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...

gaze, she

man standing next to the

display. He looked as if he'd just popped out from

thought he was, was covered in bright

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

threw an accusatory glance

so sorry. The plane just jolted and I lost balance. How about I

an eyebrow, no expression tainting his face. He was like a statue,

but that just made Teresa all the

"I really am sorry,"

a pack of tissues from her pocket and wiping the mango juice from

to have only made the situation worse. The tissues only seemed to have stained the fabric even more just as

this, Teresa found herself even more

tell that the man's mood was

be in a good mood after being caught up in

which had just calmed down,

went bright red, as her hands gripped on the

her breath, a sinking feeling going down her abdomen. The longer she tried

to go to the toilet," she uttered out before

with her problem

body froze when she found out

It was the man!

her breath, keeping her legs from shaking

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

eyes underneath the wide rimmed glasses flickered as a gentle smile threaded across his

accountable, you know." There was a certain gentleness in his

to use the

'What?