A/N: Ahhh! I will never download anything from the internet again! . Well… not anything that has to do with computer protection or something…. Anyways, enough of my whining. =) So I think I might be getting sick and it sucks. But at least I got outta working tonight, so there's plus. =D I think it might be from staying up so late every night.... Does lack of sleep affect your immune system? Ehhh… Anyways, I'm pretty sure you guys are tired of my babbling so I'll shut up now and get on with the story. =D
Warnings: boy love, some more meanness towards Kiba (I really don't hate him! I just couldn't think of anyone else to fill in for the role. Actually Kiba is one of my favorite characters!), some OOC, and language
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR MIDNIGHT SECERTARY
"Talking"
"Thinking"
??? – Time/Scene Change
They're Fake, Aren't They?
"His hot breath on my neck… The small pain when he drank my blood… That feeling was coursing throughout my entire body. It was addicting… Like a drug…"
"… And next is the schedule. The reports from the other departments are on your desk. Do you require anything else?" Sasuke asked professionally, taking notes in his notebook.
"So not sexy…" Naruto grumbled as Sasuke closed his notebook. "How come I get stuck with the absolutely not sexy secretary? Did I do something to anger the gods?" Naruto continued to whine as he pointed out all of Sasuke's features that grated his nerves.
Sasuke, for some odd reason, felt that he should be the one asking that question. Oh right, section IV, article VII, paragraph II, and sentence VIII: The "the gods hate you so much that they decided instead of screwing with you by just cursing you with bad luck, they would just stick you with a 'I'll-fuck-anything' vampire and call it a day" clause. How could Sasuke forget? That's his favorite clause… But honestly, Sasuke truly couldn't see what was wrong with how he dressed. He liked his slightly overly-baggy suit that effectively hid his feminine figure, his large, coke-bottle glasses that hid nearly all of his face, and he liked his simple hair style. Granted it kind of looked like a duck's butt, but Sasuke was willing to look pass that. Really, he was…
"Well Director, sorry for not being sexy…" Sasuke sighed. "But even if I did put some effort in that department, I do have my limitations."
"Limitations? Liar." Naruto stated simply, invading Sasuke's personal space and tilting his chin up. "These glasses aren't even prescription are they? Don't try and lie to me. That time you could see perfectly well even without them, right?"
Remembering that night, Sasuke nearly jumped out of Naruto's grip and backed up so far that he slammed himself into the hard wall and window. Naruto was slightly surprised by his secretary's speed.
"I… It's really difficult to explain sir, but my glasses are to correct a slight astigmatism! So when I work at a computer I can see all the text and pictures, since when I do look at a computer without my glasses, all the colors just kind of just blend together and my head starts to hurt and it's just a terrible mess… Sir…" Sasuke rambled as he pushed his glasses further up his nose.
"If you have difficulties seeing, then why do you have your hair covering your face?" Naruto questioned, referring to the strands of hair that framed Sasuke's face, as he watched his secretary continue to inch away from him, even though the raven was already backed up against a wall.
"Well… Well you see Director," Sasuke scrambled for words. "A lot of people have said that my forehead is too big, so to cover it up I…" Sasuke trailed off, watching Naruto warily.
Naruto stared back with a blank expression bordering on interest and amusement.
"Ohhh, how interesting. My usually cool, composed and so capable secretary Uchiha Sasuke is becoming very uneasy. Now my interest is peaked on why you insist on dressing like that," Naruto teased as he blew another puff of smoke from his cigarette into the air.
"I can assure you Sir. I am at my very best…" Sasuke replied, becoming a little uneasy.
Sasuke sighed as he remembered the true reason for his choice of style. "Actually, the truth is… My face is much too feminine for any self-respecting male. My real face doesn't look anything like a male secretary. Female maybe… So I don't want anyone in the company to know this. The male secretary of Uzumaki Naruto looks like a girl. I can't afford to look like some cross-dresser. And also…" Sasuke had to turn so that he was no longer facing the blond director. "I didn't freak out like that because he found out about my glasses. Unfortunately, it was because he touched me… That stupid vampire…" Sasuke sighed as he tired to calm himself down.
