“Mn! It’s really good!”
She could smell the fragrant butter, and the cookies had been baked perfectly crispy. Although Fii felt that it was lacking a little sweetness, that gave it a refined taste instead.
A natural smile surfaced on her face.
“…”
It was a smile that caused the girl to stare a little.
“Althea! Where are you!”
“I’m sorry for being mean! We should have warned you properly!”
“Please come out!”
Suddenly, they could hear voices from around the corner. It was in the direction where Fii came from, and the voices belonged to the maids from before.
Their cries were tinted heavily with both apology and worry for the girl they were looking for.
“Ah-, it’s my senpais,” reacted the maid girl.
She didn’t seem to be unhappy about it.
Although the maids probably bickered and argued with each other, it definitely wasn’t everything.
“I guess they’ve come to apologise. So your name was Althea?”
“Ah-, yes.”
“It looks like things are alright now. I’m going to go.”
Fii stood up and dusted off her pants before running off somewhere again.
Though, mid-run, she turned and flashed another smile as she waved goodbye to Althea.
“See you later, Althea!”
“Ah-… Thank you…”
But Fii’s actions were prompt, and she had disappeared before Althea could get the words out.
“Altheaa! There you are!”
“What’s wrong?”
*妹*
“Heath-kun…”
When her senpais discovered her, Althea was still staring dazedly in the direction that Fii had disappeared in.