Why Is This Happening? (3)

Just before I could park my motorbike in the parking lot, the woman was standing right in front of the entrance with both hands reaching toward the sky.

"What... are you doing?" I asked.

"Photosynthesis." She says.

She really isn't an ordinary woman, I thought.

"Does it get your stomach full?" I get back at her with a touch of sarcasm.

Even I don't understand why I need to bother replying to her nonsensical remarks!

"No. That's why I hope humans can also photosynthesize. So even without working, you can still be full. Don't you also think it's convenient?”

'What is she saying? Ugh.'

The woman was then rushing me to get into the basement while she was enjoying her moment of basking in the sun. Once again, my view is still fixed on her figure through the reflection in the rearview mirror of my motorbike.

Just when I took off my helmet, she suddenly has appeared next to me!

“What the! When did you-”

“Ah, I'm sorry for startling you. I want to give you this. Please accept it.” The woman said as she held out a dark purple gift box with a yellow ribbon on it.

I tilted my head. Why suddenly a present?

"A birthday present?" I asked after guessing what the gift box meant.

“Kinda? But this present is more of an apology gift for pranking you the other day. I shouldn't be having fun pranking someone younger than me as an adult. I'm sorry."

'So she knows she's acting much like a child, huh?' I received the box.

There's no reason not to take it, right?

Except, it's another prank from her!

“ACK! Wha-what was that?!”

I should have guessed that something would jump out of the box! This is a classic type of prank but I still fall for it! From the same person even! darn it!

“Hehehehe. You sure have a lovely reaction! There must be plenty of people who would love to prank you to get that reaction, right?”

No, no one has ever been eager to prank me this much as they think I'm a bore. What's wrong with her? Really.

“The real present is at the bottom of the box. You can take it."

Hah! Did she think I would fall for her tricks again? No! I scrutinized what was in the box. Maybe there will be another jumping toy snake, or another prank.

"You don't need to be so wary. There are no more surprises there. It is a real gift for you. Two vouchers from our cafe!”

She looks so proud while shouting that. It's kinda cute too see her eyes sparkle.

'Wait. cute? This older woman is? I must be insane.’

Anyway, as I took out the paper from inside the box carefully, I could see that they were real vouchers card worth 50 dollars each. That's a hefty figure to spend in a cafe, but it gives me chills for some reason.

"But, isn't this café not open yet?"

“Exactly! The cafe will open in about three months. So you can keep the voucher carefully until then. This makes you our first customer to collect vouchers! Don't worry, the voucher is valid for a long time!”

“What the… pfthaha, thanks by the way.”

"Of course." She flashed a smile.

I didn't expect that our exchange this morning directed me to work with her to create advertising content for the cafe opening following Mr. Bossman's instruction. Mr. Bossman told me to create a fun and classy opening commercial so that Osborne Co could pass some of their other projects on to him.

I don't understand why such a big company handed over the project of content creation for a café opening advertisement to a student intern and not a real employee of the advertising company, or their own marketing team.

And the answer I got faster than expected.

"Well, this is a kind of marketing trick to make advertisements made by high school students into our promotional materials. It's like explaining to the public that our café embraces various groups in the process of its establishment. It's a story that attracts people's interest.”

"I see."

“Moreover, you will create cool content, right? Mr. Adam highly regard your ability, and I also heard that you recently won an award in a graphic design competition? I'm sure you can make an attention-grabbing ad!” She clench her fist excitedly in front of her face.

It's amazing to see how her fist almost completely covers her tiny face.

She sat beside me. She sit up straight but still look relaxed. I saw a few strands of her hair fall beside her ears as she put her hair in a high ponytail. I refrained from gulping down my saliva as it would look weird to her.

"Hey, what do you think about this kind of animation for the opening ad?"

"Why did you call me -this hey or that hey- since earlier? I have a name, you know." She pouted.

“Uh, okay. What should I call you?”

“Like how your other friends call me. Miss Katherine.”

Somehow, I don't want to call her that because it sounds distant.

"If I may know, how long have you been working at Osborne Co?"

“Hmm, looks like it's been almost six years. Since I graduated from college, I worked at the Osborne Co. Why?”

“It's been that long? How old are you, by the way?”

“29 this year.”

"Lie."

"What do you mean by lie? Do you think I'm older? Am I looking older than my age is?”

“No, I mean. You look young to be a 29 years old lady.”

“Oh my. What age should I be then?”

"Hmm, twenty four?"

"Hah! Hahahahahahah. Oh my oh my. You're smooth, huh? That's a typical lie of a man. Good to hear, but bad to believe." She shakes her head while holding back her laughter.

I don't understand which part is funny because I'm just telling the truth. She looks young in my eyes.

"Would it be a problem if I called you Katherine?"

“Without the miss?”

"Mhm."

"Yes, that would be a problem, young man."

"Because it's rude?"

"No. More like so I that come to my sense that I am old enough to act like my age."

But you're young, though.

“Anyway, for now, Miss Katherine for you. Later, if we get closer, you can call me Kate.”

“Kate.”

“Miss Katherine for now.”

"Got it."

I don't know since when, but every little thing she does, bother me.

From how she tucks her hair behind her ears, to how she scrunches her nose every time she smiles mischievously.

Even her strands of hair stucked in her mouth bothered me so much!

I can't resist to remove the strand of hair from her mouth. I swear, I've never felt so bothered over anything especially a human before!

As my finger brush gently against her moist lips to pick up that strands of her hair, our gaze met.

She blinked. Her fluttering eyelashes and her trembling pupil create havoc inside my heart. It stir something dangerous that has been sleeping inside of me for a long time.

I could feel hot blood rushing all over my body as I saw she parted her mouth slightly, while her eyes slowly closed. Those actions drive me crazy!

'I don't know! My heart wants this!’

And so, I closed our distance with a soft kiss on her lips. The soft kiss then escalated fast to becoming a hot deep kiss.

'What am I doing with a woman I've only known for three days?!'