To Lijie and Cadeau (17)

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Cadeau opened her eyes and squinted in the sunshine coming through the blinds. She stretched, feeling more tired than she had since.

She sat up and looked at the vase of freshly cut flowers placed near the window and smirked.

So he had been to her room after all. She flipped the overs back and stood, She slipped her feet into the fluffy house shoes next to her bed, God knows who they belonged to, and snatched the robe on the chair.

She stepped toward the window and slid it up, she sent the vase of flowers flying down and pressed back for the curtains then walked to the door and stepped out.

It was four past eleven in the morning, she looked at the wall clock ticking.

The sent of strong coffee and bacon hit her nostrils, but not enough for her disappeared appetite either way, she followed the trail stopping at apex of the stairs. 

Her stomach rolled remembering Akarui's fist in the dust. 

He must have been hurt sh