"come back."

Your phone vibrates and receives a message from Takami while you're standing in the girls' restroom stall. You bite your lip and look at the screen that lights up with an incoming message.

"sweetling."

Half an hour ago you came together for a small 'work' dinner with Hawks. Maybe you were expecting something. A little flirting, compliments or something else. But it is not an admission that he blurted it out in one moment. Running to the restroom was the only thing you could think of, and now you were hiding here, trying to calm your heart beating wildly inside you.

"don't ignore my messages."

You know that he is waiting for you in the hall. You know he'll be waiting for you at work if you manage to escape his watchful eyes now.

"please."