A Long Search of Happiness

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D/C: I own nothing

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A huge shout out to Musicanimegamer45, for helping me get on track with this story from the get go!

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Yusei Fudo stared at the computer screen that alerted him of several new notifications and the red light signaling for new voicemails just for him to read. Instead of actually reading any of them, the researcher deleted email after email that was relevant to him asking him for an interview. Out of perhaps over a hundred emails, only four of them had to do with his job. Now…to go through all the voicemails. "Interviews…I do not do interviews."

Yusei's office has metallic walls, two giant windows on the back wall behind Yusei's desk. The furniture in the room was mainly glass and metal giving the office a look of futuristic look. At the far right of the room is a metal door that blended into the wall.

"You do realize the longer you prolong giving an interview, the text, calls, emails or requests will continue on along with the rumors," Mina Simington said entering the office watching Yusei listen and delete voicemail after voicemail. She looked down at her tablet to hide a smirk and to ignore the glare her boss sent her. "Not all reporters are that bad."

"They are like a pack of animals that constantly hunt me down and mix my words," Yusei repressing a shiver, he pressed the delete button on the office phone to get rid of another interview request. "I found a couple of them snooping into my trash the other day and you have heard the stories they set out of my past."

"Which is why you need to have an interview with someone to set it right," Mina looked over at Yusei with a look of hesitation, she glanced down back at her tablet. On the tablet is an empty blog that looked like it seen better days. "I know someone that could do it, you don't have to worry about any blasphemy."

Yusei shot her a questioning look, his brows furrowed thinking it over. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed not so appealing.

Mina let out an annoyed breath, she rubbed her forehead with the back of her hand. "Okay, this is how it is...I owe my friend a huge favor for getting me this job. She was the one that informed me of this job and got me said job."

Yusei stared blankly at Mina taking in her words. He mentally went over just how Mina became his primary assistant, all he was getting was a blank mostly. The position was not exactly made publicize, all he remembered was how his friends kept on complaining how disorganized everything was and he needed someone to help him out…

"How did she found out about that?" Yusei asked he leaned back in his chair with a blank expression. "From what I remember and told me it was Jack that dragged you here and told me you are to help me for now on."

"To be perfectly honest, she has ways of finding out things even you don't want to know." Mina sighed, hiding behind her tablet. "Beleive me, you will save yourself a headache later on.

Mina then put down her tablet away from her face, tightly gripping it as she spoke to her boss. "Carly found out about it from Jack, she knew that I needed a job after…Jack more or less no longer needed my assistance. She managed to convince him to get me this employment..."

"Carly?" Yusei thought over the name in his mind, just where had he heard that name before. "Where have I heard that name before?"

"Her full name is Carly Carmine." Mina let out a sigh, she explained to Yusei just who Carly was fully knowing he had understood just how Carly fit into everyone from her knowledge. "She's a great reporter just has the worst of luck. "Carly was fired…again…from her job and I and a neutral friend of ours managed to convince her to go solo. All she needs is one shot to get herself back on her feet."

"A reporter…."

"I swear you could be just as worse as Jack…" Mina expatriated throwing her arms into the air, she turned around to head out of the office. "Men!"

Another ding notified Yusei of a new email, judging by the growl, it was another request for an interview. Mina glanced back at Yusei with curious eyes, grinning when she saw Yusei looking glumly towards her. "So…interview?"

"Fine."

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"This is horrible…" The one and only Carly Carmine bemoaned in total dismay, sitting in the middle of her small rink a dink apartment. In front of her is her laptop opened to a blog of her own creation. The only stories she had posted were simple stories that ranged from street duels to upcoming events, but no one wants to read them. Not enough excitement, pizzazz, and the tales are not tall enough.

All the articles she ever wrote while she was employed are no longer considered hers otherwise, she would be sued… even though she wrote them. Carly scanned her blog wondering how she was going to support herself now. She still had a couple of articles that were all so tempting to post on her blog but said stories are private and they are not fully done to her taste. For that reason, Carly is currently sulking in her apartment and wondering just how she was going to provide for herself. Her previous boss had demanded said articles from her and one thing led to another… Here she was, jobless and close to losing her apartment.

"I am going to lose everything…again!" Carly softly banged her head against the palm of her hand trying to think of her next big scoop. Nothing really came up to mind, it has been quiet in the last month or so. "Why can't I do anything right?"

A soft ringing interrupted Carly thought, she reached into a pocket inside of her vest and pulled out her phone. "Hello…? Mina…? What do you mean…? You mean it…? YES!"

Carly shot up from her seat and did a little dance around her apartment. "Thank you, Mina! You don't know how much this means for me!"

With a tap, Carly ended the call and squealed aloud in complete glee. "A scoop! A scoop!"

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Mina smugly ended the call from her end, placed her phone in her pocket and stood up. She glanced around her own personal desk that was just outside of Yusei's office. There are pictures around her desk which mostly compromised of herself, friends and family. Just random snapshots of her life decorated around her area.

Standing up, Mina picked up her tablet and headed into Yusei's office. Not even bothering to knock, she opened the door and entered. "Everything is set; all I need now is a date?"

Yusei looked away from his computer screen with a questioning look. "What?"

"I need to know when you want to do the interview to fit it into your scheduled." Mina said looking through her tablet and pulled up Yusei's schedule.

Yusei ran a hand through his hair taking that in. He did not think it would be this fast and now here it was. "Tell me again, just how well do you know this reporter?"

"She's a good friend of mine."

"Besides her being your friend, just who exactly is she as a person?"

"…You just have to find that out for yourself." Mina finally responded after a short period of silence. After knowing Yusei for this long, she knew no matter what she says to Yusei. he will not fully believe her word when it comes to people. He had to fully see just who Carly Carmine for himself. "Do you want me to set a play date then?"

"…I don't know if I find that offensive or annoying at just how much you know me?" Yusei deadpanned, he pushed away from his desk and stood up from his swivel leather chair. "Playdate though?"

"It's just going to be the both of you getting to know each other…No romance whatsoever." Mina said with a laugh. "Just you trying to figure out just who Carly Carmine is."

To be continued…

R/R.