After a double shift today reading through this was fun. There is a hell of a lot of Jun bashing in this chapter (and in the rest of the story to be fair) but she's a side character who is insane so it really doesn't matter too much anyway hope you enjoy :D

I'm really struggling today. I'm finding it really, really difficult to concentrate today. Not that working in retail requires a lot of concentration but I am supposed to be paying attention to what I'm being taught. See it wouldn't be so bad if I was being taught by Mimi (like I have been the past couple of days) but unfortunately it is Mimi's day off today.

So did they stick me with another random person at my level who just about knows what they're doing? No! I get to spend my entire shift with Tai, desperately trying to concentrate on what he's telling me rather than staring at his perfect butt when he bends down or picturing the chest that I know is underneath that uniform. This is not going well… well it is but, like I said, I'm just really struggling to stay focused.

"So yeah," Tai said standing up again and I instantly snapped my eyes from his butt to his face and prayed that I was quick enough for him not to notice. "it's a pain but you have got to check all the way to the back of the shelves. Luckily with the alcohol you only have to do it about once a month as everything has such a long date on it."

"That's not too bad then." I mused. "So when you're restocking can you cut out the middle man and just put the stuff with later dates to the back?"

"Well you'd think so," Tai said, a little irritably. "but apparently not everyone thinks to do that." I laughed a little nervously although I was pretty sure that he wasn't kidding.

"So how long have you worked here?" I asked, changing tact. Tai exhaled, comically puffing out his cheeks as he thought about it.

"Seven years, nearly eight." he replied.

"Wow!"

"Yeah," he mused. "long time to be in a job you don't particularly like."

"You don't?" I asked.

"It's retail." he replied. "No one like working in retail."

"Fair point." I said. "So how did you end up here?"

"I didn't exactly do that well in school." he told me. "I was more into playing sports than I was doing any actual work but I just about got in to University. Didn't have any money to go though so I got a job here so I could save up and go the following year and, kind of, never did."

"Ah that sucks." I said. I am aware of the shortcomings of my own eloquence but what do you say in this situation other than a semi heart felt sounding 'that's rough buddy'? Also the fact that I really did fancy the pants off him made my brain cease to function on a higher level of intelligence.

"Yeah," he sighed before perking up and changing the subject. "but enough about me, what's your story?"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"How did you end up here?"

"Like I said the other day – five million Yen in debt." I laughed. "I went to University after school and I decided that I wanted to go study in England."

"What did you study?" he asked.

"Photography." I replied.

"That's pretty cool."

"Yeah, unfortunately just a really hard career path to get on to." I said. "I don't live at home anymore either so I needed something so I could earn money for rent and start paying off my student loans."

"Where are you living at the moment?" he asked.

"Highton View Terrace." I replied. "The flat is tiny but it's affordable and affordable is good."

"I live just round the corner from you then." Tai grinned.

"Really?" I asked, silently praying that I didn't sound too interested. I wasn't going to stalk him or anything but that might mean occasionally the possibility of us walking home together.

"Well," he corrected himself. "ten minutes round the corner."

"Close enough." I grinned. He smiled back at me. Goddamn: this guy. I wish I knew if I was in with a shot at all. I know I shouldn't fall down the slippery slope of wanting to fuck my Supervisor but, from what I've seen so far, he's so nice and so insanely good-looking.

"So…" he began after a pause of us just grinning at each other like loons (or more accurately me looking like a loon) but whatever he had been about to say was cut off by someone – a girl – practically singing his name. His entire body seemed to tense up at the sound of her voice. "Oh god!"

"Tai!" the girl practically sang again as she reached the two of us. Now that she was closer she looked weirdly familiar; reddish brown hair that sort of spiked up uncontrollably, like someone else I know but I couldn't quite put my finger on whom. She grabbed onto Tai's arm and hugged it to her chest. "I've missed you!"

