Chapter three
"Hello? Anybody here?" Yoh entered the huge office, dropping his jaw as his gaze was tucked on the appearance of the whole room. It was truly magnificent. The whole place was elegantly furnished from the ceiling down to the floor. There was a TV which was enormous in size, four comfortable couches, a wine-serving apparatus, and so much more. The curtains, which were slightly cream, were embroidered with very fine and intricate designs.
He only snapped back to reality when a certain pink haired girl opened the door, thus, creating a creaking noise.
Tamao noticed a man standing in the middle of the office. "Excuse me mister. Are you, by any chance, Mr. Yoh Asakura?" she inquired trying to get a single glimpse of the man's face.
Yoh scrutinized the owner of the voice before answering curtly. "Yes, I am."
Tamao blushed at the sight of the young man. 'Oh my God! He's not only cute! He's so handsome! And his eyes, those two chocolate brown orbs… I could die just by staring at them! And just take a look at that! His muscles can be seen easily through his shirt! What perfectly toned abs he has! How I wish I could touch and feel them! He's totally hot! Whoa! Is this me or what? I've just seen him now yet why does my heart seems to burst! And this fluttering feeling I have? '
(A/n: Okay! Enough of Tamao's fantasies! I'm not fond of her character anyways… LOLZ!)
"Uhhmm… Miss?" Yoh waved a hand right at Tamao's face.
"Wha? Sorry about that…" she managed to speak after admiring Yoh's body. "First and foremost, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Tamao Tamamura, the secretary assigned here…" A goofy grin appeared on Yoh's face while he was extending his hand to Tamao. "Nice to meet you Ms. Tamamura." Both shook their hands firmly.
Tamao, who as blushing furiously from the hand contact, seemed to never let go of Yoh's hand. Upon seeing the current situation, the brunette was about to withdraw his hand, however, Tamao quickly took away hers even before he took away his. She then took a glance at her watch and almost made a leap realizing that she is 15 minutes late.
"Oh no! I'm late! I'm late! I'm terribly late!" the pink-haired girl exclaimed. She then hurriedly scrambled out of the door, stopping on her tracks to say something. "Just… a…friendly…advice…" she uttered in between gasps. "Make sure that the whole office will be clean. Our boss is very meticulous. If you don't want your head to be cut off, you better be careful. Tamao finally got a hold of her breath. "Don't worry, you'll meet her soon.." after that, Tamao disappeared rapidly from Yoh's sight.
Yoh gulped as Tamao's words echoed back in his mind. 'HER! Kami-sama, please don't let it be her!' 'Oh for Kami's sake Yoh! Think positive! There's only one in a million chances that the person Ms. Tamamura mentioned is the tyrant Anna Kyouyama!' scolded his mind.
"Even though she's ill-tempered and a slave-driver, as Horo Horo told me, there's something in her that mystifies me. I just can't put my finger in it" he mumbled while he was starting to vacuum the carpeted floor.
After almost 2 ½ hours of cleaning, Yoh decided to take a break at the cafeteria.
... AT THE CAFETERIA ...
"Wow! There's so much food in here! O much that I can't pick my first choice!" Yoh, who was practically drooling saw Horo Horo approaching.
"Hey Yoh! Why are you just standing there? Come on! Grab all you desire!" commanded the Ainu.
"You'll pay for my food?" asked the brunette.
"Don't be silly! HAHA! It's eat-all-you-can here! All for free!" exclaimed Horo Horo who's now grabbing foods of all sort.
"Might as well choose mine."
"Well well well… look who's here? A new face around…" Why don't you introduce him to us Ainu twerp!" a violet pointy-haired man said haughtily.
"Will you shut up even for once, Tao!" spat Horo Horo in an annoyed tone.
"Whatever" countered Ren while smirking.
"Okay! Fine! This is Yoh. Yoh, this is "
"Tao, Ren Tao" barged Ren.
"Pleased to meet you, Ren!" Yoh greeted cheerfully.
"What about me?" the afro-haired man asked. "Why did you forget me?" he continued. "Oh… well.. I guess I just have to introduce myself…"
"Out of my way, hopeless clown" said Ana in a stern voice. "Why should" Chocolove was horrified as he saw the face of their boss.
"Good morning Madam!" all of the employees arose from their seats and bowed their heads as a sign of respect. Anna merely raised a brow.
"So… Mr. Chocolove, are you trying to test the limits of my patience or do you want to get fired in an instant!" questioned the CEO as she crossed her arms.
"I'm really sorry Madam! Please forgive my insolence!" begged Chocolove.
"You are suspended for one week. And that's final!" Anna didn't gave Chocolove any chance of explaining.
Chocolove sighed then walked away with a very long face. All of his fellow employees looked at him in pity.
"Tamao" the blonde broke the eerie silence. "Get me a black forest cake and a black coffee" "Right away Anna-san!" Tamao hurriedly went to get her food.
Anna scanned the area for a good table. There was one near a window overlooking the garden. "Here's your request, Anna-san." Tamao gave Anna the cake and her coffee. Meanwhile, Anna's thoughts were lost to the beauty of the garden.
"I'm full! Come on guys! Let's head back to our departments!" Horo Horo recommended after eating a huge variety of food. "Alright" they all replied.
As they walked out of the cafeteria, Tamao saw Yoh and called him. "Mr. Asakura! Over here!" she waved a hand for Yoh to recognize her.
"Is there something you need, Ms. Tamamura?" asked Yoh.
"Nothing in particular." told Tamao.
"Oops! I almost forgot! Anna-san, this is Mr. Yoh Asakura, the janitor assigned in your office. Anna looked at the face of the man and was shocked that he was also the exact person that she stumbled with this morning.
Yoh's heart is beating wildly, recalling the unfortunate event hours ago.
'YOU!'
'YOU!'
Both of them thought in disbelief.
(A/n: Yatta! Another chappie done! Sorry for not updating after a long while… hehehe! But, what's gonna happen? They've crossed their paths once again! Waaahhh! Se ya! .)