365 Hours with Rufus Shinra (FFVII: Rufus x OC)

ch1. would you, kindly, leave me the f*ck alone?

THE HEADQUARTERS were a mess and it made sense that they would be. There were people working maniacally, searching for the uncharted territories of all the continents of Gaia's. There had to be coal somewhere else except Corel. She couldn't believe that this was the end of her company. She had struggled so much trying to get there. She had entire villages that relied on her electric energy. The 12% of Midgar's accommodations too relied on her sources which -mind you- was a lot in a City governed by Shinra, comprised of thousands of people that worked for it.

Hannah looked at the people. Her employees. She would have to fire thousands of them and eventually -most possibly- sell her apartment and her car to gather enough money to start over. Perfect. All because of that cursed company and that asshole that governed it. Oh- what wouldn't she give for the chance to strangle that man with her own hands.

She checked the time on the watch that she had tied around her wrist and she frowned. It was 7:30PM and some of her employees were clocking out for the night. But she knew that the boss can never really leave until -at least- midnight. Until -at least- some solution was found.

And so, she stayed in her office. Her room, the only one that still had light in it. The monitor's light reflected on her glasses as she scrolled and searched, and searched. She was unintentionally biting her thumb. Her eyes stung with exhaustion but she couldn't go to sleep just yet. She really couldn't.

And then she heard footsteps and a knock on her door. She was sure that everybody was gone and the security on her building's gates wouldn't let someone in unless that someone was trustworthy.

The man entered her office anyway, and she rolled her eyes. "Did you come to check on your older sis, traitor?"

Reno groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose in clear frustration. "Get your ass up, I got the chopper on the helipad. We need to get to Junon on time," he checked on his watch and frowned.

"Junon? Right now?" For once, she took her attention off her computer's screen and raised an eyebrow. When she checked the time, the realisation hit her. "Ohh! I got a fucking session with your boss!"

He hated how normal she made it sound. "Can you please use some other word? Like... a date? Or a... business meeting?" Reno hopelessly suggested.

"Yeah..." She took off her glasses and set off to turn off her computer, "...a business meeting where we're going to fuck,"

He sucked a deep breath trying to calm down his nerves. "For fuck's sakes, Hanney, I don't like it any more than you do,"

She got up and walked around her desk to reach him. "Do I get the chance to change and freshen up my makeup or-"

"There's everything you need on the chopper. Let's go," Reno grabbed her hand and started dragging her with him towards the elevator of her building. Hannah indifferently followed her little brother, yawning in the way to the elevator. Dammit, she was tired. She'd fall asleep during sex. She laughed.

The two siblings waited in the elevator as it took them upwards. Reno crossed his hands against his bare chest and tapped his foot on the floor. She hung her bag by her shoulder and she looked at her brother with an arched eyebrow.

"Don't tell me he's even given you a dress,"

The answer took a minute to come and Reno pursed his lips and tried to look anywhere but her. He gave in eventually, sighing and loosening the tightness around his shoulders.