Chapter 4: The Rose Man

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We were shocked









The man simply smiled.








I began to study him. He had a huge scar that started from the tip of his lip all the way to the right under his left eye. Something about his scar felt familiar as if I had seen it before.

I must be imagining things.

He had his long dark brown hair tied into a half up half down hairstyle with his short hairs in the front pulled out covering his forehead slightly. His dark brown eyes were glistening in the sunlight. He was very tall standing at around 6' 3. He wore a dark blueish-brown long overcoat with a corset underneath. Around his waist, he had a long gold wallet chain with a rose pendant attached. He also had his ears pierced which caught me by surprise.  His left ear had a simple black hoop while the other side had a black chain with a rose at the end. Ymir and I were really observing this man seeing if he was holding anything of sorts or if he had a weapon on him. And the man noticed

"No need to be frightened, I'm not here to hurt you guys" he smiled.

I couldn't tell if he was being genuine or not so I stayed back. The man also noticed this, he had a keen eye.

"How about this," he reassured. "I'll remove my coat so you don't think I'm hiding anything under my sleeve...how does that sound?"

Ymir and I slowly nodded, still holding tightly onto our "weapons". He slowly removed his coat and we could now see his bare arms since he was wearing short sleeves. He had a tattoo sleeve which consisted of 4 large red tattoos intertwined with each other with in the leaves. The colors popping in contrast with his pale muscular arm. The positioning of it was as if he wanted people to see it. His other arm had scars.

"Probably knife scars...knife size looks around 7 inches, a double-sided dagger to be specific" I muttered.

"Ah yes, brings back memories'' he noted.
I continued to analyze him. I suddenly moved back and pulled Ymir back as well. She looked at me confused
"Are you okay?" she questioned.

"He has a gun Ymir" I muttered so the man wouldn't hear me, getting alarmed.

I looked down to the small black holster he had attached to his left leg, it had a golden rose embroidered onto it.  Before, the holster was concealed by his long coat.

He is left-handed, the same as me.

The man looked at where both my and Ymir's eyes were glued to.

"Oh, this," he spoke as if he forgot he was wearing it.

He then brought his hand closer to the gun holster. Before I could react, thinking he would grab the gun, he undid the straps making it fall to the ground.

"There," he said, moving away from the gun.

He then brought his attention to us, specifically me.

"What's with the death glare?" he laughed as he looked at me.

That rose embroidery on the holster... I've seen that before but I don't remember where, I'm really going crazy aren't I.

"Anyways the names Maverick Price...Luna Ash... and I believe I heard Luna call you...Ymir."








How did he know my name, especially my last name....
















(A/n: Lunas face the whole time: (ง'-'︠)ง
While Maverick like: (・∀・))

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