Characters: Mrs. Ayase, Takeshi Takeda (Jumbo)
Prompt: Bewildered
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Broken Telephone
"Yotsuba, you give this to Asagi," Jumbo says, handling the child a small, exceptionally fragrant rose. "That's the oldest girl. Got it?" He adds, for safekeeping.
"Got it!" The child says, smiling wide. "Yotsuba will give it to the oldest girl!"
Jumbo rubs the back of his neck. "Guess I'm kinda infatuated, huh?" He blushes and giggles like an idiot, drifting into a world of his own.
Minutes later, Mrs. Ayase's standing at her doorway, holding a rose and thoroughly confused.
"This is from Jumbo!" Yotsuba had said. "He says is infected!"
She eyes the beautiful flower warily.
Giraffe-san….? Infected…?