So so sorry T^T, the last paragraph was supposed to be Luna instead of Fllay, I'm so sorry T^T

Hello there ^^, since I have nothing to do except doing the cleaning job, cooking, and housewife doing, I guess there's no harm to continue this fic since this one is still fresh and the idea is still inside.

I hope I could end this fic at Christmas' day. That's my resolution for this year, maybe? Well, anyway, thanks for your reviews guys ^^

Thanks to the3pleA, Lynca Blanchard, Shiho Kudou23

This chapter was probably short because I've rarely written a oneshot, so, I hope this one would turn alright.

There are several instructions in order to achieve the full effect of the potion.

First, you have to drink all of it. All mean ALL. You shall not leave any drop left and you shall see your destined one.

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Red Labyrinth

by eL-ch4n

1st Labyrinth

"A Nurse and Her Patient"

It had been 30 minutes and 28 seconds since she first laid her eyes on the sparkling liquid. It was obvious that she was debating with herself whether to drink it or not. She had read all the instructions carefully because she didn't want to miss a little thing that will cause a side effect. Yet, she was still unsure of whether to drink it or not. Geez, why would she agree with this at the first place anyway?

She was sitting on the dining room, leaning on the table. Her right hand was playing with the liquid. Suddenly she heard a buzzing sound came from her purse. There was a message from Luna and she wondered what it was.

From : Luna

After reconsidering it once again, I think 1 week isn't enough to 'win' your soul mate. This is because that I know a certain someone will be a lazyass. So, since today's 20th October, we'll meet again and bring our couple on 24th December. 'kay guys? C u later ;)

She gave a small smile reading the message. Well, with this she still had time to think whether to drink it or not.

To : Luna

'Kay, Smtimes, u don't have 2 be as sarcastic as you are ;) 24th December? Christmas Night, isn't it?

A few seconds later, her phone buzzed again.

From : Luna

Yeah, I know, isn't it romantic? So, have u drunk it yet?

To : Luna

Nah, I'm still thinking 'bout it. Probably tomorrow, I'll do that.

From : Luna

It's a shame :'( Well, I guess it can't be help, can it? Btw, I'm going to drink it later. I don't want any 'interruptions' when I drink it.

To : Luna

Hopefully, ur soulmate is him, ur manager ;P

From : Luna

(0/0) where the hell do u get that idea?

PS: How do u know?

To : Luna

Ow, come on, it's so obvious, every1 has known it already. Well, except Cags and Stellar, u know how dumb they are when it's about love? Lol, gtg btw, c u later!

From : Luna

'kay, hav to do my work too. Don't forget to drink it 'kay? u have to know who he is first so u can win his heart.

She just sighed reading the last message. After replying that she would do that, she put on her jacket and walked outside. This, she thought, would be a long day. When we glance to her bag that she was taking, there's the Red Labyrinth, sparkling.

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"It's a miracle to see Mirrialia Haww late to her shift, isn't it?" A girl with the name Fllay Alster on her name tag was giving a sarcastic remark to Milly. "Is it raining? I guess not."

Milly didn't give a damn with that statement. She just simply gave a sigh and took off her jacket. After putting off her jacket, she sat on her desk and played with the potion. She was still wondering if it was a good choice or not.

"What's that?" Fllay came closer to her and took a look. "Wow, it's beautiful!" She exclaimed. She even tried to grab it from Milly but fortunately Milly was faster to keep it away.

"Care your own problems Alster." Milly retorted with a hiss as her reply.

"Fine, geez, ever since that Tolle guy dumped you, you are anything but cheerful. Come on, he isn't the only guy in this world, you know?" Fllay put both her hands on her hips and forced Milly to look at the maroon hair girl.

What Fllay was right, hell, Milly had been telling that to herself, but she just couldn't forget about that easily. At that time, she thought they were the so called soul mate and that they would end at the marriage. But that night, everything changed.

"Sigh, you're right Fllay, but, yeah, you know, it never easy, it never is." She leaned her head on her right hand and just stared at nowhere.

The wind breeze was so enjoyable and she would probably go to sleep had it been not because of her work. Fllay noticed the change of expression on Milly's face, so, she knew not to bring the subject and continued to input the patient's data. Speaking of patient…

"Hey, how's that lad doing?" Out of the blue, Fllay just had to bring the topic Milly was avoiding the most.

