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Screams and shouts of anger could be heard in the far distance, the pouring rain muffling any or all types of movement.
“How could I be so stupid...” Sayori thought, she moved her wet hair out of her face as she pressed herself against the cargo box.
She looks up and meets Natsuki’s eyes, she moved her gaze away in response and then muttered something that was silenced by the rain.
Natsuki scoots closer to Yuri seeking warmth from the freezing rain, Yuri in turn quietly sighs.
Sayori frowns...
Where did it all go wrong
72 hours earlier...
Sayori buries her face in the pillow as she felt the sun’s rays hit her face, then upon hearing her mom calling her in a stern tone, she got up in a panic.
She groggily brushed her hair and changed into her work clothes and walked down the stairs.
Although it was the guy’s uniform she felt a lot more comfortable with it a lot more compared to the girl’s uniform, also she should be fine wearing this as long as her mom doesn’t notice.
Plus she was just wearing shorts, the rest of the uniform remained very similar to its counterpart version.
“Sayori, you’ll be late for work,” her mom said with her back turned as she washed clothes in the tub.
“Also please don’t go off to the seaport again, Aunt Bea complained about you asking for each species of fish she cleaned.”
Sayori silently rolled her eyes and bid her mom farewell until her mom turned and noticed what she was wearing.
“Sayori!” She exclaimed as she got up while squeezing the clothes dry, “What did I tell you about wearing men’s clothing?!”
Sayori turned and kept her attention on her mother while trying her best to not worry about how late she’ll be.
“You know there is a female uniform for being a postman.”
“Well-“ Sayori opened her mouth to speak but her mom’s facial expression stopped her.
She simply smiled and bolted towards the door, the protests of her mom faded while she ran into the streets of Noxus. She ran with a smile on her face, breathing in the fresh summer air and glancing at the many different shaped houses she passed, she was pleased to live in Noxus Village however, it did get a bit too boring in spring, there were rarely any sakura trees planted nearby.
At the post office...
Upon reaching the post office, Sayori quietly walked up to a busy purple-haired receptionist.
“Psst,” Sayori tried to call her attention “Yuri, how late am I?”
In response, Yuri simply furrowed her eyebrows and typed faster.
This gave Sayori a hint that she is not only late but in trouble.
“Thanks.” She forced a smile and turned, she could’ve sworn she heard Yuri mutter a response after.
Sayori walked up to the receiving section in the office only to see Micheal’s back in front of her, she froze and almost fell over in a panic.
She even stopped herself from screaming when she was startled and instead replaced it with a gasp.
Micheal however, heard Sayori’s very audible gasp and turned, greeting her with an annoyed face compared to her nervous one.
“How nice of you to finally join us Sayori,” Micheal says in a very sarcastic and tired tone, “Would you care to explain to me where you have been for the past 30 minutes?”
Sayori nervously laughs in response, although she and Micheal are childhood friends, he takes his job as her boss very seriously.
Plus she owes him for somehow convincing his manager to hire her as a postman.
“C’mon MC, cut Sayori some slack you know what her mom’s like.” A high pitch high-pitched from behind him.
Micheal simply rolls his eyes at this and continued with his lect.
“Although Nat has a point you do realize that you still need to wake up earlier,” Micheal adds,
“Also Nat stop calling me MC it makes no sense.”
“Ah well, technically speaking you like acting as the main character at times, hence MC, also it matches your name perfectly.” Natsuki says with a huff as she shuffled more papers, “Also Sayori, since your late you have extra mail to deliver, also they’re on Yuri’s desk.”
“Don’t worry Boss, I’ll be sure to deliver them all before dawn,” Sayori says as she comically saluted, her face turned serious and she added an exaggerated frown to her face.
“Well, you better keep that promise, the director wants to see your work style.”
Sayori felt her face turn pale, she dropped her straight posture and raised both hands in front of her, her hair straightened in similar nature of a cat.
“Pardon me-“
“He’s coming after the sun sets so it's convenient that you’ll be done before dawn.”
