An office story//Karmagisa

Chapter 4.

People often confuse me for a girl. It might be because of my bright blue, long hair. My small and curvy figure is not very helping either. To make matters worse, even my voice is described as 'cute' by several people. You'd think by now I'd get used to it and just calmly correct people, but no, you're wrong.

"Karma, who's this girl and why are we sitting with her again?" The blonde asked. Karma turned to her but before he could say anything I spoke up. "I'm a boy, thank you, and honestly Karma, why are you sitting here?" Both of them stared at me, their faces not showing any emotion apart from a hint of surprise. Neither of them said anything and it was getting me sort of agitated, which I made clear with a sour look at the both of them.

"Oh wow, you don't gotta speak or anything." I said with a hint of sarcasm. I stood up, ready to leave and drink my coffee somewhere else. "Wha-Oh, no, wait!" Karma said as he stood up to stop me. "You were sitting alone, thought you needed company." My only possible reaction to that was to raise an eyebrow. Karma smirked at me. "Or were you waiting for someone special?" he teased. At that moment I got the feeling teasing was his thing, but I thought I could handle it. I was however not expecting the girl to join in.

"Ooooh, wouldn't want to interrupt a little date lunch now would we?" The blonde said as she moved over the table to stand next to me. She pushed me down so I was sitting again. Karma took a chair and moved it as close as possible next to me before sitting on it and leaning my way. Not to my surprise, the girl did the same. And so I ended up being trapped between two people who I would describe as owners of a devil's spirit.

"Hey hey Nagisa, you know you can tell your friend Karma." Karma pushed at me. "We are friends?" I questioned him in a sarcastic tone. "So your name is Nagisa, very cute, who's your lover?" The blonde asked, pushing into me further. I was now even closer to Karma, how great. "Don't you want to tell us?" Karma asked. He was looking down at me, straight in the eye, which was quite uncomfortable to say the least. "Guys this is like really awkward..." I managed to say quietly, starting to feel a little nervous with the two devils so close to me. Karma laughed and moved away, almost making me fall over.

"Ah man, I really wanted to know." The girl said as she also moved away from me, though not too far. "Okay but like, I don't even know who you are?" I questioned the girl . She smiled at me and said: "Rio Nakamura, Karma's partner in crime, most of the time." she did a little salute. I looked at Karma who then also saluted. "How great..." I spoke tensely.

Karma sighed and leaned backwards. When I'd first met him in the elevator that morning I sort of thought of him as someone in a possibly higher position than me, but seeing him now I started to doubt that. Then again when I looked at Irina, and her childish behaviour, I wouldn't have guessed her to have the position she has either. But Irina had this weird charm of her she used for her job, Karma just seemed to laid back for that. And as a boss you'd not expect him to be like that. Above all that, he seemed to be about my age, which was way too young to be working here long enough to have a high position.

I hadn't actually noticed I was staring at Karma until he started waving his hand in front of my face. "You still on earth?" He asked me, only a slight tease in his voice. I blinked a few times before standing up. "I am, now, and I realise I should get back to doing what I'm at work for." I stated. Rio and Karma looked at me with faces that read 'confused'. "Work, I'm here to work." I illustrated for them. I saw their mouths form an 'o', showing they understood.

"I'll walk with you." Karma said, now also standing. So then I was on my way back to Irina's office with Karma by my side. He kept asking me stupid questions, like what my favourite colour was (blue), whether I was dating someone (no), and what my type of boy was. At the last question I turned to him questioningly. He somehow managed to keep an innocent face. "What?" He asked. I decided to ignore him from that point.

"Okay then, can I ask what you do in your free time?" He sighed. It took me a moment to think before I could answer. "I don't know, I watch movies, I hang with people, go out and stuff." I shrugged. "So you do party?" Karma mumbled. He looked like he was making a mental note to himself, so I just nodded as confirmation in case he did need it. "I think my best friend would kill me if I lived my life just working and staying home." I added. "Good friend." Karma noted to me.

We arrived at the stairs and Karma stopped to turn to me. "So like, you asked if we were friends." he stated. "I did indeed." I confirmed for him. Karma took a moment to think before pointing at me and saying: "You are my friend." I had a feeling that, if I were holding a knife, it would be in his chest by then. "You can't just decide that?" I didn't mean to make it a question. Karma shrugged and went ahead on the stairs. I followed, trying to keep up with him, which wasn't easy seeing as my tiny legs were at least half of his.

"Why? You don't hate me do you?" He questioned as soon as I was finally walking next to him, still needing to take more steps to keep up. He skipped a step every step he took. "No, I guess you are quite entertaining, very strange though." I avowed. Karma smiled at that. "So I'm not boring you then?"
"How can I get bored with a guy that pinches your butt at the first meeting?"

Karma seemed to think that was hilarious. "I won't get bored with a guy that pretends to love me at the first meeting." He said lovingly. I looked down and let out a nervous laugh. "So you noticed?" I managed to say. Karma let out a loud laugh. "Well I guessed after your intensive swearing. At that my head turned completely red. "Oh boy." I whispered to myself.

"As long as you don't talk like that to Mrs. Bitch I guess you're fine." Karma snickered. I remembered when I first started my job as Irina's assistant. The only thing she got mad about was me calling her Mrs. Jelavic. I was honestly too scared to actually be sarcastic around her or do anything but the things she asked of me. Swearing at her the way I swore to Karma would probably be the death of me.

I looked up at Karma, wondering whether he would be like that round Irina, especially the first few weeks. He seemed so calm and collected, yet so devilish, and there was always the possibility he acted different when actually working. However, the way he walked with his hand in his pockets and his back slightly tilted back, it didn't give me that impression.

Looking at him I couldn't help but realise his red hair fit him, and his devilish character. His mercury, goldish eye colour also seemed fitting. He looked at me and all I thought was that it would certainly scare me to see those at night. I then mentally face palmed myself for that very random thought. Except I didn't mentally face palm myself, I actually did it in front of Karma.

He looked at me questioningly, mouthing a 'what'. I laughed and turned red again.

"This is my floor, bye Karma!" I almost yelled at him. I walked away quickly, leaving Karma behind me. The watch on my wrist told me it was almost 4, meaning Irina would probably be back. I looked back at the hallway I came from, wondering whether I should have at least given Karma my number, seeing as he decided we are now friends. For some reason I didn't actually mind that that much. I was sure I'd see my newest friend sometime soon.   

A/N: Okay I lied, this was less gay then it was supposed to be. I just felt like I didn't want to rush a relationship. I mean who gets together and starts dating after their first meeting, which involved butt pinching and swearing. 

I CAN PROMISE ONE THING: next chapter involves a date...between two characters, yes....