Red Papillon(Sano ManjiroXOC)

Prologue

     "We have another customer, take care of this place while I'm gone". Waving goodbye to her aunt she sat back down on the chair before starting to sketch again on the piece of paper.

Quick strokes and scribbles are the movements of her hands while boringly staring at the paper. "5:30 pm, I should pick up some stuff before closing". She mumble before setting down the pen in her hand and looking at the clock.

Her eyes wonders around the place , following certain traces floating mid air. "It keeps on floating somewhere". She said staring.

Closing her eyes and letting out a heavy sigh. "Hey El, you got some spare money?". A voice came into the background.

She shook her head before opening her eyes and looking at the person that just appeared from the back door of the place. "Where are you going again?". She asked narrowing her eyes.

"I have a meeting to attend". He smiles.

"There is now way I can get you out of that gang before auntie finds out huh?". She asked raising a brow.

He just smiles in reply. "It's fun, you should join too after all, you're strong".

"I don't want to get myself involved into troubles, you should too". She said before yawning. "And you know I don't like joining groups or so, what's the point of asking me to join them?".

Walking to the door leading outside the place the male hold the doorknob. "I have to go now, we have a meeting and a rally at night. Can you tell Mom I'll be home at night". He twisted the knob before getting out with a smile.

She crossed her arms. "Just don't get yourself killed". Mumbling the last part her eyes once again darted on the certain thing that keeps on flying around her.

"Honestly, what's the point of seeing this".

     It was almost midnight and Eloise was outside of the house she lives together with her aunt and cousins. It was a chilled night as she waits for her cousin to come back home, everything was quite while she played with a rubic's cube in hand.

She heard a bell and the next thing she knew her eyes were following the movement of a certain thing. "You again...". She said.

Walking insider the house she grabbed her hood and placed the rubic's cube at the coffee table. Going back outside she wears her hood before walking to the bike she owns and decided to find her cousins whereabouts.

The streets were quite empty and the lights from the post lamps are giving her sights to see where she is heading.

'I once saw you at the Mushashi Shrine, what are you doing there?'.

'Shouldn't I be the who ask that?'.

Brushing her cheeks her legs paddle faster heading to a certain destination that she guarantee her cousin was. "If I saw you getting beat up again...". Clicking her tongue in annoyance.

     No one was there, the whole shrine is empty and the breeze of the wind passes her form. She stood in front with her hands on the pockets of her hood. She can still feel the lingering presences of people that just gathered at the place, deciding to leave the place her tracks was stopped when she saw someone walking towards her direction.

There eyes met, he looks suprised and confused seeing her. "Excuse me but have you seen a-".

She handle him a keychain. "Here, I found it when I get up". She said opening her palm to reveal a bunny keychain.

He smiled sheepishly before bowing. "Thank you". He took the keychain but was stopped for a moment.

Eloise's eyes widen as flashes of images flow to her mind when they make a contact. Snapping at the thought the person looked at her with his eyes wide open and mouth agape.

"I-I have to go". He stated before bowing again.

She took him by the shoulder and stopped him from leaving. "You see it don't you?". She asked.

"What?". He pretend to not know but she gripped his shoulder before letting out a sigh.

"I'm sorry". She said letting him go before bowing a little.

Walking pass him she placed both of her hands back to the pockets of her hood she stopped. "Wangshen Funeral Parlor". She said.

"Huh?".

Leaving him alone she looks at her hand only to found blood flowing to her palms, she narrows her eyes before shaking her head and rushes to leave the place.