HOW STRANGE

Leena removed her cheesy ramen from the microwave.

Even with the steaming hold to her fingertips as she pinched the plastic cup on its lip, it did not budge her, her face remained apathetic and dull.

She sat down at her dining table, gaze seemingly attached to the clock nailed onto the wall no matter what, then once it struck the perfect 7 o'clock, she gobbled into her food.

As if she needed to wait till the full moon to feast on her precious nourishment, like an immortal vampire when the sun had set.

Strange, yet viable, nonetheless.

In the spur of her moment, a sudden interruption crashed when her phone vibrated within her pocket.

It was a call from an unknown number.

She paused her slurping and picked it up. "Hello?" Leena inquired through an oily throat.

— "Good evening, this is June Manny from The Sugar Partner Corporation? I would like to speak to Mrs. Leena Choi?"

The young woman's voice was stoic, but she sounded dignified and earnest.

It took her three seconds to unlatch her lips. "Yes, I am." So was Leena's, voicing her presence in a very robotic fashion.

— "Hello, Mrs. Choi, are you alone at the moment?"

"Yes, I am." Leena presumably copied and pasted.

— "Excellent. I would like to update you on your position here in The Sugar Partner's Applicant."

"Is everything alright?"

— "Congratulations! Your profile and preferences had been handpicked by two sugar-daddies. Based on your terms and conditions, your preferred fetishes, they took a firm interest in you."

"Two?" She repeated, somehow, there was not at all a glimpse of fret, everything remained stony in her stance. Not tense nor groovy, it appears as though she was comfortable that way.

— "Yes, it seems not only you are picked, other babies as well. We believe your possible sugar-daddies fit your terms and conditions as much as yours fit theirs. I'd say it is match-making in heaven."

"Where can I meet them?"

— "The meeting will be set here in our private lounge, where we'll serve meals and drinks as you exchange your thoughts and ideas. Of course, your privacy will be given. That way, it will be under our security to be cautious for both roles at all causes."

"Does that mean they will have many chances to cancel me during said meeting?"

— "Unfortunately, the rules are the rules. We can't have anyone regretting anything under our utmost protection."

"Hmm~" Leena crooned, almost as if singing in approval with much dubious, "time and date, please?"

— "Of course, everyone seems to be available on..." The brief flipping on a sheet of paper was heard, "Saturday afternoon, can you make it, Mrs. Choi?"

"Yes, I can."

— "Goodness, then I shall schedule the appointment and inform the others. A harem fetish seems to be lingering in the air, I see. Are you alright with the sugar-daddy being plural on the same meeting?"

"Yes, I am."

— "I see, then, good evening, Mrs. Choi. I shall contact you if there are any more updates with your profile and preferences. Until then."

The other line cuts off.

Leena could've sworn she discern the woman's delicate smile from miles away throughout their conversation.

Leena strived to sound as poised and professional as June, desiring to impress her future living-expanses acquirer.

As to somehow make them fall headfirst for her rather than any other girls in that room on Saturday evening.

Leena coveted to make money faster, exchanging her body was an option, an option she can easily avoid if not for the haste.

Haste? What haste?

She was a mere student!