A/N: They said in their video that they both didn't want to be accountants, so what do I do? I write a story about them as accountants... muwahahahaha (evil laugh)
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Brad was the senior accountant manager at the firm where Eddy and Brett worked as accountants. Brad was a shy and quiet man, pleasant enough but neither Eddy nor Brett knew him well. Brad appeared rather sad, frustrated or even somewhat depressed at times as well.
"Oh c'mon Brett, how often do you get to see a happy accountant anyway?"
Brett face palms himself.
"OMG Eddy, don't say that !!"
"Eddy, Brett, may I speak to you two for a moment?"
The two almost jumped out of their seats.
"Oh sh*t, good one Eddy, I hope he didn't hear you..!"
Brett hissed under his breath to Eddy as they followed Brad into his office where they were met with a very attractive looking woman.
"Hi, my name is Brettany, nice to meet you."
She extended her petite hand with delicate long fingers with beautifully manicured nails and shook hands with both of them.
"Brettany will be working here as my assistant."
Brad was smiling ear to ear. Eddy and Brett both thought they had never seen Brad smile like that.
"Nice to meet you Brettany, let us know if we can help you with anything."
Brettany smiled and tossed her long auburn hair.
"Thank you gentlemen."
"Eddy, give me your mug, I'm making a coffee, I'll make yours while I'm there."
"Ta"
Brett was hunched over the tea room kitchen bench as he was preparing his coffees. He then felt something on his back that made him straightened up.
"Hi Brett."
Brettany's sultry voice sounded terribly close. Brett stopped what he was doing and turned around and was startled as Brettany was standing REALLY CLOSE to him.
"Um... Hi Brettany."
"Whatcha doing?"
"Um... making coffee.. would you like one?"
"Yes please that would be lovely..."
"Um... do you have your own mug..? No? That's alright, lemme see if I can find something in this cupboard..."
As Brett tried to move sideways and away from Brettany, she shadowed his movement and followed him. She then glanced at the two mugs on the bench.
"I like that mug... can I have my coffee in that?"
Brettany pointed at the Sesame street mug with Bert on it. The other one had Ernie.
"Which one? The one with Bert ? Well actually that's my mug so let me get you another.."
"Oh but I really like that mug, it's so cute, can I please borrow it for today?"
Brettany reached out to touch the mug as she tilted her head and glanced up towards Brett.
"Um... yeah, sure, of course. I'll just grab another mug from here for myself..."
"So.. the Bert mug is yours? Whose mug is the Ernie?"
"Oh, that's Eddy's mug, you know, the other guy that you met when we were introduced to you."
"Oh... he's kinda sweet, too isn't he."
Brett shrugged.
"Um.. I suppose he's alright. Here you go. Just pop it into the dishwasher when you finish ? Thanks. See ya Brettany."
"Thank you Brett, you're the best...!"
Brett had two mugs of coffee with him but hurried out of the tea room as quickly as possible.
"Here's your coffee Eddy."
"Oh, thanks Brett. What's with the pink mug ? Where's your Bert?"
"...Eddy, I think that new girl Brettany is a bit strange."
"What? Why would you say that?"
Brett looked around to make sure no one else was listening. He then whispered to Eddy,
"Brettany took my Bert mug."
"What ?"
"She said she wanted a coffee and insisted on drinking it from my mug so I let her use it for today."
"How strange."
"I'm telling you, she's weird... she stood really close to me while I was making the coffees."
Eddy almost spat out his coffee and went into a coughing fit.
"Stop that Brett, are you trying to drown me on dry land?!"
"I'm telling you, she is weird..!!"
"Brett, you're weird sometimes, too. You're probably overthinking it."
It was 3 in the afternoon and Eddy's turn to go and make their coffees.
Brett was busy going through a spreadsheet so Eddy just grabbed the pink mug from Brett's desk without saying anything and headed off to the office tea room.
As Brett was before, Eddy was hunched over the kitchen benchtop when he felt something on his mid to lower back.
"Hi Eddy..."
Eddy turned around.
