Moonlight By The Sea (Kuroo Tetsurou x Tsukishima Kei)

Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Tears

Tsukishima had a lot planned today. Aside from the fact that opening is a few days away, he needed something else to do distract himself. He went to the store early and checked the final inventory of things delivered by Yaku, as well as fixing the shifts of the people they hired for the shifts he can't cover.

Tsukishima thought that working here will allow him to have at least a personal space to work on regarding the matters he wanted to take. Now that Akiteru is probably suspicious of him by going around agencies upon agencies, he wouldn't be shocked if one day his brother would block him from entering any of those soon.

He was standing beside the boxes when he noticed that a truck parked near the store. Blank Space's name was printed in bold black letters at the exterior of the truck, so he knew well what this truck could be. From the driver's seat came a man and he saw Konoha came out the passenger's seat.

The secretary walked elegantly towards the store and pushed open the glass door. He walked straight to him with a clipboard on hand. His black suit and tie looked neat as well as his hair. Although Tsukishima still can't hide the fact that this man is wily.

"Good morning, Tsukishima-san. I got your shelves ready," Konoha placed the clipboard in front of him with a pen.

He nodded in response and signed on the paper. The secretary muttered a small thank you before he looked back at the men who were waiting for his orders. Konoha lifted a hand and motioned for them that its time to unload the shelves.

"No, you don't need to unpack them. I already assigned Yamaguchi to take over the work," Tsukishima said as he saw the men removing the plastic wraps around the shelves.

"Its fine, Tsukishima-san. Kuroo said that we should help in unloading all of these so you can proceed with the opening earlier."

He jaw dropped at what Konoha said. The men continued, paying no mind to what the two of them are talking about. Admitting defeat, Tsukishima gave them the layout of the store, so they could move it with ease.

The two of them stood side by side. Even thought Tsukishima was the one ordering the men to place the shelves and racks, he couldn't help but feel burdened because this was not supposed to happened.

"You worry too much, Tsukishima-san." Konoha said.

"Because this is not supposed to happen."

"Well, you can call the President and tell him its too much."

Tsukishima looked at Konoha who held an innocent smile on his lips. The secretary only tilted his head to the side while holding the clipboard over his mouth as he raise a brow. Tsukishima only rolled his eyes in return, and threw his gaze back to the workers.

Konoha shifted. "Oh, I suddenly remembered something. Why were you red when you came out of Kuroo-san's office last time?"

His mouth slowly formed a small O shape. The memory rose again at his mind and he couldn't help but feel the blush scatter over his cheeks.

"I-It's just because the office is too hot." He stuttered.

Konoha hummed. "I see. I shall take note of that. The aircon must've needed a cleaning," he said. "Or..."

Tsukishima  looked at Konoha expectantly. The slyness in the secretary's eyes were evident.

"The lollipop worked?"

That dealt the final blow to Tsukishima, but he still managed to reply.

"Do you offer those to other clients too? So that must be the reason why your company is always at the top, I presume." Tsukishima said, the red reaching his neck and ears.