Warning this will get graphic and have rather dark humor so here's my one and only warning! Don't report me if you're an idiot and can't read!
Japan, Tokyo 5:39 am
The air was cold as the sun was barely coming up, most awake and longing for the blanketing warmth of the sun. A cat meowed in an apartment much like the others as it's bell softly rang through the possibly empty rooms. It's fast movements were stealthy as it crept up to and onto the couch before rearing back. It's pupils dilated as it wiggled it's butt and leapt onto a lump under the kotatsu, causing a person to sit up swiftly and gasp tiredly.
" s-sesame!!....i know you like to eat but you could have gave me a heart attack..babe.."
The man's voice softened midway through his sentence since his throat was dry and it hurt. He got up and combed his snow white hair back staring at his eager Siamese that stared at him with innocent eyes. He sighed tiredly and got up with a soft crack of his back, his papers spread out over the kotatsu and floor. He pushed them aside as he made his way to his bedroom, his cat following with it's soft and broken meows but he pushed him out and closed the door behind him. He took a long hot shower just wanting to wake up as he rubbed his eyes but he would unconsciously leaned back and fall out of the shower. The thump and groan would alert his ever impatient cat which scratched at the door with a soft meow every minute or so.
"I wish i could just sleep forever...",
Alex would step into his kitchen while still drying his hair and grabbing a can of cat food, which he opened and emptied into his cat's bowl. The cat happily ate as he tossed his towel on the counter and waddled over to the kotatsu, picking up his papers and placing them and his laptop into a bag. His blood red irises shifting around the room until they looked down at his grumbling stomach. He got his stuff and headed for the door, kissing sesame on the head and heading out early, hoping that he'll grab something on the way as he headed down the hotels silent hallways. He kept his eyes ahead as he wasn't afraid who would be behind him, he was a rather tall man about 6'1 and he was not the type to come off as rich. The elevator would open and he would step inside riding it down to the lobby while he leaned against the wall, focusing on the music that barely filled the small box. " More silent then usual ", he spoke softly under his breath as there was a ding and he was walking out of the elevator, greeting the receptionist and heading out and onto the street. The streets were alittle busy as the sun was up by now and people were heading from and to work. Alex simply slipped in with the current and made his way to a cafe near his job that he had never visited but heard good things about from his coworker mavric. He would find it and step inside, the smell of roasted coffee and cinnamon filled his nose and thoughts before he stepped up to the counter.
" how may i help ya sir?"
A dark skinned women walked up to the desk and stared up at the man, her brown, almost black, eyes holding a tired look like his.
" if you have coffee I'll take it with alot of sugar and creamer but vanilla if possible and-.."
His attention was caught by a giant cinnamon roll in the glass display and his stomach would growl.
"And two of those sweetheart.."
The girl would nod with a slight smile and go to make his coffee which left Alex to lean against the counter. He instinctively went for his phone but paused at the sight of a man standing outside with his back turned to the cafe front. He was rather short but curvy in the thighs and waist, and his hair, it was a deep blood red but it looked so natural. The women would tap his shoulder, prompting him to swiftly turn to her and gently take his coffee and cinnamon rolls from her with a smile and thank you. When he'd turn around, the person would be gone and he'd think nothing of it and head out of the cafe and to work. He reached it in no time and road the elevator to his floor and quickly headed for the break room were he stashed one of his cinnamon rolls. Right before he took a bite of the one he had though he'd get startled but a energetic mavric that scared him with a loud. " GOOD MORNING! ", but other coworker Lucy would shush her and smile softly as shilo sat up from the table and said good morning to her brother aswell.
" He alex!, ooooo i know that cinnamon roll from anywhere, give me some! "
Mavric went for his cinnamon roll but he glared and prompted her to back off with a nervous laugh.
"Good morning Alexander, i see you actually may have slept last night"
"Yeah...it's change, an improvement"
Lucy spoke calmly and shilo would input her own response with and small ruffle of her black air and rub of her gold eyes. Mavric played with her soft pink hair before suddenly yelling.
"OH OH!! THERE'S A NEWBY JOIN US!!"
