“She said she didn’t have a boyfriend…” Gray repeated to himself as he leaned against the wall of the elevator. “Why would he have a key if they weren’t dating? That doesn’t make any sense!” Of course he didn’t stick around to hear the explanation. Maybe she was just afraid to introduce him to her boyfriend. Or maybe the relationship between a solider and their commanding officer was taboo. Hm… why was he worrying about it anyway? It was her choice and as long as she was happy than Gray had nothing to worry about her for. Except he felt this unexplainable pulling in his chest…

The next morning arrived without a worry for him and he did his morning routine to get ready… meaning hitting snooze one too many times on his alarm, sliding through his house jumping into a pair of paints and attempting to button his shirt at the same time. Spilling tea all over his kitchen floor, cleaning it up in a hurry and filling the rest into a to-go container and sprinting out of his house after locking his door. There’s a reason he keeps ties in his car and it’s because by the time he got on the road he’d realize he didn’t put one on. Even though it was his office and the people were employed by him, he always wanted to set a good example by dressing well and looking presentable --- despite his crazy, untamable hair.

“Good morning Gray.” She head security greeted him as he entered the building. “You… you have a flower pedal in your hair.” The older woman said doing her best to hide a chuckle as she mimicked where it was upon her own head. 

“Well don’t you know?” Gray asked as he pulled the pedal from his hair and gave it a grin. His chocolate eyes twinkling as he tossed the pedal onto the counter. “I am the prettiest princess in all the land.” With that he gave her a nod and continued into the two story building. The building itself was nice, something comfortable and welcoming with two floors and three business meeting areas. His company works on various projects involving software engineering and he employs about 35 people who work hard and play hard.

“Hey good morning!” He called out to people as he passed, being sure to use their names. With only 35 employees it’s not that hard to remember names on individuals. As he waved he was greeted with smiles and waves in return; his employees were the best and he respected all of them. 

The day kept him at him completely engulfed in paperwork and research. “Man…” He said finishing up his to-go cup of tea before running his hand through his crazy hair. This was a lot more difficult than he was expecting, maybe he should get someone else’s input on it… but everyone else has projects they’re working on in teams and he… well he’s by himself on this one.

After throwing a ball into the air for a good ten minutes, Gray’s phone began to go off. Grabbing with one hand and continuing to toss the ball with the other he picked it up. The number didn’t look familiar so he coughed slightly clearing his throat as he threw the ball again into the air. “This is Gray Yin.” He said in as professional of a tone as he could handle. But the voice on the other end of the line was shocking, so surprising that he actually lost his groove in catching the ball and missed, causing it to land with a thud on his hand. “Ow!” He shouted as the ball hit him square in the forehead. “Hi!... Yeah of course… I’ll be done in a minute. Don’t bug Linda, she doesn’t need to get any more sassy learning from you.” As if hearing her queue, Linda waved towards Moncia as a hello.

Gray hurried and cleaned up his office and put his ball. Rubbing his head he muttered something under his breathe about it hurting and hurried out of his office.

“Hello! Welcome to the office.” He said as he dashed into the lobby and slid to a stop in front of her. “Glad you came to visit. Shall we begin the tour?”

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