THUMP!
For a few seconds, the only sound in the room was the rustle of pages landing one after another on Aria's back. The last one landed on her head.
"Need some help?" Yuki asked, an amused smile on her face.
"...No," Aria mumbled into the carpet.
Mark decided to leave those thoughts for later. After all, there was no point in going around in circles over something that might never happen.
He'd think about it when he was alone and had a cooler head.
Mark got up from his chair, walked around the table, and held out his hand to Aria.
She lifted her face from the carpet. Her forehead and the tip of her nose were bright red, and one of the sheets of paper was still stuck in her hair.
Aria looked at him for a second with her lips pressed together, and in the end she took his hand and let him pull her up.
