Love in The Copy Room

[Knight_of_None]

Vincent walked out of his office, holding his phone to his ear as he listened to his wife plan their anniversary. Well listen was a strong word, she didn't exactly need his input to plan things for him, it more like he was being talked at. She wanted him to be home early, stop putting in so many hours spend time with her, and still some how manage ti get her a dream house paid for. He rolled his eyes. "If she wasn't so fucking pretty I don't know what the fuck else I'd keep her for.' He thought bitterly.

He tried to think of the last time he even told her that he loved her...and felt it inside of his chest. But something had changed in the last few years for sure. He kept in shape, worked harder, and harder, but whenever he came home he just felt like she had done nothing but stay the same since she had gotten pregnant. Frankly he didn't know if he even was happy with that like he believed he would have years ago.

His eyes trailed over the cubicles dully, giving dull grunts of acknowledgment at her every excited word.

Vincent

 

[RedCoat]

Susiana slammed down her phone in anger as she was hung up on again, another sale failed and another wasted hour. Honestly, the only thing she found worse than trying to sell things was her love life, and she just couldn't understand why. She wasn't ugly, not by any stretch of the imagination, but for whatever reason every date she ever tried always failed, be it that they had no interest in her as a person, or that they made her uncomfortable... She really couldn't understand it. She rubbed her face, before taking a deep breath and brushing a strand of her long red hair from over her green eyes "Fuck it... One more try, one more call..." She muttered, reaching for the handset again.

 

[Knight_of_None]

Vincent looked over as the phone was slammed. "I'll call you back." He said as he spotted Susiana, hanging up his phone as he put it away. He walked over to her, popping his head over the almost cubicle partition. "Everything okay? Phone sounded like it cracked." He said with a light smile.

 

[RedCoat]

Susiana blinked in surprise, pulling her hand back "Wh-What? Oh, uh... Yeah, it's fine. Just... bad luck today, I guess... Haven't made a sale." She looked away from his smile, a flush of embarrassment covering her cheeks.

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Hey, it happens sometimes, don't worry about it." He said nodding at her a bit, still smiling to her. " "you just need a break...hey I'm head for the break room.anyway, you want to join me?" He said. Vincent stepped around the wall, leaning on it.

 

[RedCoat]

"A break? Tha... Yeah, actually. That sounds like a good idea." She stood from her desk, stretching her arms as he'd get a look at the rest of her body. It wasn't bad to look at, even under the shape concealing suit everyone had to wear.

 

[Knight_of_None]

Vincent eyed her a bit, but brought his gaze up to her face. "Heh, im having a rough time too, but just because I offered, I'll buy you something. Pick your poison " he said as he started walking with her to the break room.

 

[RedCoat]

"Alcohol? This early?" She asked, tilting her head and glancing to the clock on the wall "No thanks... Just a coke will be fine." She replied, as they arrived to find the break room entirely empty, most of the other staff having taken their break earlier, or being out of the building on work related business.

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Ha! I meant snacks, but clearly your thinking about after work already!" He said with a laugh,. "Huh. Nobody's here." He notes as he walked fir the vending machines, swipp8ng his can to being up a coke "so, what's going on with you lately?" He asked. Vincent had moves from marketing to accounting, the team was small, and thus kept him rather busy when things were going on in the early hours.

 

[RedCoat]

She shrugged "Same old shit. Ringing numbers up and hoping they answer. And not surprising no ones here, they put a buncha people on outside marketing stuff. Door to door, visiting clients, that kinda crap." She took the coke from him and sipped at it "It's just depressing when they hang up, especially after spending a bunch of time on it, and then boom, nothing. It's like dating, only less booze."

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Im sure if you took outside marketing you'd have them eating out of your hands." He said as he popped a can of ginger ale. "Heh, I haven't had a real date in months" he said shaking his head.

