A is for... Amusement- to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner. Example: Naru likes to irk his assistant to no end for his own source of amusement.

It was never going to be the right time. The hand of the clock seemed to be stuck at 4:50, and decided it was never going to move for the rest of the day.

Or so Mai thought.

It was only thirty minutes until she had to leave.

But anything could happen in a manner of thirty minutes.

Mai let out a short, frustrated sigh. She knew that any moment now, her boss would call for tea, find work for her to do in the short minutes she had left, or even worse, pull a box out of the closet. And at the thought of the closet, Mai looked over her shoulder and glared at it.

You see, today, Mai and the closet didn't get along. It seemed like it was trying to avenge something as it would allow boxes to be dumped out and topple on top of poor, innocent, assistants. And she would love to forget the abnormally large spiders it produced, the occasional rat, and of course, the resurrection of the dead vacuum cleaner that attacked her.

But that was not the only thing that aggravated Mai Taniyama today. There was also him, her boss, Naru.

Mai tried to count how many times she had to remake his tea today (only 7) and began to grumble angrily. Naru wasn't as receptive to new tea. He was like a machine who only took one brand of oil. And poor Mai was the only mechanic that could get it wrong because she wanted to experiment with it.

Much to her dismay, he didn't like any of the other flavors and instantly demanded his usual Earl Grey.

4:30

Mai watched the clock again, and let out another short sigh. Not soon enough.

"Mai." Naru called out to her.

She wanted to groan, to whine, or complain. But she couldn't. He would gripe at her, lecture her even; which she didn't want at all.

So she swiveled her chair around to face him, only to find a briefcase and his coat in his hands. He looked like he was ready to go somewhere.

"Yes Naru?"

He studied her carefully before he asked her the question that's been bugging him for a while now.

"Why are you still here?"

She looked up at him sharply and looked at the clock. It still read 4:30.

"It's not time to go home yet Naru." She said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But you leave at five." He challenged back.

"Yes," she started off slowly. "But it's not five yet." She was certain of the clock above her.

He watched her carefully before he read the time on his watch.

"It's five."

"What?"

"Go home Mai, I'm getting ready to close up."

And like that, our favorite brunette grabbed her coat and was out the door before he could even ask for more tea.

"See ya tomorrow Naru!"

A smug smile appeared on his face as he heard Lin come out of his room.

"You did that for your amusement, didn't you? It's only four thirty-three."

Naru turned to face the tall man and looked at his watch, then to the clock. The smirk was still on his face as he turned back to his office.

A/N: Yeah! There's the first chapter of my first drabble ever! Welcome to SPR's Alpha-biography! If you have a certain word that you think would work well, let me know! I'll use it if I don't have anything else to use! I hope you all enjoy it!

Love,

Jazzy