And shilo would instinctively slam her into the counter growling that she is way too loud and mavric would turn down her voice. Alex was alittle curious as he finished his cinnamon roll and sipped his coffee.
" a yes a man, people say he's older than he looks, maybe we could ask his to lunch with us and make him feel comfortable "
Lucy would coo softly and mavric would excitedly nod while shilo was not interested in making anymore friends. Alex nodded as well as shilo looked at her watch and mumbled. " slave time ", which meant it was time for work so they would leave the break room and head to their separate cubes.
Alex sat down and rubbed his head, taking out his laptop and papers and set them, in his opinion, " neatly on his desk " . He sipped his coffee and got to work hoping that he wont pass out this time as other people already began to pile work onto him.
A couple of hours had passed before he pushed himself back and stretched, his back cracking and making mavric do the same thing except her back cracked even louder. She yawned and smiled at alex which made him smile back before there was a voice asking for everyone's attention and soon they had it. Alex peaked around his cubicle wall and at his boss which smiled proudly but mavric would mumble, " he's introducing the newby most likely ". She was right as he announced what was the purpose for their attention.
" Today were are gaining a very special worker that flew in from hong kong, he will be a great and talented addition to our work as he's the top of his rank "
He gestured for someone to come in and there would be the soft clacking of shoes which would step beside the boss and face everyone. Alex almost leaned out of his chair from shock as he stared the man up and down.
" Meet Blake Ackerman, your new boss "
People began to murmur as the man's head softly raised from looking down and his blood red hair swayed and stood out like his green cat like eyes. People gasped at the sight of them and some pointed almost but Alex would dumbfounded.
" he's a cutie..."
Mavric said softly and smiled but stared at alex confused as he looked at blake with such a surprised expression. Blake looked down again and felt the dagger like stares of everyone stab right through him.
" It has been and honor to work with you all but i am getting old heh and blake here is young and capable so i would like you to treat him the same way you treat me, with respect and praise- "
The boss would speak but blake would cut in with his almost whisper of a voice.
" I m-mean they don't h-have t-to "
But the boss would say.
" Nonsense you deserve respect just as everyone else...blake! I will be leaving tomorrow after i pack up the rest of my stuff and retire, but like i said take care of blake cause i don't wanna be back "
The boss smiled and patted blake back before walking off and leaving blake infront of everyone. Their silence was rather deafening as blake cleared his throat and rolled up his sleves.
" Just a-as he said, I'm your new b-boss and i-i hope i am able to work swimmingly w-with you all "
His voice could barely be heard but some people nodded and watched as he swiftly waddled off and to his office. Everyone began to chat over it as shilo would roll over, on her chair, over to lucy, Alex and mavric.
S: " he looks like a pussy, he was like 5'3 and he could barely speak above a whisper! "
L: " It's called anxiety shilo, also people cannot control how they grow..."
M: "I think he's cute but Alex, you were acting weird? "
A: " y-ya sorry i just saw him standing outside of the cafe i went to, earlier this morning and now he's here "
M: "Maybe it's faith! "
S: "No way, Alex with someone is like you without woman, it's impossible.."
M/A:" Hey!! "
A: " I just feel like a relationship will get in the way of my work, i can barely get up in the mornings and all i have now is a cat! "
L:" It's like you without complaining, it's impossible "
Lucy mocked shilo for being mean and shilo would frown but Lucy didn't mean it she just wanted shilo to know the impact of her words.
" so we all agree, lunch with the boss? "
Lucy would as she brushed her hair back over her eyes when it got close to exposing them.
" Maybe not lunch, yaki gave me a couple e-mails to sift and respond to "
Shilo said softly before groan and leaning on the cubical wall since they were all sitting in mavric's.
M: " then dinner!...korean bbq would hit the spot "
A: " yeah i've been eating instant noodles and microwaved dinner for the longest...although seven eleven has some great stuff "
L: " yeah but it's great to eat somewhere good sometimes since you can't live off the food forever "
S: " I've gotten my food from there for years, but it's good to eat something that isn't microwaved "
They discussed before splitting their separate ways and working in their separate cubicals. Alex would finish and hand most of the work over to other workers and they'd thank him like always and tell him, " what they would do without him ", and he'd enjoy the praise. He soon found himself in the break room refilling his coffee which wasn't as good as the cafe's but it sure as hell kept him up.
