#ceorengoku

“And why would you do that, brother?” - Almost laughing, replied Senjuro, the youngest member of the Rengoku dynasty. He was the entire opposite of his older brother. He was kind and respectful, everyone in the office enjoyed his presence, and even though he was still in college, it was not uncommon to see Senjuro working along with some multidisciplinary teams. He was really committed to help his older brother with the family company management, even if he did not agreed with some of Kyojuro’s ways.

“Ah Senjuro, what are you doing here at this time? Should you not be out with your friends on a Friday evening?”

“Mother sent me to look for you, as it seems you forgot our family gathering.”

“Was it today?” - He immediately checked his phone calendar and dropped himself deeper into his chair as he saw with disappointment that he had, indeed, completely forgotten about his family responsibilities. Pinching the bridge of his nose he continued:

“I am on my way now, I will apologize to our mother’s family…”

“What is with that expression, Kyo-ni? You look terrible!”- Senjuro said with a very affable expression, having a very good guess what the cause of it might be.

“To be honest with you Senjuro, I really don’t know anymore…”- He gave his brother a bitter side smile as he gently massaged his temples.

“Let me guess, this problem has a first and last name, pretty smile, beautiful hair, dazzling eyes and more important of all; she hates you.” - Said the younger blond while sitting over the elegant CEO desk.

“Senjuro, how could you possibly know that…?” - He was completely shocked to learn that at that point, he was so down bad that it was completely obvious.

“Well, I am not a kid anymore Kyo-ni! I can clearly tell when a man is suffering for love. But honestly, I thought you were a bit more charming. Because, I can assure you, that treating a girl so badly to make her quit is not the easiest way to get into her heart.” - He chuckled softly as he picked up one of the small crystal trophies that Kyojuro had given to himself, and that he so pridefully showed off.

“That is nothing like that, at all.” - He said while staring at the glass triangle statuette and he couldn’t help but to feel ashamed of the ridiculous idea of awarding himself.

“You see Kyo-ni, that is exactly the attitude that put you in THIS situation” - he returned the award back to its rightful place- “ You love to make things more complicated than what they should be, oh, and that horrendous pride of yours!” - Senjuro was smiling widely.

“By this time, it's pointless Senjuro, she really doesn’t want to know anything about me.” - His expression was serious but full of deception.

“That is because she doesn’t know the other side of you. We just need her to give you a chance to get to know you and I am sure that her perception of you, will change.” - Senjuro took out his phone and after he typed something on it, he showed Kyojuro his search results.

“Senjuro, I appreciate your help but I honestly don't think that this will make any difference”. - The CEO said as he took his younger brother’s phone.

“No offense Kyo-ni, but you need all the help you can get and as I see how you have failed so miserably, I will suggest that you take my advice.” - He smiled triumphantly as Kyojuro took a couple of minutes to weigh out his options.

“I guess it won’t hurt to try, and indeed, you are so grown up now that I never realized the time you stopped being a kid… ” - He chuckled loudly as he playfully hit one of Senjuro’s shoulders with his fist.

“This is owned by a friend of mine, so I will make sure that everything goes out perfectly, alright? I think this will be either a hit or a miss.”- Senjuro kept texting while Kyojuro and him walked out from the CEO’s office.”

“I really hope that Y/N likes it… “ - Kyojuro concluded as he reached the elevator as a secret bystander caught a significant amount of that conversation. 

Friday had finally arrived and you could not believe how suddenly you stopped desperately waiting for the weekend to arrive. You still had to go to work but you were finally enjoying it and living your best work life. The Uber driver left you at your friend’s front door. This was barely the second time he invited you over, so you contributed with a small peach cake and a your favorite chilled beer.

Your friend opened the door as soon as you knocked. A very manly and profound scent escaped through the entrance, it smelled just like his jacket, so deeply of him. This situation, unconsciously made you feel safe, so you stepped in as if that home was yours. He was wearing a very tight black shirt with washed-off denim jeans and his hair was entirely placed back in a low pony tail, exposing his face completely.

“Made it just in time and brought these goodies with me.” - You said with a soft smile, while Giyuu picked up your coat from his hands.

