Barney fixed his tie … again. He and a handful of other people plus their boss were sitting in one of the meeting rooms waiting for the representatives from the Vongola Corporation. This is an important meeting, he can't screw this up. Of course he wouldn't screw it up, he was awesome.
Barneys' boss put a finger to his earpiece. "Okay … Thank you Amanda." He pressed the earpiece again and announced to the whole room. "They're on their way up." The atmosphere in the room imidiately tensed up. Barney fixed his tie again.
And after two minutes the door opened. And Barneys' jaw dropped. There stood the angel that haunted his dreams, flanked by two handsome men, neither of which was her boyfriend (which wasn't that odd really, few people worked with their partners, but judging from what she had said at the bar it was possible that they did).
Barney took a moment to observe the two males who were standing slightly behind the angel. The one on the left (his left) had piercing green eyes and chin-length silver hair (not white or grey, actually silver), he was glaring at everyone in the room as if daring them to do … something? Barney wasn't sure what but it was something the silver-head wouldn't like. The one on the right was distinctly Asian and had soft brown eyes and dark hair, like most Asians (at least that Barney had met). He had a huge smile on his face that somewhat reminded Barney of the weird white-haired man from earlier in the week.
The angel gave a short bow. "I am Setsuna Sawada, CEO of Vongola Corporation," she introduced herself and everyones jaws dropped. The CEO of Vongola was rarely ever seen and only very few knew who it was, to think it was this petite goddess of a woman. The angel, seemingly oblivious, continued to introduce her … bodyguards? Employees? Subordinates? "This is Hayato Gokudera, my right-hand man," The silver-haired man, "And Takeshi Yamamoto, my left-hand man," the surprisingly tall Asian. And who had a left-hand man?
The angel (Miss Sawada Barney had to remind himself, in case he actually called her that in the middle of a buissness meeting) may be oblivious to the stares she was receiving, both stunned and lustfull, but her right-hand man was obviously not as his glare intensified and a lesser man (or maybe a smarter man) would have at least shivered. But Barney was not a lesser man (or a smarter one), he was an awesome man.
Barney's boss shook the angels' (Miss Sawada's) hand. "Well … let's get started then," he said after he had introduced everyone.
The rest of the meeting was kind of a blur for Barney and he was on autopilot all the way through. He mostly sat and stared at the only woman sitting at the table, occationally throwing a glance at either of her companions.
And just like that the meeting was over and Barney had already forgotten what he managed to catch of the negotiations while in his daze.
Now Barney had one rule: Never hit on a business partner with higher status than you if she has a boyfriend/fiancé/husband. Sure Barney had slept with lots of women with boyfriends and a lot of business partners but combined they were just a recipe for disaster. Plus, it was something about this particular woman that made Barney not want to hurt her, emotionally or otherwise.
Clearly though, Bill Carter, who was also present at the meeting, either didn't read Barneys blog or just didn't know she had a boyfriend. Probably the latter, why wouln't Bill read his awesome blog? Actually, it was kind of impressive how the Vongola had managed to keep that the president of the company was in a relationship a secret.
Bill swaggered up to the goddess in human disguise earning him a suspicious and angry glare from her right-hand man.
"Hey, would you like to go out for a couple of drinks with me gorgeous?" He said, all confidence.
There was only Barney left to witness the silverette explode at Bill. "How dare you think you're worthy of even looking at Juudaime that way you creep! You're not even worthy of licking her shoes!" After that some Japanese and Italian obscenities were yelled in Bills' face who had gone extremely pale. A hand on his shoulder cut him off mid rant and he turned to face the tall Asian man who had a slightly cold smile plastered across his face. "Maa maa Gokudera, take it easy, it's not like he would stand a chance against Reborn anyway." The silverette started yelling again, this time at the Asian and in Japanese. The Asian just smiled and laughed.
The angel sighed. "Hayato! Takeshi!" They (or rather he) went quiet at their boss' command. She turned to Bill with a sweet smile on her face. "I'm sorry, I already have a boyfriend." She gave a short bow, then she turned around and walked out the door, shortly followed by her subordinates.
Bill sat down in one of the chairs, shocked, scared and dejected, all his previous confidence lost for the moment.
As Barney walked out of the building he spotted the angel walk up to her boyfriend and give him a brief but passionate kiss. Her smile outshone the sun when she pulled away.
No, Barney thought, he would definitely not want to destroy her happiness in anyway.