/24/ Mysterious Man

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The rest of the afternoon, the ghosts and Grim had played board games together, while you did your best to repair the curtains. The hours continued to pass on before they finally finished the game; Grim ending up falling asleep on the couch. Which you assumed may be because most of his energy had been used up while playing Magift today.

The three ghost wished you a goodnight as they disappeared into thin air. You smiled lightly, picking up Grim to carry him upstairs. He groaned, tossing in your arms.

"Did you see my super shoot... mmm mew.." Glancing down at him, you wondered if he may be dreaming about playing Magift. You giggle at that and place him on the bed with a sigh before climbing into the bed as well.

However, despite your best efforts to fall asleep, you couldn't. Instead, you were practically wide awake, starring aimlessly at the ceiling. Glancing towards the window,  you saw that it was a full moon tonight, lighting up the pitch black sky.

Sighing softly, you slowly got out of bed and tried your best to be quiet as you left so you wouldn't wake up Grim. Deciding you may as well go outside since you weren't going to be sleeping anytime soon.

You slowly exited Ramshackle Dorm, walking down the long path. Your thoughts going back to the world you came from. Would you ever be able to go back? Or even restore the memories you had of it? You truly hoped you would because even if this place was nice, you still couldn't help but feel as though a part of you was missing. Which in way, there technically was a part of you missing.

The sound of rustling leaves brought you out of your thoughts as you quickly turned towards the noise. There stood a tall male with long, dark hair and green eyes. He also seemed to have pointed ears and extremely pale skin. Though,  what surprised you most about him, was the horns on top of his head. Yet he did wear the Night Raven College uniform,  so you assumed he went here.

He squinted his eyes upon seeing you. "Hm? Who are you?"

You remained frozen in shock, internally panicking. Even if he went to NRC, what was he doing here?

"I-Intruder?!" You suddenly exclaimed.

"Well now, this is a surprise. You are a child of man." He commented with wide eyes,  scanning your form.

"You.." He trailed off, still looking at you. "Nevermind that." He waved it off before asking you another question.

"Do you live here? This building had been abandoned for a long while." He added. "I had been quite fond of this place since no one would bother me here."

You cautiously nodded at his question. "I'm the prefect of this dorm. And not to be rude, but.. who are you?" You  ask, seeing that the male was fairly taken a back by your question.

"Who am... You really don't know who I am?" Your eyes darted around, before you nodded. Wondering if you should have known him.

His lips curled up into a smirk. "What should I call you?"

"(Y/n). And since I gave you my name,  could I please know yours in return?" You asked, no longer feeling all that nervous around the male with horns.

He raised an eyebrow, fairly amused now. "(Y/n)? That's an unusual name. "

"..Thanks. " You said, not completely sure if he was complementing or insulting you.

He then went to introduce himself before stopping suddenly, smirking again. "Actually, no, I'm not going to tell you.  Not knowing is for your benefit."

His words certainly confused you to no end. Your gaze glancing at the ribbon on his arm to see if you could figure out what dorm he was from.  Yet with the moonlight being your only light source, you couldn't see much.

"The moment you hear it, you'll feel frost spread across your skin. For your ignorance as an exception, I'll allow you to call me whatever you'd like."

Your brows furrowed as you became fairly speechless with the male before you.  If that was the case, what should you call him?

"Though someday you may come to regret that."

"I highly doubt that." You blurted out suddenly, your eyes widened. He chuckled in amusement agaim.

"You are one unusual human." He then frowned, seeming to realize something. "If there are people living here,  it means this place is no longer abandoned. That's to bad..." He expressed his disappointment while looking at you.

"I have to find another abandoned place for my nightly strolls. Well then, I bid you fairwell." He had then suddenly disappeared into sparks.

You sighed, closing your eyes.  "I swear, everyone at this school is so weird in one way or another..." You mutter to yourself. Shaking your head as you decide to go back inside and try and sleep again since you really didn't want to have to think about how tiring today had been. You desperately hoped that tomorrow may go better and that maybe, just maybe, you and your group could finally catch the culprit.

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