Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

On that day, Roseanne got up early to check in at the administration office before handling her enrollment paperwork at the college. The orientation ceremony was scheduled for the next day.

Since Roseanne wasn't staying on campus, she skipped the hustle of moving into a dorm, leaving her afternoon wide open.

She decided to drop by the Computer Science department to see Hans Olson.

"Roseanne? What brings you here?!" Hans' eyes lit up at the sight of her.

"Just checking in on you. Wouldn't want someone to get all pouty for not visiting, then spitefully quiz me, secretly slipping in final exam questions." "Ahem!" Hans coughed lightly, masking his guilt, "I-That's... in the spirit of not wasting resources, making full use of every question!"

After chatting for a while, Roseanne received a call from Madeleine, asking her to come to the office, so she excused herself to leave. "Madeleine called you?"

"Mhm."

Hans huffed, "I knew it was her, acting as if she owns you or something."

Jealous much?

As Roseanne approached Madeleine's office, she heard other voices coming from inside before she even knocked.

girl, were also there. The guy, Scales, was a local from Lumina City, 22 years old, a recent undergraduate who went straight into grad school. Standing

a bit cold,

rosy, smiling broadly at Roseanne, revealing two cute dimples. Sure, she was

not... well, that might be a bit awkward since there won't be anyone else to

Roseanne pondered Madeleine's words.

swnov

then, Madeleine sighed,

applied to stop taking getting old, health's

grad students."

were Madeleine's last

it hadn't been for waiting for Roseanne,

person's energy is finite, especially for someone like Madeleine, pursuing academic passions

issues and

could distract from her research. But she

she caught Madeleine's warm gaze, Roseanne's lips tensed

returned

least she

stepped out to take a call, leaving the newly acquainted trio in