Title: I'm not your boss honey...

Author: Andy-chan (antimiya88)
Prompt by niji_tan <3

Pairings: Sakuraiba (main), Ohmiya (mentioned)

Genre: AU, Romance, Humor

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Sakurai Sho and Aiba Masaki are both the heads of the two different promoting departments at Matsumoto Corporation. Their point of view as well as their desire to be the most successful has turned them into enemies. When a big opportunity for co-operation with the USA appears though, they're obliged to go together on a business trip and represent their company. Will that be the cause for more problems or they will discover something more interesting?

Disclaimer: I don't own Sakuraiba, they own me.

Sho was looking at his watch sighing. It’s almost time for boarding. Where the hell is this idiot? But if he loses the flight then I’ll take all the credit and he will fall in Matsumoto-san’s eyes. A small smirk appeared on his face at the last thought.

“Don’t look so happy… I’m here!” a voice was heard behind him making him stop smirking at once.

Sho raised an eyebrow as he scanned the other from head to toe. “You do realize that this is a business trip Aiba-san…”

Masaki laughed and sat at the seat next to the other. “And you do realize that we will be on a plane for like ten hours! Unless if your clothes are limited only to suits! I prefer to be more casual when I travel!”

“What if something urgent comes up? You never take that into consideration…” Sho muffled a small mocking laugh. “But that’s why you’ll always be behind me…”

“You want to tell me that you’re satisfied with that? I’d say that you’d prefer the opposite… you know… you being behind…” he leaned to Sho’s ear “so that you can watch…” he laughed out loud before standing up. “I’ll go and buy a magazine to kill some time in the plane. Do you want a newspaper? My treat!”

Sho said nothing. He just looked at Masaki frowning. He could see how the other was looking at him and it just got more on his nerves. You little asshole! We’ll see who will be the last to laugh! he thought as he saw the other walking away. Involuntarily his eyes fell on his butt, the curves of which were showing off perfectly through the tight pair of jeans he was wearing. His tongue brushed his lower lip while his eyes kept denying moving from the spot. I can’t deny it is sexy…

It was only when the other looked back at him, smirking widely while waiting to pay, that brought Sho back to reality. He cursed himself for giving him such an obvious cause to mock him afterwards.

Masaki came back to his seat and handed him the newspaper. “You don’t have to pay me back… I’m the generous kind of person especially with my fans!” he winked at Sho and sat comfortably at his seat, his legs crossed. You look so good like that Sakurai Sho… anger flowing around you like a bomb ready to explode and yet finding no possible way to refute or at least silence me… and you think you are the smart one!

“Aiba-san… I think that this joke has gone too far…” Sho said as calmly as possible.

Masaki turned his head and threw his intense gaze on Sho, raising his eyebrows. “Why you want to tell me you were not checking me out before?”

Sho was ready to talk him back but he was interrupted.

“Ladies and Gentlemen. Good morning and welcome to the flight number 458 to Los Angeles. The cabin crew is now ready to welcome you. We will start the boarding process starting from the business class. Please make sure you have your ticket as well as your passport with you. We thank you for your attention”

“This is us! Come on Sakurai-san” Masaki took a hold of his luggage and walked towards the gate.

Sho wanted to speak to him but he could already feel his heart rate accelerating. He dragged his feet towards the airport stuff that checked his passport. “Have a nice flight, Sir” he just nodded, unable to utter a single word.

Before he knew, he was already in the plane, at his seat. A stewardess was offering a glass of champagne but he kindly refused it.

“Ah… you don’t know how to exploit chances like that… Unless if you travel around the world in business class all the time!” Masaki sipped a bit of his champagne. “This is good!”

“Don’t you think that such a long flight would be the best opportunity to discuss our strategy? How can you do that if you drink alcohol?” Sho said in a haughty tone.

“If you mean to discuss your strategy no thank you!” Masaki replied crossing his hands in front of his chest.

“And what do you suggest Aiba-san? Discuss yours? The only thing that you didn’t propose was to go night clubbing with them! I don’t think that business can be done your way… With all due respect you’re far too ‘friendly’! We don’t seek to make friends here but to sign contracts…”

Masaki turned his head to Sho with a burning out of fury face. “If my strategy is that off the point then why Matsumoto-san insisted that I should come along?”

“Perhaps to help me kill the boredom I-” Sho couldn’t finish his words. His hands found the seat and took a hold of it tightly. With the small argue with Masaki he didn’t realize that the plane was already moving and that it was just detached from the ground. His eyes closed tightly and a big frown was written all over his face. He hated heights and for sure he hated flights. He was still praying that everything would be just fine when he heard small laughs coming from the person sitting next to him.

They still hadn’t reached the final height when he dared to open his eyes and look at the man next to him smiling as he was turning the pages of the magazine he had bought earlier.

“That was a surprise!” Masaki said without turning his gaze away from the colorful pages on his lap. “And I could tell that you were nervous for some reason but honestly I thought it was because you’d be stuck with me… Little did I know that it was because the almighty Sakurai Sho is afraid of planes…” Masaki looked at Sho who was looking at him with anger.

He bit his lower lip. The other man wasn’t just angry but also too pale. “You… look too pale Sakurai-san… perhaps you should ask for a sleeping pill… you know it might help you relax…”

Sho turned his head the other way cursing inside he had let the other see his weak side. “Don’t worry Aiba-san… I’m perfectly fine… I do not feel comfortable with planes; that’s true indeed but thanks for your concern… if people didn’t know they would say that you are actually worrying about me… and you know…” he leaned closer to Masaki’s ear. “… They might get the wrong impression…” he said mockingly before grabbing the newspaper in an attempt to forget his fear.

