downtown

“hey, i’m sorry i blew you off....” even though it hadn’t been something she had control over (last minute meetings were the bane of her existence), fallon still felt a little guilty when she had to ditch. “are you busy today?”

“why did you take the promotion then, if you don’t mind me asking?” fallon had left her previous job because she hated it. it bored her and she was sick of the corporate bullshit she had to deal with on a daily basis. but that didn’t seem to be the case for fuyuko. “there are other well paying jobs if you hate managing traxx that much.” she’d say that maybe things would get better, but that would be a little disingenuous. “maybe spotlight can offer you some kind of training if you ask?”

fallon waved a hand through the air, “take your time. as long as you don’t mind me looking over your shoulder.” she took a few steps further into the room, adjusting her purse on her arm. it was fun to watch other people work; it made her a little nostalgic for when she worked in an office and not wherever journey was. “those look really good, lim.”

“you still have a job, though,” fallon offered, even if she knew it really was a bottom of the barrel response. it was still something, though. “how long is your contract? maybe when it’s up and you have more experience, you can switch companies.”

“and give the higher ups a reason to make your life hell?” if she thought it would make things any better, she would encourage yuko to go through with it. “every group has issues and challenges.” granted, not many that give you the kind of trouble her friend has. “nothing is perfect.”

she reached over to pet yuko’s hair, sighing mostly to herself. it was times like this that she was beyond thankful that the members of journey weren’t trying to cause each other bodily harm. “maybe you should request more security for full group schedules,” she offered, though she wasn’t sure it would be much help. 

“hey, you want to grab a drink when you’re done here?” fallon wasn’t used to having much time to just....be a person, and she wasn’t really sure what to do with it now that she’s been given the night to herself. adults went out for drinks after work, right? it was lame to go out on her own, though, and her work wife was the only person she could think of to invite.

“you have everything you need?” fallon asked as she checked around the room to make sure she hadn’t forgotten anything. “you guys have schedules all day so it’s now or never if there’s anything here you wanna take.”

“how are you hanging in there, yuko?” management was stressful, even with a group of people who didn’t give you hell every time you tried to do your job. she slid a bottle of water across the table and leaned forward to rest her chin on her palm.