 

[RedCoat]

She rolled her eyes "Oh yeah, forgot. Tits sell things, right?" She grumbled, before shaking her head "Your not missing anything. It's just a load of shit... God dammit, I'm gonna die alone as one of those crazy old ladies with like a thousand cats or dogs or fucking spiders."

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Hey, I ain't say anything about your body, I meant your face, your cute." He said holding up his hand. He put the can to his lips, sipping it gently as she spot. "Mm!you need to find a better dude, what kinda idiot would turn youbdown?"

 

[RedCoat]

She flushed a little as he spoke, looking at the ground "I... Uh... You mean that? That... That's nice of you to say..."

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Yeah I mean it Susanna...you've been working hard out there, I always admired that" he said nodding as he sipped his soda again. "Don't go giving up on yourself, and I'm sure you'll have great luck"

 

[RedCoat]

She gave a sincere smile to him as he spoke "I... Thanks, Vincent. That... That's actually kinda helpful, in a way." She took another drink from her can, before having a thought "Hey... Fancy going out for a drink, after work?"

 

[Knight_of_None]

"How forward of you!" He said touching his chest and turning as if she had begun whispering dirty deeds in his ear. but he laughed a little and smiled again that charming smile of his. "Why not? We haven't spoken like this i a long time."

 

[RedCoat]

She choked a little on her coke as he spoke, before nodding "Yeah, that... That's kinda what I was thinking. I know your married." She told him, even as she moved to the door "So... meet here at 5, then find a bar?" 5pm... 3 hours, and it was the afternoon. Plenty of spare time for him to plan things for the evening, like how best to get her drinking more than she should.

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Bet you still can't drink like you used to!" He teased as he finished his soda and then tossed the can. "want to do a nice bar or some dive?"

 

[RedCoat]

"Eh, Dive. Nice bars just remind me of all the fucking speed dating groups." She replied, giving him a look "And I bet I fucking can... I'll drink you under the table, easy!"

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Suuure, you're on!" He teased stepping forward now to head out the door. "I bet you'll get on the counter top and start dancing like college" he said

 

[RedCoat]

"Not a chance!" She replied, heading out and back to her cubicle. Later in the day, she was stood at the door, waiting for him to get there so they could head out to the bar he'd have decided on. The moment they got there, she ordered a glass of cider and took a deep draught "God... Needed that..."

 

[Knight_of_None]

He smiles as he said the waiter come down and lay his beer in front of him and took a drink. "Mm! I bet. You were stressed to peices..mm! We're both have a shitty day so no holding back!" He said as he lossened his tie abd took it oof.

 

[RedCoat]

She nodded to his words, slamming back the cider entirely and immediately ordering a second "Damn right... We earned these..." She replied, already drinking a fair chunk of the second. Damn, it was gonna be easier than he thought...

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Heh, if you're gonna drink maybe you should get something a little toughter?" He said laughing a bit at her eagerness, and he urged her alo g, drinking along side her

 

[RedCoat]

She laughed a little, nodding "I know, just... start small, right?" She finished the cider and this time, she went with a quadruple shot of whiskey, that she sipped slowly, a reddish tinge slowly filling her face.

 

[Knight_of_None]

(XD I'll go small *cuts to her doing a keg stand*)

"Haha! Starting small but sipping! I don't know I thought we had a bet!" He said as he got his next shot coming in, ofcourse he had made a few adjustments to keep his a b it less heavy handed. His wife wouldn't like it if he came home black out drunk after all.

 

[RedCoat]

She rolled her eyes, watching him "Y'know, I'm still winning over here." She teased, sipping from her whiskey again and giving a soft hiccup "What're you so worried about, huh? You scared I'll beat ya like college again?"

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Heh hey in college you flashed the bar, I think I won that night!" He teased as he got another shot but swung it back. "While tou sip! I'm catch up!"

 

[RedCoat]

"Puh-lease, I still outdrank you. Just cause I flashed them doesn't mean you drank more" She replied, before giving another hiccup as she finished the whiskey off "Any...Anyways... why'd you agree to this? Don... Don't you have to go home to your wife?"