"The Coffee War"
( 9:03 AM – Riku’s Office – Monday )
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
Morning! ☀️ You look like death in a tie.
Riku Hasegawa
Who left this in my office?
( Half-empty coffee cup on Riku’s desk )
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
That’s Arisaka’s. He’s been making himself at home lately.
Riku Hasegawa
He left it in my space. Again.
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
What do you expect from a golden retriever in heat?
( 9:17 AM – Riku & Kaito )
Riku Hasegawa
If you’re going to trespass, at least have the decency to clean up your mess.
Kaito Arisaka
Aww. So you did notice me. 💋
Riku Hasegawa
Your coffee’s acidic. Like your personality.
Kaito Arisaka
You drink black, no sugar. You’re halfway to sociopathic. Perfect match, honestly.
Riku Hasegawa
Stay. Out. Of. My. Office.
( 6:32 AM – Tuesday – Company Calendar Alert )
( 📅 Mandatory team meeting — Scheduled by R. Hasegawa )
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
6:30am. You vindictive little ice cube.
Riku Hasegawa
Petty behavior deserves petty consequences.
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
You’re both gonna combust by Q3.
( 6:52 AM – Tuesday – Conference Room )
Kaito Arisaka
You scheduled a meeting at dawn?
Riku Hasegawa
You're awake. That’s a miracle.
Next, we try getting you to shut up.
Kaito Arisaka
( yawning ) You want me to shut up, Hasegawa... or do you want me to beg?
Riku Hasegawa
( blank stare 😒 )
Kaito Arisaka
Thought so😏.
( Later - In the Elevator)
Kaito Arisaka
You’re fun when you’re angry.
All tense and twitchy.
Riku Hasegawa
I'm not twitchy.
Kaito Arisaka
You're basically vibrating.
Riku Hasegawa
One more word and I will vibrate—with HR reports.
( Nao’s Thoughts – Eavesdropping Nearby )
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
We are three passive-aggressive coffees away from office sex. Calling it now.
Late night. Riku’s apartment. Minimalist, spotless. The kind of place that looks lived in by someone who doesn’t want to be noticed.
( 10:47 PM – Riku’s Inner Monologue )
Riku Hasegawa
( thinking ) He left another cup on my desk. Third one this week. It’s calculated. Of course it is. He wants a reaction. I gave him one.
( He picks up the empty paper cup. Stares at it. )
Riku Hasegawa
( thinking ) Why do I remember how he takes his coffee?
[11:10 PM – Kaito’s Apartment – Chat with Takeda (Kaito’s friend)]
Shun Takeda
How’s the new job? Still pissing off the suits?
Kaito Arisaka
One in particular 😏
Kaito Arisaka
🔥In that “death glare while buttoning his cuffs” way.
Shun Takeda
.....You’re gonna wreck him.
Kaito Arisaka
He already hates me. But not the way I want yet.
Shun Takeda
You always push too far.
Kaito Arisaka
Sometimes that's the only way people crack.
( 11:23 PM – Riku brushing his teeth. Kaito staring at his ceiling. )
Riku Hasegawa
( thinking ) He smiles like nothing touches him.
Kaito Arisaka
( thinking ) He looks like no one ever touched him.
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