Chapter 10 here!
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Mikan was on her seat and was doing the usual job. It was almost 20 minutes since she escorted Natsume to the lair. Then, he came out with Mr. Yumiko beside and shaking his hand and thanking him.
Natsume was walking out but didn't directly leave. He made a short stop by at Mikan's table.
"See you tomorrow" he said with a smirk.
Mikan just eyed him about to insult but he had already walked ahead, letting her insult his back.
After a few minutes, Natsume has left; Mikan was summoned to the lair.
"Yes sir?"
"Mikan…why don't take a seat?" he started.
"You have been a very good secretary even though you really make bad coffee." He managed to smile.
"Thank you sir." Mikan said, having a bad feeling about it.
"As you've seen Mr. Hyuuga just a while ago, we had a deal. Since you've been working under this company for quite some time, you must have known that we were having hard time getting contracts especially from the Hyuuga Corporations. But today it was a success." He paused.
"But we had an exchange deal. I really wondered why he decided on that but I had no other choice but to agree."
"That's great sir. That you've gotten this contract." Mikan congratulated.
"And it's all thanks to you." Mr. Yumiko said.
"Me?"
"Yes Mikan. You."
"How can that be sir?" Mikan asked him.
"Listen to this Mikan. The exchange deal I had with Mr. Hyuuga was you. In exchange for the contract, you will become his secretary for 4 months and after it, you'll be back here with the same job, if you'd wish."
Mikan took this in. This was really unexpected. Becoming Natsume's secretary was never part of her plans. Hyuuga Corporations is a good company and surely with good pay but she can't just imagine herself being Natsume's secretary.
She was already at her desk, looking at the box. She'll have to pack now and get ready for the new job tomorrow. She'll be leaving the company but she can back…after 4 months.
"What the heck is he thinking? Does he think this is a good deal? Is this his way of torturing me just because I called him rude?" Mikan thought angrily.
"How can he do this to me?" she thought sadly, placing her things in the box.
She went out of the building with the box in her hands, not bothering to explain why to her officemates who were looking at her questioningly. She hailed a taxi and went straight home.
The following day, Mikan didn't feel like getting up, even though she hasn't slept well thinking about her job. She forcibly got up and didn't even bother to prepare breakfast. She just drank a cup of juice and readied herself.
The building was much larger compared to the one she used to work in. it also has better furniture and services. Mikan approached the information table.
"Good morning." The person greeted.
"Good morning too. I am Mikan Sakura." She said.
"Yes. We were expecting you. Please follow me."
Mikan followed her silently to the elevator and they passed so many floors until they reached the top floor.
"This is the floor. Please go ahead." The person said, closing the elevator doors. She didn't even step on the floor.
Mikan took a breath in and slowly walked to the door.
She knocked. And she heard a voice saying, "Come in". So she did.
"Good. You're not late" were the words that greeted her as she entered.
"Of course, I wouldn't be late. I was just so excited." Mikan replied, sarcastically.
"That's good then." He said, ignoring the sarcastic comment.
He got up and paused before he went near Mikan. he gave Mikan an inspecting look from head to toe.
"You look okay." He said.
Mikan just rolled her eyeballs, as if she would care what he would say.
"Since this is your first day, I'll be giving the rules only once." He started.
"This floor is only for me and my secretary. No one can enter unless with my permission. No office workers is allowed." He clearly stated.
"So does that mean its only you and me in this floor for the entire day?" Mikan asked.
Natsume nodded.
"Okay." Mikan just said.
Mikan was about to leave but she was stopped.
"Wait…" he called. "No disturbing during work hours." He added.
"Fine." Mikan said with a sigh and she left.
When she arrived at her workplace, honestly, it was much better than at the Yumikos. She has a bigger space to move around and she also has more comfortable chair. Her computer was also better.
"I think it won't be so bad after all." She thought positively.
She sat down, letting her hands travel the desk and the computer. They were obviously new.
"Hey!" she heard someone call and the voice was so familiar.
She lazily got up and went to the dungeon. Yes, that what she thought about it.
"Yes?" she asked, peeking her head through the door.