Oh my god
It was Brettany. She was standing very close to Eddy, holding Brett's Ernie mug in one hand and a chocolate bar in the other.
"Brettany"
"How's it going? What a cute Ernie mug."
"Um.. thanks."
"Are you making your afternoon coffee?"
"Yes."
Eddy's answers came out very robotically.
"Would you make one for me too?"
"I'm just making instant coffee, here, help yourself, you can go first."
Eddy tried to hand Brettany the teaspoon he had in his hand as he pointed at the large can of instant coffee on the benchtop.
"Oh.. um.. would you mind making it for me..? I.. you know, these nails make it difficult to open the can and stuff."
"Um... sure. Here, let me take that Bert mug. Would you please get the milk from out of the fridge then ?"
"Oh but I don't take any milk."
Eddy looked at Brettany in disbelief.
"Nevermind."
Eddy took a few large steps towards the fridge and grabbed the milk. He was glad the office tea room had an instant hot water boiler so that all he had to do was quickly rinse the mugs and he was able to make the coffees very quickly. He prepared three coffees, poured milk into two of them and left the Bert mug with black coffee in it on the benchtop. He quickly strode to the fridge again to return the milk.
"There's your coffee on the bench, I'll see you later Brettany."
"Hmm, thank you Eddy."
Eddy couldn't get out of the tea room fast enough.
Brett looked up from his computer screen as the pink coffee mug came into his field of vision.
Eddy was looking at him intensely.
"...What ?"
"Brett.. I'm sorry, you were right. She is so f*cking weird."
"Oh my god so it wasn't just my imagination?"
"Brett... when she stood close to you, did you feel anything ?"
"Did I feel anything ?"
"Yeah, did you feel anything touch your back?"
Brett thought for a while.
"...come to think of it, yeah, I did feel something touch my back."
"Brett.. I think she was pushing her boobs into my back."
"WHAT!?!?"
"Shhh!! OMG Brett keep your voice down !! Look, I felt two contact points, about this much distance apart..."
Eddy held up his hands as if he was about to grope someone in front of him. Now it was Brett's turn to panic.
"Oh my f*cking god Eddy, put your bloody hands down!! How could you tell there were two contact points ?"
"... you know me Brett, I'm hypersensitive to touch. I can tell."
"But how did you know it was her b.. y'know. Like it could've been her hands or anything."
"She had her hands full. And it wasn't her elbows, they felt soft ... and spongy."
Brett shuddered.
Eddy nodded.
Brett lowered his voice further.
"Eddy, it looks like she didn't get the response she was expecting from neither of us... Do you think she's now going to suspect that we're .... y'know."
"Brett, there's nothing to suspect.. it's fact."
"Yeah I know but I don't like being outed, especially by someone like her.."
"I think we should just try to avoid her the best we can, Brett... "
The next morning Brett went into the tea room to find his mug in the kitchen sink, smeared with lipstick all around the rim. He grimaced as he washed it with dishwasher soap and a sponge. He took Eddy's Ernie mug out of the dishwasher and started making their morning coffee. He purposely stood in a position where he could see if anyone came into the tea room. Much to his relief, no one came in to surprise him.
"Eddy, your coffee."
"Thanks Brett.. um, so were you okay?"
"Yeah, she wasn't there."
"Oh good. Hey I was just told by the receptionist that Brad called in sick today. She said he'd send us an email about a few cases we need to finish off for him."
"Okay, thanks."
"Oh my god I hope that vixen doesn't decide to stay with us just because Brad is away.. hopefully she'll just stay in his office all day."
"Better still, I wish she was away as well..."
Brett's wishes came true as Brettany didn't show up for work and when Eddy casually asked the receptionist whether she had called in sick the receptionist said no.
Sandy the receptionist scoffed.
"Some nerve, that girl ? It's her second day and she just takes a day off without even ringing in ?"
Eddy agreed.
"It is a bit strange, isn't it..."
"Oh, and Eddy, she was asking me about you and Brett yesterday..."
"About what ?"
