Triple The Fun

Chapter 12

After working in the Emerald department of Marukawa Shoten for about a year, Ritsu thought that he had gotten used to its antics and crazy way of working, not to mention the so called weirdo colleagues of his. But damn, was Ritsu wrong.

We all know everyday at Emerald was crazy but today it was just insane. All the work was jumbled up, the authors kept calling in complaining about their problems, the people at the publishing department wouldn't stop calling.

When Ritsu woke up that morning and found out that Takano was not going to work that day because of some personal business with family, Ritsu was kind of ecstatic that he wouldn't have to face Takano all day at work. No boss at work meant no yelling, no yelling meant no pressure and no pressure meant a nice peaceful day at work. But unfortunately, God just really hated Ritsu for some reason.

Rather than how Ritsu imagined the day to be, it was utterly hell. Without Takano, everything seemed disorganized. Yes, there was no yelling and screaming but also due to Takano's absence, Emerald had no one to stand up against those asshole authors who wouldn't stop complaining and get to actual work. No wonder why people say Takano saved Emerald department's ass from drowning.

Unlike Ritsu, everyone else in Emerald seemed to at least be accustomed to the consequences of Takano's absence from previous experiences. But the hellish rush eventually died down after lunch and the rest of the day seemed to have went by without a hitch.

But as we all know, no matter how nice, how dependable, how amazing the boss is, the subordinates are always little shits who want to throw parties because of their boss's absence. The rest of the employees of Emerald were no different. So after everyone finished their work at the office, Kisa proposed that they all should go grab some drinks. Because no one was feeling that tired, they all agreed. Ritsu was neutral, he didn't agree or disagree but like in all situations he had no choice and was basically dragged to one of the nearest bars by the group of three.

After a few- okay a shit ton of drinks, the whole gang was wasted expect for goody two shoes boy Ritsu. Even Hatori was drunk as hell! They somehow managed to stop drinking and pay for their drinks properly before getting out of the bar. It was time for them to go their own ways but luck was never on Ritsu's side. The three drunk men, out of nowhere, announced that they wanted to visit Ritsu's house. Ritsu tried to protest but the drunkards were already head towards the direction of his house.

So basically that was the story of how Ritsu ended up in front of his front door with his drunk colleagues. Ritsu kept cursing his fate as he opened the door with his keys, stepping inside after letting his uninvited guests in.

"AWH! Ricchan you have a nice house!" Kisa exclaimed as he clumsily took of his shoes like the rest of them. Both Hatori and Mino nodded their heads in agreement while mumbling under their breaths. By the looks of the three, Ritsu knew that he had to help them sober up a little first before sending them home. A tiny part of Ritsu's brain nagged him saying that if Takano was here, he would have handled the situation with a problem. If that part of Ritsu's head was an actual person, Ritsu would have beaten that person up. Annoyed by his own thoughts, he quickly shooed that voice away and lead his coworkers to his (hopefully clean) living room.

All the males plopped down on the ground, each of them occupying one side of the coffee table. Thankfully, Ritsu's living room was clean, at least he was able to save his hygiene reputation.

As soon as Ritsu saw his coworkers get comfortable then he walked to his kitchen to get water for all of them. He also thought about preparing coffee to help them sober up faster.