Author's Note: Hello! Sorry that I have not updated for days! Life has been hectic. And dear readers, please do take note that I am a teenager, schooling and currently preparing for a major national exam that I will be sitting for this October so I might not be able to update that fast. I, too, want to update fast but sometimes life gets in the way and there's nothing we can do about it. So please do patient with me! I promise you I will complete this story! x) This chapter is a little long, and as promised, there are FurixAkashi interactions (YAY). And, thank you for all your reviews, favourites, follows etc. It brings a smile to my face! Enjoy! Do R&R!

Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basuke nor the characters in the manga are not owned by me.

The meeting was horrible. Well, for Kouki anyway. Not only was she 10 minutes late, due to bumping into a rude guy, she just found out that the rude guy was the Akashi Seijuro, CEO of the company. She acted like a total fool in front of him. Kouki groaned just recalling the meeting.

Flashback:

Rushing towards the meeting room, Kouki mentally prepared herself for a scolding. It was that rude guy's entire fault! He had bumped into her and messed up her hair and attire, causing her to run back to the toilet to make her attire neat again. Straightening her posture, she took a deep breath and opened the door.

She wished she hadn't.

The moment she opened the door and came to view, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at her. Oh how Kouki wish the ground would swallow her whole. Clearing her throat, Kouki bowed and quickly introduced herself. "Hello everyone. I'm Furihata Kouki one of the new employees. I'm sorry I'm late due to some circumstances."

"Ah Furihata-san its alright, please do take a seat." A guy with blonde hair told her kindly with that charming smile of his.

Embarrassed, Kouki quickly took the empty spot next to Kuroko. All the while not noticing the fiery red eyes that have been looking at nothing but her since she stepped into the room.

A woman standing up, making her way to the front of the meeting room, with long hair that was just touching at the end of back, however that was not what caught Kouki's attention. It was the colour of her hair. It was pink. Well, bright pink. She was beautiful, her every movement graceful. Flawless face that would have every cosmetics model die for, her bust that looked right for her and that curves that just added to her bonus points of having the perfect body. Kouki sighed quietly and wished she could have even a quarter of what this beautiful woman has.

She was startled back to the reality when the woman began to speak.

"Hello everyone, I'm Satsuki Momoi, Managing Director of the Seijuro Enterprises."

No wonder she looked familiar! Of course it was Satsuki Momoi. She's one of the most beautiful businesswomen in Japan.

"First of all, I would like to welcome the new employees in the W&P branch. I'm sure it'll be a pleasure working with you. Now then moving on," Momoi reached over the table for a paper, "we have decided to give you four a simple task to test your abilities. We would be e-mailing you a theme where the four of you would be writing a four-page journal about it. We expect it to be submitted by Monday, 10pm. Later than that, we would just dismiss your e-mail. Do note that punctuality if very important here in the company. That's all I have to say, now Akashi-san would like to address you. Once again, welcome to the company." With that, she bowed lightly and offered us a warm smile and retreated back to her seat.

"Good afternoon everyone and a warm welcome for our four new employees in the W&P branch. I'm Akashi Seijuro, your CEO."

If only Kouki could react then, she would've ran out of the room and out of this building and never step foot into it again. The "rude guy" she just bumped into a few minutes ago was the CEO! The Akashi Seijuro! Groaning inside, she mentally face palmed herself for being so stupid not to even know her own CEO!

"And yes, as Satsuki-san mentioned a few moments ago, punctuality is very important here in the company. So Ms Furihata-san, that will be your first and last meeting in the company," Kouki found herself looking directly at the red eyes of the Akashi Seijuro.

She couldn't help but feel captivated. They were cold, guarded and she could see no emotions. She could see why people fear him. He's penetrating gaze was enough to make someone crumble to their knees. They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul, baring the raw emotions of a person by seeing what feelings their eyes hold, but how do you see Akashi's soul when he does not bare even an inch of it? Well, people did say he was heartless. Kouki immediately dismissed this thought. No one is ever born 'heartless', as far as she knows, some certain situation has happened to someone that caused them to be 'heartless'. And Kouki strongly believed that was the case for Akashi too. Not realizing she was staring, she was startled back to reality when Akashi spoke again.