"Look, I don't want to sound inappropriate but she was the one asking and you don't have to say anything because I'm not asking okay? "
"? Okay..?"
"She was asking if you and Brett were a couple."
"WHAT !??"
"Eddy, you don't have to answer anything, it's none of my business nor it is hers, which is what I told her."
"Um.. okay.. thanks Sandy, I appreciate your discretion."
Eddy hurried back to his desk. He was livid.
Brett looked up from his computer as he noticed Eddy stomping back to his seat.
"Eddy? Are you okay?"
"Brett.. that Brettany girl.. there's something really off about her."
"Can we talk about that later ? Brad emailed us. There are a few things that are a bit urgent, I'll handle the first 2 things if you wouldn't mind looking at the 3rd one ?"
"Oh, yeah, sure."
Brad never returned to work. Neither did Brettany.
A week later, the police and auditors arrived with a warrant and Eddy, Brett and Sandy were asked to stand along the office wall, away from their workstations as the auditors and police went through their desks and computers.
Eddy was never more glad that he was with Brett. The feelings were mutual. As they stood side by side, leaning their backs against the office wall, they ever so slightly let their shoulders touch. They both would have wanted to hold each other's hand too but they did not want to draw attention to themselves so the slight touch of their shoulders would have to do for now. In fact, it wasn't even their shoulders touching, it was Brett's shoulder slightly digging into Eddy's upper arm. But they liked it like that – highlighting their height differences, knowing how that difference made it easier to fit their bodies into certain positions elsewhere when the time and place was appropriate.
They've kept it a secret at work that they were a couple and kept their behaviour at work very professional. Sandy seemed to be intuitive enough to suspect they were possibly more than just friends but she never stuck her nose into places where it wasn't wanted and Eddy and Brett were eternally grateful for that.
Eddy, Brett and Sandy were then interviewed individually.
"So Mr Chen, did you know Brettany before she started working here ?"
"No, I only ever met her for the first time when she started working here last week.
"Have you had a relationship with her since she started working here ?"
"What ?? No, absolutely not!"
"Why do you appear so worked up Mr Chen ?"
Sh*t
"I'm not.. I was just a bit surprised.. she had only started a week ago and only came to work that one day. There was no time to build any sort of relationship with her."
"So Mr Yang, have you had a relationship with Brettany since she started working here ?"
"What ?? No, absolutely not!"
"Why do you appear so worked up Mr Yang?"
Oh f*ck
"I'm not.. I was just a bit surprised.. she had only started a week ago and only came to work that one day. There was no time to build any sort of relationship with her."
"So Ms Sandy Jones, did you notice Brettany exhibiting any strange behaviour?"
"Well she was only here for one day but she seemed like she was eyeing out all the men here. Brad, Eddy and Brett."
"And from your perspective, did any of the men appear interested in her ?"
"I don't know.. I suppose Brad was smiling a lot. I suppose he was happy that Brettany was going to be working as his assistant. Eddy and Brett were neutral."
Brad and Brettany were eventually found in an interstate motel room and were arrested. Brad had wired company funds to Brettany to pay for her "companionship". The scandal was in the news and both Eddy and Brett were so glad they were sent home by the time the news came out.
"Eddy, I kinda feel sorry for Brad."
"Really ? Brett, he's an adult who should have known right from wrong."
"I can imagine she would've come onto him pretty strong though."
"Same difference. You wouldn't have done anything corrupt even if I came onto you at work, would you ?"
Brett looked up from the sofa at his boyfriend who had run out of the kitchen to catch the news segment on TV about the scandal. Eddy had an apron on and held a carrot and peeler in his hand. He looked adorable.
"I don't know.. Brad looked a bit lonely and he looked quite excited that day when Brettany started..if he liked her, I can't blame him for falling for her if she came onto him trying that kinda stuff she tried on us."
"Sure, Brett, falling is one thing.. but you can't steal from the firm to finance a relationship."
"I guess not... what a strange line of events..."
"To be honest, that's now the least of my worries.. we gotta go job hunting from tomorrow..!!!"