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It's been a long week, hasn't it?
Yet another chapter uploaded! YAY!
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This chapter is a bit of a set up chapter for background purposes, so, sorry if it's boring.
Anyway... On wards!
Picking up his phone, Itachi hit number one on his speed dial and placed it to his ear, waited for the other to pick up. The moment the line engaged he began talking. "Is everything ready for Naruto's arrival?" he asked as he put the finishing touches on an email before sending it.
"Of course Tachi." Deidara said cheerfully. "He's got the perfect team working for him and a decked out office with a view."
"Good," Itachi mused. "And what about the interview?"
"About to start."
"Then you better get to it." Itachi laughed. "I love you, and thank you again for finding him."
"I love you too! But don't thank me yet, we still have to hook them up!" Deidara sang into the phone before hanging up.
Itachi sighed, finding the blond Omega had been hard enough, getting him to work for him was easy - even if the blond didn't know Itachi was his real boss - but getting him to see or even be with Sasuke… that was going to need a miracle.
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"Mum, Mum!" Naruto called, "It's about to start!" he yelled excitedly as his mother came running into the room, a large square cloth in hand.
"Oh, is that your new boss?" His mother swooned at the TV, handing him the cloth.
"Muuum. I am soooo not even going there! But yes, that's Deidara, my boss and he's an Omega." he whined while covering himself and beginning to feed Menma.
"Oh come on," she nudged him, "You deserve to find a nice someone, my baby deserves to be happy." she nodded affirmatively.
"I am happy." Naruto smiled softly, peeking under the cloth at the baby in his arms silently nursing.
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"Deidara!"
The blond turned around in time to see a young lady running towards him with a huge grin on her face and a mic in her hand. Behind her was a cameraman holding a large shoulder mounted camera.
"While the cameras not rolling I just wanted to firstly say thank you so much for letting us interview you." she grinned holding his hands tightly in hers,"Both of us have never done anything this huge before!"
"Well, some of the area's we'll be visiting today are restricted to personnel that are Omega's only, so it was only natural to request an Omega only team to conduct the interview, plus my boss wants to promote that Omega's can do everything the other two subgenders can do, and sometimes better." Deidara smiled, squeezing her hands when she looked like she wanted to cry. "What's your name by the way?"
Taking her hands out of his, she wiped her shedding tears, "Hinata." she choked.
"Well Hinata, my boss and I want you and your cameraman to become our permanent interviewers. Every time we hold a press confluence, every time we hold an interview and every time we have something to say, we want you two to be the ones to tell everyone." he smiled at her softly.
Choking up again she nodded. "Should…. Should we start?" she hiccupped.
"This way," Deidara bowed, "We can start at the entrance."
Deidara led them inside the building where they stood in front of the empty reception desk. Once everything was set the cameraman began the countdown.
"This is Hinata Hyuga, I'm standing here with Deidara from Sharingan Corp. Deidara, I'm told that you have a new business model that you wanted to share with us today."
"Yes. Hinata." Deidara said with a huge grin. "Here at Sharingan Corp. we want to be the first recognized company that is not only Omega friendly but also has Omega safe zones on site for its most vulnerable employees, plus a fully catered to childcare centre onsite, open to all parent employees."
"Wow, that is amazing to hear, I'm honestly blown away. Being an Omega myself I know first hand just how hard it can be for an Omega working class citizen just to hold down a job." She smiled softly, "Would it be too much to ask for a tour?" Hinata beamed.
"I was hoping you'd ask, if you'll step this way." Deidara bowed, sweeping his arm out. They walked over to an elevator and after stepping in Deidara continued. "Our company is like most others, each floor is divided up into departments, but unlike other companies we have special Omega only floors that give them the option to be alone, allowing them to have the freedom of working without the prejudice of gender discrimination. These floors can only be accessed by them."
Deidara showed this by presenting a card that he swiped over a small terminal, before placing his hand on a reader.
"These measures have been taken to allow for maximum security and comfort for all our employees."
"What if an Alpha or Beta enters the lift with them?" Hinata asked as the lift began to move.
