The next day at work, Hertha couldn't wait to vent to Thalassa about Alaric.

"I just can't deal with his privileged attitude anymore! Saying he's spoiled and clueless about real life is an understatement!"

Thinking back to her conversation with Alaric yesterday still made Hertha's blood boil. It felt like there was something stuck in her chest, making it hard to breathe. She was absolutely livid. Thalassa, concerned, asked, "How's Alaric doing now?"

"Don't worry, he won't die from it," Hertha replied, still visibly fuming.

"Come on, you're friends, don't be like this," Thalassa tried to soothe her.

Hertha shared her resolve to make things right with Alaric, telling Thalassa all about it. Thalassa was well aware of the current dynamics between Hertha and Alaric.

"Thank goodness you're just friends. Living with someone whose lifestyle is worlds apart from yours would be a real nightmare," Hertha said, as if she'd just uncovered some profound truth. She told Thalassa all about the previous day's events.

ended up throwing away the vegetable stems and keeping the leaves! After all my hard work, he had the nerve to say it looked like hospital food! And that's not all; when I asked him to wash the dishes, he claimed he'd never done it before and asked me to show him how. Can you believe it? He's literally

"Aren't you just friends? You're getting so mad,

Thalassa, "Are you even my friend? I'm here about to

squirmed away, responding, "Well, it's true, isn't it? You're angry because you had expectations, and now you're disappointed. If he were just

like a ton of

expression her eyes wide as if she'd just had a revelation. Thalassa

stay just friends with

something I've been meaning to tell you," Thalassa said softly, nudging Hertha to

blinked and turned to her, "What is it? You look so serious, you're scaring

about hearing bad

and I

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