[ She reaches the sketch that is offered to her. As she observes it, it might look just as simple as the rest of them are to Oliver, but to her, it looks like the most beautiful and unique drawing she has ever seen. Mayari looks up to Oliver and asks a curious question. ]
"Oliver, what made you draw this design? How did this happen?"
To Mayari,
"Uh, hi, Allie was rambling alot about you to me and begged me to start a conversation with you. She was rambling on and whatnot about how you and I would get along really well or something? Oh Lord, where are my manners... I am Oliver Noiralle, I do Fashion Design, pleased to meet you."
@the-feathered-fashionista
[ Mayari's hair glows into white, while her eyes glow into white and blue separately due to the surprise of this. ]
"Oh, you're one of Allie's friends?"
Oh no, how am I gonna introduce myself without scaring her friend off with my talent? But since Allie told him about me, I should be fine, right???
"I-I'm Mayari. Mayari Sadélle.
I'm the..... The Ultimate Test Subject.
Nice to meet you, too."
"Ah, he might already be there..... why?"
[ As she asks, she might have already noticed why. Her hair and eyes already dimmed back to brown. ]
"Oh, is it because you.......?"
To Mayari,
"Uh, hi, Allie was rambling alot about you to me and begged me to start a conversation with you. She was rambling on and whatnot about how you and I would get along really well or something? Oh Lord, where are my manners... I am Oliver Noiralle, I do Fashion Design, pleased to meet you."
@the-feathered-fashionista
[ Mayari's hair glows into white, while her eyes glow into white and blue separately due to the surprise of this. ]
"Oh, you're one of Allie's friends?"
Oh no, how am I gonna introduce myself without scaring her friend off with my talent? But since Allie told him about me, I should be fine, right???
"I-I'm Mayari. Mayari Sadélle.
I'm the..... The Ultimate Test Subject.
Nice to meet you, too."
"Hmm...."
[ Mayari observes the hoodie for a moment. ]
"Mhmm..... I think she would."
To Mayari,
"Uh, hi, Allie was rambling alot about you to me and begged me to start a conversation with you. She was rambling on and whatnot about how you and I would get along really well or something? Oh Lord, where are my manners... I am Oliver Noiralle, I do Fashion Design, pleased to meet you."
@the-feathered-fashionista
[ Mayari's hair glows into white, while her eyes glow into white and blue separately due to the surprise of this. ]
"Oh, you're one of Allie's friends?"
Oh no, how am I gonna introduce myself without scaring her friend off with my talent? But since Allie told him about me, I should be fine, right???
"I-I'm Mayari. Mayari Sadélle.
I'm the..... The Ultimate Test Subject.
Nice to meet you, too."
[ Mayari looks over to Ozzie, her eyes begging for answers. ]
“…guys. Why did I hear a Body Announcment.”
[ As her hair and eyes turn back to brown upon hearing this and the ship medic's whispers, Mayari replies. ]
"Okay. Thanks, Tian! ......And I agree what you just whispered to yourself."
"Tian, are you there? It's me, Mayari! We need help!"
[ Mayari rushes over while carrying something small in her hands, her hair glowing in white with blue and her eyes blue filled with worry. ]
Mayari? What is it?!
"Whew, that was a heck of a party. Good thing that it wasn't that chaotic in a bad way......Hm?"
As Mayari walked into the room after the party, she spotted the two items that weren't on her table before leaving her dorm room, a letter that's addressed to her and a very familiar flower.
"Is this...... a Lunar Tear? And here I thought I'd never see one again... But then again, the gachapon managed to have a lot more unusual things than this..."
