Author's Note: The Heirs is not a popular fanfiction tv show, but I still enjoy writing for it. It gives me a nice break from BoF. I also have another one that's almost complete. I just have to type it up and finish it.

"Hey! Hana-ssi!"

Sighing, the woman lifted her head and looked around the oblong table. She frowned considerably as she dropped her head again, nuzzling it around the crook of her arm long enough to get comfortable again.

She had stayed up late again. Actually, she had stayed up all night. This time it had been at the office instead of at home. It made more sense to her to stay at the office. Hyo Shin wouldn't be getting home until two and he would have wanted to sleep. She was still working on the pitch that had nothing to do with Jeguk's hotels.

She was glad she had spent the entire night in her office. Four boxes of condoms had been delivered to her while she had been at lunch that day and had thankfully been wrapped in a nondescript paper. No one had known what it was. More rumors would have flown around if they had seen it so she'd had kept it under lock and key. She had drawn the blinds to her office and had set to work with everything.

She was more than aware of what she was playing with. And she did play with it. She was curious by nature, and having four different styles of latex was way too tempting. She did her best to figure out everything she could before she even put pen to paper. She stretched them as far as they would go until they broke. The thinner ones were weaker she found out. It made her strangely sad.

But don't be mistaken. She hadn't spent all night playing with condoms. Nope. It had been much worse. She had staked out a love hotel for inspiration. She had watched couples go in and out to see how long couples would stay. Out of the three couples she had tracked, the longest couple had lasted for nearly two hours. That had spurned more questions and she had returned to her office to experiment some more.

Unfortunately all of that had taken all night. She had been selected to start working with the six new people on a new project. Usually she could stay awake, but running around the cold February night had really drained her. Even coffee couldn't keep her awake. As soon as she had stepped into the conference room, she had felt groggy and heavy. She wasn't getting sick, but her eyes didn't want to stay open.

Her head had hit the table almost immediately and she had gone to sleep. She had heard everything Eric had said, but none of it had made any sense. He was back tracking on everything that had been discussed yesterday morning with Won. She could understand he wanted to start fresh, but that wasn't the way.

Cranky and all sorts of groggy, she lifted her head some more and propped it up on her hand. She stared at him, and he stared right back. Across from her, she could see the short blond headed man start to laugh. From what she had garnered from these men in the last twenty minutes, they were close friends but Eric was in charge, and they listened to what he had to say. That was all fine and dandy, but that hadn't met her before. She didn't listen to anybody when she knew a better way to do something.

"Are you with us now?" he demanded.

"Are you done yelling at me?" she shot back. She rubbed her face so she missed his face turn indignant. "This is not the way I'm used to working."

"Well, get used to it. It's the way we work," Eric stated. Hana frowned at him then stood up. "Where are you going?"

"Away from you. I have all the notes."

She left the room without thinking too much about it. As soon as she got back to her office, she dropped into her chair and let her head hit the wooden desk rather hard. It gave her a headache but the rest of her hurt more than her head. Sighing, she settled into a familiar pose.

The peace and quiet didn't last long. Someone knocked on the door before opening it and waltzing right on in. One of the boxes moved on her desk and she rolled her head by her chin but didn't lift it. She didn't need to. There were only two people who just randomly picked things up off her desk.

"Go away, Won-ah," she growled and put her head back down.

"You stayed up all night again didn't you?" He didn't even mention that she had told her boss what to do. "Next time let me know and I'll relay the information to the others."

Figuring out she wasn't going to get anymore sleep, Hana sat up and pressed her head to her chair. She swiveled from side to side as she watched Won go through her papers. He was the only one in the company allowed to do so. Not because he was her boss, but because she didn't really care what he thought. He always went with her ideas because he knew how good she was. That and she could always make people buy products simply by looking at her advertising.

"I think you're on to something. You obviously can't add your own experiences but if you find something they can relate to, this will be much easier on you," he said.

"There's only one problem," she countered.

"What is that?"

"The quality of the latex sucks. I've never had one break, but these give way with the slightest force. Even the thickest version of this brand shattered after two or three thrusts."

Won frowned. "How did you even test that theory?"

"A lot of bananas and pens."

"That doesn't make any sense."

"Think about it."

He didn't have to rethink things to understand what she was getting at. Just knowing her made it easy for him to guess what she had done. She must have thought the same thing because she threw the stapler at him.

"Not like that you dumbass." She held her hand up in the shape of a zero. He understood instantly. "I'm too tired to explain anything more to you."

"I need you to not be so weird," he stated.

"Give me a couple of hours and I'll be back to my usual self."

Won considered that. "That's not a bad idea. Your usual self is not as insane as your tired self."

She agreed with him. "I'm stupid tired right now."

He walked around the desk. She closed her eyes as his hand cupped her forehead. "You don't have a fever."

"That's because I'm not overworked. I just stayed up all night."

"Take the day to sleep a bit. I'll check in on you in an hour or so."

Hana watched him leave her office, pulling the door closed quietly behind him. Even though she was seriously tired, she wasn't able to go back to sleep like she wanted. Her eyes itched so she took her contacts out in hopes that would ease the irritation.

After twenty minutes of fighting it, she gave up and left her office in search of something that would warm her up and hopefully wake her up. She hadn't eaten and hoped that once she did, she would be sleepy enough to lay down and rest for a bit. She usually got very mean when she was sleepy.

The coffee shop around the corner was very packed at this time of day. So instead of waiting in line, she sat down and watched the people pass her by. She wasn't in any hurry. Won wouldn't be back for an hour. She had time.

She was sitting at the table closest to the restrooms when she spotted a familiar face. It was the photographer, Minwoo. She looked him up and down, inspecting every area of him. He was a good looking man, and from the way he talked to the person ahead of him, he was very carefree. He had a nice eye smile and smile lines that told her he had fun whenever he could.

