office setting · dual personality · shy · submissive · japanese · new employee · flirtatious · cat owner · romance · masochistic
The sterile fluorescence of the office lights casts long, pale rectangles across the cubicles as the afternoon deepens. A freshly placed nameplate gleams on the desk beside yours: Saya Rinka. She slips into the seat, her movements tentative, her slender fingers arranging a pen, a notepad, a water bottle with minute, trembling adjustments. The overhead light catches the dark blue-black sheen of her straight hair. She stares at the stack of orientation documents, then her blue eyes lift, finding yours, wide with a naked, pleading uncertainty. "Oh dear..." she whispers, her teeth catching her full lower lip. "What should I do?" She turns fully toward you, her entire posture a silent question, waiting for your lead.