" I say Alex asks him! "
Mavric would say swiftly making alex choke on his coffee and say. " Why?! "
" Cause you obviously seem intrigued by him also he seems like the shy type so he might reject if one of us ladies ask "
Mavric said sternly before noticing Blake enter the break room but freeze at the sight of the four and swiftly turn around. Mavric took this chance to shove alex towards him and and follow with the other two behind them. Blake noticed them following him so he speed walked to his office and slid inside but the door would be caught by a shoe. He felt the door gently get pushed open and out of his hand as he backed up to his desk with alex infront of him.
" y-yes is there something y-you need? "
Blake would ask softly with a rather forced smile which would make alex sigh. He'd gesture for him to take a deep breath since he obviously needs some time to adapt to this office. Blake would shakingly breath in and out and sigh his eyes falling upon Alex's which stared at blake with a soft intent.
" Since you're new here Ackerman, I would like to invite you to dinner with me and my three friends...?"
Alex's voice came out soft and relax but that may just be because he was tired. Blake would stare at him and nervously smile again before shaking his head.
B: " I-I will have to decline for i need to spend tonight getting use to the work "
A: " Yes but if you spend tonight with us we all could build a bond and it might just make your work here easier cause you can ask us for help.."
Blake sort of choked over his words finding Alex's response reasonable but tried to find a different excuse but gave in with a soft sigh.
B: " where?.."
A: " we've decided on korean bbq but we haven't decided the specific place..."
B: "Sounds lovely, but i can't go if i don't know the place...."
A: " If you give me your number than i could text you it later on, and pick you up "
B: " I-I...."
Alex cooed while blake stuttered at his almost flawless responses. He silently pulled out his phone and handed it over which allowed Alex to type his number inside his contacts. He gently took it back and noticed that his face was slightly flustered.
" See you tonight mr. Ackerman "
Alex cooed once more and left his office, gently closing the door behind him and leaving blake to ruffle his hair and sigh in defeat.
M: " what happened?! "
A: " I convinced him to go.."
S: " cool..."
M: " sounded more like sweet talk to me~ "
A: " w-wha?! Unlike you i don't sweet talk people, i-i don't know how to.....i mean i did get his number "
M: " see told ya?! "
S: " dang older bro "
A: " It was only so i could text him and pick him up at the proper time!! "
L: " Congratulations Alexander "
A: " L-Lucy what the hell?! "
Alex fought over his intentions with Shilo and mavric on the way home while Lucy just acted like a proud mother. They'd split and alex would go home and get ready for the hang out including their new boss.
"Sesame does it feel like destiny or maybe just a curse?"
Alex would mumble to his cat, who meowed and rubbed against his face wanting love so he kissed his head and pet him. He'd freeze at the sound off a soft knock though that sounded so distinct.
....knock knock.....knock knock....
..Knock...knock...knock...knock...
He'd softly step over and open the door and looking around but was met but nothing but he soon looked down and found a box. He stared at it rather hesitant as he had never ordered anything yet it was directed to him. He'd close the door on it and turn around to find it on the floor infront of him and he'd stare at it scared before picking it up and tossing it out of his house. He'd go back inside again and find it there again but now with " OPEN NOW!! " scribbled on the top and he'd finally take it to his kotatsu and grab a knife. He'd waddle over and slowly cut it open and swiftly opened it and backed up. He stood there for ten minutes waiting for something to happen before looking and reaching inside and pulling a old hand held game of some sort. It looked like nothing he had ever seen as he wiped off the dust and pressed what looked like the power button. It would turn on with cute pixel intro but there was already a game in it somehow, he would try to pull it out but it was stuck.
" what the hell is this?.....i probably just invited demons into here...."
He was already contemplating his life before something popped up on the screen. 7 hearts danced across the screen with a day 1 in the center, he tried to do something by pressing the buttons but nothing happened. He'd sigh and think that maybe it was just an old broken game that someone wanted to dump onto him yet he still stayed suspicious and alert. He tossed the game aside and onto his couch before getting ready for tonight for it tis the night that started it all.