RECAP........

"Oh, I want you to meet our new addition to the team. Everyone, this is Ikuto." He looked around the room, but then he spotted her Amu.

"Tsukiyomi Ikuto"

Amu froze wide eyed in her seat as she stared at the man at the front of the table. His blue eyes stopped on her, a huge smirk quickly growing on his face as they did.

"Yo," he greeted to the room, even though it was mostly directed to the shocked strawberry, who was now attempting to hide in her over sized chair.

"Ikuto will be the assistant director to me. He'll be the one to basically cover for me while I'm gone and do interviews since our magazine has been growing quite popular!" Yukari exclaimed as she clapped her hands together. She had hearts in her eyes as she looked at him.

"Oh and he'll also be taking over our How-To articles for the time being, since our readers want male perspectives."

"WHAT!?" Amu shouted, slamming her hands down on the table as she stood up. "HE'S the one taking over MY job?!?!" She pointed at him, mouth open in disgust

The hearts in her boss' eyes shut off as she glared at Amu.

"Hinamori, calm down. I've decided to make you my secretary for the time being." Amu's hand slowly came down. Secretary? It was sooo much lower then her already low job.

"T-that's not fair."

"Excuse me?"

"The job that was open wasn't mine, it was assistant director. I…I want to apply for your assistant job to then if I c-can't keep my ar-articles." She stood up straight, trying to look confident when on the inside, she couldn't believe she had just said that. This soooo wasn't her character.

Rima's mouth was in the shape of a small 'o' as she looked at Amu to her boss and back. Everyone in the room was silent.

"……So you want to apply ay?" she said, rubbing her chin in the shape of an L with her fingers. "Okay then."

Ikuto looked at her wearily as Amu was almost fainting in her seat. "Fine. The two of you will compete for both of the jobs. You've done a decent job I suppose, and I trust you could do more. Ill pick who will get which job in time. Meeting abjured."

The lights flickered on and everybody stood up as they gathered their things. Amu grabbed her stuff and bolted out the door to her office with Rima scurrying behind her.

She collapsed in her chair the moment she threw open the door. Rima quietly slipped in as she shut the door behind her, and leaned on her friend's desk.

"Soooooo…….." Rima started. Amu looked at her, a hand to her head gently massaging her temples. "That was interesting."

"Ya' think?" Amu threw up her hands, burying her face in her arms. "What have I done?" she groaned. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Suddenly she found herself competing for a job that was well beyond herself and her old one. And of course it was against….against that ….him!!!

"On the plus side, the new guys pretty cute" Amu peeked at her friend, looking at her as if she was crazy. "Well he is. I mean if I didn't love Nagi and I were you…"

"RIMA!!!" the blonde girl giggled lightly

"What? He's HOT!"

"And a MAJOR perv!"

"How would you even know?"

"Trust me, I know." Rima shot her a look, asking what, but she just shook her head.

"Anyways, I wouldn't work yourself up too much today. You wouldn't want a certain someone to see you all worked up on a first date."

Amu stiffened up at this, a slight blush coming to her cheeks. Rima giggled once again.

"Forgot, didn't you?"

"Mhm."

"I'll be over at your place around 6. Don't forget!" The small girl slipped out of the office

"Yeah yeah yeah…." Amu sighed as she straightened up. Time to get to work…..

Amu was taking another 5 min. break for the 9th time that day. She couldn't stop thinking about what she had just done.

Why? It's not even like I wanted that job! I just wanted to keep the one I had!

Well, it would pay way more then if I just wrote the articles, secretary basically gets nothing,

But what the hell does the ASSISTANT even freaking DO?!?

Well I guess I just do anything she tells me

But what if that stupid blue haired…..cat does it better!?

Then I keep the article job, besides it obvious she was just giving him the job cuz she thought he was hot. Besides the readers wanted a male perspective, I can give them one with out being a male…..right?

"Yea! That's right……I can DO IT!" she said, sitting up with a fist in the air and a smile on her face.

"Do what?"

Her eyes shot open. Of course, the cat boy was lazily leaning against her door frame, looking quite amused.

"W-what are you doing here? H-haven't you e-ever heard of kn-knocking?"

"The boss wants to see us, ." He said, smirking his stupid smirk

Amu glared at him as she got up and walked right past him.

