"Morning.."
That's what the first thing Takeshi did when he opened his eyes. The message was sent 4 hours ago. Still unread, even less replied. Takeshi sighs. Is she upset ? He should not went offline like that last night, he regrets his act. He was so exhausted thus easily irritated. He sighs. Should he apologize now ? He doesn't know how much last night's argument bothered Xiao Ping. Will it be better if he just waits for her to be online ? But what if she is sulking now ? Takeshi eventually types, "I'm sorry.."
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Xiao Ping is actually not sulking. But after Takeshi went offline last night she couldn't sleep and kept blaming her self for the argument they had. Thus, in the morning she woke up late and went to school in hurry, forgetting her cellular that still lies underneath her pillow until now.
But when she goes online and finds out Takeshi's greeting and apologize, she gets annoyed instead as she remembers how Takeshi went offline left her like that.
"Morning," she replies shortly. lostboy2000's icon immediately becomes green. "Is it still morning there ?" Takeshi asks. "No," she answers. "I've been waiting for you since morning. I miss you." That statement of Takeshi makes her furious. This man..
"I don't," she replies. Takeshi chuckles. He thinks the pouting Xiao Ping is cute. "Are you still mad at me ?" he asks then sends a sad emoji to follow.
"Do you think you could left me online alone and I still be nice to you ?" Xiao Ping finally bursts her anger. "No. I'm sorry," he types.
"And do you wish a sorry can instantly make things up ?" Xiao Ping asks again. She doesn't know why, she becomes more upset, even more to have Takeshi's reply. "Hmm.. Yes ?"
"NOOO!!" she types with all of her anger, making a loud typing sound. Still in anger, she decides to go offline. Takeshi is petrified to find out her icon is suddenly grey.
Xiao Ping snuffles. She knows her act is a little outrage, but she needs to teach Takeshi a little lesson. It is not the first or second times he did it, suddenly went offline and left her alone when he got upset or angry. At first, she tried to understand it. But she's irritated when he continued to show up after, just asking apologize and acting like nothing happened.
"What's wrong ?" Han Han disrupts her with a question. He obviously heard her loud typing previously. "Nothing," still, she doesn't want to share with him. Han Han is a nice guy, but she can't be as close to him as she is to Yu Jin. She suddenly misses Yu Jin. Last night, after the fight, she actually had made up her mind for making distance with Yu Jin, it was all for the sake of Takeshi's heart. But now, she may change her mind.
Xiao Ping immediately goes invisible. She glances on lostboy2000's icon and disappointed to see no new chat. She eases her disappointment by clicking Yu Jin's icon. A chat window appears. She quickly types, "Yu Jin.. I miss you."
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Yu Jin is dumbstruck to read a chat that suddenly popped out on his monitor. "Your girlfriend ?" his supervisor behind him asks. "N..No, Mam," he immediately replies his supervisor while his hand skillfully closes the window and logging off the chat application. He has waited for Xiao Ping to chat him since he is placed here at the ROCA headquarter. But it is only unfortunate that she chatted him while his supervisor comes to ask his report on a system developing he is working on. "Continue.." His supervisor commands him.
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Xiao Ping smacks her lips. She hasn't got a reply from Yu Jin. She regrets her abruptly act a little bit. How could she immediately run to Yu Jin just because she is angry to Takeshi ? This is not good. She should not making Yu Jin as her safety net.
Xiao Ping makes a glance to the other icon. Still no message from him. She sighs hard. She expects Takeshi will coax her with sweet words like he usually did. Why hasn't he done it this time ?
Hoping that Takeshi might send her an email, she opens her email. She becomes more disappointed to see no email from Takeshi. She decides to refresh it one more time before logging off. A new email from one of the mailing list arrives. The title bulges her eyes out of worry: Tokyo in chaos after hit by multiple earthquakes these last couple hours.
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"Are you okay ?"
"Please reply me if you are. I'm worry."
Xiao Ping sighs. She sent those messages an hour ago. Takeshi still hasn't online. All of her anger to him now turns into worry. She regrets she suddenly went offline. What if something happened to him ? And her last word to him is a shouting NO. Tears start falling from her eyes. She tries hard not to sob, doesn't want to be caught by Han Han nor customers. All she can do is praying for his safety. So she does. Heartily. Oh, God.. please safe him.. please.
*Ting*
a chat notification quickly makes Xiao Ping stops praying and opens her eyes.
"Hi.. I'm sorry for late replying. I was working. I miss you, too..." Yu Jin.
Xiao Ping ignores him. Her heart is too worry about Takeshi to be able of thinking anything else. She starts repelling the same prayer. Over and over again.
*Ting* Another notification.
"I'm okay..."
"Don't you dare leaving me alone!"