"This lift is for Omega employees only and will have a full time guard posted at it, the other lifts are for all genders." Deidara smiled. "We want to show Omega's that they are welcome here and that we take their safety seriously."
The doors digged and opened. The first thing they were met with was a childcare centre off to the right and a fully stocked kitchen off to the left, then it led to an open office floor plan, lined with cubicles.
"This is amazing." Hinata said in awe as she looked around.
"We have three onsite childcare centres, two of them are located on the two Omega only floors and the other on the top floor of the building for all employee access. Here on the Omega only floors we promote and encourage a breastfeeding friendly zone as well as expression cubicles. We feel that working class Omega's deserve to be near their young and want to promote healthy relationships with their children allowing a new parent the luxury of taking the time to go see their child when they feel the need."
"I am honestly lost for words, never in my life have I ever seen such devotion to all gendered employees." Hinata said softly.
"Well you ain't seen nothing yet." Deidara grinned. "If you'll follow me this way I will show you to our heat rooms." he gestured.
"You have heat rooms?" Hinata asked.
"Yes, we feel that just because an Omega has a completely natural biological cycle that they shouldn't be left to feel that they are an inconvenience to the workplace, so with that thought in mind we have made sudden heat rooms available for them." He unlocked one of the pink doors at the back of the room and showed them inside.
Inside to the right was a small office suit allowing for the individual to continue working, a bed with plush pillows was to the back, on the wall to the left was a small hatch and monitor, and at the far back of the room was another door.
"We have onsite a doctor and a sub-gender specialist, they can help with everything from basic illnesses to sudden Heats and Ruts. This hatch and monitor," he walked over to it, opening the hatch revealing a tiny elevator, and turning on the monitor pressing the red cross icon, "Allows for the individual to communicate with our onside doctors and chef, this allows them to have food or medicine delivered in safety."
Pausing Deidara moved back to the centre of the room, "Here at Sharingan Corp. we want Omega's to not only feel safe but feel that they can continue to work even during the start of their heat, whether it's sudden or planned. These rooms allow them to do so should they feel like it. If not, they also act as a safe waiting area for someone to pick them up."
"How does one in heat get out of the building without disrupting others around them?" Hinata asked.
Deidara pointed to the door at the back of the room, "These doors allow for the safe transport of an Omega in heat, we also have a 'Heat and Rut response team' these individuals are older in age and mated, and all of them are no longer affected by an Omega or Aplah's biological cycles."
"This is all so amazing, it's hard to believe that this is finally a thing." Hinata gushed.
Afterwards Deidara showed Hinata around more parts of the building explaining the changes they've made to also accommodate the other two genders including but not limited to; having a HR team made up of two of each sub-gender to accommodate full diversity in the workplace and communal areas to promote healthy company relationships for all.
Once done, Hinata hailed Sharingan Corp. as the future for all workplaces and hoped that other companies would follow their lead in making a better workplace for all.
The moment the camera was off Hinata jumped on Deidara and locked him into a fierce hug, "Thank you again for having us." she gushed. "You have no idea how much this interview will help us in the future."
"It's no problem." he patted her on the back. "We Omega's have to help each other if we want to change the world."
"Yes," Hinata nodded, "Well I better be going." she sighed, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a card. "Here's my card."
"Thank you, and safe journeys home."
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"Wow." was all Naruto's mother could say.
"Yeah," Naruto replied, just as speechless.
"Who knew you'd be working at such a leading edge company." she said with awe.
Naruto looked down at the sleeping baby in his arms and smiled softly. "At least I don't have to go far to look for a childcare centre. I think I'll apply tomorrow for a spot."
"But I wanted to spend more time with my babies baby!" whined his mother making grabby hands towards the sleeping form.
Handing his child over Naruto stood, "I think I'm gonna go and get everything ready for tomorrow." he smiled widely, excited for the first time ever to go to work.
"Take your time, I'll watch Menma." she smiled as she cuddled the sleeping bundle.
Naruto packed all the basic things he'd need for work, prepped his suit and made his lunch. With everything ready he put Menma in his cot and crawled into his own bed, eager to see what his new job brought.
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