"I'm off," Ririka said to her husband, before leaving the house for her flower shop that was still not open.
Ness turned around to stop his wife before she left. "Wait! Let me drop you off," he said as he reached for the car keys.
Ririka's brow furrowed, wondering why her husband had suddenly turned caring. "No, you don't have to. It'll only cause you trouble anyway. Let me leave as usual. Thank you for the offer." Ririka then left in a bit of a hurry and somewhat ignored her husband.
After Ririka left, Ness could only remain silent. Feeling that his offer was flatly rejected made him feel a little disappointed. I don't know... he himself wasn't too sure what to call it. But it was clear that he had become more aware of how badly he had been behaving towards his wife. Ririka's discomfort was evident in her eyes. Ness was pretty sure it would take a long time. If he wanted to improve his relationship with the woman who became his wife.
***
Arriving at her flower shop. Ririka immediately resumed her work. Today she would check what supplies the shop needed. Also some other things that she needs to prepare. Looks like today, she will be quite busy to take care of the shop. Especially Daisy, her friend who always helps her in preparing to open this flower shop. She couldn't come because she was sick. Inevitably, it looks like Ririka will be alone taking care of all the shop's needs today.
Maybe taking care of the shop's needs is enough to make her feel busy. But it was better, rather than her having to linger with her husband. She even recalled the strange behavior shown by her husband earlier, before she left for the shop.
Ah... what am I thinking, better forget it, Ririka thought. Hurriedly, the woman tried to get rid of the thought of her husband. Not wanting to think too much about Ness, Ririka immediately kept herself busy with work.
When her head turned to the side. She accidentally found a canvas, containing a painting of her favorite snowdrop flower. The painting was almost finished, and she planned to hang it in the corner of the room as a decoration for her shop.
A smile appeared on Ririka's lips. She picked up her smartphone. She took a photo of the painting, and sent it along with her morning encouragement to Sae.
***
TRING
Sae felt that it seemed like her smartphone was ringing. She immediately checked it and found a good morning message that Ririka often sent. Sae read the message and also found a photo of a snowdrop flower painting. Looking at the photo, Sae smiled sincerely. She knew that Ririka really liked the flower. Especially the flower she had given her during their first meeting. He gave her a snowdrop to cheer her up.
Snowdrops implied hope for brighter times. That's why Sae gave the flower to Ririka. Since then Ririka became fond of snowdrops, the woman could feel the sincere hope for a bright future given by Sae through the flower.
Sae then replied to Ririka's message before turning off her smartphone. She had to refocus on her work soon.
***
"Violet, are you okay?" said Mira, a senior nurse at the hospital where Violet worked. The woman was 38 years old and a mother of one. She seemed surprised to find her junior who seemed to be daydreaming quite often for the past day and a half. Mira even caught Violet stealing glances at Sae.
"Oh... I'm fine. What's wrong?" Violet was surprised and stuttered a little.
Mira shook her head. It was clear from Violet's behavior that the woman was barely focused at work. Her mind seemed to be wandering all over the place.
"I don't know what you're thinking. But better yet, come with me to the cafeteria. Don't spend your time daydreaming and making your stomach empty."
Violet hurriedly followed Mira to the cafeteria. Along the way to the cafeteria, Violet unconsciously drifted back into her thoughts. She succeeded in making Mira feel a little irritated by her junior's behavior.
"I regret inviting you to eat with me. There seems to be something extraordinary going on in your mind that's making you ignore your surroundings," Mira quipped anxiously.
Hearing Mira's sarcasm made Violet feel embarrassed. The young woman only showed her trademark horse grin. But the grin changed instantly when Sae passed by and greeted Mira.
"Nurse Mira, would you like to go to lunch?" she greeted kindly. Sae didn't seem to notice that Violet was behind Mira.
"Ah, yes. That's me going with Violet. Do you also want to go to the cafeteria with us?" offered Mira siopan.
"I don't think so. But thanks for the offer. Excuse me," Sae said before walking away. Leaving Mira and Violet who still hadn't moved from the place or rather. Because Violet was still busy watching Sae and Mira was waiting for Violet to wake up.
"Now I understand the cause of this problem. Violet stopped being obsessed with Doctor Sae." Mira folded her arms across her chest, giving Violet a sharp look. "Didn't she already reject you? Plus she's uncomfortable with your over-the-top behavior. Don't make things worse between you two."
Violet shook her head, despite having been caught red-handed by her senior. She still didn't want to admit it. Violet was still stubborn, that her behavior did not bother her crush at all.
"I really can't figure you out." Sighing heavily, Mira gave Violet's ear a squeeze. "If you ever make a scene here. I will never hesitate to be the first one to reprimand you!" she declared. Mira did this because she cared about her junior.
"Oh my gosh Sis, geez... you don't have to be so rude," Violet whined in a spoiled voice. She then put on a pitiable puppy dog face expression in front of Mira.
If only Mira hadn't remembered that she was still in the hospital. She might have acted much more anarchically than this. Violet really didn't want to listen to her. She was really worried. Mira really didn't want anything bad to happen to her junior or any of her coworkers.