So it's been a while... my bad. I've been spreading myself thin lately and it's not that much fun but I'll mange. This chapter took way too many re writes. I just couldn't figure out what to leave out and what to put in XP I'm satisfied with it at the moment, usually I always look back and find something I dislike.

As always I really appreciate you guys, giving this story the time of day and sometimes even leaving a comment. I mean, how else am I supposed to know if I'm doing good? Also for everyone else who follows this thanks, and as a little extra to everyone I present to you all the boss, Just take the spaces out and it should work...

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(/Chap 3)

"I mean just look at it, this... this perfectly chiseled specimen of architecture!" The boss said with an unbelievably excited face, "Doesn't it just make you wonder how such perfect things can exist?"

"Sure..." Natsuki awkwardly answered, she wasn't comfortable with the way her boss expressed himself over a car. Sure it's sleek, black paint spoke of luxury along with it's immense curves and powerful look; and yeah that 'Bentley' brand only added to it's appeal but still, it was still just a car. Nothing would change her mind that is, until her eyes caught sight of the newest addition to the Ducati line.

Now there's a specimen...

Honestly, her boss's garage could only be described with one word: awesome. Come to find out, this place was the man's personal space where he took close friends and relatives to sell them the newest vehicles, sometimes before they even hit the market. The second Natsuki stepped inside she found herself in awe, surrounded by many wonderful things.

Wonderful things which were definitely absent mere minutes before finding the place. Unfortunately for Natsuki, her unfamiliarity with the dealership and it's many rooms worked against her, causing her to meet her fellow co workers in a very unpleasant way. She shuddered at the memory of it.

She had just met Aoi and Chie a few minutes ago in the file room next to the garage. Well she hadn't met them personally, it was more like she first met Chie's bare back side before slamming the door shut and cursing multiple times because you see, In those few seconds of shock Natsuki had seen some very inappropriate extracurricular activities going on.

Shortly after, Chie had rushed out fully clothed, to apologize and explain, to which Natsuki replied that she didn't need explanation. After that show she needed a few days off and professional help.

Chie laughed, pointed her in the right direction and walked back saying she had work to start and Natsuki couldn't have been happier. Really, what was wrong with people? Couldn't they keep it in they pants until they got home or something?

Or a hotel... She flinched.

"What's wrong Kuga? You're all turning red." The man said, bringing her back to the present. Natsuki frowned at her traitorous thoughts, putting all her effort into making color on her face go away.

"Nothing, I was just..." She paused trying to find an excuse, "appreciating the fine specimen... of architecture." She finished lamely. Note to self, never trust brain in tight situations.

"Isn't it!" He bought it, completely enthusiastic about his big boy car. It figures the big dealership owner was a car lover, this must have been a dream job. "But as much as I'd love to just stand here and watch we've both got our duties to get to." He sighed, reaching into his pocket.

Natsuki didn't like her duties one bit, and the fact that her day had already started with strange moments almost seemed like a bad omen. Hell, earlier this morning Nao pulled her back right before she walked out the door and told her to 'get on the kid's good side'. Natsuki had only given her an empty look, which meant that the blunette was lost in her own thoughts but Nao just rolled her eyes and continued.

"You've read the guide right? It'll be easy, just sell yourself."

She said confidently, trying to be encouraging to her friend. Now, Natsuki could have left it, she could have just nodded and left, but this moment just asked for it.

"Good god Nao!" She said dramatically, "I know where you've been, but to actually sugest that I--"

That was when Nao pushed her out the door, muttering something about locking the doggy door for the night. Natsuki was just relived, she had to distract her roommate out of the workers guide subject. Nao had given it to Natsuki about a week before the blunette had gotten the position, specifying that if the mutt did not memorize the whole thing by the time she was in the office, she could kiss her video games goodbye.

Natsuki didn't believe her roommate would truly go that far, but she didn't want to upset her with little things either. She'd much prefer to do so with her big pranks, so she didn't put up much of an argument and decided to get to it. Until she saw the size of the damned thing. That's when celebrating got her attention and eventually made her forget all about the guide. Now here she was, gripping a copy of it in one hand and resigning herself to her strange day.

"Helloooo!" Her boss was waving a hand in front of her face with a curious look, pulling her yet again, out of her moment. "You've been spacing out a few times, it's not good when you're on the road you know." He said calmly but with worry on his face.

"I was just... reciting the guidelines on page... 12." Did she really know what page those guideline where on? No. But it's not like her boss has the thing memorized right?

"Hah! It's good to know at least someone reads my guide! Specially since I spent so much time working on it..." He trailed off looking a bit down before shaking his head, "but enough about that, here!"