"I expect an answer, Furihata-san."

Flushing, Kouki stuttered as she replied, "U-uh y-y-yes A-akashi-san."

"Now that's settled, Kagami will be briefing you four new employees about the task." Kouki didn't realize that her eyes were following Akashi's every movement till he sat back at his seat. Feeling like a creep, she immediately turned her attention to the guy called Kagami, who has bright red hair, with arm muscles that looks too tight for his suit. She also noticed that he kept having brief glances over at her direction. More like to the person beside her, which was Kuroko.

"Kouki-san, the meeting has ended."

Startled, Kouki jumped back in her chair. She must have been daydreaming, as her whole notepad was filled with doodles.

"You were day-dreaming the whole time Kouki-san," Kuroko deadpanned.

Groaning, Kouki stood up and sighed, "Yes I know. I just couldn't catch whatever that Kagami guy was saying, and moreover, he kept looking at you Kuroko."

Showing her usual poker face, Kuroko looked straight into Kouki's eyes, "No he was not Kouki-san. He just has eye problems."

Kouki couldn't help but throw her head back and laugh. However, it was short-lived as their little chat was interrupted.

"Furihata-san, please stay for awhile. You may go back now Kuroko-san." Akashi demanded, with his usual cold tone and stoic face.

Kouki felt Kuroko tense beside her. "Yes, I will. See you later Kouki-san," Kuroko bowed to Akashi and immediately left the room.

Kouki paled and her heart was probably going to stop pumping soon due to rate it's beating. She was alone in a room with Akashi. Is he going to punish her? Is he going to shout at her? Oh my god what if he fires her? She was panicking and if Akashi is not going to speak soon, she might really just run out of the room. She's terrified of the Akashi Seijuro.

Turning around to face him, Kouki did her best shot of masking her nervousness but it failed as it was evident on her voice that she was very nervous, "Yes Akashi-san?"

Straightening up, Akashi looked at her dead straight in the eye; "You're going to personally update me about your progress regarding the task you've been assigned with. You will e-mail your progress, do you understand?" He was so demanding and gave off an aura that he was absolute and will not be defied.

Kouki was baffled. Doesn't he have more than enough to employees under him to do that kind of stuff? Why must it be her, out of all the thousand of employees here in the Seijuro Enterprise? Kouki could do nothing except nod her head.

What could she do? Defy the Akashi Seijuro? That's just another way of asking to be fired on the spot. "Yes Akashi-san, I will e-mail you my updates."

"Good," scribbling something on a paper, Akashi roughly tore the part where he wrote something and passed it to Akashi, "That's my personal e-mail. Mail your updates to me there."

Their fingertips lightly brushed over each other and Kouki couldn't help but feel electricity pass through her body. It wasn't a bad sensation; it was the sensation where she felt something inside of her come alive. Where she would feel every living thing inside of her buzz alive and warmth spread to every corner of her body, especially on her chest area. Where there's a part inside of her, underneath all the molecules, made it's presence known to Kouki.

She hesitated to look up to Akashi and when she did, she could see that his eyes has softened, just a fraction though. Was that a good thing?

"T-thank y-you f-f-or this Akashi-san. I-I will b-be going n-now," Kouki bowed and immediately exited the room. She couldn't stay for another minute.

Kouki groaned. She acted such a fool! She even stuttered! She rarely did, and when she does she must have been very nervous. Which she was, very nervous.

"Kouki-chan! Are you not leaving yet? Almost everyone has left already!" It's surprising that with all the work Takao had to do today, she still sound so energetic and alive at the end of the day.

"Ah, I'm leaving now actually."

"That's great! Let's go down together!"

