we can get a lot of sales if we play our cards right. The yaoi section hasn't been too popular lately, so we're going to need to be really enthusiastic if we're going to get any future customers." the boss explained, fixing the books repeatedly.
"Understood," Misaki agreed as two girls walked by. "Hey, you girl's wanna read some really great manga?"
Next chapter will have Kirishima/ Yokozwa, Kisa/Yukina, and possibly Hiroki/Nowaki. Please reading because a lot of awesomeness is to come. Please review.