Day 9: February 9
It was Wednesday Rei sat at her desk doing her work. The new addition to her room was a little dog bed on top of her desk. The pup slept soundly until a postal-delivery man entered the room handing her a medium sized package. The dog immediately leaped up on all four legs and began growling. She hid a smirk seeing the dog react, as the pup growled. It began barking very high pitched at the intruder. She glared at the postal service man, and he gulped at her anger handing her the form to sign. Which she did. He shakily took the form she signed before leaving the room quickly.
She looked at the little furball with a smirk. Perhaps this little guy wasn't so bad afterall.
She pulled out the dagger to open the package, carefully replaced it back in its holder before seeing another white box that fit in the palm of her hands. She pulled out a small 4x6 card and glanced over the message.
Dearest Firebird,
It was once said in ancient times that a blood-red Ruby was 'a drop of the heart s blood of Mother Earth'. Just as my heart beats with love for you,
see this gift as a tolken of my desire to be your Valentine.
Sincerely,
Your Secret Admirer
She opened the small box, her eyes widening. It was ruby dangle earrings. They were beautiful!
She took off the studs and replaced them with the gift. She walked up to the reflective glass in her office and looked at her earrings. Beautiful.
Now this was a nice gift!
She gave a small smile with a twinkle in her amethyst eyes. She returned to her desk and sat there returning back to work (of course after having put away the ruby stud earrings into the small container). The pup walked up to her and began nudging her fingers. She picked up the fuzzball and set it in her lap, where it promptly fell asleep after she began softly petting it.
Little did she realize, a certain General was watching her from the distance, keeping his hat over his iconic blond locks of hair as he followed Venus to another meeting room. He gave a smile seeing she carefully placed the earrings on her earlobe. The way she tucked her hair behind her ear told him she was showing off the gift for the world to see.
Perhaps he was making good progress after all...