From the moment Sakura went out of the cab until the time she was already inside the apartment, she could still feel her heart racing and her cheeks burning intensely. She can't clearly understand why, but Sakura had already guessed that this was the result of the events that happened a while ago.
{"Sorry… I'm late."}
Sakura was already halfway done typing her apartment code when Ken's words from earlier echoed in her head in a flash. Her fingers froze the moment she remembers how intense their gazes have been even for a brief moment, and she mentally curses herself after that.
"Geez, it's just Mori Ken, alright? You know, your former childhood friend who suddenly abandoned you? Get a grip of yourself, will you?" Sakura starts to lightly tap her cheeks with both hands as she tries to pull herself together. Then she immediately stopped as she felt her face stung because of the pain brought to her by these red, slapped marks she got from that bastard earlier.
