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Nobara's day started when her alarm went off she woke up later than the boys did (except for Fushiguro when he had classes) so normally she would help with house chores rather than cook. when she got up she planned her outfit carefully, she always had to be careful about what she wore because she was an intern at Vogue, the wrong outfit would be noted by her shitty boss and judged by everyone else. She wanted to stand out but didn't want to cause too much of a scene so she picked out a creative but simple outfit. She folded it out on her bed and went to take a shower.
When she was dressed and ready she went out. As she stepped into the building on the way to her desk she imagined the errands she would have to run for an impossible boss, if she didn't need this job so much to boost her career then she wouldn't be there. her boss Mahito was the most difficult person to work for and had been firing assistants left and right before her either that or they quit because of the stress, he would assign impossible tasks more than just fetching him a coffee and sending emails for him which he would but make it ten times more difficult but he would also send you on personal errands leaving no time to do her actual job of writing making her stay up even later working on articles. the only reason so many people wanted to work for him is because of how he could launch your career he had connections to many important people and could open many doors in your future just by associating with him. Nobara would be damned if she let some misogynistic asshole ruin her future.
when she went to her dest momo, her co-worker answered the phone and took notes. great you're back, momo said I've been manning the desk all morning mahito wants to talk to you and I wrote down all of his appointments and people who want to schedule him on these notes.
Nobara didn't even have time to say hello before she was whisked down the hall it was going to be one of those days where she would be running around everywhere. She didn't know what was worse manning the desk or running errands at least when she was running errands she had time to stop and do stuff like use the restroom or grab something quick to eat.
when she got to Mahitos's office she realized she had been holding a pen and a notebook something that must've been handed to her when Momo was talking she was thankful for it.
"You are late by ten minutes, Mahito said as soon as she walked in"
"I'm sorry sir I was-
it doesn't matter now mahito said rudely cutting her off make a note on that notepad of yours to work on punctuality i need you to get my usual coffee order and pick up my dry cleaning.
Nobara was beyond furious by the nerve of this man but she put on a smile anyway, of course
well go on I need all of it before my meeting today.
she walked briskly out of his office and felt like screaming as loud as she could as soon as he was out of sight. his coffee order was a difficult one to make and was every brewer's nightmare not to mention that his dry cleaners are on the other side of town.
she briskly walks out of the office ignoring Momo completely and catches the next bus headed to the other side of the city
when she got to the dry cleaners and walked in there was an old lady at the desk that reminded her of her gran that was still back in the country she had gray hair lots of wrinkles and very big framed purple glasses that made her eyes seem huge the dry cleaners smelled like detergent and soap and there was a telenovela playing in the background softly coming from an old television she walked up to the counter
Hi I'm here to pick up Mahito's drycleaning
oh yes dearie just one moment
the old lady hobbled away and Nobara stared up at the TV while she was waiting for her return
this specific TV drama was one that Nobara remembered well from her childhood in the country it was the DVDs her grandma watched normally she wasn't allowed to watch them but one day her granny left her and her best friend Fumi alone they decided to watch as many DVDs as they could by the time her grandma came back they had barely gotten through one and were in a lot of trouble. Nobara smiled softly thinking upon the memory while she loved the city and her new roommates were starting to grow on her she missed people like Fumi and her granny just then the old lady hobbled back with a black bag
here you go dear my you are working for such an important person thank you for supporting this business the total cost will be 50$
Nobara couldn't imagine paying 50$ to someone to wash their clothes but it wasn't her money she took the company card and tapped it against the card reader a soft ding showed that it was approved
have a good day she called behind her and she walked out
Nobara had an hour before she had to be back at her job so she ran to the nearest coffee shop there was which happened to be the one where her two roommates (assigned besties) worked at
hey Nobara running errands for your boss again Yuuji smiled at her
yes and like always he has a crazy long order but he won't notice if you make what you normally do as long as the sticker is long I highly doubt that he even remembers what he wants
coming right up
Megumi was also there strumming his guitar Nobara noticed that recently he had been working the same morning shifts as Yuuji more and taking the night shifts a lot less which meant something but she wasn't going to say anything... for now
hey Fushi she called to him
Nobara, he nodded to her
what are you playing- wait let me guess she closed her eyes and pretended to be in deep concentration weezer she finally said after a moment
ha-ha he said but the red on his ears signified that he was playing Weezer
Bara your coffee Yuuji called out
thanks, she smiled at him tapping the company card against the reader have a good day
she tried waiting for the bus but her app said it would be delayed so she ran to her building instead bag over her shoulder coffee gripped tightly in her hand and her feet were aching from her heels when she finally reached the building she was 10 minutes early and walked in there trying to get her breathing under control and fix her hair a little but the look that momo gave her as she walked past her told her that it didn't help that much she knocked twice on the big door leading into his office you're late he said when he finally opened the door glowering down at her Nobara glared right back at him fighting the urge to roll her eyes she was five minutes early but she would be earlier if he didn't choose the farthest dry cleaners in the middle of nowhere and then ask her to get coffee in the city
she forced a smile at him here's your suit and your coffee
for the rest of the day momo ran the errands which were more simple then the ones she had been given but she knew days where momo had to put up with mahito just as bad as she did she sat at the desk typing away responding to emails deleting them forwarding them and when all of that was done she played solitare and looked at dresses on her favorite online shop when the clock hit 6 she was out of there on the quickest bus back to her apartment
being the first one at the apartment meant she was also the first one to get dibs on the tv, knowing that the boys wouldnt be there for another hour or two she changed into her pajamas put her hair in a low pony and turned on some good ol trashy reality tv her favorites were say yes to the dress dance moms and my great big american sweet sixteen she started to drift off slowly the hum of the tv luring her to sleep her eyes felt heavy and her ginger hair was falling out of the ponytail in the front the couch seemed much more comfortable then her bed at the moment
thats exactly how her boys found her asleep under a mountain of blankets the tv still on the two of them shared a look before turning off the tv and both sitting down somewhere on the couch to also fall asleep.