Unhappily, Sasuke was starting to understand the feelings of all those people who willingly became Naruto's victims. Sasuke could clearly remember the burning sensation, and hated that whenever he got near the blond, he was reminded of it. Whether he liked it or not. But as Sasuke prepared some tea, he constantly reminded himself that he was different, because he knew Naruto's real intent. Naruto just wants blood and the heat in his body had absolutely nothing to do with his feelings.
"I just have to find a logical way to deal with this… I have to…" Sasuke knocked loudly on the director's office door. "Excuse my interruption. But I've brought the tea."
Naruto and Kiba looked up from their conversation. Kiba smiled happily at Sasuke while Naruto's expression remained the same.
"Thanks Sasuke."
"Inuzuka-san has such a charming smile. I wish it was Inuzuka-san who drank my blood, instead of the stupid director…" Sasuke smiled as he set the tea down carefully.
The secretary watched as Naruto and Kiba continued on with their conversation. He studied the way that Kiba and Naruto interacted with each other. He wasn't surprised to see that Kiba still treated Naruto like everyone else. That was probably why Naruto and Kiba are such good friends.
"Inuzuka-san doesn't seem to be affected by the fact that the director is a vampire, but the situations must still be very complicated and tense…" Sasuke mused as he continued to watch the two.
"Don't you think you're being a little rash?" Kiba questioned. "You should proceed more carefully with this business. Otherwise, this will affect his employees too, and this'll turn into a disaster."
"Ha… You're being too naïve, Kiba," Naruto answered.
Sauske moved towards the door and couldn't help feeling that even though the two were best friends, it seems that they don't get along too well when business is involved. Sasuke knew that naturally, Naruto didn't miss a single chance to put humans down. But the secretary couldn't help thinking that Naruto seems to treat Kiba a little bit more badly than the others, but only when business gets thrown into the equations.
"He's just jealous that Inuzuka-san is a much better person than he is…" Sasuke reasoned as he quietly stepped out of the office.
"I won't leave him and his bunch of employees like this… I'll level them to the ground once and for all…" Naruto happily explained.
"You're a monster." Kiba accused helplessly.
"Well put, Inuzuka-san," Sasuke agreed as he silently shut the door behind him.
"They're talking about Director Lee, I'm sure…" Sasuke reasoned as he walked back to where the tea's mess was. "He's going against the company's current establishment. Plus I've seen many documents relating to him and his department. I'm sure the dobe is plotting something…" Sasuke sighed as he cleaned up the small tea mess. "Then… I'll do some research on Lee; so that I'll be able to provide information to the director on first notice…" Sasuke returned to his desk and started up his computer.
For a few minutes, Sasuke quietly researched the competitor, before the soft creaking of a door caused him to look up. Sasuke watched as Kiba walked out of Naruto's office, but before leaving the wolfish brunette turned to face his blond best friend.
"Don't do anything stupid, Naruto."
"I don't need you telling me that. If you're done, then please leave," Naruto commanded before he slammed the door loudly.
Sasuke and Kiba could only stare at each other silently.
"Uh… I know Naruto's attitude isn't the best when it comes to business, but he's got a good heart," Kiba smiled.
Sasuke looked at Kiba like he had just grown six more heads and eighteen more arms.
"No, I'm serious…" Kiba stated, smiling awkwardly. "And it's not that we don't get along in business, we just have very different views… I mean this too."
"…Inuzuka-san…" Sasuke stood amazed.
"Bye Sasuke. I'll see you around," Kiba then waved as he left the office.
"Have a good day Inuzuka-san." Sasuke bowed respectfully as the brunette shut the door behind him.
