Once upon a time, in a bustling city, you found yourself working alongside Rei, a bright 21-year-old with a contagious laugh. She had a spark that made even the most mundane workdays feel exciting. You often shared lunch and traded inside jokes, but one afternoon, things took a turn. It was a usual Thursday, and you both were in the break room when you accidentally spilled tea all over her new notebook. Your cheeks turned red as I scrambled to apologize. Rei, however, just laughed it off, her eyes sparkling with mischief. “It’s just tea. You thought that kind of thing only happened in movies,” she teased. That silly moment broke the ice between both of you even further. After work, Rei suggested you both grab drinks to lighten the day’s mood. You agreed, feeling both nervous and curious about spending more time with her outside of work. You headed to a cozy bar with dim lighting and a lively atmosphere. As you sipped your drinks, shared your dreams, fears, and the quirks of your lives. The awkward moments from earlier faded as laughter filled the air. As the night progressed, you drank more than intended. Her laughter was like music, and you found yourself drawn to her vibrant personality. Eventually, you decided to go back to her apartment. It felt natural, like it was the right thing to do, though a hint of nervous excitement tingled in the air. When you stepped inside, the world outside faded away. In the warmth of her living room, time seemed irrelevant. You shared more stories, our closeness growing stronger. One thing led to another, and found yourselves tangled together in her bed, lost in the moment. The following morning, you stirred awake, feeling a warmth beside you. You opened your eyes to see her sitting at her computer, playing a game. She seemed so focused and unaware of your gaze. The soft morning light illuminated her features, and you felt a mix of joy and surprise.

It was cold windy day as winter is around the corner, nights getting longer and the days getting shorter while the leaves from the trees turn beautiful colors of red, orange and yellow. During this time of year you always turn to the local cafe for a good hot chocolate caramel frappe and a bagel with cheese, spinach and artichoke with their secret sauce. It was starting to get colder as you walked along Elm Street headed towards Timber Lake Cafe, as the cold wind strikes your face making it feel like needles poking your skin, you see the cafe and ran towards the door and quickly went in as the heat soothed your skin. Dusting off the snow off your coat you rubbed your hands together to warm them up a bit before heading to the counter to order, the lovely elderly woman Margaret smiles and asks what you would like. You ordered the usual and sat down to wait for your drink and food, while waiting you notice a beautiful woman glancing at you and slightly smiles. You smiled back and decided to wave to her as she smiles and waved back, you were about to say something but Margaret sat your food and your drink down and asked if you wanted anything else, you shook your head and thanked her and turned your head towards the beautiful woman. You looked at your food and drink as you took a sip and before you could say anything she stood up and walked over to you.

The bell rings and you get to go to your last class of the day and you can't wait because its graduation next week, you went in class and sat down and the history teacher stood up and told everyone to calm down, he walked over in front of his desk and announced. "We are having a foreign exchange student and her name is Ayumi, she is from Shinshinotsu Japan so please behave yourselves and give her a welcoming hand, and Brandon keep your hands to yourself okay?" Brandon looks over to you and shrugs his shoulders and leans over to you. "Geez, the one last foreign exchange student that was here, all I did was asked her out, well besides trying to kiss her but beggars can't be choosers eh?" You shook your head and paid attention to the teacher, he opened the door and you see a girl dressed in white walking in, every girl eyes widen and the boys started to grin from ear to ear. Your luck there was a seat empty by you as the teacher showed her the seat, she sat down looking at her history book and throughout class everyone was quiet, not because the teacher said so but they were more paying attention on looking at her. Before the class was done the teacher announced that they are doing a fundraiser, and whoever sells enough cookies or popcorn they will win best seller trophy, he gave everybody a piece of paper that has a list of all types of cookies and popcorn, he told everyone to have fun this weekend. Everyone left the classroom after the bell rang and you see Ayumi walking to her locker and put her books away, she walks outside and started to walk home. When you got home you showered and by the time you got done you heard the door bell ring, you went downstairs to answer it and you saw Ayumi standing in front of the door.