Playing Together: Finding Love after a Breakup Scenario.

Dela's day at work had been fantastic, and she was riding high on confidence as she headed back to the apartment.
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Not wanting to spoil her good mood with the inevitable fight that would break out as soon as she stepped through the door, she found herself lingering on the city streets and was delighted to see that the Spice Festival was in town. She loved tasting all the flavors that reminded her so much of her travels with her mother when she had been young.
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A young woman was busking nearby the festival, and Dela stopped to listen for a little while. Usually Mia tipped the street artists and buskers - Dela was more frugal, but perhaps Mia's spirit and her constant reminder to support artists of any kind nagged in the back of her mind, so Dela generously tipped the busker.
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Next, she gathered some harvestables for the garden she had been planning to start on the balcony of their apartment, a task she had been wanting to do for months but could never seem to find the time for.
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As it grew dark, she knew she couldn't avoid going home much longer, but as she approached the apartment complex, she noticed one of the silly boxes Mia was always rummaging around in.
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She couldn't help herself - Mia insisted there were always treasures hidden amongst the junk, and Dela's curiosity got the best of her as she took a peek.
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As expected, it was mostly just useless items, but a bottle of bubbles caught her eye and she cradled it her hand as she took a seat on the bench outside the complex for a moment. It was such a silly little item to find, but she couldn't help but to imagine Mia's giggles and pure delight if she had been the one to find them. It hurt how much Dela missed her. Even though they still shared a living space, Mia had never felt so far away.
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She opened the bottle and cherished the small joys in life, something Mia had always inspired, but Dela was often too busy or preoccupied to truly follow.
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Mia was already asleep by the time she trudged up to the apartment - probably for the best. Before heading to sleep herself, she took out the plants she had gathered and brought them to the balcony, promising herself she'd do better to appreciate the little things.
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(That's it for tonight, thought it would be fun to do these little introductory posts for both of these ladies. Honestly most of what they did was autonomous which was also fun to incorporate into this little narrative I'm concocting on the go lol)