Nanami Kento One Shot Collection

Office Hours

As he walks through the hallways of the office, I couldn't help but admire him even more. The way he walks, talks, his jaw tightening during meetings, and his husky voice. But I can only admire him from afar. I couldn't get close to him to talk randomly or whatever because we see him weird. He sometimes talks to himself or stares blankly on the wall. But it seems, I kind of understand him ever since he saved me from the curse spirit one night.

We were both having overtime and it was already 9 o'clock. I was really hungry but I have to finish this to not have another overtime with him when I suddenly felt something heavy on my shoulders. I was slouching while typing on my laptop when I saw through my mirror a weird looking slug. I screamed and tried to get it off me but I am only hitting my shoulders. No slug or anything. I looked again at my mirror but it was still there. That's when Nanami said, "Don't move."

"Get it off me, please," I was already in hysterics but I stopped moving. I closed my eyes and a moment later, I don't feel the heaviness on my shoulders anymore. I opened my eyes and looked at my mirror again. No more weird looking slug. I sighed and was about to thank him when he already turned his back on me. He was carrying a sword wrapped in a cloth with a splattered black dot design.

"Uhm, Nanami-san," I called.

"Yes?"

"Thank you."

He didn't say anything and just proceed on working on his desk. I was almost done on my work so I asked him what that thing was. I thought he wouldn't wanna talk about it but he answered me. Explaining to me things that I never knew it existed.

"So does that mean I can be a sorcerer?"

"You can if you want to."

"How did you know all of these? You are just some weird guy." I gasped. I should not have said that. "I'm sorry. I --"

"I am a sorcerer. I just work here for personal reasons. Now, if you don't mind, I would like to continue working so I could go home," he said while typing away on his laptop.

"Right, I'm sorry. Thank you again."

After that incident, I tend to observe him while talking to my officemates or eat in the cafeteria or while doing work or attend meetings. And now, I am slowly falling in love with him.

I tried talking to him one day in the cafeteria. I don't care if people would say weird stuff about me. They just don't understand him. I walked up to him, sat down, said my hello's, puts my tray on the table, and started eating.

He just stared at me and drank his coffee. And this has been our routine everyday. I eat, he drinks coffee. We work, we got home together and the like. Until one day, I got so busy with work that I almost forgot to eat lunch. I was about to get up and grab something to eat when someone puts packed lunch on my table. I looked up and saw Nanami with his coffee in one hand.

"You missed lunch," he started.

"I'm sorry. I got busy. But I'm free now. Wanna eat somewhere else?" I replied as I fix my things. I looked up and he just nodded.

He went to his table, grab his coat and suitcase, and went out to eat. This could be the start of our love story I guess.