Contract With My Boss [Touken Story]

11

"The contract will include us being in a husband and wife relationship. We will act in the same way a married couple would, with you in-charge of meals, housework and—"

"Wait. Husband and wife? Aren't you already married?"

Kaneki pressed his lips to a thin line. "I'm married only on paper. Rize and I barely even see each other anymore. It's safe to say that I'm not married physically or mentally to her."

"Okay..but hey, why am I—"

"Read the contract first before asking any other questions."

Touka directed her attention back to the paper in her hands. Basically, just as how he'll treat her as his own wife, she'll also be seeing him as her husband. There's a long list of duties she has to do as his wife; like waking him up for work, making meals for him, preparing the shower for him and spending time with him. Below the duties are the rules that she needs to keep. Some include not having dates in public, acting normal in the workplace, never to tell anyone about this contract or relationship etc...

The more she read, the deeper her frown went. This all seemed like a one-sided thing and she can't see any benefits in it for her.

"How am I rewarded for this? Please don't tell me that I'm rewarded by your presence because that is not going to make me say yes."

He snorted at her unfunny joke and tossed a card across the table. "I'll give you a credit card and you can use it as you please. As for the house, I'll be paying for it. You just need to move in there with your belongings."

She scrunched up her nose. "This all seems too good to be true. Tell me the real purpose of this contract. What were you thinking when you typed this out?"

Kaneki bit his lower lip and clasped his hands together. She could see the sadness and loneliness in his eyes. "I...just wanted some companionship. It's been...tough since Rize and I stopped seeing one another. I haven't been able to sleep or eat well—"

These are his true feelings. He's baring his heart to me, I can tell. She imagined him alone in his house, without anyone to talk to him, to love him and she could relate to how he felt. The reason why she moved out of her old house was because after her family passed away in an accident, she felt extremely lonely in an empty house which was once filled with laughter.

"You don't have to say any further."

His eyes met hers in a pleading manner. She's going to reject the contract. "I can't believe I'm begging you right now but please—think about it over the next few days. You don't have to give me an answer right now."

Touka smiled. "I didn't say no."

His breath hitched in his throat. "What?"

Flipping through the pages of the contract, she heaved a sigh and placed it back on the table. "I don't mind as long as I have the right to change some of the rules. Is it alright to have a trial for it first? A one month trial, maybe?"

The male leaned back into his chair with a relieved sigh. "Yeah. We can do that."

She can't deny a small part of her that wants to see how her boss is at work compared to when he's at home. Though this contract was weird to her, it also sounded interesting.

- EXTRA -

Touka stifled a laugh. "Your face when you were begging me was hilarious."

He gritted his teeth and glared at her. "Oh fuck off."

"Okay, I'm going to add a 'no vulgarities' rule in this contract." She laughed.