“I was wondering if you were going to come at all” - Giyuu said with a playful sarcastic tone.

“Ha! You wish! You promised me movies and popcorn and I wont leave until I get both.” - you said as you walked into Giyuu’s living room while he placed the cake and the beer inside the fridge. He was a very neat and organized man, and that of course, was not a surprise at all. His apartment had a minimalistic style, everything had a dedicated place, not a lot of decor, but colors were perfectly balanced to make the place look very sophisticated.

Everything seemed to be in its righteous place, except for the living room. And oh boy. Your blue eyed friend had definitely gone over the top with this improvised “home theater”. The space in front of you was filled with fluffy over-sized pillows on top of a cream-colored rug, every single blank space was filled with equally soft blankets, it was a dreamy invitation to throw yourself to sink into that overwhelming comfiness.

Without a second thought, you sunk yourself into that pillow fortress, fitting your body in the middle of all those blankets, just like a little girl. As you scanned the place, you noticed a gray cabinet that had some pictures on top of them. Your eyes observed them from left to right. 

The first, you assumed, was one of his family; you recognized his sister and two other people that looked just like Giyuu and Tsukako respectively. The second picture was him with his best friend Sabito, you have met his friend the first year you both became close at Giyuu’s improvised birthday party. He was a very vivacious guy, a bit too loud for your liking but a good person after all. And the third picture was you and him during the last company Christmas party. 

Something settled in your stomach when you looked at that picture, as usual, Giyuu had barely smiled at all, and if you remembered correctly, you almost had to forcefully drag him into the photo booth. Naturally, you made sure to pick the most ridiculous attire to make you both look even more ridiculous. You politely gave him a copy of that picture, being sure that if he did not threw it away, then it will never see the light of day ever again, to say the least.

But no, there it was, the picture was beautifully placed inside a golden frame, decorated with very delicate flowers. You could not recall where your copy was. Maybe you left it at your old desk? You probably would never know.

As if he had received a silent cue, Giyuu reappeared into the living room and beamed softly as he saw you already cuddled into the pillow nest that took him almost 3 hours to set up.

“It’s not that I don’t like it, but I believe we should get another picture together, don’t you think? A photo where I don’t make you feel miserable.” - You chuckled as Giyuu’s puzzled expression made you yank your face into the picture direction. Your friend’s face flushed instantaneously, he had totally forgotten about that picture, what was he thinking leaving it laying around just like that? 

He walked towards you, popcorn in hand, not really knowing what to say, so he tried his best to calm himself.

“I- I was not miserable. I had fun.” - He offered you the bowl without staring at you, you grabbed a fist-full and continued:

“I still think it’s a good idea to get another picture, I am afraid I left my copy at the office… Let’s take it the next time we go to the movies!” - you concluded before munching the little buttery softies.

Giyuu’s heart was racing wildly, he suddenly remembered the conversation he heard between Rengoku and his younger brother earlier that day. Because of that and various other reasons he had to make that day, THE DAY. He did and could not wait any longer. Will he summon enough courage to speak about it?

It was his turn to pick the movie, The Conjuring was within the repository of your favorite ones. You inadvertently drank a bit too much beer and end up finding the movie scarier than what you remembered. As nervous as Giyuu was, he mustered enough courage to speak softly to your ear:

“If you are scared, you can always look comfort in me, you know?”- he said it in such a velvety but inviting tone, that your body felt an electrical discharge that ran through your body, directly to your toes. You were sure that your heart was going to break loose from your chest any moment now. Your attention was directly driven into your blue-eyed friend. In which moment did you placed yourself under his shoulder, innocently resting on his chest?

He stared at you for a moment as well, his eyes slipped to your lips, you swore you could listen Giyuu’s wild heart beating as well. You both started to lean over, reducing the distance between the two of you, did Giyuu closed his eyes already? You quickly wondered what would Giyuu’s lips taste like, but instead of leaning over, you stood upso quickly that you stumbled and fell back into the pillow-free sofa.

“Oh wow! Look at the hour? Is that late already? I am so sorry Tomioka-sa… I meant, Giyuu, haha!”- You spoke broken words intertwined with nervous giggles, desperately looking for your shoes and phone. You were clearly impaired by the booze you drank.

