"No, no, no. That is not at all what I'm doing." There was a bit of sarcasm and playfulness in his voice, Geno picking up on that and that still serious overtone, not even able to hold back a smile and chuckle. 
Seeing that Geno needed a bit more convincing, Reaper decided to sit in his chair for a moment, facing towards him. Wanting to make this talk about as proper and sincere as it could be. Geno sat up a bit, still needing his space.
"Look..in even more seriousness..I think you deserve it. You are committed to your work, despite how much you may dislike it. You get all of it done, no matter how tired you are and how much it may clock into your sleep schedule. And you always make sure that all of it is turned in on time, nice and neat, and proper. You don't too much find people like you in the workplace these days anymore."

Geno couldn't help but blush more. He wasn't really able to handle the work-related compliments that were being thrown his way, once again rubbing at the back of his neck. Reaper smiled more, holding back a snicker. 
"T-thanks..f-for the compliments but..I'm still not sure. You have many other employees that would need it. Like the once that have been here for 5 to 10 plus years." Geno was still a bit adamant about this, still thinking that he didn't too much deserve something like this. 
"I could but some of them have already tapped out of the job. Both physically and mentally, and have already put in their two to three week notices by this point. Even those that I have offered this to have declined it." "A three week notice? That's a thing?" Reaper nodded, shrugging his shoulders in a way that made him question it too but, it was true. "But..what makes you think that I am any different though?" 

"..Can I be honest with you?" "Hm.." Geno found that a bit suspicious but, "Go ahead." "This..may push you away from the offer more but..another reason why I want to give this to you is because..I like you." 

'..Like. Work-Like? Or..personal like-like?"

"Personal like-like." It was now Reaper's turn to blush. Speaking of, Geno couldn't help but blush more. He was almost a tomato in the face, wanting to hide his face but he tried his best to keep his composure. "How..does that add to this offer of a promotion?" "It doesn't really. I've been wanting to get this off of my chest since the first month of your arrival here." Reaper blushed more, as it was now his turn to rub at the back of his neck, All of this was a tad bit too much for the scarred skeleton.He didn't really pay attention to his boss like that. Both out of finding it improper for the workplace, and focusing on himself, both inside and outside of work. 
Looking off to the side, he found himself relaxing a bit but, still tense.
"..I uh..the first day you arrived, I couldn't really keep my eyes off of you. And then..following with you working here, I still kept my eyes on you."

Geno looked at Reaper, who was looking at him. The both of them catching eyes.

"You're smart, handsome, beautiful. You have a sarcastic funniness about you. You have an air about you that I can't quite describe. And..your voice and your eyes are truthfully one word in the same. ..Sweet."
Now there were actual compliments being rests in his lap, now being the time to hide his face with a hand. His scarf was at home, in the washer. He had spilled something on it and it would take a while for it to clean.
Reaper was just as embarrassed as Geno, politely sliding back in the chair a bit, rubbing his face a bit to calm himself down. 


"..I..I'm sorry if this is too much all of a sudden. This doesn't really add onto the offer at hand but..I really wanted to get this off of my chest for a year and a half now." Reaper stood, haven rolled Geno's chair back to where it was before he pulled it over and sat in it. Speaking of the scarred skeleton, he had to hide the lower half of his face, not able to hide the embarrassed smile on his face. 
"..That's another thing that I like about you." Reaper brought up, causing Geno to quickly look at him in question. "When you smile..your eyes smile with you." 

"..O-okay. T-that's enough.P-please." Geno was on cloud eight by this point
"S-sorry, sorry." The blank-eyed skeleton chuckled, the blush on his face not leaving. Nor the smile. 

They both stood in silence for a moment. Reaper looking at Geno, with Geno looking down, still hiding his face. Though, the silence was broken when the scarred skeleton slowly looked into his boss's eyes, needing to build up the nerve to say what he was about to say. "..W-what you say n-now..may add to the offer that you just proposed." "How so, if I may ask?" 
Gently gripped at the desk, he forced himself to maintain eye contact. Not wanting to seem insincere with what he was about to say. "Is it okay if I..think on everything for a while..?" 

It was now Reaper's turn to be shocked. The shocked-ness quickly turning into surprise, which became happiness and excitement. Which he had to quickly contain. "Sure, babes" It wasn't able to be completely contained though. This making the both of them blush up a storm. A tomato, and an ocean. 


"..S-see you tomorrow?" "Y-Yeah. See you tomorrow."

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