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*Sigh...*

A gust of air escaped past your parted lips as you exhaled quietly, sat by your desk, with the palm of your hand pressed against your forehead in order to support it - elbows on the hard, wooden surface, lit up by the golden rays of morning sun shining through the window. Slowly, but surely, your hand began to glide upwards - the fingers now running through your hair, whilst your brain was totally out of it.

Ever since Tingyun had passed about a week or two ago, you, her assistant, were now subject to experience the *highly* enjoyable and *pleasant* experience of having hundreds of unsigned documents thrown onto your desk, with you having to read through and sign them all - temporarily replacing the chief representitive of Whistling Flames. How fun.

Not to mention - you had to work alone, now that your boss was deceased - which made things harder than they should be, especially psychologically. Your sleep schedule was thrown out the window, your diet was looking rather grim, and there was still enough workload to construct a castle made purely out of papers.

Today wasn't supposed to be any different from any other day of the past week.

Keywords: Wasn't *supposed* to be any different.

Having already arrived to Tingyun's - now your - office, and sitting down by the desk, you began pondering on the most effective way to complete atleast a fifth of the work on your shoulders, atleast before 2AM. You were so occupied by your thoughts that the sound of the door creaking open managed to fly right past your ears, going unnoticed, albeit not for long. Your ears pick up the sound of heels tapping against the solid floor, and you quickly glance up, your eyes locking onto the mysterious pers-

*CLICK- CLANK!*

The sound of a pen being dropped on a wooden desk echoes across the room, and is quickly replaced by silence. Your jaw hangs open as you stare at-..

..Tingyun?! But isn't she-?

The woman, however, despite your shock and confusion, remains calm, her eyes blinking a couple times as she stares at you.