It's easier for two

7. An awkward pause

"Good weather for a walk!" exclaimed Elektra, standing under a tiny shed outside a shop. The rain poured down like a shower.
"Hello! I'm sorry, I should have rescheduled the meeting..."
"No way, I missed my giraffe too much," she laughed.
The package finally returned to its owner, and Elektra immediately took off her jacket and changed into her white coat in complete silence, which was unusual for her typically boisterous Greek disposition. She tried not to make eye contact with Eva. Catching the tension, Eva hastened to reassure her:
"Don't worry, please. I won't ask you..."
"I'm not worried," Elektra interrupted proudly. She seemed to be in a hurry. "But thanks. How are you doing in general?"
No one expects an answer to this question; it was merely a polite formality. Eva simply nodded and stared at her companion, her response frozen in her throat. Against the backdrop of the petite Eva, the tall and commanding Elektra seemed like an inaccessible superheroine from a film. After a few more seconds of awkward pause, and already regretting that these two minutes were ambitiously called a meeting, Eva looked around.
"The weather is really a nightmare. I should go. And also... you..."
She froze as she breathed in, but the thought that she was seeing those hazel-green eyes for the last time gave her strength to finish the sentence:
"You are greatly missed. I'm really sorry. Without you, it has become empty."
Contrary to expectations, Elektra did not smooth things over and turn everything into a joke. She carefully listened to the end, not taking her eyes off Eva.
"I thought the whole office hated me now."
"I don't talk to them much."
"Really?"
"Well... not anymore."
As Eva left, she felt devastated and superfluous, but suddenly, through the noise of rain and cars, she heard behind her: "Call me from home. Αντίο!*" But the source of the voice in the crowd could no longer be seen.

*Goodbye!