Masaki was left dumbfounded, unable to believe that the other had found a way to shut him up. He looked at Sho with narrowed eyes. If you think you won this battle you’re sleeping far away Sakurai Sho…
***

“Thank you for flying with us. Please enjoy your stay” the responsible stewardess thanked them as they stepped out of the plane.

Sho had lost the sense of time. All that he wanted to do was to sleep. They caught a taxi and headed to the hotel. During the whole drive Masaki insisted on saying nothing and just watching the scenery outside the window. Sho couldn’t help but feel satisfied. I see you’ve learnt to shut your little mouth up…

“We have arrived” the taxi driver announced and Masaki beamed his best smile.

“How much do we owe?” he asked, speaking the best English he could.

“It’s 75 dollars”

Masaki frowned. “That much? Well it’s ok… one minute…” he started searching for his wallet making sure the driver would get to see a part of his naked torso.

“If you don’t have five dollars. It’s ok… for a cutie like you…”

Masaki turned his head and looked at him with his best puppy eyes. “Really? Oh thank you!!! I always thought that Americans are simply the best!” the money was given to them by the company but still Masaki thought that he should save whatever he could.

“Here’s my card if you need a taxi again. Have a nice day gentlemen!”

“Thank you!”

They were heading towards the hotel and Sho was following the other speechless. He almost bumped on Masaki as the latter stopped abruptly and turned his head to him.

“Speechless aren’t we? And this is only a small part of my skills baby…”

Sho gasped but very quickly frowned. “Well I can’t deny that I’m surprised.  I mean… till now I only knew that you were an idiot… now I’ll add ‘slut’ at your special abilities…” he said ironically.

Masaki clicked his tongue annoyed. “You say that because you were jealous. It’s not my fault that I’m checked out Sakurai-san… You should know that better than anyone. But excuse me now. I intend to go to my room and take a shower”

Sho looked at his colleague reaching the reception. Bitch…
***

The responsible at the reception smiled at them and gave them the keys.

Sho looked at the keys in Masaki’s hand frowning. “Excuse me, Sir… but where are the keys for my room?”

The man checked the list one more time. “You’re Sakurai Sho and Aiba Masaki, right?” Sho nodded fast. He didn’t like it for some reason. “There has been a reservation but only for one room”

Sho and Masaki looked at each other panicked. “There must have been some kind of mistake. Our secretaries must have made a mistake… Couldn’t you make a reservation now?”

“I’m afraid that would be impossible, Sir. There’s no other room available at the moment”

“There’s no way that we can stay in the same room” Sho almost yelled. “It’s four nights we’re talking about!”

“But it is a suite, Sir. There’s enough space for two people and do not worry please. The one booked has two single beds…” the clerk had met difficult customers but this image in front of him was new: the taller guy to search like a maniac for something in his phone without uttering a single word and the slightly shorter one to curse in his own language with a face red out of anger.

“It’s ok. We’ll take it!” Masaki said out of the blue and grabbed his luggage heading towards the elevator.

“Wait you idiot!” Sho shouted at him and followed as fast as possible.

They said nothing more inside the elevator as there was another one accompanying them to their floor.

Once they entered the room, Masaki hurried and got the bed with the best view. “This is mine!”

Sho laughed in a mocking way. “I’m sorry Aiba-san!  But where do you think you are? Perhaps at a school excursion? The bed is your problem? Or the fact that we are stuck in the same room? But I know why you’re like that…”

Masaki who had started unpacking his suits looked at the other irritated. “I’m trying to behave like an adult here Sakurai-san and ignore you but could you tell me what the hell do you mean by ‘I know why you’re like that’?!”

Sho smirked. “I’m sure it was your secretary the one who made the reservation…”

Masaki threw him a death glare and grabbed his phone.

“Y- yes?”

“Ninomiya-kun?”

“Aaaiba-san? Huh” Masaki frowned and looked at his phone screen before putting back at his ear.

“Could you tell me who made the reservation for the hotel?”

“Ohn- o-san” Masaki raised an eyebrow.

“So it was Ohno-san!” Masaki said jubilantly, his stare locked on Sho’s who was clearly cursing under his breath. “Thank you Ninomiya-kun… oh! Please don’t exhaust yourself this much… I’ll send you later our final proposition so that you can transmit it to the whole section. Alright? Thank you!”

Masaki hang up and came closer to Sho. “Whose fault was that again?”

Sho clicked his tongue. “And how can I be sure that you’re not lying?! I’ll call my secretary to confirm”

Masaki muffled a laugh as he went back to his luggage. “I’d suggest you call a bit later… he seems to be really busy at the moment…”

Sho looked at the other frowning. “Eh?”

Masaki was smiling mischievously; Sho knew that the other had something in mind. “Sakurai-san… I forgot to tell you. Before our departure I had a conversation with Wellington-san who offered to take us to dinner tonight as a chance to converge our points of view outside of conference rooms. I would suggest you get some rest and get ready… A car will arrive in exactly…” he checked his watch. “…four hours”

Sho thought his ears were making fun of him. “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?”



TO BE CONTINUED…



A.N. Soooo minna part 2 is here!!! ^^ Sho and Aiba are consuming too much energy in 'fighting' right?! XD Sho was caught staring at Aiba's butt (once again) and Masaki was caught being a little worried (?!) for the other...
Also another problem occured... Nino made a mistake (now on purpose or not we can't be sure yet :P) and they are forced to sleep in one room! But I guess you were expecting that, right? *smirks*
Aiba has taken some intiatives desiring to prove to Sho his worth! The interesting stuff is coming!!! I promise! *winks winks*

niji_tan dear I hope you're not disappointed with the way the story develops... :)

I really hope you enjoyed it and as always your comments are <333!!!


See you soon! ^_^