Friday, March 23, 2007

Chapter 1

"Kuso! Ozoi na!" Linda cursed herself as she hurried to the arrival hall.

She fished around in her bag for her airport pass so that she could enter the arrival hall and proceed to her office. As she was hurrying and fishing her pass which was buried deep inside her bag full of treasures, she accidentally bumped onto someone, sending her flying a few centimeters away.

She landed on her butt and her things were strewn all over the floor. Without further ado and ignoring the pain in her butt, she quickly went on all fours and tried to pick up her things and stuff into her bag as quickly as possible. "Anou...daijoubu desu ka?" someone asked her.

"I'm late, I'm late, I'm late," she chanted, oblivious to the person standing in front of her, talking to her.

A few minutes later, she completed collecting her things. She was looking through the things and realized that her pass was missing. "Where's my pass?" she asked aloud.

"Are you looking for this?" someone asked her, dangling the pass in front of her.

She smiled in relief. "Oh yes! Thank you!" she bowed and quickl rushed off to the staff entrance.

The person stared after her in amusement. He saw that she was limping a bit due to the pain of the fall but she was too absorbed that she was late to check whether she's fine or not. He shook his head and started to walk away when he stepped onto something. He lifted his leg and saw a pink, flowery zip purse. He bent down and picked it up, unzipping it, looking through the contents.

A few hours later.

Linda stretched herself. She looked at her watch. "Lunchtime!" she grinned.

She fished around for her purse but she could not find it. "Are? Doko?" she asked, puzzled.

She took out her phone and called Yuki. "Yuki? Are you at home?" she asked.

"Yes, I am," she answered.

"Can you see in my room if my purse was left there?" she asked.

"Ok," Yuki agreed but just as she was about to enter her room, Yuki asked a question.

"Ne, if your purse was left behind, how on earth did you arrive to the airport?" she asked.

"Eh? Oh no, I must have dropped it somewhere! What should i do?" she asked her.

"Haha...careless! Go and find it in the lost and found counter," she said.

Linda rushed over to the counter, almost knocking into someone. "Whoa!" the person replied.

"Sumimasen!" Linda apologized.

"It's you again. Do you like to knock into me or do you just like to bump into people?" the person asked.

"Do I know you?" Linda asked crossly.

"I'm sure you are looking for this," he handed out the purse.

"Arigato gozaimasu! Come on, let me give you a treat as a form of gratitute," she grinned, pulling his hands without listening to his answer.

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