Entrancingly Insentient | 魅惑的ではない | Karma Akabane

| twentyeight |

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Red Eye gaped at the atrocious behaviour of this girl he had only just met this morning. He never knew that she could've been like this but he knew it was her when he checked his back pocket to find that it was empty and he couldn't help the twitching in his eye, "MY WALLE- MY MONEY~!!!"

You couldn't help giggling, holding the wallet out before you to get a warm bento from the vending machine on the side of the road, you glanced up at the Pagoda and almost laughed aloud when just imagining the face Red Eye must be pulling at this moment, he was probably watching you as well.

A ¥20 note was placed into the vending machine as the button was pressed for a teriyaki chicken and rice bento. You flipped open the tray to grab the plastic container, reveling in the warmth it brought when drool slowly built up in your mouth. You held the lunch close to your chest with a smile to walk back to the building where the owner of the wallet you held was located, walking around a corner to go through a dark alley and just as you made it to the corner to enter the Pagoda, a voice stopped you, "He- Hey!"

The bento was almost dropped as the voice registered in your mind automatically as soon as their voice was heard. You wanted to stop and turn around, smile and say something ridiculous. You were really tempted to but to keep from being suspicious, you had forced your feet to continue as you ignored your heart to follow your mind where it lead to the Pagoda at a back entrance, "(Y/N)..?"

Red Eye, who had been on the ground floor with a scowl, paced in circles mumbling curses to himself. He had left his weapon atop the roof of the Japanese building and waited until he heard something or noticed your entrance but he stopped, listening intently when he heard your name being called by a male voice with an unsure tone. He walked closer to the doorway and looked to see a shadow on the ground, a smaller feminine figure.

Your hands were tightening around the packed lunch and your mind was void of anything comprehensible, "What'd you find, Muramatsu?"

Red Eye caught sight of your foot as you neared him but he didn't understand why your eyes looked so petrified as if you had seen or done something absolutely horrible. His eyebrows scrunched up on his forehead and he took it upon himself to act on impulse when he heard two more voices from the other end of the alley way. You kept going, your feet lifting, moving forward and landing on the ground again slowly, as if done in cautious precision though your mouth held a grim line, eyes beginning to line with tears though they stayed on your eyelids, "I-I thought I sa-saw.."

Muramatsu was troubled to begin with. He didn't want to make a mistake and give false hopes to his classmates if he was wrong but he was sure that he saw this girl he noticed had to be you - (L/N) (Y/N). He swore he had noticed that particular shade of (H/C) even if your body figure was a little different but not so that it was unrecognisable. He didn't want to say the name out loud - well, really he did but he was afraid that he might be wrong, having mistakenly called a stranger by the name of a girl his friends and himself all knew so well. He was also fearful of the thought that he may be correct because you were supposed to be in a hospital otherwise the class had to have been informed of your recovery, "..I thought I saw (Y-" He had turned his body to face Yoshida and Hara, pointing over to your back awkwardly before a male voice startled him,

"What do you want with my girlfriend?!"

Red Eye had wrapped an arm around your waist from behind and kept your face hidden from the students. At the sound of another voice, Terasaka had stepped around the corner to obverse the commotion, "What's going on?"

Red Eye kept his eyes on the four boys with a straight face, staring at the way Terasaka spoke with an aggressive-looking face when he looked at Muramatsu for answers. Your heart rate skyrocketed through the roof at the sound of Ryoma's rough voice and you were so ready to slip under Red Eye's arm to run at the boy, jumping onto him to hug him and then force him to give you a piggy back ride.
You didn't though and you let Red Eye conceal yourself into his side, "I thought....," He shook his head slowly, "I-It doesn't matter.. It couldn't have been her.." The way Takuya's voice almost cracked, how he spoke so lowly was painful and Kirara came by to lean against the wall, boring her eyes into the pair at the other end of the alley tediously, "Aren't you a little old for her, are you a pervert?"