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Doppo Kunikida - You Remind Me of Him

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Diff au - Gender neutral

Tw: death/death of a loved one, suicide, self harm, detailed medical talk, cure of severe illness, mass deaths/graphic deaths, blood/gore

Song recommendation: I Want You by Mitski / Twilight by bôa

Location / Date: small town in France / 1700s

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"Y/N, what is taking you so long inside there? Be quick. He will be here soon." mother shouted from outside the bathroom's door.

"I'm almost done." I shouted back as I heard her footsteps fading away.

I was indeed done. I was fully dressed, clothes and hair on point, letting no detail pass by me. The problem was though that I was anxious. So anxious that my hands were trembling and my legs were about to give up.

I was checking again and again if everything was in place. Is my corset tight enough? Are my boots' laces tied? And all of these just because the son of father's close friend is arriving at our city. The cause of his arrival was the insane amount of people that have been infected by the plague that has been going around the last years in our country and generally among Europe.

I finally decided to exit the bathroom and made my way downstairs where I immediately went over to the window next to our main door. I sat there for a bit looking outside to see if he could be seen from afar, when suddenly I saw him or I should say his carriage.

"He has arrived." I said out loud and everyone in the house rushed to welcome him. We were all standing in front of the main door waiting when he will knock on it.

The knock was heard and immediately my father took the lead and opened the door widely. A tall and slim man was revealed wearing a black ankle-length overcoat and a bell tightly wrapped around his waist with small leather bags hanging from it. His face features could not be seen due to that bird-like beak mask that he was wearing. Honestly nothing on him could be seen since he was fully covereved. A black wide-brimmed hat was laying on his head and a cross necklace was resting on his chest. He was also wearing a pair of black leather gloves and a pair of black leather heeled boots that reached about his ankled and they were pointy at the toes.

"Oh, Kunikida, it's so nice meeting." my father greeted him as he extended his hand towards him. Kunikida took off his hat and placed it on his chest as he shaked my father's hand. His hair were a dirty blonde colour with his bangs parted to the right and a long low ponytail was resting on his back.

"This is, Y/N. The one that I was talking to you about on the letter." my father continued as he patted me on my back always throwing me forward in order to say something, too. But what could I say in that moment? I just laughed slightly showing clearly my discomfort as I tried to avoid making eye contact with the man in front of me.

Could I really make eye contact? Even if I did, I wouldn't know since his eyes couldn't be seen due to the the thin fabric that was covering them. To make a next move in order to break the awful silence, I extended my hand towards him as my father previously did expecting nothing from him, but a simple handshake.