Rijichou knows everything
Oct. 23rd, 2003 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76By the time I add a title, this'll be 30K in. I'm thinking of making a break at the end of this section and finishing the story in a second part. Opinions?
Nokoru was still waiting for them when Suoh and Akira returned to the office. He sat in his armchair facing the floor-to-ceiling window opposite the door.
"As you may note, Suoh," his voice, its tone neutral, carried across before either of them spoke, "I've been true to my word and not left this room." The chair swiveled around slowly. "Do I even need to say it, Suoh?" Blue eyes were piercing. Suoh swallowed reflexively.
He always forgot that Imonoyama Nokoru was the other person on Earth who could see through him and cow him with a glance.
"No, Rijichou," he whispered miserably.
"Good." Nokoru's contemplation of him did not let up and in that very intensity Suoh felt the depth of his charge's disappointment. "Don't let it happen again, Suoh."
"How did Rijichou know?" Akira whispered into Suoh's ear as Nokoru stood and gathered a few documents into a briefcase.
Suoh just turned his head and looked at Akira.
Akira sighed. "Rijichou knows everything," he answered his own question.
"Well, shall we go, gentlemen?" Nokoru asked, stepping forward lightly. "Dinner and bed wait for no one."
As they stepped out of the office, Suoh and Akira on either side of the young Chairman, Nokoru's countenance melted smoothly into Idomu's. The three of them, and the ghost of Nokoru with them, went home.
Nokoru was still waiting for them when Suoh and Akira returned to the office. He sat in his armchair facing the floor-to-ceiling window opposite the door.
"As you may note, Suoh," his voice, its tone neutral, carried across before either of them spoke, "I've been true to my word and not left this room." The chair swiveled around slowly. "Do I even need to say it, Suoh?" Blue eyes were piercing. Suoh swallowed reflexively.
He always forgot that Imonoyama Nokoru was the other person on Earth who could see through him and cow him with a glance.
"No, Rijichou," he whispered miserably.
"Good." Nokoru's contemplation of him did not let up and in that very intensity Suoh felt the depth of his charge's disappointment. "Don't let it happen again, Suoh."
"How did Rijichou know?" Akira whispered into Suoh's ear as Nokoru stood and gathered a few documents into a briefcase.
Suoh just turned his head and looked at Akira.
Akira sighed. "Rijichou knows everything," he answered his own question.
"Well, shall we go, gentlemen?" Nokoru asked, stepping forward lightly. "Dinner and bed wait for no one."
As they stepped out of the office, Suoh and Akira on either side of the young Chairman, Nokoru's countenance melted smoothly into Idomu's. The three of them, and the ghost of Nokoru with them, went home.
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Date: 2003-10-23 07:06 pm (UTC)