Milly got back from her daydreaming and looked at Fllay nervously. Well, she knew very much who the maroon girl was talking about, but she hoped she could deceive the other party. "Who?"

"Aw, come on Mil, you know, the lad with tan skin and blonde hair?" She stared at the ceiling with a mischievous grin on her face.

Somehow, Milly couldn't stop her cheeks for going red. "Someone's embarrassed."

"Do not!" Milly shouted back abruptly. She even stood up to show how serious she was.

"Do not what, Mirrialia?" A calm voice came from behind her. When she turned around, she faced to face with the devil instead.

"Elthman? What are you doing here?" She shook her head to clear her mind. A smile was plastered on her face as she spoke with the lad.

The lad called Elthman was leaning closer to Milly that she almost could feel his breath upon her. "Haven't I told you before to just call me Dearka?" A big grin was shown on his tan face. Milly couldn't help but feel aware of the situation. Without another thought, she pushed him hard.

"Al…alright, Dearka. What are you doing right here?" She quickly composed herself and put her usual smile back.

"Just a medical check-up. Dr. Argyle told me to come once a week to make sure there's no side effect of the medicine." Grinning widely, he showed her his hand which was hurt.

Fllay saw an adorable but annoying couple in front of her and she could not help herself but to tease them. "Speaking of which, I heard that Dr. Argyle was going out and he told me just now that you can wait him there or Milly could handle you." Fllay winked to the brunette.

Milly shot a glare to Fllay, which was only replied by a grin. "Ah, I see. If that's so, I'll wait for him. How long did he say he was going?"

Fllay pretended to think, "Let me see. Maybe after the lunch time? Speaking of which, now is the lunch time, why don't you just take your lunch first, Milly? I'm sure I can handle well with the others."

Again, another what-the-hell-are-you-doing glare was being shot by the brunette to the other lass. "It's a good idea. How about if we go the café, where I saw you yesterday?"

With that being said, Fllay gave the brunet an you-must-tell-me-about-that-later look. "Su…sure."

"Great!" Dearka grabbed Milly's hand gently and helped her to get out from the desk. Milly didn't know why but she didn't forget to put the Red Labyrinth into her bag.

When they were nowhere in sight, a blonde guy was coming out from a room. "Geez, Fllay, you should put a better lying next time, you know?" Fllay only turned around to give a huge grin to the blonde guy. "Hey there, Dr. Argyle. It's nice to be a cupid sometimes."

The so called Dr. Argyle could only sigh. "Well, anyway, I see that Milly has that. Hasn't she drank it yet?"

"Well, if she has, she won't hesitate now, will she?"

"Guess you're right. So, you think he's the guy?"

"NO." Fllay simple answered directly. This made the blonde a little bit startled with the answer. "I KNOW he's the guy." Then they both smiled.

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This can help you to find the one

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"Hey, I just want to say thank you for this." He showed him his bandage hand to her.

She smiled softly. "You're welcome. Are you sure you're fine now?"

He nodded. "Yeah, thanks to you." He looked that he wanted to say something but he was hesitating about that. "Err…urm, well, do you want to go out next time? I mean out for a coffee? Or lunch maybe?"

Actually Milly wanted to say no as an answer, but seeing as how he struggled so much, she couldn't reject him like that, could she? Besides, it was only a normal hang out, nothing more. "Sure, I'm looking forward to it."

"Great!" He smiled widely. "I mean, thank you. Really, if you don't come, I don't know what I might be doing right now."

She chuckled lightly, "Silly, I did nothing. I just treated your hands. Besides, you'll promise me you won't get in any fight anymore, right?"

"Yup, and I'm a man of my promise."

Giggled. "You're actually a great man, Dearka. Why did you turn to be a delinquent then?"

Suddenly, his expression changed into a colder one. Somehow, Milly thought she was bringing the wrong subject. "Because, that's the only thing I'm good at, fighting and when they ask me, I couldn't tell myself to refuse any of the challenge."

Milly thought she was crazy, no, she was INDEED crazy. How could she suddenly pull him into a hug and patted his shoulder lightly? Not to mention he was higher than her, so, he had to bow a little. "It's okay. You can just find another path."

She could feel him nodding on her hug and a smile was plastered on her face. "And, well, the brighter side, we can meet each other, right?"

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And maybe he was waiting for you

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She never really liked silence, but she didn't hate the silence that they were sharing right now. She felt herself that she enjoyed his company. She was now alone inside the café where Luna was working. Luckily for her, it was Luna's off duty time, so the brunette wouldn't be shot by hundreds of questions.

