Bind The Roses

Chapter 7

After buying all of those desserts and snacks for Gojo. Mizumi finally and has peacefully returned to the school.

It was almost dark and the wind was stronger than usual. For others it might be a scary night but for her it was peaceful.

Being alone makes her at peace, it feels like she's been relieved from her duties that she was bound to. The ecstatic feeling knowing that she could be anything she wants without harming someone.

Yet there's this lingering feeling inside of her that she couldn't ignore... Loneliness

Despite that fact that Mizumi wanted to be alone, she couldn't. She'll miss the friend that she had made for the first time and few other people that she actually got along with.

She hated to admit it, but Satoru did make an impact in her life despite just him annoying her on a daily basis. He was there to accompany her loneliness when it strikes her real hard.

Banishing every thought that she had she walked back to Gojo's room so she could give him the snacks that he asked for. Mizumi might also like sweets but that doesn't mean she'll eat mountains of those on a daily basis.

Knocking on his door softly she could hear him rushing towards to open the door

"AH! Mizu! Welcome home! Did you really buy me snacks?"

Satoru asked batting his eyelash featuring his puppy eyes and making those pouty lips like he's a 5 year old asking his mom for candy.

Mizumi silently sighed and nodded giving him two large plastic bags filled with desserts and snacks. The glisten in Gojo's eyes were visible when she gave him those foods.

That small sight made her smile abit knowing that she made a friend happy for once awhile.

"UWAAH! Mizu-chan thank you very much!"

Gojo squealed giving Mizumi a sudden jump hug causing both of them to fall to the ground.

Mizumi gasped in pain after Gojo knocked her down

"Tss, couldn't you be more gentle? You already know that you're heavy yet you still threw yourself onto me"

she scolded him ever so slightly and he just gave her the wink.

Rolling her eyes Mizumi stood up and dusted off her clothes.

"Oh also, I'll be out the whole day tomorrow. I'm gonna visit the family shrine" Mizumi stated

"Can I tag along?"

"Fat chance Satoru you know my family hates men"

she answered and Gojo just sat there pouting like a child.

Sometimes Mizumi feels like she's babysitting him rather than being a friend, sighing on his actions she gave him a small pat on the head "One day, I might take you there. Who knows my grandmother and mother might change their minds about men" she stated as walked away leaving Gojo still sitting on the floor.

Well, she knows full well why her family hated men. On why their view on men is clearly negative, they've suffered in the past and the trauma that they've dealt had been harsh.

It's not an easy task for her to make her family like Gojo and actually see Gojo as her friend. A genuine friend.

"I guess it's worth a shot then" she mumbled. No one knows what the future holds, and she couldn't just give up without trying.

Walking along the dark hallways Mizumi suddenly felt like someone was staring at her, or rather observing her I had the same feeling back then when I was training in the forest.

Who could it be and what are their motifs?

She chose to ignore it and test if that thing would actually make a move to strike her.

It still boggles her mind on how on earth do they know their location, as far as she remembers the outside image of the school is a private religious school and nothing special about it.

Either someone knows a way to break through the charm.

Or there's someone among the students who's a double agent.

The aura of that thing observing her was not a curse.

She could tell after all of the curses that she killed. This one wasn't one.

Who could it be and what do they want?

Mizumi finally reached her room and entered slowly, facing outwards she quickly observed if someone was hiding anywhere, but to no avail she didn't find any So they're actually good at concealing themselves.

That's gonna be a pain in the ass, she sighed and plopped on to her bed. She had a tiring day after walking back and forth in the city buying her necessities and Satoru's snacks.

Well she couldn't blame him she did agree to buy him all of those.

Exhaustion started taking over her body and she's slowly drifting to sleep...

For now she'll let that unknown being go temporarily...