One Meet By Chance

"Good morning, passengers. Welcome to the flight. The plane is taking off. Please fasten your seat belt. Don't wander around in the cabin..."

As the pilot droned on about the normal etiquette of being on the air, the plane lifted farther and farther from the ground.

Teresa Gu frowned as she felt the uneasiness drifting over to her. She clutched her stomach, feeling a sense of weightlessness as the plane finally took off.

She was hungry when she was waiting for the plane, so she had to grab something to eat at the airport. Yet, she didn't expect that the food would be so unsanitary. As soon as she stepped into the plane, her stomach started to ache as beads of sweat trailed down her forehead.

After two minutes of the plane taking off, Teresa Gu just couldn't hold it in any longer. She unfastened her seat belt and got up.

Just before she could get out, a stewardess stopped her. "Excuse me, ma'am. The plane has just taken off, and we have not reached the stratosphere yet. Please go back to your seat."

With one hand gripping her stomach, Teresa Gu said hoarsely, "I have a stomach ache. Please, I need to go to the toilet."

As the stewardess looked her up and down, she couldn't help but admit to herself that the woman really wasn't in any good shape at all.

Teresa Gu wore a v-shaped vest with holes in her jeans. Her hair was as disheveled as ever and her face was pale and sweaty from the stomach ache. She looked like a witch ready to take a kid for her next meal.

The stewardess wrinkled her nose, which went unnoticed by Teresa Gu.

"Please be careful then. If you get hurt, Miss, the airline would not be responsible for such damages,"

she snapped, turning away.

Teresa Gu had absolutely no time to make amends with the stewardess as she rushed into the toilet to solve her aching stomach. After a few minutes of groaning, it felt as if she had come back to life again.

As she stood in front of the mirror and adjusted her clothes, Teresa Gu stepped out of the toilet comfortably. However, as she was about to take a few steps, the plane jolted to the side. By instinct, she stumbled over and grabbed the person nearby.

"Ah!" someone yelled.

Once she fixed her footing, she turned sideways to see that an airline stewardess had been caught by her.

However, when her eyes trailed at the glass held in the stewardess's hand, Teresa froze. The glass was empty now, leading a trace of bright yellow at the bottom. That would mean...

stewardess's gaze, she found something even more

a man standing

a suit on, and his angular face was out in display. He looked as if he'd just popped out from a painting, like

now, the prince she thought he was, was covered

came to her senses, bowing her head. "Sir, I completely apologize. She bumped into me, so I lost my balance and

threw an accusatory

sorry. The

face. He was like a statue, the ones that you would pay to garner an

that just made Teresa all the more nervous of what

"I really am sorry,"

her pocket and wiping the mango

worse. The tissues only seemed

did this, Teresa found herself even more

mood was growing

he wouldn't be in a good mood after

make matters worse, her stomach, which had just calmed down, started

her hands gripped on the fabric of her

The longer she tried to hold it in, the more uncomfortable it was

go to the toilet," she uttered out before racing back

her problem

her body froze when she found out who

It was the man!

keeping her legs from

verge of crying as her voice shook. "I'll–I'll buy you a new

flickered as a gentle smile threaded across

accountable, you know." There was

need to use

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