"Hi Jun." Tai said, his face turning slightly pink. All I could do was stare momentarily. I guess this is his girlfriend. Well judging from the way she's practically throwing herself all over him (oh no, I'm not jealous at all that would be insane) I'd say that wasn't an unreasonable assumption to make. She continued to nuzzle up against him, like a cat, while gushing about how much she's missed him. Tai just looked incredibly embarrassed and too stunned to do anything.

This is making me uncomfortable can I go? That was all that was going through my mind as I watched her. It wasn't just the fact that she was all over the guy I rather liked (I had figured it was likely that he was into girls anyway so I knew I didn't have a chance with him) but overly public displays of affection had always made me very uncomfortable. I cleared my throat hoping to announce my presence to her and make her stop. It was only then that Tai seemed to come back to life.

"Sorry," he said (and he was definitely only talking to me). "Jun this is TK, our latest Newbie. TK this is Jun Motomiya, she's Supervisor at our store across town." As soon as he said the name it clicked why I sort of recognised her.

"Motomiya? You're not related to Davis Motomiya by any chance?" I asked her. She turned to stare at me and, even though her face didn't show it, there was a look in her eyes that said she wanted me to stop talking and leave.

"Yeah," she replied, waspishly. "he's my little brother."

"I live with him." I told her. I might as well try and be friendly even if she did look like she wanted to stab my eyes out with a fork.

"Oh yeah," she said, flatly, as if she really couldn't give a shit one way or the other. "I thought I recognised your name." The three of us then fell into an incredibly awkward silence with me looking uncomfortable, Tai looking uncomfortable and Jun hanging off Tai's arm looking like she might stab me.

"So what brings you over this way Jun?" Tai asked breaking the silence. She turned her attention back to him and instantly lived up.

"I had to come over and have a chat with your store manager and I thought that while I was here I'm come and say hi to you."

"Great." Tai said in an attempt to be cheery but there was a distinct crack in his voice. I on the other hand felt a sinking sensation of dread. How often does this girl pop up and will she stab me for talking to him? She very much has the air of the 'Overly Attached Girlfriend' and would wrestle a pensioner if she thought they were looking at her man the wrong way.

"So Tai I was wondering," she began as if I wasn't there. "are you free after work this evening?" Tai opened his mouth to answer and I could practically see the cogs in his head working overtime to try and come up with some kind of suitable answer. At that moment Tai's work phone started to ring and a shadow of relief passed over his face.

"Sorry, gotta take this." he told her as he picked up the call. "Hello… Yeah she's just arrived… Shall I send her up? … Ok she'll be with you in a couple of minutes."

"Manager?" Jun asked.

"Yep." Tai nodded. Jun sighed theatrically.

"I guess I better get going then." she said. She turned to me. "Bye TJ."

"Bye." I said ignoring the fact that she hadn't even bothered to get my name right. She turned to Tai, batting her eyelashes and looking at him in adoration.

"See you soon Tai." she practically purred.

"Bye Jun." Tai said. She detached herself from his arm, blew him a kiss and left. I waited until I was sure that she was out of earshot before I spoke again.

"Well she seems nice." I stated, not totally sure I wasn't being sarcastic as all hell. Tai just rolled his eye.

"That sure is one way to describe her." he said.

"She's better when it's just the two of you right?" I asked. Tai laughed.

"Wouldn't know." he replied. "Never been in a situation where I've been alone with her."

"Oh!" I was surprised by that. Even though he had looked uncomfortable throughout the whole conversation I thought that was just because he wasn't one for public displays of affection. "So you and her…"

"Oh god no." Tai said hurriedly. "She has this thing with me but she's definitely not my girlfriend."

"Ok." We fell into a slightly awkward pause as neither one of us really knew what to say to that. On the one hand I was rather relieved but at the same time still worried that she might stab me if she even saw me standing to close to him.

"So," Tai said finally breaking the silence. "what haven't I shown you yet?"

"Um…" There was a list (his washboard abs for one) but of work related stuff I was coming up on empty…