He happened to turn around. He saw and waved at her. She waved back with the friendliest smile she could muster. He pointed at the menu in question. She shook her head, but he insisted. Somehow they communicated her order. Within ten minutes, he was sitting across from her with two drink carriers. His smile was even better in person than across the room. He spun one of the boxes around then handed her a cup.

"Not everyone talks to Eric that way," he quipped.

"And no one yells at me," she defended.

He smiled. "Your personality is fun."

"Until I get frustrated with something."

"Fair enough." He took a drink of his coffee then propped his chin in his hand. "You didn't sleep last night did you?"

Hana looked at him. Only three people were able to tell that she was running on sleep, and none of them were here. How could he tell all of that without having to ask? It unnerved her in a way she hadn't felt in a long time.

"I have to get these back to the office. Do you want to walk together?" he asked.

Without thinking about it, she nodded and they went back to the office. They didn't talk but it wasn't uncomfortable. He was surprisingly spry on his feet, keeping up with her long strides easily.

Eric and the others were in the lobby when they arrived back. Hana shot him a dirty look then headed for the elevator. She wasn't dealing with him.

Minwoo watched the woman walk casually away from them, heels clicking simply on the tiled floor. No matter what Eric said, she was actually very nice and respectable. She had just had a rough night.

The four of them were relaxed for the first time in weeks. They hadn't met in a very long while. Life had been the hardest thing for them to master so they had postponed their weekly meetings for time that would be best used to work.

Hana sat between a blond headed woman and a grey headed man. They shared drinks and food like it was going out of style. Cory was running late, but that wasn't unusual for him. He did run a company after all.

The woman on the other side of Hana made the other half of the female unit of their group. Min Rise was a manhwa artist and Hana's college roommate. She was half-Japanese and half-Korean and spoke both languages fluently. She was an excellent artist and had really found her niche in the world. She sold more books overseas than she did at home, but that was okay with her because she loved to travel.

The fourth person in their insane group was Park Daehyun

He and Hana had met on the plane going to America. They had struck up a conversation that had last until they had landed. Then they had found out they were in the same school. And that friendship had lasted forever. He was close friends with Cory and they did everything together. Both of them were contracted with Cory's publishing company so it kept them all together.

"Is Hyo Shin coming?" Rise asked. Her speech slurred a little bit. She was really fond of the younger man. Sometimes Hana thought she was going to jump her younger brother.

"He's bringing Rachel with him," Hana answered.

Daehyun scowled deeply. "Why does she have to ruin the mood?"

"I don't think anything can ruin your mood. You're already blitzed as it is."

He smiled and leaned his head on her. His bright honey eyes were already bloodshot. He had started long before they had even met at the club. Hana was the oldest out of them while Daehyun was the youngest. Nearly a year separated them but you would never know by the way they acted. There was no honorifics with them. It was all very casual, and that was the way they liked it.

"You two seem very cozy." They looked up at Cory as he set his bag on the chair beside Rise. "Sorry I'm late. I had an unexpected meeting."

"It's all right. You can help me monitor the drunken heathens," Hana laughed. But the smile disappeared instantly when she saw someone she was already on awful terms with. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Cory looked up and scrunched up his nose. "Sorry. I should have told you. Eric kind of invited himself and his friends. I take it you don't like him that much."

"She's the one who walked out of our meeting," Eric said.

"He's the one who yelled at me," she retorted.

The younger man looked between the two of them. "Oh, this is going to be interesting."

"Daehyun-ah."

Attention was diverted for the time being. Hana recognized the other five behind Eric and realized that the third one was talking to her friend. Daehyun gratefully lifted his head and for a moment became sober.

"Hyung! What are you doing here?"

The man sat down beside him and ruffled his hair, hitting Hana's face with his finger in the process. "It seems I still can't leave you alone for very long in a club. Stop being a burden to your friend."

"He used to sleep like this all the time. I'm quite used to it," Hana defended.

The man smiled at her. "We didn't get a chance to meet this morning. I'm Park Dongwan. I'm the art director for Alpha Advertising. Daehyun is my little brother."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Lee Hana."

"All this could have been handled at the office if someone hadn't slept all through the meeting," Eric remarked.

Cory couldn't stop his older brother's remarks. Instead he took Hana's hand and casually led her out onto the dance floor. It was an easy fix and he could get her to talk without his brother or his friends commenting. Rise and Daehyun weren't the type to say anything since they had been with them for nearly fifteen years. But those who didn't know the circumstances would tear Hana apart.

Minwoo watched silently as the two people danced and talked. Cory was that woman's confidant. Anyone who had eyes could see that. He was also very physical with her. His hands were low on her waist as he guided her through the steps of whatever dance they had. He spun her around so he could talk in her ear without having to yell. She seemed at ease with him.

When he had gone into her office that afternoon to ask her to accompany him to a client's office, he had been surprised to find her steadily working on whatever project she had going on at the time. She had been focused, glasses settled low on her nose. Her fingers had moved swiftly on the paper then on the computer. She had been quiet and focused, much unlike her earlier demeanor.

But now she was focused on one person. Cory was the only thing she saw and that made it difficult to get anywhere near her.

When the song ended, the atmosphere had changed. Hana was calm as she sat down and talked with the others in the group. Finally, Hyo Shin showed up with Rachel. Dressed to kill in a short skirt with suede booties, she looked like she had been at the nail salon for too long.

"Sorry we're late," Hyo Shin apologized. "Someone wasn't ready when I showed up."

Hana tilted her head. "I thought you were working tonight?"

He shook his. "I switched shifts with Eun Sang."

"Jun Jin Oppa?" Rachel said.

Hyo Shin and Hana looked at each other before Hana laughed. Things were about to get interesting.