With that, Kanao slammed the door in front of his face.

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"Tanjiro-kun~~~!!!!" Daki's voice woke Tanjiro up slowly. He knew that she was gonna start asking for the Louis Vuitton bag again or something even more expensive than that. And surely, he was right. 

"Ano... I saw this Bellevue Media Loro Piana bag I really want... Can I please-" Daki said, sheepishly. 

"Okay, Daki-chan," Tanjiro cut her off. "I really don't have enough for that. Gomen..."

"N-nani?" Daki gasped. "You don't? But I thought-"

 Tanjiro nodded sadly. "Even if I do, it would cost more than a fortune, and we wouldn't have enough for our normal lives." 

Daki looked like she was about to cry. "Demo.. Demo I really want it!" 

"Didn't you hear what I just said? We won't have enough for our normal life if I buy that bag for you. I'm sorry." 

Daki stormed off angrily as Tanjiro's heart twitched. Something has changed. Both of them.

Kanao and Daki both have changed, and he couldn't figure out why. It was such a pain.

He shook it off and started getting ready for work. Later when he was about to leave, he found a note taped on the door. 

It said 'Off shopping. Won't be back until 11 PM. - Daki' Tanjiro sighed. Honestly, he was getting kind of sick of this, so he left his own note. 'Wow, okay. I won't be back until 12 am.' He taped it on the door.

Tanjiro shook his head and left.

Inside Kanao's office, she was working her head off for the project. It was super hard but she didn't give up. 

"Kanao-sama?" Makomo said, appearing out of nowhere behind Kanao. 

"AH! Gomen... Hai?" 

"Kamado-sama has arrived." She told her. 

"Ooh! Arigatou for telling me!" Makomo nodded, bowed and then left.

"Uh, seventeenth floor? I think.... NO! Sixteenth floor!" Tanjiro pressed the button and waited for the elevator to take him up. Tanjiro sighed heavily. when he realized that he would be working tiredly with his ex, who has changed so much that he doesn't even recognize her anymore. 

Ding! 

Tanjiro stepped out and found Kanao waiting for him with her serious face again. Tanjiro rolled his eyes. 

"Let's get to work, Kamado-san," Kanao said. Tanjiro nodded reluctantly. 

Such a pick-me. He thought bitterly. When I get done with this ridiculous thing, I will go back to my wife and get her the bag she wanted.

 When they got to a point they didn't agree on, Tanjiro got mad.

"Urusai! Just listen to me!" He yelled angrily. But again, Kanao solved the problem without starting an argument.

"We are working on this together, so that means the less arguments we have, the better it will go." And that really pissed Tanjiro off, since he hated her from the guts.

"Why am I even working with you? Why did I agree to your oto-san in the first place?" He lost control.

"But it was your choice anyways," Kanao responded calmly. "You can go home after this. It will be quick." 

Tanjiro just stared at her. She really did change. The glimmer- it's back again.

Then Tanjiro continued working on the project together with Kanao, which was halfway done now... 

Daki came home and found the lights turned off. She rolled her eyes and suddenly noticed the note taped on the door and read it.  'Wow, okay. I won't be back until 12 am.' 

Daki glanced at the master bedroom. The lights inside are definitely turned off. 

He probably went to sleep, She thought bitterly. But Tanjiro-kun never does that without me!

Daki shoved the door open angrily and switched on the lights.

"Tanjiro!" She loomed over Tanjiro. "You didn't wait for me!"

"AH!" Tanjiro quickly put his hands in front of his eyes to block the sudden bright light. "Gomen, I was really tired. My ally is... intense." That's all he said before he dozed off again. Daki also decided to settle in for the night.

Tanjiro dreamed of Daki becoming more demanding and wanted the most expensive bag in the world, which he couldn't remember which brand. All that he knew was that it's probably more expensive than his life. When he said sorry that he couldn't afford it, Daki smashed everything. 

Tanjiro jerked back to reality and breathed heavily. That was... Yea.

And he couldn't stop thinking about Kanao. What was wrong with him? Tanjiro sighed as he remembered that he would be working with her today again. But also a bit excited. Tanjiro shrugged painfully.

Sabito and Tanjiro walked to the elevator and pressed the sixteenth floor button. Kanao was already waiting for him. Suddenly, his heart did a tiny flip. What in the actually tricking world was happening to him? Tanjiro was horrified. Was it because he was working with her too much? Was it because Kanao is slowly manipulating him? 

Possibilities.

"okay, we are halfway done with our project, so let's keep working! It's turning out well." 

Tanjiro nodded without any protest or mean words. Kanao was a bit surprised since that's he always do. When they didn't agree on something again, Tanjiro also didn't argue.

Day by day, Tanjiro was slowly warming up to Kanao. He was slowly finding himself trying to stay  with her for as long as possible. 

And that he got sick of Daki.

"Tanjiro-kun~! Did you get enough money to buy me the Bellevue Media Loro Piana or the other cute bag? It's not expensive at all!" Tanjiro's jaw dropped. 

Not expensive???? This women is mad... we really do have different definitions of expensive or not... 

"Ano, I don't have enough." Tanjiro told her simply. He didn't even bother to say "gomen", and Daki noticed that. 

"Kudasai~~~?" Daki begged. 

Tanjiro frowned. "I need to go." He had something on his mind that day. 

When he arrived at Kanao's office later, he found her waiting for him. "Do you want to get started, Kamado-san?" Kanao asked. 

"Well... I... wanted to talk to you about something." He mumbled. 

"Hai?" 

"It's... Private." Kanao nodded, closed the door to her office and taped a note on the door that said, 'Be right back.'

Kanao motioned for him to sit down and brought some tea. She took a small sip.

"Ano... I wanted to ask you if... you have any interest in-" He took a deep breath. "Getting back together." He fidgeted with his sleeve nervously. 

Kanao almost spit out her tea. She froze. 

"Really, you want to get back together?" Kanao asked in astonishment. 

"Hai."

 "Urusai!" Kanao stormed over to him and slapped Tanjiro across the face, "You grumbled when we were arranged to marriage, stripped me of my job, cheated on me, and left me with nothing! Now I worked hard to become the CEO of a world famous company, and you want to take this company away from me by getting me to date you!? Baka! GET LOST!"

Kanao knew she wasn't supposed to loose her temper and lash out at Tanjiro, but she couldn't keep it in.

"It was all a misunderstanding! I never meant to do any of that!" Tanjiro protested.

"Did you hear me? I SAID URUSAI!" Kanao returned.

"But-"

"Stop talking! You said yourself that we weren't on good terms. And it isn't unknown that we resent each other, so please, stop talking!" 

"That isn't true!"

"Oh," Kanao held her forehead in her hand, "urusai, urusai, urusai!" She then turned to Tanjiro with a raged look, "Get. Out. Of. My. F******. Sight."

"Wait, Kanao-san-"

"I said LEAVE! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT, YOU CHEATING B*STARD! I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU BUT BUSINESS, DO YOU HEAR ME?" The women cursed.

Tanjiro backed away until he was outside the office. 

Many workers were looking their way.

Shoot, they must've heard yelling... I can't be loud now...

"Keep in mind, Kamado-sama, we are only work partners. Do not ever bring that up to my face again. Now get out of my face. Forever."

With that, Kanao slammed the door in front of his face.

Author's note

hi- plz vote tysm.. so uh basically I was kinda facing technical difficulties(I could not log into this account idk what happened lol). Emerald said that she would write the rest of the chapter, since I was almost done. But then I found out that I could log in again—so yea. Tysm for reading! Please vote~! Sayonara-

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