The car ride was silent.

Ridiculously silent.

Yuzu was driving, Mei was in the Passenger Side seat, and it was really silent.

The raven haired woman had expected Yuzu to take the train, or at least the bus, but what she wasn't expecting was for Yuzu to drive; There was much professionalism in how she drove, calm, collected, and would occasionally glance at the rearview mirror.

She was expecting for Yuzu to play a song, but it was the opposite, it was silent, the radio wasn't even on; She did leave her phone charging. So that's still a thing.

Before they left, the two kids had called Yuzu 'Mom', the eldest one ran straight into their bedroom (formerly Mrs. Aihara's bedroom), with the toddler following. Yuzu had even told them that there was food in the fridge.

This was all too much for Mei to process, and was the reason why the ride was relatively silent.

Mei looked out the window and watched as they drove through downtown Tokyo, taking a second to admire the largest commercial building she could see.

K-O Corporation. The largest business currently in Japan, having multiple subsidiaries ranging from Banks and R&D to malls. The Aihara and Udagawa family were major customers of the K-O Corporation.

The Corporation was formerly jointly managed by the Okogi and Kaname families, though after some debate, the management went to the Okogi family, with the Kaname family being a major shareholder (up to 30% of the corporations shares were held by the Kaname family.)

Mei was genuinely surprised when they started nearing the building, the parking area was underground, rumored to be a compromise done by the former CEO as to not force businesses to move.

Their car pulled up to the entrance, and the security guard had a look for surprise on his face.

"Ma'am, why-" Yuzu cut him off, motioning to stay quiet, the security guard merely sighed and nodded, letting them pass. Mei was still genuinely trying to figure out what was going on. And had decided to just follow Yuzu whatever the case.

As soon as the car was parked, both got out of the vehicle and Yuzu lead the way to the nearest elevator.

"So you work here?" Mei began as the elevator went up, impressed

"You can say it like that." The chestnut haired woman replied, a smug look on her face.

Mei noticed only now that Yuzu had pressed the button for the 53rd floor, nearly the top of the 55 storie building, and was genuinely curious of her position.

Ding

When the door opened, they were greeted by male and female workers alike, lining up in front of the elevator, Yuzu confidently walked out, and the group of 8 compressed themselves around her.

"Ma'am, the Kaname family is asking about the status of your children."

"Ma'am, Mr. Ito is asking for a meeting with you."

"Ma'am, the..."

And so they talked and talked and talked, Mei cautiously stepped out of the circle and watched as they slowly dispersed, leaving only Yuzu standing after two minutes.

"So...what's your job exactly?" Mei asked, curious.

"Current CEO of the K-O Corporation, according to the Okogi family tree."

Mei stopped.

Yuzu stopped and turned around to face Mei.

Mei could only stare at Yuzu's standing form. She knew Yuzu had potential, but she genuinely wasn't expecting for her to become CEO of the largest corporation in Japan. Not to mention...

"I know the Aihara and Udegawa family have been in debt for the past 6 years correct?" Yuzu added, walking inside her office with Mei in tow. Mei could only nod.

While both families were quite rich, recent events had caused both families to fall into severe debt, an estimated 22.3 Billion Yen had been loaned from the K-O Corporation and the Japanese government, with the Aihara family shouldering more than 80% of the total debt.

The sheer scale was too much for the Aihara family, the family was considering filing for bankruptcy, the Udegawa family was paying their share of the debt (3 Million Yen a Year), which left the Aihara family alone. The entire Aihara family had put all their hopes on Mei, in hopes of her finding a way.

And so she did.

"Is this why you called me here? To mock me?" The raven haired woman clenched her fist and held back tears, she felt betrayed in all honesty, and wanted to give Yuzu a slap to the face.

"Oh no, no, none of that."

Yuzu put on her reading glasses, which Mei admits is actually kind of cute, and picked up a folder.

"I called you here because according to this. All of the Aihara family debt was to be put under your name." Yuzu spoke out loud, Mei could only stand in submission.

"Is this true?"

She nodded.

Yuzu sighed. Of all the things that she couldn't imagine, one of them was for Mei to he stupid enough to shoulder all of the remaining debt.

Putting the folder down on the table, Yuzu picked up a piece of paper.

A contract.

"The Kaname family had requested that you pay for the remaining debt in the span of 3 months."

Mei gasped in shock; "T-There's no way-!"

Yuzu held up a finger; "If you can't completely pay for the remaining debt within the next 3 months, all the assets of the Aihara family are to be absorbed into the K-O Corporation and redistributed to the K-O Corporation shareholders."

Yuzu held out the contract.

"Or you be hired as an employee of the K-O Corporation under my jurisdiction until you reach retirement age."

Mei was genuinely surprised.

Yuzu sighed, set the contract down on her table and sat down on her chair.

"Both of these options are given to you by the Kaname family. Even the second one if you don't believe me." She added, wearing her reading glasses again and opening another folder. The prospect of Mei working for her was something she was looking forward to.

"Who's the father?"

Yuzuko could only sigh in disappointment, she had expected this question.

"Kaname Kino, deceased."

"So you're a Kaname."

"Yes. I am. However, the options given to you weren't directed by me."

The raven haired woman was currently undergoing a turmoil of emotions and decisions, little options and major consequences.

Sacrificing her freedom or Endangering her family.

Choices, choices, choices.

Yuzuko took a moment.

There was a third option, agreed upon by the Kaname and Okogi families, and was supported by both, even though it meant that they were going to break Japanese custom.

The third option was something that had the power to bring her down back to her teenage bumbling self. A side of her that she really didn't want to go back to.

"A...third option was offered by the Okogi family..."

Welp, her sanity was about to be thrown out the window.

"Agreed and supported by both families..."

Mei looked at Yuzu's form as she pulled out a small case from her desk.

"...are you willing to break norms?"

Mei hesitated; "Yes."

"Are you ready to face discrimination from the people who are undoubtedly going to find out?"

"...yes..."

Yuzuko stood up, and walked over to Mei. Running a hand over the raven haired girls cheek, feeling the softness and warmth.

"The third option..." Yuzu neared her lips to Meis, her heart was racing like she was in high school again. Her hand was sliding down towards Meis sides, entering the hem of the ravens skirt.

"...is to marry."

Mei, who was now breathing quite heavily, stuttered in between breaths; "W-W-Who do I h-have to m-marry?"

The CEO smiled, and moved her lips near Meis ears.

"Me."

And thus, the sounds of loud lovemaking echoed throughout the floor for the next half hour, workers were careful to not disturb them, ignoring the loud moans of 'Yuzu' every five minutes

A/N: better to not ask as to why I'm writing this at 5 AM

Nor is it better to ask wtf is going on

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