For a reason that no one could quite explain (or dared to for that matter) attending a meeting led by Ohtori Kyouya was more ominous than death row.
The air was tense and quiet; those involved sat on the edges of their seats and listened intently to the stream of sophisticated words flowing from his lips, attempting to comprehend perhaps a third of what he was saying. No one interrupted. No one asked questions. It was simply the heavy sound of his low voice detailing the finer points of every brilliant business scheme he devised and then sharing what he called a 'simplified' version with them.
Today was like any other day. The meeting began at exactly 5:30, and Kyouya stood at the front of the room with a power point glimmering behind him. He used no papers or note cards to prompt himself and never glanced backwards at the slides behind him; it was as though he knew the material word for word, into the very depths of his soul. The men and women before him hardly dared to blink even for a second, because Ohtori Kyouya never repeats himself. Things carried on in this manner for approximately fifteen minutes.
And then, something very unexpected happened.
The door opened.
In stepped a tentative secretary whom Kyouya fixed with a look like steel and fire. The others in the room swallowed as one, awaiting the explosion.
"What is it?" he asked in an unnaturally calm, poisonous voice.
"Forgive me, Ohtori-sama," the secretary said quickly, "But you told me to tell you-"
"I am aware of every word I have spoken to you. Now what is it?"
"T-t-thunder," she squeaked. "Just now."
Everyone looked back to Kyouya for his reaction, wondering if the secretary would be fired. But Kyouya only shut off the projection screen and said, "This meeting has been rescheduled. Chiyoko-san will forward you the times promptly."
And with that, he left the room briskly, his eyes still as hard as stone, leaving the occupants of the room to whisper amongst themselves about the unusual behavior of their boss.
His secretary, Chiyoko Machi, smiled slightly.