Giyuu was still in shock, paralyzed with amazement trying to recollect what had just happened. That was not the way he wanted things to happen.

“Found them!” - you said with your phone in your hands while desperately requesting the first Uber driver you could get.

“Hold on Y/N, I-I…, please let me explain…”- he said as he watched you, hopelessly, getting ready to leave any moment now.

“Oh no, you are good! I was the one that took advantage of your hospitality, I better take my leave now. You probably have very important things to do tomorrow morning and I am here, keeping you busy very late at night!” - your head was a mess, but your heart was even more confused. You have never wished that someone responded to your Uber request as fast as in that moment.

“I-I, understand. I-I… at least let me take you home, I do not want you to take a cab by yourself with all the beer that you drank.”- he muttered sadly as we picked his keys and his jacket.

“Oh no, no need, there is an Uber driver already waiting for me outside!” - You lied, smiling at him, walking quickly through the door, but as your hand reached the door knob, you briskly returned, kissed your friend’s cheek and said to him:

“Can we talk about this another day?” - Giyuu Tomioka had never understood the out of body experiences until that moment. His hand automatically traveled to the cheek where your lips had rested an instant ago. You took that moment of shock from your friend to walk away quickly to meet your in-existent Uber driver. Maybe it was fate or the power of your thoughts, but a car was waiting right in front of you and after confirming the vehicle identity information you opened the door and rapidly entered.

“Good night, thank you for taking my request!” - you said without looking at your driver, as you were still staring through the rear mirror with the hope of catching a glimpse of Giyuu. Make up your mind already, you spoke to yourself.

“Y/N…?” - Your driver responded and as you identified that voice, you snapped your entire attention to the driver now.

“Akaza-senpai?!?”-

Ok so, I took forever to write this part but believe or not, I had this in my drafts for a long time now. So I still have not decided what is going to happen between Akaza and Y/N but I have 2 different possible outcomes with these too.

I felt really bad for Giyuu baby :c, but we all love a good dose of drama, don’t we? I wont promise to update soon because I don’t know if I would be able to but I will certainly try my best. Adulting takes most of my time since I became a functional adult lol.

I for sure will be updating my devoted husbands next, I JUST LOVE this self insert story hahaha.

If you have read the other CEO Kyojuro parts I thank you from the bottom of my heart, if you are a fellow fiction writer you might know how some days we can feel like our writing is not good enough and that’s ok! I do this for fun and will try to be a bit less harsh on myself.

Perhaps talk it over lunch? No. Well, actually, nobody ever wanted to share a bite with him. Could it be because of the way he expressed himself? Was it the same reason that made you leave?

”Especially when you treat people that work for you as if nobody deserved to admire ‘YOUR GREATNESS’ “:Those words bumped into his mind.

But it didn't matter anymore, he would not have to deal with you for good. No more 6am and 8pm high urgency meetings with you, seeing your desktop light being the last to be turned off after a long day, no more listening to Mitsuri sharing your overwhelming quantity of improvement ideas. No sir, no more; and that was a good thing. Right?

He was so lost in his thoughts that your ex-manager had to intrude herself into the CEO’s office after having no response to her muffled knocks to his door. He was blankly staring at the clear sky clouds through his large executive window.

-”Pardon the meddling, Rengoku-san.”- She said really shyly, almost with fear.

-”Don’t worry about it. What can I do for you?”- His voice and expression were soft, Mitsuri was completely taken aback; Rengoku had never being this polite in his life and she felt an increasing terror. She felt that this was the calm before the storm and what was coming will be the worst of all hurricanes.

-”About what you requested earlier…” He was staring at her but it was as if his mind was somewhere else. “There are a couple of tests pending to be executed and we believe that we might finally find the root cause for the failure.”- Her voice was sweet but trembling.

-”We believe?”- Oh no, there it was, berserk mode on. Mitsuri could only guess how mad Rengoku would be after everything you yelled at him, but being her boss she had to answer everything he requested and as soon as possible.

-”Yes, well…it was…”- He interrupted her.

