Smile, my Darling~!

Smiling At Me

"She was quite the peculiar girl, it made me feel weird and tingly." I say with a light chuckle, narrowing my eyes which were thoroughly hidden through my bangs,

"What ever did she do to make you feel that way?" My assistant, Denise asked while continuing with her work on one of my guests,

"She had always smiled at me."

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"Adrian!" I hear a woman's bubbly voice call out from amongst the scattered, bustling crowd of reapers in the narrow hallway; turning around to face towards her direction, he stopped and waited for her to make her way to him,

"Adrian! Good morning!" She exclaimed with one of her signature smiles, my expression remained stagnant as I replied, "Good morning to you as well (L/N),"

She pouted at my reply, "I told not to call me by my surname! It makes me feel old..." she trailed with a sheepish smile, "But that's because you are," I tease, trying to hold back my laughter,

Gasping, she playfully punched me in my chest with a small grin the punch was intended to be playful but (Y/n) is a very strong woman and she almost knocked some air out of me,

"Shut up!" She retorted, giving a coy smile as she giggled a little at my statement; but it was true, she's about two-hundred fifty eight years old yet she still looks like she's not a day older than twenty-six.

Perks of being a reaper I presume,

We then walk to our offices side-by-side since her office is right beside mine, we're already done with our lists so all we need to do now is sort out paperwork, "Done with your list already?" I ask her feeling a little perplexed; she was only released into the human world to reap souls merely thirty minutes ago and with about twenty people in each list, you would usually be expected to be finished after an hour or so,

"Hm? Oh yup, none of them were exceptionally interesting or even beneficial to this world by any means..." She trailed off with disinterest, dismissively waving her gloved hand,

A small smile forms on my lips, it isn't that much of a surprise when she finishes her list quicker than others,

(Y/N) was always skilled and a little peculiar, but in a good way of course, if it's not for the fact she's the first female reaper, then it would probably be because of her appearance

She has (H/C) hair and the usual chartreuse phosphorescent eyes; she usually wears a dark grey turtle-neck sweater under her white trench-coat, with a light grey skirt that reaches a little below the calves, to top it off she always has a black fedora with a grey satin ribbon wrapped around it.

Overall, her attire was entirely different from the usual grim reaper suits, and sometimes she would be scolded by our upperclassmen for breaking one of the rules,

"You're going to be an instructor for the new recruits right?" She asked me with a curious smile, I assumed she noticed the stack of files I was carrying with me.

"Yes, I'll give them a tour of the facility as well as training them for their final exam," I explained, her lips formed into an '0' shape as she nodded, "I would keep my eye on the new recruits this time Adrian," She commented, I raised my eyebrow as I wonder what she was talking about,

"Some of them appear to be rather...interesting." She states, I focus all my attention towards her with intrigued eyes,

"Really? How so?" I asked her, she took a glance towards my frame with that glint in her eyes, "You'll see." She simply replied,

"Oh here's my office," She states, walking past me and towards her door, I stop in front of mine and confirm, "Same thing tomorrow right?" I ask, she smiles brightly at me and says,

"Of course! We're friends after all," And with that she stepped inside her office and closed her door,

As soon as she closed her door, I look down and sigh, 'Why is she always smiling at me?' I thought to myself, before I went inside my office,

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"Why did she use to smile at you all the time?" She asked curiously, leaning her chin on her palm.

"I wasn't ever really sure on why really, but whatever she was trying to do to me with that damned smile," I pause as I chuckle to myself, before finally saying, "It probably worked,"