Yokozawa Takafumi's Mistakes (Sekai ichi Hatsukoi fanfic)

Yokozawa's Birthday Special

                             In the early hours of this Saturday, while the room was still dark even with the blinds left partially up, the noise of a cellphone could be heard going off. The owner of said phone, considered ignoring it. Though he decided against it because of two reasons. The first reason being that he did not want the other occupants of the apartment to be woken up. The second reason is his natural workaholic tendency.
               The sound of quiet, even breathing could be heard under the sound of the phone. When opening his eyes, he took some time to enjoy the comfortable warmth and the sense of security sleeping next to his lover provided. A pang of regret ran through him that he had to get up and probably leave the house instead of returning to this spot.
                    Shifting off the bed, Yokozawa had to carefully detach Kirishima's arm from around his waist.  Reaching for his phone, he noticed Henmi both called and texted him multiple times. Annoyance ran through him. If Henmi tried contacting him this many times something must have really gone wrong.
               Sighing he changed into a dark blue business suit. Walking with a minuscule amount of sound, Yokozawa made his way out of their room.  As quietly as possible, continued to the living room. The last thing he wanted to do was wake up his lover and daughter at this ungodly hour for no good reason.
             Sitting on the couch, Yokozawa started checking the texts and phone calls. His lips formed a frown as he scanned over the messages. Panic rose within him at the same time. From what he gathered they had lost some important sales data, during a time where multiple editors have sent in proposals for events for their author. Most of the events already got approved.
                   'Calm down. You don't know how bad the situation actually is until you see for yourself.' Yokozawa desperately thought in a weak attempt to not stress out to bad. However, based on experience, problems like this are rare and when they occur they take time to fix and a lot of apologizing to other departments for the slip up.
                  With a grim expression, Yokozawa got up and went to grab his briefcase.  Having collected his necessary items for work, he headed towards the door and paused.  An wariness crept over him. He felt that he forgot to do something. Not remembering whatever that thing he forgot, Yokozawa left for work.

                  __________________

                   Upon arriving at work Yokozawa, wasted no time getting to the sales floor. Almost all the sales workers were there. Files upon files were stacked on people's desks. Around two or three people gathered around the computers throughout the room. Sounds of frustration cried and overwhelmed whines came from every direction. This only furthered his growing agitation.
                     "Does someone want to explain why I was called in on a day that I specifically, in advance, asked to have off?" Yokozawa snarled, his tone completely harsh.
            Everyone in the room jumped. Due to the chaos, no one end noticed his entrance. A silence fell over the floor. People shared nervous glances with each other. The people in the sales were used to Yokozawa being in a bad mood and his efficient, no nonsense work manner. However, today the wild bear of  the sales department, appeared to be extremely pissed and even more intimidating than normal, if that is possible. Fortunately for most people, they did not have to directly confront him. After all, the unspoken rule on the sales floor was that Henmi had the responsibility of handling Yokozawa at times like this.
                Stepping forward, attempting to be  brave Henmi in a shaking voice explained, "When you left yesterday, some of the more experienced sales workers were showing the new recruits around and explaining more of what the job of a sales person entails. We let the new people on computers to see all the works that had impressive sales and some that didn't. Our supervision slipped and we forgot to mention there about the links that should never be clicked."
                  Although Yokozawa knew where this story was going he asked through gritted teeth, "And?"
                Losing confidence and taking a step back, Henmi continued,"Someone clicked on a link and a virus spread through out the data. Of course we quickly cleared the virus along with.......along with five years...worth of sales data. An-an-and we have been putting all our efforts into fixing this on our own. No matter how we went about this though, we made no progress.  I'm so sorry. We need your help. Please help us!"
               "Please help us!" Every sales person echoed with bowed heads. They messed up.  Everyone acknowledged that It was unfair to disturb The dark haired salesman on his day off.  It was still shocking when he informed them of needing time off. Yet, he was their last hope. Maybe Yokozawa could fix this. Maybe the whole company would not be effected by this mistake if he helped them.
                Anger had Yokozawa unable to even react. Such an unbelievably stupid thing happened. Every fiber of his being screamed at him to lash out. Instead, Yokozawa's took multiple deep breaths. If he wanted to be able to correct this mistake he would need help. Also, everyone makes mistakes. Despite his efforts to calm down he was still fully pissed off.
                   A conversation he had with Kirishima a while ago came into his mind. At  that time Yokozawa had been angryas well. Kirishima word were,"You need to relax. People are not perfect and are going to screw up. Even you have made mistakes. At those times instead of yelling and making them feel even worse, you should offer help and support them. A helping hand goes a long way and gets things taken care of quicker. I know this is a hard thing for you so my suggestion for you is to treat them like you treat Hiyori. Conjure up the same kindness and understanding you use with her and apply it to the workers you are dealing with. I promise this it will be worth it."
             Closing his eyes for a minute, Yokozawa couldn't help the twitch of a smile. The irony of having to rely on his lover even when he wasn't there amused him and annoyed him at the same time. Slowly, opening his eyes, he noticed all his coworkers staring at him. Clearly, they were waiting for a brutal reprimand.
               With a humongous effort Yokozawa kept his voice under control while saying,"Okay. I understand the situation. Show me what you have been working on and we can figure out what to do from there."
               Shocked, the salesmen did not move.  Out of every single possible reaction he could have this had not been one. Henmi broke through the shock first. Motioning for Yokozawa to come over, Henmi explained what actions had been taken. Yokozawa nodded occasionally and asked same questions. Yokozawa had to admit to himself that they did some of the same things he would have done in this situation. Finishing his report Henmi stood in front of Yokozawa, waiting for his instructions. All the other members on the floor gave him their full attention as well.
                   "Here's what we are going to do. Some people are going to put the sales data in order by date. Some people are going to renter the data back into the computers. I am going to see if the most recent sales data, that are needed for upcoming events can be saved. While you can come ask me for help, check to see if someone else can help first. I will be the last resort. Okay let's get to work." Yokozawa instructed after careful consideration in what to do.
                "Yes sir!" The sales workers shouted in unison. They split themselves up and did their designated task.
            Sitting at his desk, Yokozawa logged onto his computer. Like everyone else he got to work. Distracted, Yokozawa didn't notice the multiple missed calls and texts that spammed his phone.