He tossed her the keys and patted the car he'd been ogling, "Don't scratch it, don't crash it and most importantly don't take the small streets. A car like this deserves to be seen by many!"

The mans laughter filled the room and bounced off the wall as Natsuki stared wide eyed at the vehicle in front of her, the Bentley GT continental. "You want me to take this!?"

All at once her boss stopped making noise and nearly recoiled at the yell, taken by surprise. "Is it not good enough?" He asked in a small voice, and Natsuki couldn't believe that he believed that. This was probably the most expensive car she'd ever seen, not that she'd seen many luxury cars but this job guaranteed the sight of many more. "Cause I could bust out my--"

"No! I didn't mean it like that, I was just surprised." She said, "I mean, this is probably worth more than my student loans." Natsuki forced a small smile for her boss. He seemed to have recovered though and smirked, silently telling her 'Ohhh, yes it is' with a confident smile.

Mr. Fujino was too rich for his own good.

(0-0)

Shizuru Fujino had just recently moved in with her parents meaning the neighborhood was fairly new to her, causing Natsuki's boss to hand her written directions to every place they had to make a stop at. To be honest, after reading said directions Natsuki would have much rather taken her chances with Shizuru. It was a miracle she even found the right house after reading, 'take a left on the first corner and a right after seeing the weird looking tree...'

Natsuki was debating on knocking when luckily for her a woman she was assuming to be , came out in a business attire and saw the car, recognizing it as her husbands and called her daughter out. Shizuru came soon after being called and bid her mother goodbye. Natsuki made sure to unlock the door for the girl to get in and caught waving at her from the corner of her eye.

Shizuru definitely took after her father in the looks department. While was a brunette as well, her shade was darker than the other members of the family, along with her eyes too which from the looks of it were brown.

"Good morning." Shizuru greeted. The teen looked comfortable in her unbelievably revealing school uniform. Natsuki had never noticed it before but this was just ridiculous, was this how she'd looked like back in her day?

"Ah." Natsuki agreed, nodding before she turned back trying to figure out the direction. She did need a distraction after all. Shizuru waited patiently for a few minutes before curiously peeking over her shoulder.

"Ara, if you don't mind me asking, what are you looking at?"

"This are direction, the boss said you're not used to the neighborhood so he wrote this." Natsuki said still not wanting to face her, after a second she frowned, her boss should just stick to street names. She kept moving the page around following what she believed to be a map. Shizuru smiled.

"Contrary to my father's belief," She spoke calmly, slowly taking the direction out of the blunette's hands, "I know exactly where we're going."

Natsuki swallowed, looking up and seeing Shizuru for the first time. The brunette had a simple smile as she carelessly tossed the directions out the window and for a second Natsuki thought that what had been tossed away was a lot more than a sheet of paper. "Alright." She didn't know why she'd said that, the only thing she noticed was the air feeling lighter.

The ride to their first stop was fairly uneventful, Shizuru only speaking whenever Natsuki needed to know where to go and the latter nodding and making noises of acknowledgement. During the whole trip neither noticed the blue Toyota following them, nearly the whole way.

Natsuki sat with her guide, reading as fast as she could. She was waiting for Shizuru to come back while the girl got some information. Apparently her school had entered a big competition of some sort and had failed to gather all the information they needed. When Natsuki asked why they couldn't have just mailed it or something, Shizuru shrugged and said, "It gives us something to do."

It seemed they only sent a handful of students, the top five or so, to go. Natsuki turned the page, focusing learning as much as she could, she figured reading this was for her own good too. Be prepared, like they say. The car was all silence and the parking lot was quite too, all in all this was the most peace she'd had in days.

Her phone began ringing making her absentmindedly drop the guide, loosing the page, she checked the caller ID and couldn't recognize the number, "Hello?" She said quietly. No one answered and she repeated it again, still no answer. Natsuki hung up and reached for her fallen book, must have been a wrong number.

She flipped through the pages before finding the one she had been on. Today was turning out to be a nice day, to her surprise and almost found herself enjoying it. The best part was that Natsuki didn't have to do much, just drive to one more stop and be done with it.

"What a diligent student." The voice took her by surprise causing her to drop, yet again, the guide. Shizuru was right outside the window holding an envelope. She got inside and noticed Natsuki's cell phone, "You where talking to someone?"

"Naw, someone called me." Natsuki tossed the guide on the back seat, "No one answered though, so I just hung up."

"I see." Was all Shizuru said before gaining a thoughtful look.

"Is something wrong?" Natsuki asked, finding it strange to see an emotion other than calm on Shizuru's face.

