Opportunity

OHMYGAHDIMALIVE. Yep. I'm back with a new and longer chapter. 1,222 words this time. I usually go for 1,000 words. Welp, enjoy.

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"Woop. Time for the next shelf." Ren sighed as she moved the cart full of manga to the next aisle.

"Ah, Ren, do you get out early today?" a familiar male voice asked. Ren looked up and saw that it was Yukina.

"Yep. Why?"

"Really? I'm sorry to bother you but, do you mind taking Kisa-san's lunch to him for me please? It seems like I got my working schedule wrong and I actually have to stay longer than expected." Yukina said scratching his head.

"Yeah, sure. I'll be more than happy to!" she replied enthusiastically. 'Yes! I'll be going to the uke's working place!" Ren thought.

"Thanks you very much! I'll be counting on you. Oh, here's the address." Yukina smiled as he handed Ren a piece of paper.

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The time when Ren gets off work came quickly as she was excited to go see Kisa again. She took the lunch and headed straight towards Marukawa.

She boarded the train with a destination close to Marukawa Shoten. There weren't many people on the train at that time; there was only an old man, a young high school couple that seemed to be ditching, a mother and her child, and a cute guy that looked like he was in his early 20's.

He had pretty blue eyes and had dark chocolate brown hair with side bangs that covered his left eye. He wore casual clothing which made him look more attractive than he already was. He was also carrying a bag and had a pen in hand. Maybe he was going to school?

Ren liked to look at this man. She new she might look creepy staring at some random guy on the train, but she kows that's he still hasn't noticed her. It saddened Ren that she might never get to see him again, but there are plenty of other good looking guys out there, right?

Shortly after, the train reached her stop and she mentally said 'Goodbye' to the young man she was staring at.

Ren walked over to the big building that said 'Marukawa Shoten" at the top and gawked at how pretty the building is. 'Woah… so this is where Kisa-san works.' The brunette entered the building and gawked again. The interior was spacious and beautiful. She expected it to look boring, dull, and cramped.

Ren walked over to the reception desk and told the lady working there that she was looking for Kisa. The lady told her where to go and she followed her words. Only problem is, she sucks at directions and immediately got lost.

The brunette was starting to panic about where to go when a taller male brunette spotted her.

"Um, excuse me, but are you lost?" he asked.

'Finally! My savior is here!' she thought. "Yeah… I am. I'm looking for Kisa Shouta from the emerald department," she lifted Kisa's lunch. "I'm here for a special delivery," she smiled sheepishly.

"Oh, he's my underling. I'm going there right now. Follow me," he said as he motioned her to follow him.

Ren thanked him as she did a victory fist to herself.

They arrived at Emerald moments after and Ren thanked the man again.

"Ah, Takano-san, I finished writing the proposal," said a you green eyed man. So his name was Takano, huh? 'I'll have to keep that in mind.'

"Kisa-san! I brought your lunch over in place of Yukina. He couldn't make it today since he got his work schedule wrong," Ren stated as she approached the short man.

"Oh, thanks." He replied.

Ren was chatting with Kisa for a while until Onodera started to notice her and asked, "Oh, I'm sorry I just noticed but, is she your friend Kisa-san?"

Kisa, startled by Onodera's use of 'friend' for Ren, was struggling to reply. Ren caught on quickly and answered him instead. "Yes I am. My name is Ren Raya. I go to T University. Nice to meet you."

"Ah, I'm Onodera Ritsu," he handed her a business card. "How do you know each other?" he asked.

"I work part time at Marimo books and he visits often. Not me though, he visits his-"

"Uwaah! I just go there to check on the sales! Just the sales!" Kisa cut off.

"Eh? But doesn't Yokozawa do that?"

"Yeah but, I like to see how my sales are doing in person," he covered up. Kisa then sent Rena glare since he didn't really want anyone to know he was dating a princely man 9 years younger than him.
"Well, look at the time! I have to get ready to go to school hehehe,"Ren said as she was backing away slowly and taking Kisa's finished bento box. "I'll give this back to Yukina on my way there." And with that, she left.

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Ren got to school and she was working semi-happily on her project when her teacher announces that they have two guests. The teacher had informed the class several weeks earlier that a man from a publishing company would come by to recruit some animators for a new anime that they were making. The manga was selling well so they decided to make an anime version of it.

"Hello, little earthlings!" said a man in a suit, followed by a taller man in a suit. "Allow me to introduce my slef. My name is Ryuichiro Isaka and I am the senior managing director of Marukawa Publishing," he said."I bet you've all heard of the popular manga 'Girl's Master', right? Well, we are in need of some animators that will exceed our expectations and produce a great anime for that manga! I've been told that we need three volunteers, is anyone up for the job?"

A couple of hands went up and in them was Rens.

"Wow, seems like you all are interested. This will be hard. If you are interested, please drop off a portfolio of your work at the main office in Marukawa's main building. This will be all for today, I'll see you tomorrow." Isaki left with Asahina following behind him.

'Marukawa, huh? So that means that I might get to animate Kisa-san's manga! It's going to be so cool.' Ren thought.

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The day after that, Ren and six others went to Marukawa to drop off their portfolios and waited 'till the next day. They all waited for about two days until they got their results. Fortunately for Ren, she got chosen to be one of the three animators for 'Girl's Master' and was told to go to Marukawa the following week to go to the animators' studio. Ren arrived fifteen minutes earlier to go to Emerald and tell Kisa the good news.

"Heeeeeey, Kisa-san! Guess what!" Ren yelled happily as she was getting closer to Kisa's work station. She wasn't aware of the 'cycle' that they usually had every month and walked in to middle of it unexpectedly.

"Eh? Kisa-san? Are you alright?" she asked while picking up a small man from the floor and shaking him.

"Yeees. Stop shaking me," he said angrily. "What do you want? I'm working."

"Oh yeah, guess what?" she asked again letting him go. "I'm going to be one of the animators for 'Girls Master'! Isn't that awesome? Now, we'll probably be seeing each other more often."

'Great. Just what I wanted.' Kisa thought.

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Yep. If you have any suggestions for future chapters, then please tell me since I get writers block a lot. As well as artists block. Anyways, please review and tell me what you think. Oh yeah, Isaka and Asahina are appearing again next chapter.