Kasane Teto.

(note: in my alt-universe, all characters are about 25 years old)

...10:00 AM. The work shift started two hours ago.

Today in the office it was not as light as usual – it was autumn outside, it was raining, and the electricity, namely the lights (everything else somehow worked), was turned off, apparently, in the entire area.

Teto felt terrible. But for some reason, she didn't realize she had a cold (what a dumbass), thinking she was just suffering from another bout of burnout from everything going on in this fucking office.

Today, she didn't even have the energy to argue with others when they asked her to bring her coffee. She simply went ahead and brought everyone a cup herself at the start of the day, leaving everyone in shock. Everyone even lost the desire to ask for more.

By 12 noon, Kasane was feeling worse. She was heading to boss's office to ask for time off, but on the way she started shivering and trembling, and she finally realized something was seriously wrong... Now Teto didn’t even know if she had enough strength to reach nearest bench in the hallway.

— ...Shit, I should have known something was wrong... — Teto said in a trembling and quiet voice, feeling that she probably had a fever.