Like a boss
Tell Me I'm a Wreck
I prefer my bed
BRB Anko
10
Around two weeks later…give or take a few days. Look get off my case; I accidentally kissed my boss and wrecked my work life…I'm allowed to have lost track of time!
"I know you've only recently quit; but I do recommend you start looking for a job soon. It's extremely competitive out there."
"Uhh." I respond.
"Well, I'm off to work. I'll see you when I get back." Shizune says and then I hear the door close behind her.
Yeah I would totally search for a job if I had actually quit. But I haven't, so I won't.
Sighing to myself, I snuggle back under my bed covers.
BEEP
"Anko? This is Tayuya-"
Oh God, what if everybody at the office knows I'm off 'ill' because I went and kissed Orochimaru? I wouldn't put it past Iruka…and now I feel bad for immediately blaming Iruka. Oh God I'm such a terrible person. I scrape my hands down my face as I continue into the kitchen; listening to my mobile's answerphone.
"-What's wrong with you? I mean, aside from the obvious. But you've never been off for two whole weeks before. Are you like, dead? Cuz that'd be crazier than the time a squirrel attacked my dad…and that was flipping mental,"
I roll my eyes and smile at that.
"Anyway, call me when you get this. No one seems to know where you are." And then she rings off.
BEEP
"Miss Mitarashi-"
Ugh…Kabuto. Goddammnit. I glower over at my phone; it's only eleven in the morning and already Kabuto's on my case. I just want to watch Scrubs for Christ's sake! Let me watch Scrubs and mope over how badly I've messed up my life. Messing up your life counts as an illness, surely?
"I don't know if you're aware of the protocol that is to be used when you take a day off, due to illness,"
Amazingly…I don't. I grimace at the phone as I listen to Kabuto drone on.
"But calling on a Monday and saying that you'll be off ill for the rest of the week, will not suffice. Please call in on each and every day that you feel you may not be able to make it in to. You have been off for nearly two weeks now. It is now Friday and I am still expecting calls explaining your absences on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and all of last week's days too. Of course, I doubt you will as you are a terrible example of an employee but-"
"Kabuto who're you ranting at?" I hear Sakon intervene on the other end of the line.
"None of your business." Kabuto snottily retorts.
"Is it even your job to check up on ill employees?" I hear Suigetsu join in.
"I just-" Kabuto goes to talk but he is interrupted by Kidomaru.
"Shut up and put the phone down."
Kabuto tuts and then the line goes dead.
God I miss my office.
A few hours later and my phone rings again, this time I pick up.
"Hello?"
"Anko! Come to my house once I've finished with work!" Tayuya yells down the line and into my ear.
"No, I'm sick." I lie blankly.
"You don't sound too sick to me," Tayuya retorts sceptically.
I cough slightly.
"No…that's still not fooling anyone." She says after a few moments of silence.
"I'm not trying to prove anything to you people." I reply.
Tayuya sighs. "Fine, have it your way."
"I will."
"Good, do."
"Fine."
"Great."
"Fantastic."
"You smell weird."
"What the hell?"
"Oop. Gotta go; Orochimaru's on the prowl. Seeya!" And then Tayuya hangs up.
Orochimaru's on the prowl…on the prowl…I smack my head against a cushion.
Voldy flicks out his tongue at me.
"You're the only true man in my life Voldy. Sad isn't it?" I sigh as I hold him up.
Voldy just gazes at me.
"Though, technically, you're a snake. But hey; you've got the basics of a man down,"
Voldy doesn't respond. I groan and close my eyes.
At five, the phone rings again. Sighing, I pick up.
"Hello?"
"My house is haunted!" Tayuya barks down the line to me.
"W…what?" I blurt out, completely confused.
"My house is haunted. Please come round, I'm so scared!"
I'm silent for a few moments.
"I'm going to presume that silence is as a result of you forgetting to hang up the phone, in your haste to get here." Tayuya declares.
"No…that's not quite it." I groan.
"Anko you douche! Just come round my haunted fucking house!" Tayuya growls. "If you don't; you're a terrible friend and you'll have to live with the regret of letting me be eaten by ghosts."
"Wow, you're really running with this whole haunted house thing aren't you?" I chuckle.
"Yes," Tayuya replies airily. "Now, are you coming round or not?"
I sigh and glance at the clock. I guess I could go round; just check out what's been happening at the office in my absence. It's not like I have to tell Tayuya why I'm bunking off.
"Fine. I'll be there in ten."
"Great! And you can tell me why you're bunking off as well!" Tayuya exclaims chirpily.
Oh great.
As soon as I manage a knock on the door; Tayuya rips it open. Her house really does not fit her personality. It's like this cute little yellow cottage; all honeysuckle and ivy on the walls and around the cute little door.
