A/N: I just realized that I haven't made any disclaimer last chapter. Oh how stupid am I, Square might have sued me already.
Anyway, better late than never, here goes:
All the characters of this story belong to Square Enix, I, DemagesReality own nothing but little plot of this fiction.
Okay guys, Enjoy!
Getting a job at Caelum Corporate was seriously a dream come true for Lightning, able to put down the mountain she's carried around was just like born anew. Phone call from the corporate yesterday really helped Lightning relax her nerve and gained back her focus for school. Last 2 months, the pink-headed hasn't able to study at all, even though she was in class her attention whereabouts was only god who knew. Nevertheless, thing has getting better now, the older Farron secured a job with a famous global company in her city, though it was just a 3 months contract of employment, Lightning confident she would demonstrate herself and get employed permanently afterward. This internship was starting Monday next week, so our strawberry blond has already resigned from her previous workplace.
And thanks to all that, Sarah had dragged the grumpy Lightning to buy some formal clothes ready for this new job. She wanted Lightning to look as professional as possible.
"Sarah, I find this so unnecessary." The older girl whined, her voice full of annoyance when Sarah presented her another blouse and skirt.
"Come on sis, you're not a waitress anymore. Things need to be changed, this time it's a global company. Looking professional is important and who know maybe you'll get to know someone special there." Sarah teased.
"Oh please Sarah." Lightning almost rolled her eyes. Seriously, why would girl like Lightning care about romance? To her there no time to waste for this relationship and there're enough people crazy about it. Screw the romance.
Eventually, Sarah Farron has successfully forced her sister to buy 3 blouses, 3 mini skirts and a pair highheels. Yes, the most difficult thing to accomplish in this universe was to get Lightning a pair of highheels. It's not weird at all that she doesn't want to be anywhere nears that thing; Lightning's always wondered how people could walk on those unstable shoes. Irony enough, now her younger sister had got her a pair of it, so that mean Lightning had to go through whole week training, well, more like a tutored to her, learning to walk on that thing.
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"Okay sis, come to me. You'll be alright." Sarah encouraged when Lightning was standing stiffly on her shoes.
"Sarah, I can't do this. I am going to fall face first on the floor." Lightning complained.
"Nah, you'll be fine."
Determined not to lose to this stupid shoes, Lightning confidently took her steps toward her sister.
"Fine, here I go." Surprisingly, it was easier than expected, though she still couldn't balance her body properly but the step wasn't uncomfortable as she thought.
"Not bad Light, keep it up. You look so elegant on that, you know? Geez, I should have tried this sooner." Sarah cheered.
"Whatever." The older Farron stubbornly brushed that comment off.
Ting Tong.
Farron's household bell rang. The two sisters pretty much could pin point who was at the door. Well, it wasn't like there many people who would visit them aside from their few friends and occasionally deliveries. Sarah went to get it and when the door opened, as expected, Fang and Vanille were standing there.
"Hey, guys! Come on in." Sarah greeted cheerfully.
"Hey Sarah, how is it going?" Vanille chirped back while embracing the younger Farron.
"Hey, girl. So where's Light?" Fang asked, looking around for the older pink-headed.
"Great...She's inside with her shoes~"
"Shoes?!" Fang seemed to taken aback by this statement but Sarah just giggled and leaded her guests to the living room, where Lightning was struggling to get her shoes off.
Witnessed this, Fang couldn't help, she started laughing uncontrollably while beside her, Vanille was in awe to see Lighting in highheels.
"So.. now light's ... also using... those ridiculous... shoes too?" Fang managed between her laugh.
"Aw Lightning, you're so gorgeous you know? I can't believe this. Sarah, how did you do this?" Vanille commented with a big grin spread on her tiny face.
Before Sarah got to answer Vanille's question, Lightning who seemed to ready to burst out because of embarrassment at any second, had lashed out at Fang who was still laughing hard.
"Shut up Fang! It's not like I have a choice here and nothing is funny so stop laughing!" Lightning said and glared dagger to her friend, who was trying to contend her humor now. After few minutes, Fang has successfully calmed herself back to normal but everyone could see that she was still more than amused with the incident.
"Come on Light. That was new, heh. Anyway, congrats." Fang cheered in her normal tone.
"Shut it!" Lightning annoyingly hissed back.
"So Sarah transformed you to a real angel now? Ah, that a good sign. Maybe soon enough we'll get to see a new family membeeer~"
"We sure better hope so vaniiillle~" The younger Farron cooed back to her sister's friend and that earned a deadly glare from Lightning. Intimidated, both girls decided to drop the topic before rain of bomb fall down destroying this living room.
"Okay girls, we're not here to laugh or tease Light. We're here to celebrate her new job. Vanille and I propose a dinner here. We'll cook and arrange everything together, sound great?" Fang clapped, recapped back to the main point of her visit.
"We? Get real Fang! Since when did you start cooking?" Lightning Farron shot back immediately. Noticed Fang was uncomfortable with her comment, she couldn't help but proud of her retaliation.
"What?! I do cook sometime, you just didn't know." Fang protested, nonetheless she knew Lightning got her there.
"That's awesome. Vanille and I will decide on the menu and go get it. You guys here get other things ready." Sarah took the command. Well, it naturally, she knew among 4 of them, vanille and herself were the only cook. Fang and Lightning were hopeless, last time Sarah checked, after Lightning tried to cook something for herself when she alone, there 2 pans and a pot were thrown out and only god knew what happen to those.