She pressed her lips in a thin line and proceeded to scream internally, debating whether she should just call in sick or she should attend. Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Natsuki putting her hand on her shoulder, she grinned and gave her a thumbs up.
Sayori thanks Natsuki and sets off to make her delivery.
4 Hours Later
Sayori woke up from her daily nap, she finished delivering the letters a while ago, and since she had nothing to do she took a nap under a tree.
It wasn’t like anyone was gonna look for her…
Wait-
Sayori got up in an instant and looked west, she sighed with relief when she still saw the Sun didn’t set completely yet, but that doesn’t mean she can just walk to work.
After all, time waits for no one.
At the Post Office
“Hey Yuri!” Sayori walked in cheerfully, “How’s it going?”
“I’m fine, thanks for your concern…” Yuri says in a quiet voice, keeping her gaze on the paper then back at the typewriter.
That’s when Yuri stops and slowly looks up at Sayori.
“Did you deliver the extra mail?” She ask while she readjusted her wooden chair, “Cause Natsuki told me you had extra ones.”
“Why yes, of course, I picked it up from your desk.” Sayori proudly states while she put both her hands on her hips.
“Sayori…You never came to my desk after you went in to talk to MC.” Yuri slowly says, her normally calm expression turning into an alarmed one.
“Well it’s fine, I can just deliver them tomorrow-“
“Sayori, the director focuses on deadlines and precision, it’s a mailman’s duty to deliver letters on time, they could be urgent letters too.”
“Uh oh-“ Sayori looks to her left and there it was…The extra letters.
“Well Yuri, I’ll be delivering these as fast as I can, so uhm bye!”
“I-“
Sayori bolted out the entrance.
She only had around an hour to deliver these, and in her panic, she dropped a few and wasted time chasing after them while the wind blew them away.
By the time she finished, the sun almost disappeared completely.
But there was a problem, she wasn’t sure if she submitted each letter to the correct houses, so all she could do is rush back to the office.
10 minutes later
She finally returned, she was a few minutes late but by her standards, she was on time.
She coolly walked in, waved at Yuri, and stopped outside Micheal’s door.
“Sayori-“
“Don’t worry Yuri, ill be fine.”
“B-but wait-“
She took a deep breath in and placed her hand against the handle, that was until the door swing open, and in front of her was a tall and lean man
He wore a clean suit and resting atop his curly brown hair was a top hat, he was leaning slightly on his right as he relied on his cane, blue eyes made contact with umber ones, his serious facial expression slightly softens and he stepped to the side, his white suit was almost blinding to look at, giving way to Micheal who walked beside him.
“Ah Sayori, glad to see you joined us. We were just about to go look for you.” Micheal says, leading the both of them back into the office.
“Hope I didn’t keep the both of you waiting.” Sayori says, trying to be calm, “I hope you’ll be satisfied with my work.”
“Well, from what I’ve heard from Micheal you’re one of the fastest in this branch.”
“Oh, I appreciate the comment.” Sayori sheepishly says as she sat stood in front of the door.
It had been a while since she’s last been here, she noticed that the papers that were once everywhere on his desk were suddenly in a neat stack.
Sayori smiles at this, she took note that Micheal didn’t want to mess this up.
“Now, I’d like to properly introduce you to each other. Sayori this is director-“ Micheal was interrupted by the door swinging open.
Sayori (who was right in front of it) got hit on the back as a result.
“Ow!” Sayori turned and rubbed her back whilst giving a pitiful expression to the intruder.
Yuri, the one that opened said door, put a hand over her mouth in shock and stammered an apology.
“S-sorry, it’s just that multiple customers are requesting for you Micheal.”
“What is this all about?” The director asked loudly he got up from his seat and looked irritated, “What is up with the interruptions in this place?”
Micheal opened his mouth to say something but instead they heard an elderly woman’s voice-
“WHO IS THE ONE WHO DELIVERED MY MAIL?!”
Sayori gulped
“Uh oh.”