The Story of Blood and Roses

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"Did I look like I knew what I was talking about?" Speak, for god's sake.

"You looked beautiful." He looked away for a minute. "Oh, boy. The shy fellow from the conference is very worried about how single you are. After all the courage it took him to ask you out..." he trailed off. "You should go back to him."

I chose to ignore him.

"Is hugging considered to be public indecency?" He straightened up instantly. "Well, it doesn't matter. We've already done much worse."

"Mia..." he warned.

"Get up," I groaned, impatient. He did protest but did as I asked.

It took me some time to familiarize myself with how tall he was. He was in a suit, probably trying to fit in with the academics at the conference. His tie was a little poorly tied, so I reached up to fix it.

"What have you been doing all this time without me?" I asked as I retied it with care.

"Waiting for you..." he gulped. "To forgive me."

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