[Saaga] Fireflies

[Riko Oshiro]

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[Saaga Sun]

Seeing Riko fume up a little by her pestering, Saaga decided it was better not to press the matter of drinks any further. She placed the bottle firmly in the middle of the table and as a waiter walked by, she asked him if they could have a decanter of water brought to the table, oh and some tea. The waiter nodded curtly and returned inside with his tray filled with dirty plates, spoils from the other tables.

"Isn't it a little late to be working?" Riko asked her and Saaga raised her eyebrows and chuckled at that. Well, she supposed it was getting rather late. So late in fact, she would have to gulp down her tea in a hurry if she hoped to ever get home to sleep.

“I guess it is. I just need to mop up the shop for tomorrow and do a bit of sums. It won’t take too long,” she replied and thought of the invoices and receipts that needed to be put under lock and key. And of course Narook had paid in cash, so she had to put that into the cash registry. It was busy work and she didn’t enjoy it but at least it was fast to do and come the next day she would be working on glass again.

Except she wouldn’t. Her face turned sullen for a moment when she thought about all the deliveries waiting for her the next day, and the day after that. For a whole of four weeks. Well, if doing what she was told would earn her a master’s title she would suck it up and be the most amazing delivery woman master Zhang had ever seen.

“What about you? You work some place?” she asked and looked at another waiter, a woman this time, who came over to their table with the water and hot tea she had asked for. This time two clay cups were laid on the table instead of one.

“Tea?” Saaga offered and held the pot ready to pour Riko a cupful if she wanted it.