Shizuru shook her head before smiling, "I was just thinking about the next stop. It's a little further away."

"Ah." She said suspiciously but let it go any ways. If Natsuki had know Shizuru a little bit longer, she might have been able to detect the uneasy tone in the brunette's voice, but since Natsuki wasn't one to pry she drove away. The drive to next and last stop was filled with slightly more conversation as they got more comfortable in each others presence.

This building was smaller than the first one they'd stopped at but Shizuru told her that here, she was sent in for her own collage purposes. Her school was pushing her to make a choice as soon as possible.

Natsuki waited again in the car while Shizuru did whatever it was than she came for, she was reading still and enjoying her small time when her phone rung again. The blunette didn't recognize the number and narrowed her. "Hello?"

At the empty sound of silence many thoughts crossed Natsuki's mind, all along the lines of 'was the same person who called before?' or if some one was playing her a prank. She didn't care much as she hung up annoyed again. "How stupid."

"What is?" Shizuru asked as she sat down, this time Natsuki wasn't surprised.

"I got another call." She said in a bored tone, then she started the engine to go back. Shizuru looked at her a little strangely then, there was a small flash of suspicion in her eyes before she toned it down and snnaped out of whatever made her do that. Natsuki stared at the girl for a second finding her odd, "There is definitley something weird with you."

Shizuru didn't know wether she should speak, after all it was only her suspicion. Natsuki doesn't need to hear her, most likely wrong, guess any ways. That's what Shizuru thought, but seeing the persistence in Natsuki she decided to let it out.

"I think I know whose been calling you." Shizuru said with a tirrd voice, "She's an underclassman in my school."

A classmate? It was most likely Shizuru's friend, but the brunette didn't sound happy about it. They might be fighting. "So you know her?"

"Not really, she just... follows me around a lot." She said uncomfortably, Natsuki quirked a brow. Does that mean this person was Shizuru's stalker? It wasn't hard to believe, some one like Shizuru having people interested, it just sounded dangerous.

"How do you know she follows you?"

"I've seen her blue car parked at places I go to regularly. Very often actually." Shizuru said simply, like it was the most natural thing in the world.

"You have a stalker?" Natsuki asked plainly.

"Hai."

"And she has my number?"

"...Hai." Shizuru said a little more reluctantly this time but with the same normalcy as before, "Although I don't know why."

"And we're OK with this?" Natsuki asked skeptically, "This potentially dangerous person who might have more than just my number?" When she thought about it she didn't even know why Shizuru's stalker wanted her number. Shouldn't she like, stalk Shizuru? Wait, Shizuru said his person had been following her around for quite some time, so maybe she had been there when the brunette went to that club. If so, then she must have seen--

"I wouldn't call Miya dangerous..."

"Ohhh god, this kid has it out for me!" Natsuki said exasperatedly as she looked out the side view mirror, the blue Toyota was speeding up. Must be the stalker.

Shizuru gave her a questioning look which Natsuki returned wholeheartedly, did Shizuru not see it? "Don't you get it? This brat must be pissed about the time that... night-- when we..." Natsuki hinted, hoping that Shizuru could fill in the rest and not force her to finish. The understatement in the brunette's eyes made her relax. Until--

"... had sex?"

"SHIZURU!" The car spun dangerously on the turn as Natsuki lost control for a brief moment, she was sure her face was flushed but weather in embarrassment or agitation she could not tell. After a few seconds she finally got a hold of the vehicle, "You didn't-- you don't have to say it like that!"

"Ara, now that was dangerous." Shizuru said as she placed her hands on her lap again, as they had been on the dashboard to keep her steady when the car spun. "Well, that is the biggest possibility is it not?"

"That doesn't mean you gotta just say it out loud!" Natsuki yelled completely flustered, she couldn't believe she was having this conversation. Forget, we were supposed to forget! And why was Shizuru so calm about this?

"If it was such a horrible night, I am sorry for my part." There was a noticeable change within the brunette that Natsuki could plainly see, so many be she wasn't as unaffected as Natsuki thought. Then, she heard a sob.

"It's not like that, I'm sure it was fun!" ....Wait. She stopped to think about what she had just said and mentally smacked herself. She was not made for situations like these. Well, at least if it made Shizuru feel better. The brunette stiffened and began to turn around, Natsuki frowned when she saw the girl's shoulders shake.

To Natsuki's surprise, Shizuru started laughing.

The brunette left Natsuki speechless as she went on getting louder and louder. Shizuru held her stomach as she wiped a tear that started rolling down her cheek. She had no idea Natsuki would fall for the act so perfectly!

