Eiji was not one for squandered opportunity. There was a reason he'd agreed to a labourious task like managing the volleyball team, organizing people's schedules, going the extra mile to arrange sales at work to improve their sales quota. He kept track of it all, of course - and all of that was fully documented as evidence of his qualifications when he made his job application. It certainly seemed more than Management had expected him to turn in, or maybe they were so ready to throw a new body at their HR problem that they were willing to hire him on the spot. Either way, that happened.
The butcher's wasn't going to lack for hands with him gone, anyway. But he left with a few favours still tucked in his pocket and a slew of frequent customers who were sure to miss him. Goodbye blue collar, and hello to that white collar position Eiji had been working so hard to get.
He didn't want to screw this up. More accurately, he wouldn't allow it. He needed it.
There was a knock on Mallory's office door towards the evening. Probably with a good 15 - 20 minutes before they closed, just in case the boxer was the type to skip out early on a slow day. Out of courtesy, he waited to be called in.
Mid-June, after the heatwave
The butcher's wasn't going to lack for hands with him gone, anyway. But he left with a few favours still tucked in his pocket and a slew of frequent customers who were sure to miss him. Goodbye blue collar, and hello to that white collar position Eiji had been working so hard to get.
He didn't want to screw this up. More accurately, he wouldn't allow it. He needed it.
There was a knock on Mallory's office door towards the evening. Probably with a good 15 - 20 minutes before they closed, just in case the boxer was the type to skip out early on a slow day. Out of courtesy, he waited to be called in.