Chapter 68 (2/2)

“I don’t really think it suits you, Heath-kun…”

“I seee. But you stopped crying, so I guess it all worked out.”

“Ah-…”

With that, the girl noticed that her tears had stopped at some point.

Although it was surprise that stopped her crying, somehow all the sadness from before seemed a little fainter now.

“Well, anyway, I want you to cheer up. That’s all I wanted to say.”

The maid nodded at the brightly smiling Fii.

“Thanks, Heath-kun.”

Although her eyes were still a little red, the maid girl smiled back.

While the two of them smiled at each other, a sudden grumbling sound interrupted.

It was the sound of Fii’s stomach.

Now it was Fii’s turn to turn a little red as she held her stomach, embarra.s.sed.

“Uuu, how embarra.s.sing. We had such a good atmosphere going too.”

The maid girl chuckled at her and presented the cookies she was still holding.

“If you’d like, please eat these.”

“Can I?”

“Mn. There’s n.o.body to give them to now, and I’d be happy if you ate them instead.”

“I see. Then I’ll help myself!”

Fii took them into her hands with a smile.

And then she promptly opened the bag and opened wide.

“Mn! It’s really good!”

She could smell the fragrant b.u.t.ter, and the cookies had been baked perfectly crispy. Although Fii felt that it was lacking a little sweetness, that gave it a refined taste instead.

A natural smile surfaced on her face.

It was a smile that caused the girl to stare a little.

“Althea! Where are you!”

“I’m sorry for being mean! We should have warned you properly!”

“Please come out!”

Suddenly, they could hear voices from around the corner. It was in the direction where Fii came from, and the voices belonged to the maids from before.

Their cries were tinted heavily with both apology and worry for the girl they were looking for.

“Ah-, it’s my senpais,” reacted the maid girl.

She didn’t seem to be unhappy about it.

Although the maids probably bickered and argued with each other, it definitely wasn’t everything.

“I guess they’ve come to apologise. So your name was Althea?”

“Ah-, yes.”

“It looks like things are alright now. I’m going to go.”

Fii stood up and dusted off her pants before running off somewhere again.

Though, mid-run, she turned and flashed another smile as she waved goodbye to Althea.

“See you later, Althea!”

“Ah-… Thank you…”

But Fii’s actions were prompt, and she had disappeared before Althea could get the words out.

“Altheaa! There you are!”

“What’s wrong?”

“Heath-kun…”

When her senpais discovered her, Althea was still staring dazedly in the direction that Fii had disappeared in.

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