Cupcakes

It was just three days after Aurora moved into her new apartment but it seemed like forever.

Her day passed slowly and lifelessly. She was always indoors, reading books, cooking, or sometimes, thinking about the boys or even about Arthur.

The romantic date they had together, their first night together, she couldn’t help but recall these, and this kept her boring day filled with activities.

She grew tired of all these so fast and couldn’t wait to start doing something. Either a white-collar job or a menial job. She just wanted to keep herself busy so badly.

“Ding!” The timer of her microwave oven went off in the kitchen, diverting her attention from the book she was reading.

‘My cake is ready!’ She thought excitedly, running to the kitchen. She could perceive the delightful aroma right from the door of the kitchen.

“Hopefully, it’s going to taste as good as it smells.” She muttered, wearing her oven mitt before opening the oven and pulling out her tray of cupcakes.

Though Aurora