A Flower From Her

“Hell~o”, it snapped Serene back to reality. She quickly flashed her business smile at the woman and took her hand. “Nice to meet you, I'm Serene Farrhen, a second year Fine Arts student.”

The woman stared at her. After a few moments she put her hands at Serene's forehead, “are you alright? You smiled oddly, so I thought...”

Serene was taken aback. She wanted to yell that it was the other woman who is not alright, right now. “Yeah, I'm fine”, she said.

After a minute of silence the woman spoke again, “uhmm... aren't you going to ask me what happened that made me like that?” She said awkwardly. “Do you want me to ask?”, Serene said.

The woman's eyes sparkled. “Oh, not really. But that happened due to me drinking uncontrollably. I forgot my limit so that was it. I was about to go home when I suddenly felt dizzy, hehe”, the woman said while putting a hand behind her head and playfully sticking her tongue out. Serene's face screamed, 'what's with the hehe?!'

“I'm really thankful.” She stood up and found something in her bag. “Here! For you!” she said as she handed a red rose to Serene. “I'll treat you to a meal next time. I grew this flower in my coffee shop, oh, and take this too!” she said while giving a card with an address, logo, and a number. “That's my coffee shop, visit me if you have time, I'll bake you a cake as thanks. Ah! Look at the time? I need to go, bye!”, she said as she dashed away from the park.

Serene could only blink thrice and glance at the red rose given to her. She also read the card, “ K Café”.

“Didn't even give me a chance to talk”, she said while smiling at the card.

“What time do you think it is?”, it was Aki's piercing voice. Serene panicked while wondering how Aki sensed that she was home when she went inside the house without a sound. “Are you an Esper? Or do you have powers that I don't know?”, Serene said. “I don't know what you're talking about, but you clearly didn't call me on purpose when you realized how late it is? Am I wrong?” Serene could feel the pressure in his gaze and was overwhelmed by it. After a few minutes of staring contest, she lost. “I'm really doubting our boss and secretary relationship, right now!”, Serene screamed while sitting at the floor with both her hands in the air. With a swish of his pointer rod, Aki glaringly said, “Did you say something?” Serene simply said, “no, sir!” while shaking her head.

Serene sat on her office chair, in front of her was a stack of paper works by none other than, Aki Twaive, her secretary. She sighed at the sight and stared at a single red rose in her vase, remembering her encounter last night.

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