Favorite Cake of The Day

"Thanks for the help, even though I didn't ask,"

"It's no biggie; it's all in a day's work."

Hugo responded to Fiona by stretching his arms back, revealing a cut on one of his fingers. Hugo got cut from the paper. As he began to say his goodbyes to Fiona, she stopped him. Fiona held on to Hugo's hands that had the cut.

"Hmm, do you need some—" As Hugo turned around, he was then surprised to see Fiona begin to lick off the blood from his finger. The sensation was oddly enough to experience; it was sticky after Fiona finished licking off the blood from Hugo's finger.

The shock on Hugo's face was visible as he saw Fiona looking down with her bangs covering her face.

She couldn't tell Hugo what expression she was making from Hugo's perspective.

"So, umm, that was..."

Before he could say anything to the snowy-haired lady, she began to sprint out of the scene. Despite the confusion between them,

"Hey? Hold on a second... and she is gone. She is swift. What was that all about? still though." Hugo said as he saw Fiona sprint away from him.

Hugo is baffled by the sudden interaction between them as he sees Fiona running away from him. Fiona then stops as she leaves Hugo in the hallway. She then leans on the wall, holds on to her chest, and can tell that her heart is beating fast suddenly.

"This.... is going to be awkward," Fiona mumbles as she looks up to the sky, complicating what she had done.

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"You're almost their last push, and you will be done for today." Theresa cheered on Alicia, who was trying to stand and walk while holding on with both of her hands on her walking cane.

Alicia takes the last few steps, and finally, she gets to the end of the side of the corner of the room. She releases and holds on to Theresa's shoulder, and he then helps Alicia sit back in her wheelchair.

She asks the so-called doctor, "Are we finished?" Alicia said as she breathed and relaxed slowly in her wheelchair after that whole exercise to help her regain her walking ability. Theresa then gave her a glass of clean water, and Alicia took it in and drank the entire thing.

She gave back the empty cup to Theresa. She then began to write something on the clipboard. What are you writing down? Alicia asked,

"Oh, I'm just writing down your physical information."

"Like what? My height or something, "

"Yes, your height is currently 163 centimetres, an average height for a young lady like you," Theresa said.

"Am I taller, or it's just—"

"No, you are still average, contrary to what mister Corpus told me."

"Wait, did he tell you my previous height?"

When Alicia mentions Angelo, the door then opens at the time of their conversation. Angelo opened the door and came inside with a paper bag in her hand. Now? Alicia said in disgust as he saw the very person that she was talking about. What is he doing here? She asks Theresa,

"I came a long way to give this, and you still dislike me."

"Hmph, I don't care what you came here for, boy, but I have."

"I got you some cheesecake. You don't like it?"

"Perhaps..." Alicia then quickly changed her mind when Angelo mentioned the cheesecake. Alicia was bribed by mear cake. Angelo brings out the cheesecake from the paperback and proceeds to open it, showing it off to Alicia.

"It smells good and comes from the oven stove,"

"Give it to me!"

"Heh, try to get it."

Alicia grumpily said; as she tried to stand up from her feet, she could hear her slogging soft legs not cooperating with her, and she then decided to grab the walking cane and use this to come toward Angelo, who used the cake as a hostage.

Slowly and surely, step by step. Alicia begins to walk, and the sweat on her face begins to go down. With her trying her best, she is finally at Angelo's.

She then tries to snatch the cake from his hands. Yet, it takes a turn because Angelo changes things and decides to put the cake on the sleeves. Alicia tried to tip-toe her feet, but she decided not to and realised the difference.

"Y-You, devil! How could you do that? "You big ass tree."

"Hey! Just because I'm tall doesn't mean I'm a tree."

"Yeah-yeah, just give me the cake."

"No, if you say 'please'."

"..."

For Alicia, saying "please" is like accepting an offer, and Theresa stood on the sidelines as the two standing people watched Alicia, who was looking down. And finally,

"C-Could you please help me?"

As a water drop starts to drop on the floor, and small tears start to form in Alicia's eyes, she begins to tear up. As she asks Angelo for assistance, Theresa sees this and glares back at Angelo,

"Look at you making a girl cry,"

"W-Well, I certainly didn't intentionally plan to do that."

"T-That's not his fault, *Sniff*."

Theresa crouched down and placed her left hand on Alicia's shoulders, reassuring her after Alicia spoke in a soft and low tone. Angelo brought down the cheesecake from the shelf and presented it to Alicia with a clean wooden fork. Alicia sited down on a nearby chair and held on to the cake tightly,

The words that Alicia mumbles in response as she continues to use the fork to eat the slice of cheesecake. The two people who were beside her stayed silent. Each piece of the bite she took was worth a while.

Just then, two people came into the room, and it was Lula and Lena; both saw this and started accusing Angelo.

"T-Thank you all of you. I-I am grateful..."

The four stopped in their tracks and were surprised by the sudden appreciation from Alicia. They all decided to hug Alicia back, except for Angelo and Theresa, who were on the side-line watching the scene.