Bed and Silken Chains | Hiatus

Zwei

Diluc lets out a frustrated sigh at the loss of some of his profit. Though, he knows it's not that bad as they were only grapes. He can easily grow back more in the coming years. Yet it still bothers him that someone would steal and eat his property.

The next day, he waits out the time, coming up with a plan to catch the thief that had caught his eye. He wrote a little note and picked up the bundle of grapes and set them on a table. He set them out out of the way of anyone so it would only be him and her.

Slowly, the moon began to run it's course through the sky once more, sending down heavenly rays of moonlight down to the cool earth. The birds's songs were now quiet, the only sound is the rushing river and the soft breeze that dances through the tree tops.

Now, he waited. He hid himself in the leaves of a large tree, watching the little table.

Gradually, the sound of footsteps approached the table and he hid himself deeper into the green leaves. His fiery red eyes watched as the young woman approached the table. He watched her hesitate and pick up the note.

Eat me :)

That's what was written on the little note that clung onto the damp, clean grapes. He watched the girl lick her lips, the sound of grumbling erupting from her stomach. Diluc squinted as he watched her raise her hand before bringing it to her chest. Diluc once again cocks a brow as he watches the woman begin beating herself over the head.

"No. You got in trouble. No no no no," she scolded.

Diluc's interest in the girl began to raise even higher at her peculiar statement and her pretty voice. Something deep inside him wanted her to speak once more but kept his silence in order to watch the intriguing girl longer.

The young woman then searches around only to find a single Sunsettia. The young woman cringes before she carefully sinks her teeth into the supposed sweet fruit. Immediately, tears begin to stream down her face as the taste of metallic blood seeps through her mouth. She cries and whines in pain but forces herself to continue into the fruit.

Diluc watches as slowly, a stream of blood begins to leak down the side of her face. His eyes widen in shock at such a reaction.

"I have to get to the bottom of this," he whispers to himself, studying the crying girl.