#manager struggles

     She’d been tasked with stocktaking and making sure everything they’d ordered had arrived in good condition, which kept her busily checking each box and its contents with Fujiwara-senpai while the rest of the team crossed the campus to bring them over. After a little while, Alice notices the number of helpers growing scarcer, which prompts her to take out her phone and ask Yui-chan how things were going on her end.

A message from Oikawa-san has her smiling. He’d mentioned how his knee had been bothering him lately, and she passed on the information of a specialist she’d come to know because of Takigawa-senpai’s treatment. Going all the way to Tokyo just to see a doctor might be too much for some, but she’d seen his passion and commitment back when they’d first met at the rehab clinic. Unlike her, who was playing to the best of her ability just to make the most out of being in a club, being an athlete was his goal, and he would go through any length to ensure it.

[ text ] of course! but we don’t have training today. a lot of new equipment came in and we’re putting it away, so it might be quite boring to watch [ text ] we can meet someplace else if you’d like!

Alice wants to know how the appointment went, but she can ask that in person. It’s been so long since they last saw each other! Excited about it, she goes back to the task at hand with newfound vigor.

“Kuramochi-kun’s birthday is coming up and I’m unsure as to what I could give him as a present...” The manager explained, watching him carefully. She didn’t want to risk hurting him in any way, considering his birthday was even closer. The truth of it was that she was having a hard time coming up with a gift idea for him. But time was swiftly running out and she figured that this approach might give her some insight into his tastes. Hopefully he wouldn’t be upset by it. But she could always explain herself and apologize later.

“Since you guys are roommates, I was wondering if you might have any suggestions?” 

Her organizational skills and observant nature often came in handy when it came to the more formulaic aspects of the club, which had her working closely with both the Captain and the starter Catcher when it came to reviewing training and game performance. Given how intense all the third years were, she was most pleasantly surprised by how easy to talk to they actually were.

With Fujiwara-senpai and herself taking turns filling in the score books, she felt compelled to approach the other first string catcher and ask if he was okay with her score keeping, seeing as he and Takigawa-senpai were the ones who needed that information the most. But... Miyuki-san had proved quite challenging so far. She’d been steadily building good relationships with all her year mates so far, but she just couldn’t figure him out. 

“Miyuki-san?” She asked after he’d finished talking to a few boys, holding onto a copy of her latest score sheet. “Do you have a moment?”

@museguided​ [ nocturnal animals ]

     Technically, it was their day off. But having everyone free right as new equipment arrived meant that the process of bringing in, checking and storing everything would be that much faster. In the end, it could almost be counted as training, with all the weight lifting and running from one end of the campus to the other. Still, she was well aware that the moment lunch time was over, they’d all go train properly on their own. While the former athlete in her admired their discipline, the future physician couldn’t help but worry. The more they overworked, the greater the chance of a stress injury.

Having changed back into her uniform, she’s supposed to go out with Oikawa-san for lunch, but as she’s heading back out, someone catches her eye. Miyuki Kazuya, the team’s number one overworker. Half of it isn’t even his fault, with greedy pitchers all around demanding his time. But his self-training regimen is absolutely brutal, so she keeps a close watch. Especially now. She’s caught him rolling his shoulder a couple of times, and is trying to ascertain whether she should say something or not. He’ll never admit to anything outright, so she needs to be careful in her approach.

But she’s so engrossed in her own schemes that she doesn’t quite realize he’s noticed her looking until it’s too late and he’s already within sassy-ing range. Alice braces herself the best she can, but nothing could have ever prepared her for what comes out of his mouth, and it shows on her face for a long second of confusion. “Excuse me?” She says in an appalled British English, wondering if he’s lost his damn mind and who the hell was he even talking about-

Her rampant, raging train of thought is rudely interrupted by the shit eating grin that takes over his stupidly handsome face, and she doesn’t have to follow his gaze to know that he’s pointedly looking at her friend from Sendai. A bright pink flush of both embarrassment and anger climbs along the sides of her neck and settles across her cheeks as she finds herself unable to think of a good retort to shut him up, small hands balling into fists at her side.

SO!! I'm the manager of a store, everyone and their mom asks me for discounts! 

Oh! You breathed on this can I have a discount?

Oh, this is the last one can I have a discount?

You can't have a discount! Its worse when people ask the associates for a discount and they so no, then they demand a manager.....and I also say no. Then they get pissy because two people have told them no now