-”Was it Y/N idea?”- She was absolutely terrorized, was she supposed to lie to him? Yours was probably the last name he wanted to hear, but still those were really good ideas and she will never agree to not credit your work. So building up courage and getting ready for the infamous Rengoku’s wording she spoke:

-”Yes. But before you say anything else, all the team believe that these might help us fix the problem. Besides, she had these ideas before…”- He interrupted her again with a calm and soft tone.

-”Please, go ahead and use them. Keep me in the loop for the results”- Please? Had he just agreed to use Y/N’s ideas? After what she did? Was Rengoku having a mental breakdown? Mitsuri was positive that something really strange was going on in Rengoku’s head, but if that meant she would not be mistreated; she was more than happy to not ask additional questions.

-”Yes, Rengoku-san”- She said and just when Mitsuri was about to leave he asked:

-”One more thing, could someone on your team prepare a quick slideshow that explains the product functionality? Nothing elaborate, it would be just for me.”-Ok, now Mitsuri was sure that Rengoku had totally lost his mind, after all these years, he had never taken any interest in this or any other products of his company. What was all this about? Although she was completely shocked, she agreed and made a small reverence before leaving the blonde’s office.

-”So those were the ideas she wanted to share with me, those which I didn't even give her a chance to speak of…”- The CEO thought sourly as he saw your shaky ex-manager leave. Has she always acted like that? No. Only when she was around him…

On her way out, Mitsuri, stumbled upon Giyuu which she believed to be casually walking by Rengoku’s office, but who indeed had heard the entire conversation between your ex-manager and the asshole CEO that had treated his dear Y/N so badly, and could not be any more shocked. It was impossible, someone like Rengoku could have not had a change of heart so sudden.

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You were barely stretching yourself out of your small couch when you heard a loud knock on your door. You gladly discovered that your friend Giyuu had fulfilled his word:

-”Sorry, did I wake you up?”- He was wearing a really tight black jacket, white shirt and washed off denim jeans.

-”Oh no no, not at all. I was just trying to tidy a little bit the apartment in case you decided to come by. But I’m so glad you made it! Come in.”-

-”I think this is the first time I’ve been into your apartment without working motives.”

-”Really? I haven’t thought about it. Well, my house is your house so feel free to come by anytime you want to. I really enjoy your company and since we won’t be seeing each other so often, that would be a great excuse for keeping up with each other. I am really going to miss you!” Giyuu met your eyes with a soft smile.

-”Lunch will feel really lonely, without no one to steal food from me…”- You jokingly frowned with puffy cheeks to his words as you playfully pushed him. He responded by shielding himself with his left arm and holding your hand tenderly.

-”Ah so mean Giyuu! But you know, you could probably invite Shinobu-san from accounting to lunch!” You said with sincerity but Giyuu did not seem to like the idea.

-”Well, we’ll see. Oh, I brought these.” He delivered a brown paper bag with a couple of bubbly chilly bottles of wine “I think they would suit anything we might order for delivery, in case you want to dine something .”

-”Ah, what a refined gentleman you are, my dear ex-colleague.”- Your blue eyed companion's smile returned to his face and you continued- “How about watching a movie? You get to choose! I’ll let you pick while I bring some popcorn”-

-”How about Ghostbusters or The Exorcist?- He talked out loud for you to listen all the way to the kitchen, while browsing the Netflix catalogue with your living room being entirely covered in deep butter popcorn scent.

-”Oh. The Exorcist then and for that, I have this…!”- You proudly showed him a special edition blu-ray.

-“Director's cut edition, way more terrifying than the original version.” Your raised eyebrows complemented your playful smirk as a courage challenge to him, he laughed and invited you to sit beside him. As the movie started you whispered friskily:

-”Don’t be ashamed to look confort in me if you are really scared, I will keep the secret between us both.”- You winked at him with a grin.

-”Thanks, I will keep that in mind .” He said in a low tone as well with a small beam getting closer to you. He was disappointed to found out that you never gripped on him as the most gruesome scenes showed up, you were a diehard fan of terror movies and apparently he wasn’t scared enough either to look comfort in you. Although you ended up the movie totally leaning on him, more due to excitement than fear.