Natsuki on the other hand held the steering wheel in a death grip, wishing to somehow disappear from her current position. Was Shizuru teasing her? That's when she realized that this whole thing was like a big joke for the girl, that while Natsuki had been stressing the day before, Shizuru must have marked it off as just another drunken story. For all she knew, Shizuru could be used to things like those.

She didn't like that train of thought and decided against following it. She ignored the teen as much as she could and peaked out the side view mirror, seeing the Toyota still behind them, Natsuki growled.

"Damn, how the hell are we supposed to lose her? If I had my bike this would be sooo much faster!" Natsuki spat, wishing she could just get out of the car an simply just make this Miya girl stop. Shizuru, who by this time was now relatively more calm looked up at her.

"Bike?"

"Yeah, my motorcycle." She said as matter of fact, "It can get inside places this car can't, we'd have lost her ages ago."

Shizuru made a 'hmmm' sound before speaking, "That sounds fun, you should bring it next time."

Natsuki was about to agree but then she asked, "Next time?"

"Ara, didn't you know? This won't be the only time my school sends me out on small errands, and my father's schedule is usually filled in the mornings now," Shizuru explained, "so I'm sure he will ask more favors out of you."

Natsuki a sinking feeling at the news. This was her boss's plan? Was the man crazy? Natsuki couldn't afford to spend more time with the brunette, she just couldn't do it. "What about your mother?" Natsuki asked quickly trying to get out of it.

"She's a busy woman Natsuki, the Fujino's keep her occupied." Shizuru said shortly. Natsuki kept her eyes on the road her boss couldn't do this to her, wasn't there anyone else he could ask!?

Quite the over protective father.

Nao's words rang in her head. If the boss had found someone she could trust in Natsuki then that could only mean he didn't have to find anyone else. But he can't trust me! He doesn't even know what I did! Natsuki groaned loudly, it's not like she could tell him either, and by the comments Shizuru had made about it the girl didn't sound like it bothered her at all.

"Is it really a bad idea?" Shizuru asked, she was staring ahead of her with an expressionless face.

"I... don't know." The blunette said absentmindedly. While actually thinking about it Natsuki didn't think it was too bad, it was more like it was bad for her health. Seriously too much stress on a daily basis not to mention that, as much as she hated to admit, being near Shizuru automatically made her a little bit nervous. Why? The world may never know. It just made Natsuki wonder what would have been had they met under normal circumstances.

It also made her wonder if meant that she was the only one making a big deal out of things like usual. Natsuki reached the office and turned inside the dealership parking lot, her boss told her to bring Shizuru back here and then he'd take her home. The blunette looked around trying to find the Toyota, there was none. Good, it least the stalker thing was done.

She felt her phone buzz then, and took it out of her pocket as Shizuru got out.

"What the-- twenty four text messages!?" Natsuki quickly flipped it open and saw who it was. They were all from the same unknown number. "Son of a bitch!"

"Ara..."

"That's all you have to say? How the hell am I going to get this kid to leave me alone!?" Keep your damned stalkers in check! She really didn't want to have to deal with this, it was annoying.

"Miya hasn't pulled anything like this in so long I actually thought she was over it," Shizuru said, "Just ignore her and she'll go away?"

"You're really not helpful at all." Natsuki said catching the small humor in Shizuru's voice, she saw her boss near the front doors waiving enthusiastically at them."Guess I should give him these." She said looking at the keys in her palm. She nearly flinched when Shizuru's hand came in contact with hers over the keys as the girl took them.

"Oi--"

"You don't have to worry about it," Shizuru said as she walked away, waiving the keys shortly. "I'll make sure father gets these."

Natsuki didn't say anything, she was still feeling the brief contact. After a second or so of just staring at the father and daughter Natsuki clenched her hand into a fist and shook her head. There was that feeling again, when Shizuru touched her. Natsuki turned to take a cab home.

Nao said this job was the job, but so far Natsuki couldn't see what the fuzz was all bout.

Bzzzzzz!

Another text message. Damn High school brats...

(Chap 3/)

To. Be. Continued.

Aww man finishing this felt good. This came out longer for some reason I didn't like that... Anyhow, this chapter pretty much explains one thing, Natsuki thinks too much. So the first official meeting is now over, and since that's out of the way the I can finally get this going, yusssssss!

Sorry for any typos or mistakes, I'm a bit sleepy...

Tune in next time for a taste of taste of Mai visiting the office and Takeda... being himself. Actually, I shouldn't have advertised that last bit.

R and... R? You know, for the longest time I didn't know what that term meant.