Blood, Guts, & Desire (Delectable)

Chapter One:

Ashoka walked past the school gates slowly with her head cocked curiously toward them.

She hadn't gone to school since she was 11, when her Mother would take her every day on the train. But that was close to six years ago, before her mother had gotten sick.

It wasn't a sickness really, Ashoka knew, but a sort of depression: holding her mother captive in bed, since the day her father was killed by the doves.

Kamika never left that bed, never got herself food, never hunted like a ghoul should: so everyday Ashoka​ went to the 20th ward, to a little cafe called Anteiku. The only place she could get food for her mother, who wouldn't eat anything other than suicide flesh (something Ashoka abhorred) .

The school passes by, a mere thought behind her, as Ashoka​ continues down the dirty street, her eyes following the movement of her feet.

"Excuse me", a voice says, brushing her shoulder as they make their way past.

Ashoka stops walking, her head swiveling to watch the person continue on.

Its a boy, with medium length hair, dark like her own, but shinier. Cleaner maybe too.

From the back she can tell he wears a school blazer, but other that she can see nothing else. Sight could never hold a candle to her sense of smell however, and her nose twitches, drinking in his tantalising scent.

Despite her meal last night, Ashoka's stomach growls, and a moment of conflict comes over her: the street and the schoolyard are empty, if I take him now...

But the boy has passed into the school gates, and her time is up. