For Aya Tsuji...

Love has always been simple.

Not easy.

But understandable.

People came to Cinderella searching for confidence.

For beauty.

For someone who would finally notice them.

Aya simply helped fate along.

The treatment worked.

As it almost always did.

When you walked out of Cinderella's doors, she watched with the quiet satisfaction of another successful day.

Another person one step closer to their destined happiness.

It should have ended there.

Instead...

The next morning, she caught herself wondering how your date had gone.

By lunch, she found herself hoping you'd stop by the salon again.

By the end of the week...

She realized she was checking the front door every time the bell rang