Mikasa smiles as she looks out the window looking at blue skies. she is reminded of a memory, so vivid.

"Tanaka senpai, where do i put these?" Mikasa uttered as she carries a box of vegetables

"I'll do that" Jiyong answered, as he takes the box from her.

"Mikasa, why don't you get the towels from the room upstairs and wash them" Tanaka-san asks

"Hai" she answered.

Mikasa was allowed to stay at the inn as long as she works in the Inn, since she seems educated her task was at the reservations.

She helps in checking in the customers, while Jiyong does kitchen duties, and other errands.

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"OOOOHHH...its quite hot already" Tanaka uttered as he and Mikasa sit outside the INN

Mikasa just smiled

"here" Jiyong uttered as he hands out popsicles to them

"Ooh, where did you get this? is this from our freezer?" Tanaka asks in surprise

Jiyong just smiled making a "V" sign, Tanaka just looks at him

Then they all laugh

"ano, Mikasa-san.. are you from Japan?" Tanaka asks

Mikasa just kept silent

"Tokyo right?" he continued

"did you do something illegal?" he added

"Haaaaiiiiissst, Tanaka senpai!" Jiyong interrupted

"w-what? I'm just making sure, not for anything but i don't want to get in trouble, atleast I know" Tanaka answered in defense

"Yes, i am from Tokyo, No, i did not do anything illegal..I just ran away" Mikasa replied smiling

The two nodded.

"ano..." tanaka was about to ask Mikasa

"Oooohhhh the festival is coming soon! What are we going to do?" Jiyong asks

"oh yes....yes yes" Tanaka uttered and they all laughed.

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The day of the festival came, the INN had a lot of backpackers from different country, and Mikasa was very busy as she was appointed as a

the tour guide for the festival, since she is Japanese and can speak english.

In the evening

"Mika, here" Jiyong uttered as he hands her a yukata

"wear it for tonight, lets walk by the river and watch the fireworks with Tanaka senpai" he continues

She looks at the yukata, and smiles at Jiyong

she goes to change, and went to meet jiyong and Tanaka

"Oooh, you look pretty?" Tanaka exclaimed

Jiyong look to see and he smiled

"you look great!" Jiyong added as he goes to her and patted her head, she smiles

"lets go" Tanaka uttered

they went to the festival, trying all street food and games. Mikasa just follows Jiyong

she watches him, listens to him and admires him. Her heart flutters.

"oh, the fireworks..its starting" jiyong exclaimed

With all the noise around, the people cheering happily, the joyful noise of the fireworks,Mikasa looks at jiyong.

Jiyong looks at her smiling, she reaches out to jiyong cheek and gave him a kiss.

As is time stopped. Her heart too. JIyong looks at her, taken aback from what happened.

Jiyong smiles. "you're welcome" he uttered

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She smiles as she recalls a past that seemed to be just yesterday.

then she got a message Takamura

"I sent you files, Madame"

she looked at it and reads it. She sighed.

she dials Takamura on her phone

"prepare the proposals. Arrange a meeting with them." she orders