Alias (Japan x Female Reader Oneshot)

Alias

"Mr. Honda, can you please take this and look into the suppliers who still provide their services on time?"

"Yes, I'm on it," Kiku replied as he took the file and sat at his desk.

He sighed as his eyes scanned through the boring letters and with a pen he ticked off a few names.

That was the normal worklife of Kiku Honda, a salaryman who seemed to have no hobby outside his daily routine, according to his peers. He spent hours at his desk, working away till his shift ended.

As usual, Kiku looked down at his desk, concentrating on the given work, when sudden footsteps towards him diverted his attention.

He looked up to see his boss, (Y/n) (L/n) staring at him with a frown.

Surprised to see his boss suddenly approach him, he quickly got on his feet and bowed. "Good afternoon, boss! Is there anything I can help with?"

(Y/n) furrowed her brows at him. "Mr. Honda, I'm worried about your health. You seem to work a lot without doing anything else much. Don't you get tired?" she asked.

Kiku well knew why she was asking that. Last week, he collapsed on his way home from work and had to taken back to his house with his German and his Italian friends' help.

They later lectured him on how his health was more important than his work. But what they didn't know was that it wasn't because of overworking that he fainted.

The young Japanese man gave a slight nod. "I like working. It's normal for me," he said, forcing a smile while wondering at the back of his mind which one told her.

"I see. Anyways, take care," (Y/n) left, taking one last look at Kiku.

Kiku let out a deep breath and sat down.

If he hadn't stayed up the previous night playing online games on that day, he wouldn't have had to hear any of this.

Still, it felt kind of nice that she cared about his well-being.

His thoughts were interrupted by a slight pat on his shoulder, to which he turned back.

There stood his two friends, Feliciano Vargas and Ludwig Beilschmidt.

"Ve~ Kiku, are you doing well today?" the Italian man went in for a hug towards Kiku, to which he got pulled away by the strong German.

"Can't you see Honda is still not in a good shape? It's all because of those salted salmon!!" Ludwig scowled.

Kiku nervously laughed, thinking how his diet managed to enter the conversaion.

The duo rambled upon how worried they were for him, insisting upon him to take a break from work and go on a vacation. The raven-haired man could only shake his head at their proposals till he felt dizzy.

At long last, the two of them stopped to catch a breath.

"Ve~ But it was nice of (Y/n) to check up on you," Feliciano said.

"(Y-Y/n)?! You call her by her name?!?" Kiku looked at him, bewildered.
"Ve~ Only when she's not around~" the cheeky Italian winked.

Kiku recalled how on many occassions Feliciano expressed his wish to date their boss. Not that it wasn't understandable. Their boss, Miss (Y/n) was a beautiful and caring young woman who always looked after her employees and their needs.

Part of the reason why Kiku worked so much there was to make himself look good before her.

A light punch on the head from the exhausted German brought Feliciano back to his usual self.