14. Flowers with your muses name on the tag
Mei-Rin hadn’t expected Eric would have seen that bouquet before she brought it to him. Her cheeks started burning as she tried to find some good words of explanation. It wasn’t anything rude, moreover, one could find it rather flattering, but she felt she should explain it. “It- it’s nothing,” she shook her head. “I just… ha- haven’t seen you in a while, and thought that… W- well…” Truth be told, that hadn’t explained anything, but the maid didn’t continue, just looked at the reaper tentatively.
A bouquet of flowers, gathered together with velvety ribbon tagged with an elaborate card – Eric Slingby written on the inside, he discovered after a bit of snooping. He didn’t quite have time to react before he heard the maid’s voice. “ … Aw, c'mon no’. Ye didnae think I’d give ye hell?” With a crooked grin, he lifted the bouquet to take in their fragrance. “They’re righ’ bonnie, lass."
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At first, a rather hesitant, even apologetic smile took over Mei-Rin’s face. Slowly, her mind started working on what...
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