While she was taking her cell phone from her bag, she stumbled unto the potion. Grabbing it carefully, she was determined to drink all of it. There's no harm on trying, right? Besides, like Fllay said Tolle wasn't the only guy in the world. Who knows? Maybe she would find someone better, someone gentler, someone stronger, someone loyal, and someone who cared for her so much like –no, wait a minute! Why did Dearka's image showed on her mind? She couldn't –no, it was –oh my, she was helpless.

Now, she was arguing with herself again whether to drink the liquid or not. The 'what if' questions kept repeating inside. What if the one destined for me wasn't him? What if he was a horrendous person with thick eyeglasses and a nerd? What if he had already married? Or what if he didn't like her? Or worst, what if she didn't have any soul mate?

"Well, well, well, look what we've got here?" Milly's body became stunned for she knew that voice very well. She was used to hearing it everyday before. It was HIS' voice! It was Tolle's. And indeed it was, because when she turned her head she saw the person she had been in love with before. A guy, who used to be kind and cheerful, gentle and caring.

"Tolle?" A surprised tone was heard on her voice. She didn't expect to see him here especially after he dumped her for another woman. Speaking of woman, she didn't see anyone let alone a woman with him. "What do you want?" She made her tone higher to show that she didn't care nor did she want to know.

Not giving a damn for the question, he excused himself to sit beside her. "See, I'm thinking that we should get back together. I was stupid and I promise that I will only set my eyes on you. And I know you still love me. Why else you still remain single even after three months we've been apart?"

What a brat! To think that she used to love this guy. Milly wanted to puke right then and there. She even wanted to try to throw up on his shirt. Her efforts went to no avail because he easily grabbed her hands. Seeing there's no use to struggle, she closed her eyes, prayed for someone. In her mind, she kept shouting Dearka's name.

"Whoopsie, sorry." His cheerful tone made her opened her eyes slowly and she could see that Tolle was wet because of the beverages he bought for her. His brown t-shirt was now covered in many colors and his hair, oh, his lovely hair was also a mess. Milly giggled softly, which made Dearka smiled softly.

Getting infuriated, Tolle tried to punch Dearka which was failed, of course, because he was facing Dearka Elthman. Every sane person would know better than to mess up with him especially hurting someone's precious to him. "I'm sorry. Didn't I say that before? Or perhaps you're deaf?" All the guests who were watching the drama before now were laughing. Embarrassed, Tolle tried to free his hand but Dearka was holding it tightly. "Next time, don't you dare to hurt Milly again, okay?" He gave the poor brunette a very dangerous smile. You know the smile which everyone gives when they are angry but try to hide it? Yeah, that smile. After saying so, he let go of the brunette's hand.

Just before Tolle left the café in shame, Dearka shouted. "And fyi." He leaned closer to Milly and put both his hands on her cheek then kissed her. Tolle saw that Dearka was kissing Milly, but actually it was just an act, the blonde only kissed the cheek near the lips. "She's mine." He smirked and just that, Tolle left.

The guests were all cheering for them. Milly was blushing madly. Dearka was grinning widely and giving a bow. Shyly, she said. "Thank you." A silent was her reply. She could feel that he was walking to his sit, which was across her and she swore she could hear him whispering, "You're welcome."

It was a shock for her when she saw that her Red Labyrinth was emptied. Maybe she dropped it when she was struggling just now. Guess there's no help, she thought.

"Are you alright?" She didn't know why but her tears were rolling down slowly. She wasn't sad, but somehow, she felt relief. Seeing her crying suddenly, he was nervous. He didn't know how to calm her or anything. So, like what she did before, he pulled her closer to him and let her cried on his chest.

Milly knew, she didn't have to hold onto something like that. She could find her own soul mate and maybe, this guy, was the one who was at the end of her red string. She could find it out later, what mattered now was that she was sure that she didn't want to let go of these arms.

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But, who knows? Maybe you don't need it at all because he had already been there for you always.

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Luna had just gotten back from her lunch. She missed out the drama, but well, she could still see how comfortable Milly was on the stranger's hug. "How lucky you are, Milly." She whispered softly. She walked back to her locker and searched for something inside her back. When she found it, she smiled. "Hopefully, I can find my own."

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1st Labyrinth : Finished.

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Who's next?

Any idea who's next? XP lol, anyway, C ya soon!

eL-ch4n