"One flower, that's all it took"

Encountering Spirits

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Hanako sat at the windowsill of the bathroom waiting for his small radished assistant Yashiro Nene to come to do her afternoon duties in the girl's bathroom, he looked out to where the school gate had always been, the gate that separated him from the outside world and trapped him within the school.

Down the hall he could hear the tapping of shoes hitting the floor and panting coming from a female, it was Yashiro.

"S-sorry I'm late Hanako, I had to help Aoi move some boxes to some classes along with sweeping and watering plants," Yashiro said still trying to regain her breath from running. Hanako giggled and made his way down to her patting her on the shoulder.
"That's fine but, did you get the item I wanted?" Yashiro thought for a moment before remembering the request the apparition asked her this morning, she reached into her skirt pocket and pulled out a dried-up Hyacinth flower slightly bent at the stem, she handed the ghost the plant and his eyes lit up at the sight.

Yashiro left him to gawk over the nearly dead flower and went to fill up the rusty bucket with water, she grabbed the mop and dunked it into it getting ready to clean before she was confronted with Hanako floating above her upside down.

"Yashiro I have some good news for you! There won't be any cleaning today, instead we'll be doing something else, so you can go ahead and put all that stuff back." Yashiro's eyes lit up and a smile made its way onto her face, immediately she threw all the supplies back in the corner and fixed herself up, she had hated cleaning the bathroom so just the thought of knowing she wouldn't be doing it made her happy.

Hanako explained to Yashiro what they would be doing, they would be summoning another ghost known as mystery number 8 "The Listener", he was known for hearing students out, comforting, and rarely, befriending people, why Hanako wanted to summon him was unknown but she decided not to ask.

They had gone outside to the back of the school to where it was rumored he stayed, a corner where people hardly went or paid attention to... A part of the ground was stained with red liquid, maybe somebody dropped paint here? Who knows...

Hanako instructed Yashiro to place the flower on top of the red substance, hesitantly she obeyed and placed the flower on the area, she stepped back and the two waited.

Nothing.

Minutes had passed and still, nothing happened.

Yashiro stood confused wondering why nothing happened, she looked to Hanako for an answer, without looking at her Hanako answered his troubled friend.

"Remember this is a new apparition, meaning it's not used to being summoned a lot, especially if it's in an area like this." She looked around the area, he was right, it looked as though nobody had came here in awhile, which makes sense it is the back of the school. She looked back to see the flower placed down on the small puddle it had looked as if it had just bloomed! Yashiro stood in awe, a few minutes ago it was on the verge of death but now it was brought back to life.

She looked at Hanako with excitement and fear in her eyes, a smiling expression on the spirits face as well, the radish looked back to see a male walking out from the wall, his right hand outstretched waiting for the flower, now floating upward towards it, he grasped it tight and smiled gazing upon its beauty for a few minutes.

Minutes passed before he looked at the both of them grinning "Well hello there." He bowed, with his left hand out and his right hand, still holding the flower against his chest. He looked like a ballerina ready to perform, he looked up focusing his eyes on Yashiro "I'm pleased to make your acquaintance."

Yashiro stood there in awe looking at every feature of the spirit, he was translucent but his outfit was bold, he was beautiful, like a shounen manga character! He was perfect, the Prince Charming Yashiro had dreamed of wanting even if he was a ghost, but most importantly he had slim ankles!