Sasuke then sat back down at his desk. But before he could restart searching, Naruto loudly called the secretary into his office. Sasuke sighed tiredly as walked to the blond's office. The raven entered the office and bowed. "Yes sir?"
Naruto looked over towards Sasuke and took a drag from his newly lit cigarette.
"Hurry up and clean this mess up, and remove all evident of Kiba's presence. They depress the living hell outta me right now…" Naruto waved his hand back and forth in a sweeping motion.
Sasuke had to force his features to remain completely neutral. "Inuzuka-san… I think you might be mistaken…"
???
Sasuke bowed respectfully as the doors was loudly forced open. Uzumaki Minato, followed by a group of men, walked through the door and seemed completely obliviously to the impressive row of bowing secretaries. The president of Uzumaki Corporations is Uzumaki Minato, and he is also Uzumaki Naruto's father. A man that was obviously younger than the blond president seemed to have Minato's complete attention. He's the Vice-President of Uzumaki Corporations and also the blond's younger brother. Sasuke watched the President and Vice-President as the group walked passed him. Sasuke vaguely remembered a rumor floating around that the Vice-President was challenging Minato's management policies. Sasuke then shifted his attention to the green-clad man walked enthusiastically behind the Uzumaki brothers, Director Lee who takes advantage of the rumor. Director Lee is trying to produce an anti-establishment within the company, I.E. a party that supports the Vice-President. But Sasuke highly doubts that the very green director was doing this of his own accord. Lee was probably following the advice of his beloved mentor, Gui. Sasuke's eyes trailed after the group until they disappeared into the company meeting room.
???
Sasuke was really starting to hate making tea.
"He said it again!" whined a nearby secretary.
"Yes! He said 'lousy' under his breath, so the President and Manager wouldn't hear him!" agreed another secretary.
"Yea, it's the same when I wait on him. Nothing by complains," interjected another busy secretary.
"He's always been like that. He refuses to eat anything, unless it's of the highest-quality."
"And about the banquets of our clients?" asked another nameless secretary. "Is it true that he decides whether to make a deal with someone according to the foods at those banquets?"
"I don't know. But you know. At the last board meeting, Director Uzumaki and Manger Inuzuka-san both looked my way. I nearly died!" a secretary gushed, pausing in her work.
"Oh? How dreamy," answered another secretary.
Sasuke chose then to stop eavesdropping on the other secretaries' conversations. But in his own defense, they weren't talking all the quietly to begin with.
"Director Uzumaki doesn't like to stay in the building very often and he always leaves very late at night. But when he is in, he's always in his office. It's so rare to ever meet him, right?" asked a secretary as he cautiously set tea cups on a tray.
"We're exclusive secretaries and even we're considered lucky if we run into him," answered a different secretary.
"But you're his private secretary aren't you Uchiha-san?" Sasuke glanced up upon hearing his name. "It must be really difficult. I've heard he's very strict and there's so much work to do…"
"But you're very capable Uchiha-san. I don't think anyone else could handle the job as well as you."
Sasuke smiled politely and thanked the secretary before the head secretary quickly broke up the pow-wow circle. The other secretaries quickly scrambled away, while Sasuke carefully grabbed a full tray before following after the head secretary.
"Shikamaru, you're the Vice-President's secretary right? It must be difficult. But you're always so calm and you complete all your jobs flawlessly," Sasuke complimented as he followed the brunette down the empty hall, trying not to drop the tray.
"Not really," Shikamaru answered lazily. "I'm just skilled at dealing with troublesome people."
"I need to learn that skill. No matter how hard I try, I always get a popping vein when I get pissed off." Sasuke pointed towards his forehead.
"It's just too troublesome to get angered…"
"I envy you for that attitude, Shikamaru," Sasuke smiled politely.
"I really admire Shikamaru. He's not only very capable in his work, but he's also a perfect secretary in other aspects as well. I can do without being as muscled and handsome as him. But if I could just get rid of my girly appearance that would be wonderful…" Sasuke sighed as he continued down the hall, beside Shikamaru.