She picked up the Lunar Tear and gently caressed it with a small smile and glanced over the letter. Wondering what the contents are, she reached out to the letter and opened it. And it read:
"To my dear classmate, Mayari
To my friend, Mayari
Mayari, by the time you read this, you've probably made it back safely from the party. I thought of giving you this note and the....."Lunar Tear", I believe it's called? because someone told me that whenever you were offered gifts by those who you gifted, you'd try to insist that you don't deserve to have them. So, I figured leaving these two items in your dorm room without you noticing would be the best option. Until you find out who sent you this letter and flower, I hope you'll hold onto them and understand that you DO deserve to have precious things as much as you give that to others. If you don't believe it, then..... just don't do anything that's reckless and stupid, alright?"
Just as the letter said, there was no name of the sender. Mayari's eyebrows furrowed in thought. How did this person know about the Lunar Tear? Was this gift a prank or something they'd lose a bet on? What is their real goal of doing this? Countless questions flowed into her mind before she shook her head. Nevermind, she should probably save those thoughts for another day. For now, she should wash up and rest. As she placed back the letter and the Lunar Tear, she thought out loud of the words that stood out the most and gave out a wry smile to herself,
"I deserve to have precious things as much as I give others that, huh?"
(I'm sorry for constantly yapping about him, I just miss him even tho it's already been a week and a half-ish 😅)
( A bit of disclaimer in case anyone is confused by the plotline, this is connected to the Valentine's Day aftermath story where it's non KG-AU and the main cast and P:EG AQ cast are living normally as students. Here's the link for the Valentine's Day aftermath story for the full context )
"Well, that event was something.... hm? Another note?"
When Mayari walked into her dorm room to change her attire, she found another gift and note. From the closer inspection, the handwriting seems to be similar to the one she received the night she came back from the Valentine's Day party. And once again, there was no name of the sender.
"Hmm.... this certainly isn't Cherri's handwriting, unlike the one when she gave me the dress earlier.... Let's see what my secret gifter has to say this time....."
She muttred under her breath as she opened her letter, and it read:
"Mayari, I see that you're taking care of my gift from Valentine's Day well. Hope you don't mind having one for White Day. I saw you eyeing on this while we were all on an outing and getting shy about buying it, so I did it without you looking. I hate to admit, it was pricey..... but since I started this whole charade with you, I guess it's worth it as long as you like it. Speaking of, I've been seeing you being more open to others and starting to accept that you deserve to have good things in life. That doesn't mean that I'd stop gifting you secretly though, since you still haven't figured out who I am. Just thought I'd have to remind you in case you forgot. One more thing to tell you, I didn't say this in front of you before, but during the party at Valentine's Day..........you looked beautiful back then and that hasn't changed even after that, and even now."
As she finished reading the last sentence of the letter, her hair was already glowing in white, her eyes in white and blue separately, and her face completely flushed red. Folding back her letter and placed it onto her table next to the vase with the Lunar Tear in it, Mayari fanned her flushed face while trying to steady her hearbeat as her thoughts run frantically in her mind.
This has to be an ongoing prank! There's no way that there's someone who's thinking of me this way and started this whole thing with the secret gifts and letters, unless..... Do I have a stalker in this academy? Is it someone from the research facility who's trying to observe my actions or to take me back? Is it someone from the academy who wants to mess with me? Or is it.....do I actually have someone who genuinely feels this way and I'm just blind to see it yet?
After taking a couple of deep breaths, the glow in her hair and eyes began to dim down. Finally calm from the chaotic thoughts, she realized she hasn't opened the gifted box to confirm her suspicions. So Mayari untied the ribbon and opened the box......
......and found a silver hair ornament, resembling a flower with unique patterns. She got put off by this, not because of how beautiful it is up close, but because this is the very item that she eyed on but turned away from buying during one of the outings with her classmates, just as the letter told her.
Although her suspicions have been partially confirmed, Mayari feels like she need to investigate this......"predicament" even further. Which reminds her.....a certain event involving a musical is coming up soon, maybe she might put this new gift to use in that event. But until then, she needs to find clues around the academy about her secret gifter. She laid down on her bed, placed her hand onto her forehead, and sighed helplessly slight frustration.
"*sigh*......... I might have to need some help, I hope they're patient with this...."