Disclaimer: Story is mine, characters are not ;)

Chapter 2

It had been two days since Neji had given him a reluctant thumps up. But that was it.

If his devising was perfect, Naruto should have been here by now.

He wasn't.

Which meant that either the blond had a change of mind or he was scared of approaching the raven.The latter seemed to be more accurate since he often spoke about not going back on his words.

In any case, Sasuke was sure that the blond would turn up sooner or later. It was just a matter of wait now.

With these thoughts, Sasuke reached his office at sharp 8 am. Grumbling internally for not having an accidental meeting with someone he hoped to, he stepped out of the lift and waited patiently near his office door. A few minutes later, the lift 'tinged' and stepped out the bane of his existence in a formal wear of a very informal size.

Too short, too open and too red for his taste.

"Goodmorning, Mr Uchiha, here is your tea."

Said the red spectacled nuisance.

The raven nodded taking the said beaverage from her "You can email today's schedule to me, all appointments to be kept." With that he got into his office, closing the door behind him.

He had learnt his lesson of not trusting her in close proximity for more than a few seconds. It could be traumatizing.

Behind his desk and infront of the monitor had been his favorite place these past two days. He did all his work on his personal laptop, but the monitor was regularly in use now. Four cameras gave him enough eyes on the floor.One on the operation floor, one on the floor reception, one near the lift and the last directly above his door.

Taking a sip of his daily welcome drink, he got to work occasionally checking the monitor.

Two hours, 3 contracts reviewed and signed was all it took for his Christmas to come early this year. There it was, the blob of a very blond head among the black haired nerds on screen 23 -C. Abandoning the file, Sasuke got into a comfortable position, fully focused on the display.

He knew what was happening.

His assistant was just too predictable.

There was no way, the kind hearted idiot would not attempt to console the troubled souls aka the employees after hearing what hardships they were going through. And as expected, the said troubled souls were ignoring him and were busy trying to keep there asses safe before the Satan gets to them.

The entire picture was so amusing even without an audio.

However,..

It wasn't entertaining after 23 mins.

"Oh! Kami sama. Would you get a hint?"

Annoyed, Sasuke called the team floor, which was unsurprisingly answered in half a second.

"Yes, Uchiha san."

"Nagaoka san, Itachi will come in today for a pre-review of the SESNO project. He is expected to be here by 3 pm." he sent out a silent apology for the torture he executed as he watched tha man's face go white as his ceiling.

"Wha...a.a...Uchiha san wants the pre-review ttttto... ddday?"

The yellow blob was now facing the paling nerd.

"Yes, I hope you have the presentations ready."

".. tttto...ddday..?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes. Seriously! why is his brother's team so scared of him.

"I will let you work then." With the click, the scene on the monitor changed to his liking. The mumbling nerd was seen yelling something at the others, everyone looked equally panicked, all heads dipped very close to monitor already sticking to screens. One of them got up and pushed the blond idiot out of the room.

Perfect!

The confused assistant stood there for a few seconds before dragging his feet towards Sasuke's cabin.

Smirking to himself, Sasuke got up to prepare the stage. The neatly kept files were tossed haphazardly, papers, pens and other stationaries scattered some on the desk, some on the floor. Satisfied with the setup, he waited for the scene to start.

But...

12 minuets, and the idiot was still standing infront of his door, fidgeting as if he really needs to go to the bathroom but can't.

The Uchiha was mildly irritated now. Mildly, because his Uchiha genes kept him on a leash. Everytime his emotions tried to take over, his father's stern face would howl him back on place. Patience...which did pay off.

Because the next min, he saw the red spectacled bug making her way to his office and engaging in what looked like a not-so-friendly conversation with Naruto.

Karin, his current assistant seemed to be inquiring his reasons to be there and surprisingly, Naruto didnt look very forthcoming. She didnt look very happy with his clipped answers and kept saying something to him jerking her head towards the lift.

'She was asking him to leave?'.

Sasuke smirked. Oh! This woman is trying her luck. He doesn't even let his own boss boss him around, she doesnt stand a chance.

Wait...did she just poke him on the shoulder?

'Bad move'

The arguement had taken out all the nervousness from the blonde's body. He had that calm, confident and bold look now that kept their clients attentive and entranced. The tan boy turned to face her fully, giving her a look over, said something making the red head look like a human tomato.

He regretted the 'no audio' condition now.

'Well, whatever.'

Not wanting a blood bath at his doorstep, he went to the door to break them up.

He was pleasantly shocked to see the red head stuttering infront of a calm Naruto who was patiently waiting to articulate her answer for the question "... an ask him yourself."

"Ask whom what?" was to announce his entry.

Dramatic! isn't it?

"Ah! Mr Uchiha. I had come for a casual visit. I hope you don't mind?"

Unsurprisingly, his response was cut off by his fuming assistant. The current one that is.

"Casual visit? Who do you think you are? You can't just casually visit him."

And not deterred was the rapid answer " Well, it's for him to decide, not you. And before you argue, yes, the rules for you and I are different. Didn't we cover that part."

'Ofcource. He is my fiancé.'

"Karin. You can give me the file and get back to work. Or better yet, you can have the day off. Postpone all the appointments after lunch and go home." He said motioning for her to give him the file. The embarressed employee gave him the file but didnt leave.

"Is there anything else?" He asked impatiently.

"Uchiha san, ...why do you have that camera there?"

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'What?'

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Sasuke tried not to look baffled now.

"... the one above the door. It wasn't there before."

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"Are you expecting me to answer that?" was his annoyed response.