Her heels clicked down the hall, but she couldn't help but feel as if someone was watching her. She spun around, only to come face to face with him. Literally. There was barley two inches between their faces.

"EEK! W-why are –you s-so f-freaking c-close p-perv?!?"

"Me? I was just following you to her office."

"Haven't you ever heard of personal space?"

"Why you so red kid?"

"K-k-kid? Are you kidding me?!?!? IM Freaking 21!"

He chuckled at her little tantrum and walked right past her into the office. She took a deep breath and followed right in after him, muttering intolerable words all the way.

"There you two are. Well since your both competing for assistant director, I'm giving you both some tasks. I want you both to start writing next months How To's. But this time, I want you both to answer more then one of them. Make them short and fit three in there. Oh, and I need you guys to set up some kind of appointment with Hoshina Utau. I want next months article to be all about her, and were going to need to interview her obviously. Then both of you will have to meet up with her and take notes."

Amu's eyes widened. She was ONLY one of her favorite artists. Okay, rephrase. She WAS her favorite artist. She only woke up to her songs everyday and had every song she ever wrote. Not that she was obsessed or anythi-

"Done."

"EH?" Amu looked at Ikuto as if her were crazy. He had been standing in the room texting the entire time. He looked at their confused expressions.

"What? I've got connections."

Amu's mouth dropped open." Y-you know U-Utau?"

"Yup." He said, popping the P at the end. "I'll get on those articles." He left the room, Amu practically sulking her way after him.

"Hey! Wait up!" He turned around to look at her. "How do you know her?

"My friends going out with her. I don't think I even really have to set up an appointment."

"WHAT!? No you have too!"

"Why?"

"B-because….she said-"

"You're a fan aren't you?"

"N-no I'm definitely not one of those crazy people." Amu said, slowly backing up towards the wall. She stuck her nose in the air, arms crossed as Ikuto stalked in on his prey.

"Yea, I think you are. You just wanna meet her in person don't you strawberry?"

"E-eh? Don't call me such pet names!" she said as he cornered her

"I'm right aren't I?"

Amu gulped as her back hit the wall. Why was she getting so worked up about everything with this guy? What the HELL was with this…stupid cat!?!?

"You know, you don't have to put on this fake little act -"

"GET BACK TO WORK!" they heard Yukari screech from the other side of the wall.

"Of course , anything to get the job." Ikuto said to her

"Listen Ikuto, I'm definitely going to get that job, you can count on it." She had a new determination. Where it came from, she had no real idea, but she was going to get the better job, no matter what. She pushed her way out of his hold and walked back to her office.

Amu flipped the switch and shut the door, taking out her keys to lock it. In the background she could hear giggles. What the?

She tip toed over towards a cubicle to find one of the secretaries whose name she didn't really know, on the counter with a certain blue haired man hovering over her.

"Oh Ikuto, you're just too funny!" she said in between giggles as she playfully slapped him. He shrugged as he got closer to her and-

Amu turned away. She couldn't stand to watch that disgusting excuse for a man any longer. She rolled her eyes at the sight of him, all over a girl he had just met! She thought about today all the way to her place, just to meet an extremely pissed Rima waiting at her door.

"Where the hell have you been?! It's almost 6:30! Your date starts at seven!?" Rima hissed in-between glares.

Amu froze for a second. She had completely forgotten. She ran, throwing the door open and dropping her stuff on the ground.

"OMG RIMA WHAT DO I DO HELP ME!?!?"

"Trust me Amu, he's a really nice, smart guy! You don't even have to dress slutty for him" Rima said with a smile as Amu glared at her.

"Where are we even going tonight again?"

"Just out to eat. Its casual!"

"Right…."

Rima helped Amu get ready, reminding her all of the things she should and shouldn't do to get ready.

yo! sorry it toook so long, schools just been a BUMMER! even tho ive had this chapter written right after the first one.....but i wrote it late at night and i dont even know if it makes sense......so im just gonna hope it does :)

Anyways, for this story, secretary is a low paying job, then people who write the articles and then assistants and managers and stuff. (idk if its like this for realsies but it is here) :) sooooo deal with it haha.

Anywayyyys i hope you guys liked this story, soooooo click that review button right below here. :) (and thank you to those who did review, im just to lazy to write back ......aheh.....sorry im a horrible person )