⦅ she kept staring at him the whole time with a straight face. honestly, he was a good listener. so when he sat down, Seiko and her thin hands caressed his head. ⦆
ˊˊ 𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚠, 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚢?ˋˋ
⦅ the woman mimicked the creature ...
[ Without warning, the creature approaches in a few steps . . . stopping right in front of her, without crossing the line.
And then he sits down. ]
𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚, 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙮 . . .
... lift another cigarette on. she pumped the pack on his shoulder as who asks if he wants it, then left it at the table so he could grab one whenever he felt like it. ⦆
ˊˊ 𝙿𝚏𝚏𝚝... ˋˋ
⦅ she didn't hold back her laughter, the man was rather entertaining to drink around. good with making conversation too, Seiko appreciates that. ⦆
ˊˊ 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝙸 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝚁𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 ... ˋˋ➕
ˊˊ 𝙸𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚢. ˋˋ
⦅ for a moment, she didn't know what she was talking about. the house or herself. since the kids left... she drank another shot, unable to think about things like that right now. she smiled crooked and ... ➕
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎ˊˊ . . . 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘. ˋˋ
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎⦅ Ayase's house was all over the place, and not exactly clean. She used the sweater sleeve to clean the inside of an glass and poured him some soju, encouraging him. ⦆
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎⦅ she chuckled dry, shoulders loosing up as she served herself another shot. the boy was right, dreams can be the most powerful weapon to have over others. ⦆
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎ˊˊ 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚑𝚞𝚑? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 ➕
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎⦅ his growling noise made her spine turn cold for a whole second, this creature was obviously not human, or so she thought. after all, talking was pretty humane. ⦆
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎ˊˊ . . . 𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎. 𝙾𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝. ˋˋ
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎ˊˊ 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚑𝚞𝚑? ˋˋ
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎⦅ she took action, drawing a kanji for protection and finished it with a straight line. ⦆
ᅟ ︎ᅟ ︎ˊˊ 𝚂𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 ➕
[ So much confidence, that . . . lady must have some trick he doesn't know.
Huff. ]
𝙒𝙀𝙇𝙇, 𝙒𝙀𝙇𝙇 . . .
𝙎𝙐𝘾𝙃 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙁𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙄𝙎 𝘼 𝙎𝙋𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙄 𝙍𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙇𝙔 𝙎𝙀𝙀 𝘼𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿 𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 ❕