As the night progressed you ordered sushi and merrily drank both wines, Giyuu was a lot more talkative and you assumed that was thanks to your drinks. He was laughing and telling a lot of jokes as you have never seen him in the office. He was a really nice friend, you were definitely going to miss him a lot.

-”Oh I almost forgot! The company at which my sister works is currently hiring, she sent me some of the positions and she told me that if you were interested we could send your resume directly to her.” He said while stealing your surimi and shrimp roll.

-”For real? Ah, Giyuu you are the best! You think Mitsuri-san would give me a recommendation letter?” You said with a grim expression “That was an stupid question, of course she won’t. Not after how I resigned.”

-”She absolutely will, I will talk to her tomorrow. You didn't know this but you changed the mood for everyone at the office, after storming out of …” he hesitated to use the CEO’s name “out of that guy’s office, everyone was ecstatic! You boost all our colleagues' morale.”- He took a sip from his glass as you blushed. Then he thought about what he heard earlier outside Rengoku’s office but strictly decided to keep it to himself.

-”Well is the least he deserved, being as he was… Oh that reminds me, I left behind a lot of my stuff on my desk. In case they haven’t thrown them away, would you pick them for me? I could go to your place to retrieve them.” You said imploring as you filled your own glass.

-”Consider it done.” He raised his glass for a toast “For your new life tyrant-free”- You both raised your glasses, smiled shyly and then you proposed another toast:

-”For Giyuu Tomioka, for being the best friend anyone could wish for.”- Giyuu’s face was slightly tinted in pink, you had never seen him like that, but wine was probably the reason. After looking at the hour, he decided to go home but you insisted on calling him a cab, as he agreed you two said goodbye to each other with a very awkward but cute hug. He was, without a doubt, a bit drunk.

The more he understood the situation, the worse he felt; probably he had not been fair to you. “Well, it doesn’ matter anymore, the problem is already fixed and that is what’s important.” He thought, but almost immediately another idea crossed his mind: “But what if there are other problems like these? Who will solve them?” Again, as he was fighting against his own mind, he answered himself: “We can find another employer as capable as her, Mitsuri found her; she can find someone else”.

His thoughts were like violent tides, impacting and opposing each other non stop. He frowned as he felt pressure in his head starting to build up, so trying to clear his mind off he decided to eat something at the cafeteria; something he had never done before. His ruby and amber eyes were rapidly traveling to everyone that stared at him with amazement; Why was the CEO eating with the rest of the company workers? Was he there to spy on them or probably clocking the time they used for eating?

Rengoku ignored them, ate lunch at peace, all by himself, and returned to his office. But before arriving, as Mitsuri called his name he walked all they way to her desk:

-”Oh Rengoku-san, it was not necessary for you to come all this way. I can reach your office as you usually want us to.” There she goes again, Rengoku thought, trembling and with a low voice. Is it really so unpleasant to speak to me?

-”It’s not a sacrifice from my side, especially if I am barely arriving at my office” His voice was softer but still really formal “Please, go ahead.” His eyes were now fixed on her, waiting for her response.

-”I see… Ah yes! Regarding the failure, we just empirically confirmed the proposed fix. Just a couple of more tests and we might be able to present the solution to our customer.” She squeaked excitedly, almost forgetting to whom he was speaking to. Rengoku gave her a small gentle smile.

-”Those are great news.”- He answered as he fixed his gaze on a desk to the immediate left of Mitsuri’s; your old desk.

-”We will let you know as soon as we are ready to start communication with the customer.”- She said regaining her composure, but Kyojuro’s eyes were still on your old desk and he spoke:

-”It's like she never left…”- Mitsuri blinked and bewilderedly she asked with a small voice:

-”Um, who could that be, Rengoku-san?”-

-”Y/N.” He said as he placed both his hands inside on his really tight midnight blue designer pants pockets. “There are still a lot of her things on that desk.”

-”Oh, yes! Do not worry about it. I-I, we will handle it. It’s just that she left so fast. I will make sure to deliver her everything”- She was really nervous to mention the resignation subject.

-”Yes, it is the right thing to do.” He said with reverence and headed directly to his office.

