"You've been working for 3 months but the target is always a quarter less!? Urgghh...! Even though I have given you the best training!" a disappointed expression despite her low pitch and seeming cold.
"Uh... I apologize,"
She lightly shook off the sales report paper I gave her before pounding the table hard enough. She added that she scolded me in order to make me work more competently. "Tch! Anyway, you should be better than this in the fourth month! I don't want to know!" Then her left hand was moved to displace, driving me out of her sight.
"Th-then... E-excuse me first, Kashiwagi-san,"
That's the worst memory my manager brings up every month. Those words always haunt my mind even when I'm enjoying the delicious bento I made this morning to forget about that problem. Those words were as if a threat that weighed as much as my responsibility.
Mitsue Kashiwagi, is a woman who scolds me every day for little things, and gets mad at the end of the month. She had a charming face and slim body, wearing long stockings, a black short skirt, a light blue shirt, jacket that was the same color as her hair.
She had shoulder-length straight silver white hair with blue eyes as beautiful as the ocean on the coast of Okinawa. Her face is always serious with pink lipstick that is not too bold. Well, her appearance is a prima donna like no other. That's why some employees often offer her to have dinner together. Although almost all of them had to surrender to reality.
A beautiful face alone is not enough to make the employees hold on to her. Her firm mouth and always meddling in people's affairs ruined her own reputation. Both by female and male employees. I also often hear Miss Kashiwagi refuse coldly. Like…
“When there is time for fun, I prefer input into new unique projects!”
And…
"I only attend when the topic of conversation has weight!"
Or…
“To be drunk only destroys your sanity!”
His words always advise others and not herself.
I mean, come on! How workaholic are you, huh? Also, every people also have different principles, right? We don't want to be slaves of the company forever, do we? As for the beer-drinking part, I don't mind too much because I myself rarely go to the shop to order beer.
"Yeah, she really doesn't have any good things besides her looks…" said my senior, Kinji Tomatsu.
Me and my other senior, Aemi-san, agreed in unison. Before Kinji-san, whose clown which is funnier than joker, said stupid things.
“And… the size of the ballistic missiles?” Kinji-san's hands looked almost clenched and weighing on his chest, showing how perverted his mind was.
“Cough, ugh~!”
Those words made me cough. Some of the warm lemon tea I just drank came out through my nose.
“A-are you okay Eijiro-kun?” she massaged my back lightly then turned sharply to my senior who had just said something stupid. “Oh my, Kin-Chan! Is that what you've been thinking all this time?!”
"Ehhhh~ besides Eijiro is also curious I think…,"
“N-no!” I firmly refuse even though it is true.
Kinji Tomotsu is the colleague I get along with the most. He has worked for about five years, is also an apartment neighbor in Edogawa. Her black hair is tied back and always jokes all the time. Even so, his performance cannot be underestimated. The only thing that made us quickly familiar was because he had a hobby with me. Play games, watch anime and read manga.
We even had a debate about the best waifu. Kinji-san prefers a female character, typical of an older sister who seduces with ara~ ara~ voice, which is easy for men to hallucinate strange thoughts after hearing that voice. Whereas I, on the other hand, like female characters with a typical attitude like an ice queen who is hard to approach. Well, that doesn't mean my manager is include that pack, Mitsue Kashiwagi-san. She was even beyond the ice queen herself.
My next partner is Ogi Aemi. The duration of work is more or less the same as Kinji-san. Aemi-san is a woman with glasses and ponytails in the style of a secretary who looks calm and cool in the anime I watched. Her style of dressing up to Kinji-san's taste, that's what I thought at first. But after the three of us got to know each other, it turned out that they were lovers.
Kinji-san who likes animes and mangas, while Aemi-san is the author of light novels and sometimes romantic manga which is sold at fairs. They both match and have the same hobbies. Sometimes Aemi-san asks Kinji-san to help her at the Akihabara cosplay event. That makes me a little jealous.
The three of us are currently taking a lunch break in the outer cafeteria so we can talk about our problems without our bosses overhearing.
“But… Kashiwagi-san should be more understanding with Eijiro-kun. After all, he's only been in the sales division for three months, Kin-chan!” Aemi-san's calm and smooth words but a little grumpy defending me sometimes makes me a little excited.
“Hmm… but it's not that easy, Ogi.” Kinji-san holds his chin and looks a bit serious. “After all, the sales division is the heart of the company. But even so, I salute you, who in three months is only a quarter short of the target? That's pretty good too!" he nodded slightly.
“Is that so, Kinji-san?”
He added that when he first entered, even in a few months he only reached a quarter. In fact, I was less than a quarter or three-quarters of the target much better.
Hearing that, my eyes light up as I get emotional. I reflexively embraced him.
“THANK YOU KINJI-SAN~ HWAAAaaa~ YOU'RE GOOD PERSON! YOU STILL STILL LOYAL FRIENDS!!”
Of course, Kinji-san had a hard time because I hugged him. He was trying so hard to get out of my tight hug.
“ARGHHHH! Do you always do this to other men? No wonder women hate you, EIJIROO!”
Aemi-san spontaneously made a grimace face. She's a bit weird especially towards the romantic novel she's been making lately. It's not like “Normal Romantic Manga” like what you think. Because that what she makes is romantic men with men. Simply… disgusting!
“But… I'm not what you think, Kinjiro-san!” I was still embracing his back while shedding emotion at Kinji-san's praise and advice.
"No! You are just like what I thought! EIJIROO LET GO!!” he added, still trying hard to let go of my death embrace. “L-look, Ei-eijiro! Ogi wants to take pictures of us! Y-you know that's not good, right?!"
Well, Aemi-san is looking for her wild material from the stupidity of both of us. Luckily I quickly came to my senses and quickly released Kinji-san. Aemi-san was a little sad because she didn't have time to take pictures of us.
But the time for joking was over. After eating ramen and drinking warm lemon-orange tea, the three of us headed back to the office.
"Eijiro, if you have any problems, come to my apartment anytime!"
“Eh? Obviouslyyyy… not. You just had me help you play your character's online game, right?” I simply refused. Because it's true. When we entered Kinji-san's room, we immediately intended to play games on his computer. He was too bad at playing RPG online games so he asked for the help of my very strong character.
He has two computers that are capable of playing heavy games.
"Eh-ehem~ T-that... isn't that what we do during breaks, Eijiro?"
I know he just wants to look good in the eyes of his girlfriend. Because Aemi-san is too worried about her juniors, she doesn't want the seniors to give less direction in terms of work.
“Ehhh? At that time you said we would play a game until pa-"
Kinji-san immediately covered my mouth.
“Pfufufufu~ not an example of a good senior,” Aemi-san's subtle tone gripped her, with her cynical glances scaring Kinji-san even myself. "Tonight we will talk a lot, KI-EN-CHAN~"
That's how Aemi-san is, she's always worried about her juniors. These two are by far my best buddies at work. They are a perfect match and harmony.
Sometimes I think...
Should I just give up this job? No! That would make Kinji-san and Aemi-san sad.
After all, I'm… Eijiro Munekata, 24 years old and just got hired after three years of unemployment. I graduated from a high school in the field of sales.
I hope, the test of my life is made easier.
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