Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy stuffs, including Reno. If I did own Reno...well...I'd be a lot happier. But I do own Melina. Hope you enjoy the story! Please Review.

"These are the new recruits! What a motley bunch of good-for-nothing---" Reno slammed his fists on his secretary's desk.

"I'm sorry, sir. But---" his secretary began.

"But what! I ask you to do one simple thing. Find me someone worthy of being my understudy. You couldn't even do that!" Reno pinched the bridge of his nose as if he was suffering from a migraine.

"Sir, I---" the secretary, who was now cowering in her swivel chair, attempted to redeem herself. But it was too late. Reno swung his body over the desk and sat on it, facing his secretary.

"I don't have time for this. You're fired." The secretary's mouth dropped open and she was unable to get a word out. "Just go!" Reno shot his pointer finger at the door to the waiting room. The secretary grabbed her purse and what was left of her dignity and made her way out of the office. Reno observed a moment of silence, before thinking to himself, 'damn it! Now I need a new secretary.'

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SECRETARY NEEDED,

GOOD BOSS,

GOOD SALARY,

START IMMEDIATELY.

This sign caught the eye of a few ladies and a few men passing by Harbor Ave. But one young lady in particular was very interested. So she made arrangements to meet with an interviewer and before she knew it, she had the job.

"Do I look alright? I wanna make a good first impression." Her question was directed at the interviewer, who was preparing to introduce her to Reno.

"You look fine…uh, I don't mean to make you nervous but it's hardly ever that anyone is able to make a good first impression on Reno. And he's not the gentlest boss." The interviewer was hoping that the girl's pretty face and delicate British accent would aid her in meeting with Reno.

"You could've told me that before I took the job."

"Well…I didn't want to scare you away." The interviewer knocked gently on Reno's office door.

"The hell do you want!" Reno's voice came from inside.

"Your new secretary is here, sir. I thought you'd like to meet her before I put her to work." To the girl, the interviewer looked like a rabbit standing terrified outside the cave of a raging lion.

"Bring her in" Reno's voice seemed to decrescendo. The interviewer opened the door and allowed the girl inside.

"Good luck" he whispered to her before he shut the door, leaving the young lady alone with the lion. Reno had his face buried in his work and he didn't bother to look up and see his new secretary.

"What's your name?"

"Melina."

"Hmmm. Good. Okay, I'm finished with you. You can leave now." Reno fluttered a hand around like he was shooing a bug away.

"Excuse me, but don't you want to know more about me?" Melina paused. "My last name perhaps?" She had trouble keeping her sarcasm bottled up. Reno tossed the papers he was looking at onto the floor.

"Pick them up." He folded his arms over his chest and stared into Melina. Melina froze with anger. "I want to know you better, now pick them up." Melina was debating whether she should stoop, literally, to do Reno's bidding, or if she should give him a good tongue-lashing and quit.

"How will this help you to know me better?" She moved to where the papers were and bent down to get them. Reno snuck a peek down her blouse and grinned.

"That's how." Melina stood back up and placed the papers on Reno's desk after making them all face the same direction.

"What's how?"

"Oh nothing. I like you, Melina. We can get to know each other better some other time. But right now I have some work I'd like you to attend to." Reno took the papers and began to look through them again. "If you just step outside that door, my manager will tell you what needs to be done." Melina adjusted her pencil skirt and opened the office door.

"Yes…your majesty," she mumbled under her breath as she shut the door behind her.