Contract With My Boss [Touken Story]

5

"Psst! Touka!" A male co-worker named Koma called.

"Yes, Koma-san?" She answered while still typing on her laptop without looking at him. "What's up?"

"Did you know that the boss is married? We haven't seen him going out with his wife recently even though they used to be so lovey-dovey. I wonder what happened." He whispered.

Touka stopped typing and turned to Koma with wide eyes. The fact that he's married shocked her because she has never seen him wear a ring on his finger before. "I didn't know that he's married. He doesn't act like a married man, he's always in the office till late--"

"Kirishima-san."

She froze at the call of her name and slowly looked in the direction of the voice. Kaneki was glaring down at the both of them and Koma quickly turned his focus back to his work. This bastard! He's pretending he didn't do anything! "Y-Yes, Mr. Kaneki?" She tried to keep calm but her nervousness slipped out.

"In my office. Now." Kaneki ordered before turning on his heels to briskly walk to his office.

"Yes, sir." She answered before glancing over to Koma who had his hands clapped together and mouthed a 'sorry' to her.

—

Kaneki remained frighteningly quiet when she entered his office and the female stood there, awaiting her punishment—which was either a scolding or even worse, she might get fired from her work for gossiping about him.

"..don't you have anything to say?" He asked and she stiffened.

"I'm sorry."

"It's good that you feel bad about it. Listen, Kirishima. I don't mind that you guys talk about me but do it somewhere I cannot hear. How would you feel if I talked horribly about you in front of your face?"

She hesitated. "..I'd feel upset. But sir, we weren't talking bad about you. I was just shocked to hear that you were married because—"

Slamming a fist on his table, Touka stopped speaking as Kaneki glared at her with gritted teeth. "Mind your own business. Tell the rest of them that if I hear a single thing about me or my wife around the office, I'll fire them. Get out of my office now."

"Y-Yes."

—

"What did he say?" Koma asked after she returned to her desk. She threw him a glare and then sighed. "He'll fire anyone who speaks of him or his wife so you better watch your back, Koma-san."

He gulped. "He's scary!"

Touka frowned. Now she sees why everyone is afraid of him and calls him heartless.

—

It's the end of work for today and everyone has left the office except for her and Kaneki again. Her office phone beeps and it's him calling her to go to his office. She quickly placed down her work and went to him. His eyes met hers when she opened the door and he gestured towards the couch. "Sit."

"Yes, sir." Touka does as she's told and watched as Kaneki pulled a chair to sit in front of her.

He sucked in a breath and exhaled. "I'm sorry for the way I acted towards you earlier on. I shouldn't have vent my anger on you even though it wasn't your fault."

Whatever she was expecting, it was definitely not an apology. On top of that, he's looking at her with an apologetic expression on his face. Touka swallowed and started, "u-um, you don't have to apologize. It was my fault for talking about you too."

He shook his head. "No, it's mine. I tend to get a little..emotional when my wife is brought up."

"I-if you don't mind me asking, may I know what happened? I'm totally fine if you don't want to talk about it—"

Kaneki doesn't know why but with Touka, he felt that it was okay to tell her the truth. He's been burdened by this for a long time and he decided it would be best to let it out so that he wouldn't suffer as much.

"Long story short, she cheated on me."