Chapter 4: One Problem Down

Author's Note: This chapter depicts how her ex-manager became the villain in the end. –hinthint- Anyway, enjoy! R & R.

"Rrrring! Rrrring!"

"Hello, welcome to the Apple Store. Ah, yes, Mr. Kanzaki. Do you wish to speak to the Fat Mor- I mean, your wife?" Ienzo cleared his throat, turning around to look at the Manager who seemed to be busy shouting at customers to force them to buy items. "Alright, Mr. Kanzaki. Thank you, and I bid you goodnight." He put the phone down, smirking. Boy, was Sherilyn going to have it tough.

"This is the newest product in the market. The first ever made. It has a memory space of 100 GB, has camera and video camera functions, and can store up to 5000 songs and pictures." The customers gasped in awe, as Relena introduced the item to them. The cheeriness in her voice was starting to fade off, due to the fact that she had to take on a third shift as employees had fallen ill and the moronic manager had decided to make it tough for Relena. "It's pay-back for coming late for work at least two times a week." Relena could vaguely hear her squeaky voice ring in her ears like an annoying buzz.

She gave them a smile, as Ienzo pulled her aside, grabbing her arm.

"What?"

"Let's go take a supper break." He murmured, craning his neck to look over at Sherilyn with a furtive look.

"What? You know we can't do that!" she whispered back, the lanyard around her neck tilting slightly.

"It's just for a little while. She's so plump that she'll probably only see that lumps of fat around her body to notice the two of us gone." He reassured. Relena agreed reluctantly and they left, with Sherilyn still hollering at customers, causing their eardrums to 'bleed'.

"Can we drop by the camera shop after this? I need to collect my video cam." Relena asked as they walked along the streets. It was filled with the usual crowd of men in business suits, afraid to go home due to their wives, but Relena was sure that they were much better than her Manager. Ienzo nodded as they entered Yoshinoya to grab a quick bite before returning to pack up. More than half the Ginza District Apple Store employees had fallen sick, due to Sherilyn's so-called new company rule that they must stay in the shop and can only leave if she permits them. Relena resisted the urge to quit, but she must carry on to earn an income to support herself, and if necessary, save up enough to start a family….with Lea.

Relena flushed at the thought, and Ienzo, who sat next to her, gave her a look of mild interest. "What're you blushing about?"

"Nothing! Really…" she squeaked and continued to eat her rice. They were the only ones there, due to the fact that most people had already gone home.

"Thank you."

Relena handed the store owner an amount of three thousand and five hundred Yen. He thanked her and begin to close the shop, pulling the metal grilles down with a long stick-like tool. She clutched a video camera in her hand and strolled back to the stall with Ienzo by her side, hands in his pockets as he watched life around him moving on.

"I was gonna clean my room, when I got high!"

A faint voice called out from the back room of the store. He shrugged, but armed himself with…his tie. Relena cast Ienzo a look that said 'How's-That-Supposed-To-Defend-Us'? Ienzo ignored her and stepped forward quietly. Relena followed, careful not to make the slightest noise. The next thing that she saw nearly made her jaw drop in bewilderment.

There she was; her manager. Sherilyn, was singing like a crazy lunatic, holding a wine glass below her chin as if acting like a rock star. Bottles of beer lay toppled on the ground, with several fragments of glass and a puddle of beer left. "Oh my gosh, what happened?"

"Yeah. Her husband wants a divorce." Ienzo mumbled.

"That's awful…It must have taken toll on her." She sympathized.

"Revenge of Mr. Kanzaki. He must've had enough of that idiot."

"I was gonna find my broom, when I got high!" she sang again, downing another bottle of beer with the liquid spilling all over her clothes.

"Give me your camera." Ienzo stretched a hand out to take it from her.

Relena looked confused, but gave it to him anyway. He pulled the screen open and began to film Sherilyn. It was then that she began to stumble out of the room, with the bottle of beer still in her hand.

"Now my room's messed up and I know why…"

Ienzo and Relena turned around to watch her lumber out of the back room and into the Apple Store. She was nearing the latest product that lay unkempt on the table.

"Ienzo! She's-"

Too late. Sherilyn had knocked the product off the table and it landed on the ground with a sickening crunch. Ienzo continued to film her and after that, he zoomed in on the broken item and stopped recording. "This thing is gonna get this old hag fired. Once we send it to Headquarters, we won't see that woman again." He grinned maliciously.

"Right. You've haven't changed since then." Relena thought with a jolt. Ienzo was always full of ideas, and this was about to be one that was going to change her life.