"Sure, let me just pack up my stuff." Quickly packing, Kouki stuffed her drafts that she has printed out on her bag. "Let's go Takao-san."

Linking their arms together, Takao hummed as they made their way to the elevator. "Ah! That's right! Where's Tetsu-chan?"

"Tetsuya left an hour ago. She had a stomachache," Kouki bit her lip worriedly.

"Ah~ that's not good! Let's pass her hot barley tea tomorrow Kouki-chan!"

"Un yes, I was planning to make one for her tonight."

Takao grinned up at Kouki and she couldn't help but grin back.

The sound of the 'ding' indicated that the elevator finally reached their level. Stepping in together, the two relished this small moment. It might not even be a day since they met, but they feel that they would have a lasting friendship.

Upon reaching the lobby, Takao engulfed Kouki into a hug. "I'm really glad you're in the W&P branch Kouki-chan! And Tetsu-chan too!"

Kouki felt somewhat awkward, but returned the hug nonetheless. "I'm glad that I met you Kazunari-san, and of course glad that you're in the W&P branch too." Takao burst out laughing.

"I'll be going now, bye bye! See you tomorrow Kouki-chan!"

Kouki waved back and watch Takao rush up to a tall, green haired man. No wonder Takao called him giant, well he is. The guy must be at least 6 foot in height. She sighed and felt a little lonely as she saw the tall, green haired man bend down to press a chaste kiss on Takao's lips and Takao met him halfway as she stood on her toes.

It must be nice to have someone who loves you.

Stepping out of the main entrance of the building, Kouki took a deep breath and relished the fresh air. Working for 8 hours straight inside a building sure has its cons. As soon as she took the first step out, it started to rain, heavily. Kouki cursed at her bad luck. As she was planning to get home before 6pm and prepare her dinner, it just had to rain.

She refused to go back inside the building. She wanted to go home, now. Getting to ready to run to the bus stop she was stopped on her tracks when an Audi R8 in black pulled in front of her. And as the tinted windows rolled down, it was none other than Akashi Seijuro himself.

Kouki's mouth voluntarily opened by itself. Why the hell is Akashi Seijuro with his car, pulled up in front of her.

"Close your mouth and get inside the car Furihata-san."

Flustered by his statement, Kouki shook her head quickly, "No its okay Akashi-"

"I didn't give you a choice. You either get in or this day will be your last day."

She doesn't have much choice. Kouki immediately ran the few steps to the car and got in. Akashi revved the engine to life and drove away from the building.

Only one word was Kouki able to come up with to describe the situation. Awkward. It was awkward. Both of them have not said anything. Was she even supposed to say something? They were currently at a junction, waiting for the green light.

"Where do I go after this?"

"Eh?"

"To your house," Akashi side glanced her.

"Oh um, turn right and then drive straight till Tokyo district 24, and then turn left for the Acashe Lodge." Kouki didn't even know why she was blushing. Maybe it's because she's with Akashi Seijuro.

"You live at the Acashe Lodge?" All this while, Akashi conversed with her sparing a glance at her. His eyes were on the road the whole time.

"Yeah. I've been splitting my rent with my big sister," she felt embarrassed that she had to tell a very wealthy man this. Not wanting Akashi to know she felt embarrassed, she looked out of the window, watching the little droplets of rainfall.

"Ah I see."

And that was the end of their conversation. The car ride was quiet till they reached. Unbuckling her seatbelt, Kouki turned to Akashi and thanked him for the ride.

"I really appreciate the ride Akashi-san, thank you so much."

Finally looking at her, Akashi stared at her. "I want Krispy Kreme's glazed donuts tomorrow, as a payment for today. And you're welcome Furihata-san."

Nodding, Kouki opened the car door. "Thank you once again Akashi-san," as she bowed lightly. She closed the door shut and rushed inside the main lobby of the building.

Akashi stayed inside his car and stared at the retreating back of Kouki, only driving away to receive a call from the clerk who was operating the lobby desk that she's safely inside her apartment.