And then there's Tayuya; leaning against the doorframe with a beer in hand and a knowing smirk on her face.
"You tried to fuck him didn't you?"
"What?" I'm baffled…honestly and truly baffled.
Tayuya rolls her eyes and gestures for me to come in. I follow her into her living room.
"Orochimaru?" She hands me a beer. "You're not really ill; you just tried to get into our boss's pants and now you're too embarrassed to come in."
"Umm…" I pretend to think. "No." I dead pan.
"Liar," Tayuya replies in a sing-song voice. "Well then, if that didn't happen, what did? I mean, Anko, usually nothing stops you from turning up. Remember that time you flashed your knickers at all the guys, on accident, when you bent down that one time? I mean, you were embarrassed but you turned up to work the next day anyway."
I pout at her. "You know me too well."
"You love it," Tayuya winks. "So, go on, tell me."
"You tell me what the office's been like and I'll tell you why I've not been in for two weeks." I retaliate.
"Rightyo," Tayuya nods, she takes a giant sip of her beer and then begins. "Well, the first day, that you were off, was pretty normal. Nothing really happened. Umm…Tuesday and Wednesday; pretty boring but Sasuke told us that Orochimaru was being really irritable and Iruka was moping around looking right depressed-" I wince at that, I certainly don't need to be reminded of how badly I hurt him. "Then on Friday, Orochimaru yelled at Kabuto-"
"Yelled? He yelled?" I repeat; wide-eyed. Never, in all my life, have I heard or seen Orochimaru yell…I bet he looked so hot. I bite my lip and sigh.
"Yes he yelled; and yes he looked 'so fantastic',"
I glower at her for mocking me.
"Anyway it was this week that was interesting. Orochimaru was yelling at people left right and centre. Even yours truly." She jabs herself in the chest as she sips her beer.
"Why?" I question.
"No idea. He's just been like mental recently. He's acting like my cousin when she's on her period…craaaaazy." Tayuya shrugs.
"Well, what's he been yelling?" I ask. I'm desperately interested in finding out why he's so angry. I've never seen him properly pissed before. I can't help but hope that it has something to do with me.
"Stuff like: 'Stop slacking off!', 'Your attitude towards your jobs is intolerable!', 'I'm on my period!' Stuff like that," Tayuya explains.
I roll my eyes at her last comment.
"So anyway. Why have you been off 'ill' for so long? What's scaring you away?"
I stiffen as, suddenly, the conversation is turned on to me. "Well…I…I kissed Orochimaru in the storage cupboard and ran away." It all comes out in this mad rush.
Tayuya's eyes widen considerably.
"Wow, you really went for it. Jeez…a kiss rape attack." She whistles.
"Don't call it that," I groan. "You're the only person who knows, other than him and my roommate."
"So that's why you suddenly hurtled out of the storage cupboard," Tayuya says thoughtfully, she glances sideways at me and smirks. "You looked completely bonkers by the way. We all thought you'd gone mental. Your run had Suigetsu in fits; he had to go to home early, he was laughing that much."
I glower at her. "I don't run that weirdly."
"You run like a disabled owl, or something." Tayuya laughs back.
I cross my arm and glare at her before taking a sip of my drink. We sit in a comfortable silence for a few minutes and then Tayuya speaks up.
"So…do you think Orochimaru's all angry because of you?" She asks.
"I don't know." I shrug.
Do I want Orochimaru to be angry because of me? That would mean I'd inflicted an emotion upon him…but I can't work out if that's a good thing or a bad. Is he mad at himself, me, or not mad at all?
And if he is mad at me…why? Because I kissed him? Or because I stopped?
When I get home, Shizune's already back.
"I bought you some dango," she informs me, smiling sympathetically at me as I walk into the kitchen, to say hello. "Where've you been? Looking for a new job?"
"…yeah. That's it," I agree. "Thanks for the dango Shizune. I'm just going to take a shower."
It's gonna be haaard to explain how I 'got' my 'old' job back, when I finally gather the courage to go in. Ouch.
End of chapter 10
Yay! We've hit the big 1 0! This chapter is up in honour of Deidara's birthday, which is, of course, today! The 5th of May. Happy birthday Dei-Dei! :3 Favourite Akatsuki. Whatta babe.
Notice how this is the only chapter in which Anko hasn't been in the office? Spooky eh? Shorter as well...I is sorry.
Anyway, thank you to: Jigoku-Dayu93, Glitterthorn, Danyel, XxXUchiha SurayaXxX, Ghostsammeo, NinjaSheik, LadyDM and Saraah163 for your reviews. They mean a lot!