“Corporate Espionage”
( 10:13 AM – Break Room Security Cam )
No audio. Just Kaito and Riku mid-argument. Intense. Close. Heated.
Screenshot posted anonymously to the company’s gossip chat
> 📸 [Photo shared]
Caption: When “teamwork” starts to look like foreplay…
( 10:25 AM – Nao & Emi – DMs )
Emi Sato
Okay. What was that?
They were two seconds away from kissing or killing.
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
I know. I’m obsessed. They’re one coffee spill away from making out on the copier.
Emi Sato
Should we say something?
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
Absolutely not.
We watch. We record. We scream quietly.
Emi Sato
Like respectful trash pandas.
( 11:42 AM – Kaito & Riku – Project Workspace Chat )
Kaito Arisaka
So… we’re trending now. Office-wide. 👀
( Kaito sends a screenshot of the gossip thread. )
Riku Hasegawa
Who took that photo?
Kaito Arisaka
Does it matter? We look good together.
Riku Hasegawa
This is a professional environment.
Kaito Arisaka
Then why does it feel like foreplay?
( 11:45 AM – Riku storms into stairwell. Kaito follows. IRL confrontation begins. )
Riku Hasegawa
You want to joke about rumors while we’re under review?
Kaito Arisaka
You’re the one dragging me into stairwells like it’s a drama.
Riku Hasegawa
You’re reckless. You want people watching?
Kaito Arisaka
They’re already watching, Riku. Might as well give them something worth seeing.
Kaito Arisaka
( steps in close ) You hate me.
But you keep reacting. So which one is it?
Riku Hasegawa
I don’t have to answer that.
Kaito Arisaka
You just did it.
( Afternoon. Nao and Emi at the break room table with snacks and spy energy. )
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
I did some digging.
Emi Sato
You scare me in the best way.
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
Kaito used to work in PR strategy at Sunwell. Big splashy campaigns, drama with upper management, rumor of a messy fallout.
Emi Sato
What kind of messy?
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
Messy like “personal boundaries and one too many late nights with the VP.”
Emi Sato
So… he’s been in hot water before?
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
Yup. And now he’s got Hasegawa boiling.
Emi Sato
Should we warn them?
Nao Mizushima (Riku’s Assistant)
Nope. We monitor. We snack. We support the chaos. Unofficial HR policy.
( Nao sticks a sticky note on the break room fridge )
> 📌 "DO NOT MICROWAVE DRAMA — IT'S ALREADY HOT ENOUGH."
( Riku to Himself, 10:49 PM )
Riku Hasegawa
( thinking ) Why can't I ignore him? Why do I keep defending him? Why do I… see him?
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