Netto walked down the halls of the big building to his office where he flopped into his chair and set the manila envelope on his desk and looked at it. "Well, what do you think it is?" Netto asked Rockman.
Rockman shrugged, "I don't know, Netto-kun. Why don't you open it and find out?"
Netto sighed and slit the envelope open with his fingers and pulled out the papers inside. "Ah, this isn't too bad," he said while scanning the pages, flipping them over at random.
"What is it?" Rockman asked.
"A security program for…" Netto scanned some more and smirked.
"What?" Rockman asked, his mind burning with curiosity.
"IPC," Netto said. "His dad was the one who requested the security system though."
"Ijuuin Shuuseki?" Rockman asked. "He asked for a security system from Sci Labs?"
"Apparently so," Netto said and set down the papers. "Well it'll be time consuming but not too hard, ready to start, Rockman?"
"Sure," Rockman said. "Should we start with the frame or programming first?"
Netto frowned, "I'd say the frame first."
Rockman brought up a program on the computer, "All right, here's the starting program."
"Thank you," Netto said and started to type away on the computer.
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Hours later he and Rockman had managed to complete the skeleton of the frame. Netto stretched and glanced at the clock, "It's five," he murmured.
"Not bad for a day's work," Rockman said while stretching. "All we need to do is finish off the frame tomorrow and we can start of the programming."
Netto grinned, "Awesome, maybe we can get this done in a week. Then just iron it out the week after."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Rockman said. "Why don't we go see how Enzan-san is doing?"
"I bet he's still at work," Netto smirked.
"Then let's go get him," Rockman said.
Netto and Rockman left the building and drove the ten or so miles to the IPC main building. Netto rode the familiar elevator up to the top floor and was greeted by Enzan's mousy secretary. "Hey Mary-san," Netto said with a wave. "Enzan still here?"
Mary had by then grown used to Netto popping up and dragging Enzan out of the office. "Enzan-sama is in his office. Shall I tell him you're here, Netto-san?"
"Nah," Netto said carelessly. "I'll surprise him."
Mary gave him a faint grin, "All right," she said. "The door is open."
"Thank you!" Netto said as he started to walk down the hall.
They came up to Enzan's door and Netto just walked in. He had never knocked on Enzan's door and now was really no time to start. "Well, time to go," Netto said cheerfully.
Enzan sighed when he heard Netto's voice behind him. "Netto, I have to finish this."
"No you don't," Netto said. "I get up at an ungodly time; you get off work at a normal time, that was the deal."
"6 am hardly constitutes as 'ungodly' Netto," Enzan said dryly.
Netto walked in front of Enzan's desk and plopped down in one of the conference chairs in front of it. "It does to me. Now get up and let's go," he said.
"Netto, I need to finish this," Enzan growled.
"So you loose the bet then," Netto said cheerfully.
"But!" Enzan spluttered.
"Come on," Netto said while leaning forward to poke Enzan in the shoulder. "It will still be there tomorrow."
"Enzan-sama," Blues said quietly.
Enzan sighed and pulled his PET out of the computer. "All right, fine," Enzan muttered.
"All right!" Netto cheered. "So where do you want to go first?"
"Go? Netto it's a Wednesday evening, there is no place to go," Enzan said.
"Well, we can go to the park or we can go to the beach. There are plenty of places to go," Netto said while standing up. "You just never go outside enough to know that."
Enzan growled at Netto who shot him an amused glare in return. "Oh my," Rockman said while trying not to laugh.
Blues linked himself into Rockman's PET. "Enzan-sama seems a little annoyed," Blues noted.
"Hm…" Rockman said in an amused voice.
Netto reached over and pulled Enzan out of his seat. "Come on, please?" Netto asked in an earnest voice.
Enzan sighed and willingly let Netto pull him out of his office.
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They drove into a nearly empty parking lot and hiked a small trail that Netto knew about. "See, isn't this fun?" he asked.
Enzan didn't say anything out loud, but in his mind he silently agreed with Netto. It was fun; it was also quiet and relaxing.
They made it to a small over hang cliff next to a waterfall and sat down. "Where do you find these places?" Enzan asked.
"I wander around," Netto said. "Sometimes it's just… easier to get away from all the technology…"
Rockman nodded, "Yeah."
Enzan and Blues both looked at them. "I take it your need to get away from technology has more meaning then to just relax."
Netto blinked at Enzan, then turned to look at the waterfall with a small smile on his face. "Damn you know me too well, Enzan."
"I'm not stupid Netto, I know how to read between the lines," Enzan said.
Netto sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Well, you know with our link and stuff, Rockman and I can pretty much 'hear' and sense each other at all times. Sometimes other things… interfere with that."
"Interfere?" Enzan asked.
Netto made a face, "Okay, that's the best way I can describe it. Sometimes, if we're both really tired it's hard to just concentrate on one another. So sometimes outside 'noises' make it in. It's really just electromagnetic interference but," Netto sighed. "It can give you one hell of a head ache."
Rockman nodded, "Definitely."
"So, on such days," Blues said, "You and Netto-san just wander around out here?"
Netto shrugged, "Sometimes. Sometimes we sleep or go to the beach or something else. There are ways to deal with it," Netto said in response to the semi worried glance Enzan was now giving him.
"Why haven't you told me about this before?" Enzan asked.
"Because I knew you would freak out and start to worry, just like you're doing now," Netto pointed out.
Blues and Rockman both hid small smiled as Enzan obviously tried and failed to mask his current expression. "It's something to worry about," he said.
Netto cheerfully slapped Enzan on the back making the older man pitch forward just a little bit. "No it's not."
Enzan sighed and leaned back into the taller grass. The sun was beginning to set and it was getting dark. "We need to leave soon."
Netto sighed and nodded, "Yeah, yeah, I know."
Enzan stood up and offered a hand to Netto. Netto took it and let Enzan help him get to his feet.
Together the two men walked to their cars. Netto glanced at his watch on the way there several times. "It's only 8, wanna go to my house and have some ramen or something?"
"Ramen?" Enzan raised and eyebrow. "I wasn't aware we were still in college," he teased.
Netto muttered something Enzan couldn't hear that prompted Rockman to say, "Netto-kun, be nice!" in a rather shrill voice.
Enzan gave him a weak smile and put his hand on his shoulder. "How about we go to your house, and I cook," Enzan said.
Netto gave Enzan a big grin and nodded. "Sure, as long as you don't burn it, like the cake."
"That was an accident!" Enzan protested.
"A hard, brick like, carbon based incident," Netto teased.
"I can cook now," Enzan protested.
"I'm sure you can," Netto said soothingly. "Now come on, I'm starved."
Blues spent the trip on the way back to Netto's house in Rockman's PET. "Can he cook?" Rockman asked.
Blues shook his head, "Not really."
Rockman raised and eyebrow. "This will certainly be interesting."
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