"..uh... I mean no but ..he...uh...". Karen now seemed near to tears.

" If you are done, you can give me the file and get back to your work."

".. yes. Mr Uchiha." She answered meekly, scurrying away.

The blond looked unimpressed. "The sarcasm wasnt necessary."

"Hn." the raven went back in his office with the other man on his heels. "I m going for lunch, care to join?" he asked while placing the file on the desk and taking his keys. Holding his snickers was the most difficult job at hand.

"Sure". was the reply but the ex- assistant was busy arranging the messy table. Seriously, too predictable.

" Uzumaki." He called, going out with pretend impatience.

"COMING"

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Lunch was ... for the lack of words.. amusing. Again. ;)

La Ermquoro was a peaceful place, great food and staff wasn't nosy or clingy.

"Would you like to order, Sir?" A tall brunette asked, smiling intently at the blond.

Yup, Sasuke loved the place. They were regular there. The staff loved th.. uh.. Naruto. They loved how he is unable to pronounce the name of the restaurant, or the name of the dish he wants to order despite ordering the same dish everytime.

"Uh yeah.. Please get me this one and (flipping a page) this one."

Yup the same thing.

"Ofcource. And would you order your regular Mr. Uchiha?"

"Hn."

"They'll be ready in a moment, Sir." She said leaving.

Seeing that the blond still had his nose inside the Menu, "You know there are other dishes worth ordering too. Why do you keep ordering the same thing."

"I like this one."

"You haven't tried any other."

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"I can recommend something to you."

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"Jesus, Uzumaki!!. He is just messing with you. They dont have donkey's ass or elephant's foot in there."

"...you don't know that. These names are all fishy.. .. or elephanty."

It was hard to control an eye roll over this.

Really?? What's next ? Cow shits diamonds?? He will believe it if Itachi says it.

"Ano, Uchiha-San. I heard you are considering a deal with the Sanin Corp?"

"Its under discussion. So far it looks profitable." more like ready to be thrown out the window.

"Uh..but we have never..."

"Karin will handle any discrepancies."

And that was that. Despite all attempts, Sasuke avoided entertaining any work related conversations.

Lunch after that was an awkward affair, atleast on Naruto's part.

As predicted, he must have felt responsible for disrupting the work flow and comfort of many people in the company. He took pride in his work and hoped not to disappoint anyone. But his sudden transfer left himself dissapppinted and very upset. With the raven, he was always on his toes, hitting challenges after challenge, dealing with a moody boss and demanding clients. Suigutsu was the opposite. He would make him run around for useless odd jobs but wouldn't mind procrastination at all. He hadn't work on a single file after moving here and deep down he just wanted Sasuke to call him back. But that moment didn't seem close though.

His frustrated sighs were making his thoughts audible.

"How's working with the Marketing team? Suigutsu treating you well?"

"It's ..OK." was the soft response and there was tense silence.

OK.It was time for the talk.

Clearing his throat, Sasuke kept his chopsticks aside, hinting a conversation he meant to have with him. And the blonde followed the action, secretly hoping his reassignment to the raven.

"Naruto. I don't want you to feel that you are being punished for something. If you are unhappy in Marketing, I can move you to Production or Sales."

A flash of anger and disappointment passed through the tan face but he didn't answer

"Do you wish to move to Quality?"He didn't want to offer this. He might accept working with Neji.

"Are you saying, that my transfer has nothing to do with our disagreement over your personal matter?" his words did not mince any irritation now.

Naruto was neither a push over nor a difficult person to work with. But the moment something feels unfair to him he wouldn't budge until you make sense to him.

" I m not denying that. I m just ...sorting it out."

The incredulous look on the blond's face was enough to show his disbelief.

"Wait it out for another week and you will be pulled back to your previous role. " Now was the time to prepare for the final blow. The raven sincerly hoped it worked. Once he saw the blond seem to calm down, he continued. "Itachi needs to finish off some handovers before taking my role over here.

And with that, all blood left the small tan face.

Everyone knew that the assistant was terrified of the elder Uchiha. It was funny that he had never had any problems with the director (their father) himself but Itachi just scared the shit out of him.

"Whaa...?.." he squeeked. "Why? Where are you going? When will you be back.?"

Really?.Can you ask me that? I am your boss!!

Normally, the younger Uchiha would glare and ignore any unnecessary questions. But this is the talk he waited to have.

"The whole engagement thing was to keep my mother from fretting over my life. Once I come clean to her I do, she will start worrying again. I will go stay with her to calm her down."

"When.. will you be back?"

"I won't. I mean, not officially. I will probably join the headquarters with my father."

"Hmm...So. .. I can keep working with Hoshigake San?"

Oh no!!!.

"No, I don't think Karin will survive under Itachi."

"But, you said I can..."

"Itachi has asked for the original team members. He doesn't tolerate mishaps."

He hoped he didnt sound desperate.

The blonde looked anxious and fidgety but wasn't on the edge yet.

"He is due for a site visit tomorrow. I m thinking of arranging a team meeting to introduce you all officially."

"WHAT??"

That tan face was white again. "No no. Wait. Please wait. It's too soon. "

"Uzumaki, there is..."

"Let's do it. I can be your fake fiancé. . .Don't bring him."

"... I don't want to pressure you.."

"You are not." his voice was shaky. " I understand your problem. let's sort it out."

"Hmm.. Are you sure?"

"Yes. I am"

"Good. Then go home and pack. You are coming to my parents with me tomorrow."

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"WHAT?"