You two were colleagues who didn't overlap much. He's a senior manager in the Strategic Investment department, and you're a senior recruitment manager at IPC.

The two of you hardly talked and saw each other except at corporate parties where managers of all departments gathered, so it took you a while to learn each other's names. Above your right femur was the name "Kakavasha," so when he introduced himself to you as "Aventurine," you didn't even realize he was your soulmate, because that wasn't his real name.

At a corporate party, you were tipsy and started making out with some guy from the marketing department, he was also a senior manager. Aventurine was talking to Topaz and Jade at the time, but because of your intimacy with another person, he suddenly felt sick, even though he didn't even see what you were doing. He covered his mouth with his hand, apologized, joking that he had been drinking too much and needed to visit a "white friend," after which he ran to the toilet and began coughing violently. A handful of petals flew out of his mouth, falling into his palm, several of them fell into the sink, which he used to cover his mouth, clutching the edge of the sink with his other hand. When the attack was over, he took his hand away from his face, and there were petals mixed with saliva and drops of red on his dark-gloved palm.

"Oh, damn..."