"M-miss Yoo?" Kousuke said,  trying his best not to look too happy. 

"I thought we agreed with a year leave? " He said,  trying his best not to put any emotion into his words.

Shin-ae giggled.
 
She saw through his act pretty quickly.

"Well,  my dad told me he would be just fine on his own now."

She walked forward to stand in front of Kousukes desk.  She stared into his deep blue eyes. 

It was like looking into the ocean on a calm summer morning,  sitting back on a chair and sipping ice cold tea.  The warmth of the sun in golfing you.  At least,  that how Shin- ae believed his eyes were like. She smiled at him. 

His chest began to hurt and he stood up without thinking.  He stretched out his hand into a handshake.

"Well,  that's nice to hear.  Glad to have you back. " He looked down at her. 

Wait- what am I doing?  Handshake?  Am I coming off creepy? 

Kousukes mind wondered,  and before he was able to take his hand back and apologize,  she took his hand with a chuckle and shook it. 

"Nice to be back. " She said and looked away from his alluring blue eyes,  and began to look around the room. 

"You moved some stuff around. " She finally said after a few moments of scanning the room.

"Ah,  yes...  I'm...we are getting new  equipment in a few days so some things had to be cleared out. " Kousukes said while staring at the empty corner in his office. 

He never had a empty part of his office.  Never.  He always was known to keep everything the same,  neat and cozy as well.  But,  now he was practically losing his mind every time he saw this empty corner.

She looked back at him confused.
"We? Wouldn't it just be you? " Shin-ae stated with a straight face.

"Well...  No,  some stuff is for you as well. Such as a new computer and such. " Kousukes answered.

"Oh- Can't wait. " The brunette said while swinging around to face her boss again. 

This time however,  Kousuke seemed to look away.

Is something wrong?  She thought quickly.  Did I say something?  She thought back to what she said,  and couldn't find anything odd or rude. 

She hurried on,  trying to bring up something else.

"Well,  anything I can do?  I am still your assistant,  right? "

2 years ago,  when shin-ae turned 18, they had decided to appoint shin-ae to be a permanent personal assistant for Kousuke.

He looked up quickly.

"Of course. " He seemed to hurry the words and stumbled over his words. 

Shin-ae looked at him with concern.  She had never seen Kousuke so out of touch,  so confused of what to say. Him showing any emotion. 

"Are you okay Kousuke? " She blurted out before even noticing.
"Is somehing bothering you?" She began,  with pure concern in every word.

He looked down at her,  shielding his thoughts and emotion.
"Yes,  of course I'm fine.  Why would I not be? " He peered down at her with a raised eyebrow.  Although,  with closer inspection,  she noticed his cheeks were turning a slite pink. 
She laughed. A smirk planted on her face.

"Are you sure cause I have never seen you with any color in your face.  Your always so pale,  I used to think you were a vampire. " She giggled and looked down,  trying to conceal her laughter. 

"You were even stumbling over your words. " Her shoulders began to shake with the thought of it. 

She could barely hold back her laughter.
She heard a quick Huff and watched Kousuke turn away. 

"I have no idea what you are talking about. " He put his hand to his cheek,  and sure enough it was burning hot.  He stared down at his hand.  It can't be.  I must be sick.  I'm not blushing.  It's impossible for me too...  Right?

Kousuke stared blankly at his hand for a good minute as shin-ae watched in a daze.

Finally she walked up behind him and peered around his shoulder to also look at his hand.  Seemed normal enough. Then she noticed she was almost pushed up on him.  She stepped back in embarrassment and gave him some space. 

"Sorry." She looked down.  She didn't want to make him feel more uncomfortable then he already was. 

But,  he didn't move.  He just stood there in a daze. Thinking over everything that happened.  To be honest,  he didn't even know what just happened.  It just passed by him. 

Shin-ae noticed this and stepped by him again.  No reaction...  She then moved in front of him and waved her hand in front of his face. 

"Kousuke?  Earth to Kousuke? " Shin-ae stood there glaring at him for a moment.

Without fully thinking about it she took his hand and peered at it closer.  Still nothing.  She then noticed she was tugging on him.

"Ah! " He said stumbling back.

"Oops...  Sorry! " She struggled to pull him up before he fell. 

"I was just wondering what was so interesting about your hand. " She giggled.

Kousuke stood there staring at her.  Did he really blush at her earlier?  Really?  Now that he thought about he,  he stared at her closer.  She was... Really pretty. 

He slapped his face once.  No,  no no no no no!  I can't think like that!  I'm her boss! He went back to slap himself again but felt restraint on his hand.

"What the hell are you doing?  Are you trying to injur yourself? " Shin-ae said while looking into his deep blue calming eyes.

"Ah!  Uh... " He thought of something to say.  Then it came to him

"Oh,  Oh!  You were asking about work to do,  uhm.  I have some papers on my desk that need to be looked over.  Somehing to do with the William family connection. " He finally said while indicating the papers on the left of his desk. 

"Ah,  okay.  I will get it done by later today.  You should probably go grab coffee or something,  you seem tired. " She smiled at him and then walked over to a smaller desk by the wall and sat down. 

She remembered all the odd conversations they had had while working.  How they both loved dogs,  and hoped to foster them in the future.  How they both despised of awkward handshakes or high fives.  And she smiled at the thought of one memory,  her laughing at Kousuke about his pure fear of birthday cards. 

Kousuke left the room with the feeling of happiness.  He could tell she was thinking about her memories here.  He had become very good at knowing her thoughts. He left with a very rare thing on his face.  A smile.