"Come in, will you?" Natsume yelled, seeing only Mikan's head.
Mikan came in, closing the door behind her softly. She didn't say anything in response, she just stood there. Suddenly, Natsume slammed a book or more like a hard folder in his desk. This made Mikan flinch.
"This is the schedules and I need you to keep track of it." He said, meaning the folder.
"Okay" Mikan simply said, walking near to the desk and slowly reaching her hand to take the folder.
She placed the folder in between her arms and said, "Anything else?"
Natsume just waved his hand like shooing her away so she just left. She was only a few inches to the door; she stopped and turned to her boss.
"What should I call you?" she asked.
"Should I call you Sir? Boss? Mr. Hyuuga? Or master?" Mikan continued, her face teasing.
"Whatever" was all she got as a reply. So she left the dungeon.
Mikan dropped the folder to her desk and sighed. She got up and went to the glass window, wondering how it would look like from her position. She was in the topmost of the building. She looked out.
"Wow!" she said, seeing only ants from her view. She went a little closer until her face was sticking to the glass.
She still continued to watch the cars moved though it wasn't that visible anymore. A little later, she tried to imagine herself jumping off from this floor. She imagined blood spluttered all over. This made Mikan, unconsciously step back. It was only two steps, she felt her back hit something or more like lean on something or someone.
"What do you think you're doing?" that someone said, his both hands supporting her shoulders.
Mikan straightened her back and turned around, their faces only a few centimeters apart. She stopped for a moment to gaze; she realized how tall Natsume was. She felt like a child in his presence, her eye level were only to his chin and she noticed how perfectly shaped they were. Realizing what she was doing, Mikan stepped back and bowed her head in apology.
"Never mind. I want you to prepare me coffee right after the meeting. It must be placed on my desk." He said.
"Yes sir" Mikan finally found her voice.
Natsume was already at the foot of the elevator.
"So you decided to call me sir then, huh." He said this with a smirk and stepped inside the elevator. Mikan just shrugged.
She went back to her desk, forgetting the blood and all the cars that seemed like ants from where she is. Mikan focused on her job.
She got the folder and opened it. Her eyes widened. Her mouth opened.
"WHAT?" she almost shouted.
"His schedules all full. No time to relax." She said, this time more softly.
She sighed and thought that the job she has taken is more different from what she thought it would be.
Mikan was still on her desk, reviewing the schedules and making sure they were noted on the planner. She checked her watch. An hour had already passed and the meeting's about to finish. She got up to fix some coffee, not for herself.
A cup in hand, she went inside the dungeon. She slowly placed the cup on his desk, making sure there was no spilling. Mikan didn't leave directly. She noticed how neat it was. His table was absent of disarranged papers and folders. Even the shelves were neatly arranged and free of dust.
"He must be a clean freak." Mikan thought, running her fingers through the book shelves.
She stopped when her eyes met with a certain frame, a small one. Mikan bent her head a little to see it clearer. There she saw a person, a different one from what she knew. He was smiling and beside him was a very beautiful woman that Mikan thought was familiar.
"That must be his girlfriend." She thought.
"She's so familiar. I wonder where I met her."
Seeing that Natsume was still nowhere to be seen, she took the frame in her hand and stared at it more closely. She was so close. She was now starting to think.
"Where did I meet her?" she asked herself again.
She almost remembered but her thoughts were distracted when the dungeon's door opened.
"Oh no!" Mikan thought.
She hugged the frame to her chest and slowly turned around.
"I'm so…" she stopped for when she saw who it was, relief came through her.
"Mikan?" he said.
"Hi" she replied.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I am working here, just today."
"Oh. By the way, where's Natsume?" he asked.
"He is on a meeting sir." She answered politely.
"Don't call me sir. I'm not your boss anyway. Just call me Ruka." He said, smiling.
"Okay. Can I get you anything then?"
"It's okay." He said, just then the dungeon door opened again and this time it revealed her boss.
"Natsume" Ruka said, approaching his best friend.
Before Natsume said anything, he looked at Mikan and saw something she was holding.
"Why are you holding that?"
How was it?
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-ECO