I work in a lab in uni, usually you have to supervise students doing a research project. I worked with a student from China, she couldn’t have been taller than 5 foot and sprightly. She had straight black hair shoulder length. There were a few times when there were sparks, but I was in a position of authority and never want to break my codes.
It turned out we were the same age as she had spent 4 years in industry while I had done 4 years of doctoral research. When it came to the end of her project and stay in the UK, she gave me a big hug and a massive gift while we stood outside her halls of residence. I smiled, and said goodbye and walked down the hill.
Then, around December time she messaged on WeChat to say she was coming back for graduation and staying with a friend. I felt a tingle in my blood.
When she arrived she was dolled up and her hair was cut in a shorter style, I enjoyed the ceremony, proud of one of my tuties. At the after ceremony she kept saying how rubbish her friends floor was to sleep on and how noisy the flat was. I told her to stay at mine. I put up my airbed and slept on the floor.