Damien sneezed loudly and wiped his nose. He had been sneezing continuously for a while now.
"Ah! Does this ever stop! I feel like my nose is going to drop," Damien complained as he looked at one of the ingredients in Maple's shop.
Maple subtly smiled and commented, "Maybe someone is missing you a lot."
Damien chuckled and mumbled, "I don't think so, Maple. I just left from home. Nobody misses a rascal like me. I bet they are all happy thinking I won't come home until late."
Maple kept on working on a potion that she was brewing and said casually, "Maybe someone far away from your home is missing you."
Damien knew exactly who she was referring to. But he laughed it off.
And he thought to himself, "There's no way she still remembers me. I heard that people were lining up to marry her. I wonder if she likes someone…"
Like every time, his heart ached after imagining Ariel with someone else. But he pushed that thought away.
