<i>What a flimsy handshake,</i>August thought as he took Haru's hand, perhaps unfairly. Haru was clearly unnerved, just like he was, and probably intimidated; he was obviously looking for reasons to judge him negatively, and frankly he couldn't even pinpoint<i>why</i>. Being disturbed by their likeness, he could understand, but he was... angry. Yeah, he was mad, and it was very unbecoming of him. "Likewise," he forced out with a smile, and tried to ignore the way Haru shoved his hands deep in his pockets like he had just been burned.<br/><br/>When asked if he had been given babysitting duties, August chuckled, and only those closest to him would be able to tell it was forced. "I'm the office babysitter," he said. "It's basically my second title."<i>Third,</i>he thought,<i>if you count 'office slut'</i>. "We can just stick to our floor today. You might get called into other departments occasionally, but usually we stick to sales." That was one of the things he hated the most about this place. It was massive, there was a lot to explore, but he was usually confined to a cubicle for 7 out of 8 hours every day.<br/><br/>"Don't be too nervous," he said, clapping Haru on the shoulder. "No one here bites." Before he could stop himself, he added quite possibly the cheesiest line he could imagine, "Unless you ask them to." And he had to force out a laugh, like he intended to say something so stupid. Ugh. This sucked. Haru had totally thrown him for a loop, and it wasn't even the kid's fault. August just couldn't handle suddenly having a<i>twin</i>working in the same department as him.<br/><br/>August cleared his throat. "Anyway," he gestured towards the elevators, "shall we?" Better to move out of this awkward introductory phase as soon as possible, but August couldn't shake the feeling that bringing Haru up to his floor would be even worse. Everyone was going to end up gawking at them, making comments even lamer than the joke he just made.<br/><br/>"Is this your first job in sales?" August asked as he pressed the call button. He needed to know just how much he would be required to teach this guy. He was honestly hoping it would be as little as possible so he wouldn't need to be stuck around him for too long, but somehow he felt like he wasn't going to be that lucky.