mazeofrelationships | (no subject)

The secretary in question comes in the door, at first, a pile of papers in front of her face. She's obviously short, wearing a knee-length pencil skirt, and heels that she's wobbling in slightly.

However as soon as she looks up over the papers, she almost drops them. "Oh! ... Senpai." Naoto is wearing a shoulder-length black wig, as well as her TV world glasses, looking... rather not like herself. She can't lie to him and pretend she's anyone else. "I... possibly should have looked a bit more at who was in the office I was sent to."

Yosuke stares in silence for several seconds, dumbfounded by her appearance. "Na..oto..kun?"

What the hell was going on?

Naoto puts the papers down on his desk, then goes back to the door, looking out for a moment, and then shutting it. Before she speaks, she pulls what looks like a lipstick case out of her pocket and sets it on a bookcase by the door.

When she turns back to him, her voice is at a more familiar, lower tone. "I am undercover, Senpai. I have been hired to investigate some possible embezzlement going on here. I possibly should get you a more useful secretary."

"No, don't go," Yosuke says. "Not yet. We haven't seen each other in years."

Which fucking sucked? How much the IT had split up. Now he has a chance to reconnect, except maybe she has to work her job, so it's unfair to ask this of her.

"Or we could meet after."

"Actually, you might be of some assistance to me, if you do not mind. All I would ask would be for you to keep your ears open, and let me know what you hear."

She pauses, and sits down in one of the chairs, kicking her shoes off. "I have missed all of you, to be honest. I, er, have not spoken to anyone from Inaba in quite a while."

A thoughtful moment. "If you would like to meet up later, I would certainly not mind. Company is certainly better than the current run of Featherman."

"I can do that," he promises, about keeping an eye out. "And I've missed you too. A whole lot, actually."

He's missed all of them, but for some reason she was a little more special than everyone but Yu. Strange, since they'd never really spent too much time together outside the group.

"We can go out and eat, catch up on everything."

"Thank you." She reaches over, takes a post-it from his desk, and writes down her phone number. "I have gotten a new phone since Inaba. It would be likely useful for you to have the number."

A small, content smile. Yosuke, in all of his silliness, even as much as he tended to put his foot in his mouth, always had a special place in her heart. Why, she never really could put her finger on, but finding him here, now, well, that just made everything better.

"I would like that, Senpai. However, if you do not mind, I would appreciate the chance to go home and change after I am done here. Perhaps meet somewhere at about seven?"

"I don't mind. If you want, I can pick you up from where you live."

Something in him makes him want to act gentlemany about this, which feels kinda weird.

"You do not have to. It is likely somewhat out of your way." She blushes furiously, suddenly self-conscious about the upscale area her apartment is in. "I can take a taxi easily enough. Where would you like to go? It has been a while since I have eaten much except take-out and cup noodles."

"We should go out for a nice dinner, then. My treat."

"If you are certain, Senpai. I would enjoy that. I could also pay my own way." She considers for a moment. "Actually, Grandfather told me about a new place that just opened. We could possibly go there."

Retrieving the post-it with her phone number, she writes down an address. "I can call and get us a reservation, and we can meet there?"

"Sounds great," he says. "What kind of dress code does it have?"

He pauses for a moment. "Also, you don't need to call me senpai anymore. We're not in school. You can call me by my name."

"A nice suit will do. Nothing too fancy." She smiles. "However, as we are currently colleagues, and I am not supposed to know you, I think I will stick with Yosuke-san for today."

A pause. "Now about the actual reason you needed me..."