The day came to an end at the office, as everyone left, Giyuu headed to your old desk to pick up the rest of your things; he was wondering what kind of secrets you might be keeping in there. As he started to place some mugs inside the box your ex-manager gave him he was interrupted by a very deep voice:

-”Tomioka-san, good afternoon. Burning some late night oil?”- Rengoku said while leaning closer to your desk.

-”Not really, Rengoku-san. I am getting all of Y/N remaining stuff together to deliver them to her.” He said as he continued to fill the cardboard box.

-”Perfect timing then, I was thinking exactly the same. Please do not worry about it, I’ve decided to take responsibility for that activity as being the leader of this group. I will handle it from here.”- He said as he placed both of his hands on his hips, right above his brown belt, exposing his sky blue vest.

-”No bother at all, she is my friend. I do this gladly”. His blue eyes were fixed on him as he stopped his item recollection.

-”I see, though I must insist. It is a company policy now.”- He said, arching one of his bushy eyebrows.

-”A company policy that states the CEO should deliver former employees their personal possessions?” Giyuu’s expression was serious and defiant.

-”I am not surprised you are not aware of this, policies are sometimes only discussed within the upper management.” He got closer to the desk and tightly gripped one of the box’s free sides -“Go ahead to enjoy your free time now”- Rengoku was sure that Giyuu will not dare to go against his orders but he was unpleasantly surprised to see that your blue-eyed friend was eager to give a good fight:

-”As I believe Y/N’s address is unknown to you, I will be able to deliver it faster. That way, you can focus on your really important CEO activities.” Giyuu’s tone was cold but he had now tightly pulled the box closer to him and annoyed, he found out Rengoku hadn’t released the box either.

-”In that case, just disclose to me her address and I will close this action item for you.” The edges of the box were menacing to tear apart as the CEO grip was countered by Tomioka’s hold.

-”And that will indeed be against the company’s policies. We are not entitled to disclose any personal information or from a former colleague to anyone at the company.” There was an incredible aura of intensity around a plain box. Both men were staring at each other’s eyes, unblinking. Rengoku’s nose wrinkled slightly as he understood he was not going to get away with it. But with a mocking tone, Giyuu continued:

- “But, if these are company policies; Human Resources could facilitate Y/N address to you and since that might take a couple of days, my option is the fastest one.”- A soft victorious smile was drawn on your friend’s face.

-”Then I’ll turn to human resources for this matter and I would advise you not to touch that box unless you desire for security to be called upon you.” Rengoku finally released the box with a wide smirk before fixing his expensive burgundy tie. Giyuu’s blood was boiling, but he released the box as he nodded and answered him:

-”Perfectly understood, Rengoku…-san. Have a nice day.” His tone was sharp as his stare, he was furious but that was the CEO; he wished to have the courage you had that day and by the thought of you, his heart sank. He will be disappointing you, not delivering anything to you on your Saturday’s movie night and that made him feel down.

And even though he knew what kind of person Rengoku was, he couldn’t believe the CEO would be doing all this just to keep picking up on you, considering you were not in the office anymore. But of course, he was definitely the vengeful type of former boss.

Rengoku saw with utter complacency how Giyuu left as he had won over that half empty box. When the rush of the moment cleared from his chest, he was completely puzzled by the reason behind his actions. Fighting over a box, lying about company policies, threatening an employer for absolutely no valid reason and only for getting to see you one more time?

No, that was not it. He realized that his ways, probably, were not adequate so he wanted to make up for that: as the great leader he was. Nothing more than that. But either way around, a question kept coming around over and over; What has this woman done to me?

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Saturday arrived quicker than expected, a couple of days had passed since you quitted but you have already felt like recovering from an illness. It was amazing how much your body needed those good night's sleep and food fresh home cooked, although you did missed Giyuu’s lunch ideas for the week. You texted each other, but not as often as you would want to.

Of course he made sure to confirm your date on Saturday afternoon, you were already waiting for your friend to pick you up, arranging the cute floral dress you have decided to wear as it was practically new. You never really had the chance to use it since they had a very strict dressing code at the office and you typically never had time to go out while working at your former company, even on the weekends.

As you were opening your apartment door to wait for your friend in the parking lot of your building, you found yourself face to face with your date.

