Friends with Benefits (FwB) (GirlxGirl)(COMPLETED)

FwB Chapter 4: The Flower that Bloomed Surreptitiously

She jabbed the only button accessible on the panel, letting the door close between them. The day had already started off so nicely…

Thirty seconds later, the door opened to her floor, her secretary looking up from her work before standing up and giving her a bow. "He's still inside. Please be your same charming self."

Haruka sighed and rolled her eyes before opening the big heavy doors to her office. He must really think highly of himself to voluntarily step into my office to wait…

She concluded that she didn't like him already.

Looking straight forward she almost stopped in her tracks as she met with familiar clear sapphire eyes.

"Good afternoon Tenoh-san."

Her lips pursed involuntarily before she gave a tiny bow. "Kaioh-san, good afternoon."

It was clear where Michiru got a lot of her looks from although it was obvious Kaioh Shinji wasn't even close to the gender of a woman. He stood a couple inches shorter than the blonde at five feet ten and wore a three piece suit adorned with a pearly white tie. His hair was cut short, tufts of curls sticking out from its slicked back style and he wore a sophisticated, clean cut goatee. He looked young for someone who was from the older generation which got Haruka asking exactly what age he married the female Kaioh and when Michiru was conceived.

"I'm sorry for the wait. I didn't realize I would be working overtime today," she stated easily and walked passed him and towards her chair. She sat down and motioned for him to do so as well not liking the bit of electricity beginning to formulate inside the room. "So, let's get down to business then seeing as I've practically destroyed your entire morning. To what do I owe this pleasure?"

Per usual she kept the conversation to a strict formality, her words never really reaching her eyes for if they did, emerald orbs would scream sarcasm.

Shinji gave a small smirk and gave a nod. "I need a condo…a new residential you could say."

Haruka nodded as she attempted to bring out the list of open condominiums under Tenoh Corporation. "Not to intrude, but may I ask what's wrong with your estate?" She locked eyes with him as if daring him to answer and then gave a small smile herself. "If you don't feel like answering that's fine too. I just need time to reboot the system so I tend to carry useless conversations to make it seem faster."

The older man gave a rough laugh and nodded. "You are every bit as they say you are."

The blonde fiddled with the keyboard as she gave him a questioning glance. "They?"

"People," Shinji stated rather easily. "We might not be under the same kind of business, but we do deal with the same people. Word gets around of the more…memorable personas and this is why I'm here today."

Haruka stared evenly at him as a short tune of the rebooted system filled the air momentarily. "Lantern's probably in the same boat as us—

She cut herself off as the elder Kaioh gave another laugh. "You sound as if you don't want me here Tenoh-san."

The young CEO merely shrugged. "I don't mind you here Kaioh-san," she said easily. "I just want to know why me and not Richie Fields?"

Richie Fields was the Japanese culture educated American who was CEO of Lantern Corporation. Out of all the companies that dealt with the selling, buying, and building of well…buildings, they were at the top rivalry position against Tenoh Corp.

"You could say I don't trust American companies in Japanese soil."

It was a fair enough answer, one she's gotten numerous times before when she asked. Bringing the data base to the speed of the present, she finally checked her list of empty or otherwise vacant penthouse suites and stated, "Penthouse A is available for both The Renaissance and Royal and Penthouse C is available in the Courier. They will come fully furnished unless you'd rather not have what we've put in the suites prior, in which time we will take out whatever doesn't suit your taste and replace it with anything that does with the exception that it's of lesser or equal value of the items taken out.