Sarah immediately visualized menu inside her head. She picked most of Lightning's favorites, and then reached to Vanille dragging the older girl out to the market.
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When their cooks have arrived back, Lightning and Fang were chilling on the couch, Lightning was reading her book and Fang, she was playing her Nintendo (xD). They had washed some extra plates, glasses and got a table ready for their dinner. Fang insisted for a pleasant atmosphere while the pink-headed wanted to be just simple, nevertheless Fang won the battle and Lighting was forced to tag along to get those decorations.
Noticed all the preparations, Vanille beamed to the duo on the couch, snapped their attention to her.
"Hmmm, I see you both went all out here."
"Ask Fang." Lightning replied lazily, her eye still focused on her book.
"Of course! It's for our Lightning here." Fang teased back and obviously she earned a glare from the girl next to her.
"Alright. We better get our job done too." Sarah said while pickin up the ingredient she bought and Vanille was closely behind her, making their way to the kitchen.
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It was 7 PM when everything ready for the fest so that mean it took full 3 hours long for Sarah and Vanille to cook the food. Whatever was the case, reward from that 3 hours cooking was fantastic. Sarah and Vanille had fixed such beautiful and mouthwatering dishes for their little special gathering. It's all been placed on the table nicely ready for them to consume.
Everyone have freshen up and settled down together around the table and they were so impressed with everything they've done for themselves. 4 people dinning luxury dishes on a well decorated table, under the beautiful family atmosphere. It was just so perfect, Lightning was so overwhelming. She has never felt like this in ages.
"It seems like we've done a great job here." Vanille decided to start the conversation.
"We sure did! Okay, get your glass up guys... To Lightning-"Fang cheered.
"-, for her new job. The starting point of a glorious future and I'm sure as hell that this girl will kick everyone's ass again in this new place." She blessed and everyone accept Lightning chuckled at the last part.
"Fang, that goes without saying." The younger Farron supported sparing a glance to her sister direction.
"Hey." Lightning replied defensively. Though, it was true. It's her nature to begin with. She couldn't help it as people sometime are hell of annoying bunch, so she had to put them in their place.
"Now, now. Chill out Light. We were just teasing you." Vanille played her role in reassuring and started picking up the fork to devour the food she worked so hard to make so everyone else followed afterward.
"Thank you so much, you three surely are my only family and what you've done today is really amazing. I am so grateful to have you guys with me." Lightning announced with a content expression, eyeing her family around the table before started her dinner.
"Oh come on. We knew it." Fang blurted out through her mouth full of food.
"Light, you're flattering me there." cooed Vanille
"Sis, we all love you."
Everything was so perfect for me until you happened...
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This was her first day at Caelum Corporation. Lightning got up early, exercised and readied herself for any challenge that coming her way at this new place. She put on the outfits that Sarah picked for her and yeah that included those shoes. People might not believe this but Lightning already mastered walking on those unusual shoes, or so it seemed to her. And that really brought out Lightning's feminine elegant side as per her sister's comment.
When Sarah approved that everything readied and would make a good first impression Lightning picked up her stuffs, made her way to the bus station.
"See ya in the evening Sarah."
"Okay sis. Good luck."
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That was not her first time there, since she already came here for the interview but seriously, was this company really this big? Or was her mind so fix with interview and didn't notice the surrounding? Lightning wondered while she was told to sit in the waiting room, waited for person in charge to come and get her settle in. After about 10 minutes, a man in white shirt, black trousers with glasses and funny hair emerged. Saw the way he dressed, Lightning could tell that he must be one of the high ranked executives in this Corporation. He stopped in front of her, introduced himself and offering his hand for the greeting.
"Good morning, I am Ignis Scientia. Nice to meet you."
"Good morning Mr. Scientia, I'm Claire Farron and the pleasure was mind." Lightning accepted his hand and saluted back.
"Welcome to Caelum Corporation, Ms. Farron. Okay, so on your first day I am going to be your instructor and I will be around for 2 weeks to help you settle in. But first, I would like you to meet our department manager" Ignis presented and started walking toward the elevator.
"Yes, thank you." Lightning replied and followed closely behind her instructor.
Ping.
The elevator arrived and they both got inside. Ignis pressed for 10th floor and turned back to the new intern.
"So how is your feeling on your first day, hm?" He asked courteously.
"A little bit nervous but I'll be alright. Thank you." Lightning replied back nicely.
"I understand. You'll be okay." Lightning just responded him with a warm smile and he nodded back.
The rest of the ride was awkwardly silent until they reached their destination. The two employees stepped out then Ignis took the lead again. They both came to stop in front a blur looking glass door. The instructor knocked and waited a few second before reached for the knob open it for both of them to enter.
"Mr. Caelum." Ignis started courteously.
The man at the desk took his eyes off the monitor, focused instead on the visitors who were standing in front of his desk.
"Yeah, the new intern." He muttered while looking at Ignis.
"Mr. Caelum, this is Ms. Claire Farron, our new intern." The executive introduced.
"Welcome to the corporation Ms. Farron." The man behind the desk turned to the said intern and greeted with a smile.
TBC
Please pardon my grammar and spelling mistake. I'll edit when my beta get back to me.
I want to take things slow and build up for main plot, so I hope you reader out there don't mind it.
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