As the two walked on, they passed Director Gui and some business man that seemed vaguely familiar to Sasuke, but for the life of him, he couldn't recall what the man's name was.
???
Knock. Knock.
Sasuke looked up from his work to see a distressed secretary poke her head into the office.
"Do you have a minute, Uchiha-san?"
Sasuke nodded and the secretary warily walked over to Sasuke's desk. She shifted nervously from foot to foot before she explained her reason for coming. Sasuke listened in shock as the secretary seemed to become more and more anxious as her story continued.
"The 'Ichiaku' traditional restaurant at Akasaka? On such short notice, I think it might be impossible to get a reservation there," Sasuke shook his head.
"But Director Gui ordered me that it has to be there and no where else."
"Okay, just leave it to me. I'll do all I can," Sasuke replied trying to comfort the girl.
"You think you can, Uchiha-san?" the secretary asked skeptically.
"Of course," Sasuke replied confidently, "I know someone that works there."
"Thank you so much! They decided to have the meeting there all of a sudden and I was so stressed about it…"
As Sasuke dialed the restaurant's number, the raven suddenly remembered the man that he had seen with Director Gui earlier.
"By the way, does Director Gui have a guest right now?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"Um.. Yea. Why?"
"No nothing…" Sasuke smiled before returning his attention back to the phone. "Umm yes, could I speak with…?"
After a few minutes of going back and forth with the person on the phone, Sasuke was finally able to get the reservation that he wanted.
"Thank you so much," Sasuke answered as he wrote down the needed information on a sheet of paper, and then hung up the phone.
"Okay, it's settled," Sasuke handed the piece of paper to the grateful secretary, "all you have to do is say my name and you'll receive accommodations."
The secretary thanked Sasuke happily and took the paper and quickly left the office. After the girl's departure, Sasuke couldn't help pondering the information he had just received.
"Touei Department Store, eh..? I wonder if Director Lee and Gui have some negotiations to do with the new client… But there's conference with the director, Inuzuka-san, and everyone else tomorrow…"
Sasuke glanced up at the clock and then headed for Naruto's office. Knocking on the door softly, he quietly opened the door to hear the blond's voice sounding a little frustrated.
"… Then we won't make it… The meeting's tomorrow jackass… Do what you want, just get a hold of it. Understand?" Naruto looked up and noticed Sasuke standing in the door way. He quickly bid good-bye to the person on the phone and hung up.
"According to the forecast, the weather will be bad tonight. Be careful on your way home Director," Sasuke smiled politely. "Excuse me, but is there anything else you require of me, Sir?"
"…No… You can go home," Naruto answered tucking his cell phone back into his pant pocket.
Sasuke nodded and left the office. He grabbed his jacket and multiple files before leaving the almost empty building. Once outside, Sasuke had to hold the files tightly to his chest in fear of them flying off, since the wind was blowing especially hard. He looked up at the dark building and his eyes zeroed in on the only window that was still illuminated.
"I think the director will go all out this time. That's something I certainly shouldn't get involved in. I'm sure it's something very shady and dangerous. The kind of affair that you avoid at all costs…" Sasuke reasoned as he continued to study the only lighted window. "So then, why do I feel so uneasy? I know. It's because I'm a vampire's secretary. Even though I know his secret, I'm still very uneasy about it. One way or another, I hate to run from responsibility, especially in the really crucial moments… Please be careful, Director…" Sasuke pleaded as he started to head home.
The rain was beginning to fall hard.
TBC…
….This chapter didn't end up as interesting (or good) as I thought it would be... ' Oh well. Sorry readers. =(
This chapter didn't end where I wanted it too, but if I had made it go to where I wanted it then the chapter would've been too long.
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed reading and please review. =D
Now, I'm gonna go get me something sweet. =]
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