-”Ah Giyuu! Perfect timing, I was about to text you. Ready?”- You beamed at him

-”Yes, let’s go”- His expression was serious, way less talkative than the last time you saw each other. He did not expected to feel overwhelmed by what happened in your apartment last time, anxiety suddenly got control over him as he started imagining what kind of blabbering he might have told you while being ‘slightly’ drunk and he was probably going to regret even more what was about to tell you.

-”That is a nice dress, it suits you well.”-He said with a side glance, not looking at you. You knew there was something going on with your friend, despite being really quiet, today he was not acting like himself.

-”You think so? Thanks! I thought this would be the perfect occasion for its premier appearance.”- you glanced at your clothing and then at him -”So, how’s been office since my 2-day long absence? You look a little bit more silent than usual, I am amazed by how that is even possible.”- You said teasingly with a small smile.

-”Not much…”- He was struggling to decide which subject he wanted to touch first “So, Y/N, last time in your apartment… I didn’t tell you any funny stuff, did I?”- He sounded nervous and you understood immediately what this was about.

-”Oh, well; I did think that your sleeping routine was kind of ‘peculiar' ’’- You said matter-of-factly as Giyuu’s eyes widened. He felt like a cold water bucket was directly poured on him as he nervously tried to think what on earth did he told you. Was he that drunk? He cannot recall having mentioned anything about going to sleep. Was it possible that he talked to you about something he does not remember anymore?

-”Just kidding” you snapped him out of this thoughts with a chuckle “You did cracked a lot of jokes, I did not knew you had such an arsenal” you giggled as you gently placed your hand on his arm. As he was driving, you didn't notice as his cheeks blushed lightly and how relieved he was that he didn’t speak about anything he was not ready to disclose to you while being sober.

After that point, Giyuu slowly returned to his normal self but the tingling idea of what had happened with Rengoku kept pulling his mood down. He wasn’t sure when it would be a good time to mention it, he did not wanted to ruin your movie day with you.

As he let you choose the movie that day, he offered to pay for everything with the excuse of you being unemployed, you accepted but with the condition that he will allow you to pay for another movie night out as soon as you landed a job. Your friend couldn’t be happier for having secured another date with you.

The movie was pretty good up to your standards, so good that this time Giyuu needed to grab your arm looking for comfort. He excused himself by saying that he got startled by the loud sounds of the tension scenes, but you were pretty sure the movie gave him a very good scare. You both had a great time, sharing popcorn and merrily discussing afterwards your opinions regarding the movie’s argument.

As he drove you back home at night, he sourly tried to think what would be a good way to approach the issue with your things and when you were about to wave him goodbye, he finally spoke:

-”Y/N, about your things…”-

-”Oh yes, I had such a great time that I almost forgot. Thank you for going through all that trouble for me…”- You said as you placed your palms together in front of your face, but his expression said it all. Something with that matter was not alright.

-”I tried to pick everything up, I even talked to Kanroji-san and she said it was fine. But as I was about to take everything with me, that idiot of Rengoku came out with a stupid excuse of company policies and at the end he didn’t allowed me to take anything.”- He certainly avoided mentioning anything regarding the CEO wanting to personally deliver you your things. -” I am really sorry that I failed you.”- His eyes were dejected and that only made your bad blood with Rengoku increase.

You were surprised how much of an asshole the CEO could be up to the point of making up ridiculous policies for getting back at you. You were so mad, but also at yourself, you should have known that he would not let it go so easily, especially after how you insulted him. It was time to call it quits and just let him have it, you did not wanted Giyuu to get into trouble for your fault.

-”Hey, no need to be so blue about it. Let that imbecile have it.” As you two were in your building parking lot, you placed your hand over his -”Actually, my desk was full of junk. The most valuable things from that shitty place were you and Mitsuri-san. If he wants to, let him throw everything out. But please, don’t get into trouble with him because of a bunch of junk.” You gave him a very warm and sincere smile as you gently stroked his hand with your thumb. -”As I said before, fuck Rengoku!” He gave you a side smile as he cheered a little bit up.

He walked you up to your apartment and as you were about to return him back his black jacket, he lent you so gentlemanly due to the weather, he said with a shy smile: