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.

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, went to the kitchen to help me with a dish, and 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 asking for a fight!" Hertha was so worked up, she felt like if Alaric were there, she might just grab

but laugh, "Aren't you just friends?

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

angry because you had expectations, and now you're disappointed. If he were just a regular friend,

like a ton of bricks, sending ripples through

back to reality, Thalassa saw Hertha's stunned expression her eyes wide as if she'd just had a revelation. Thalassa knew she'd struck a

hard to stay just friends with someone you've had feelings

Hertha, there's something I've been meaning to tell you," Thalassa said

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

was anxious about hearing

"Yesterday, Lysander and I visited the

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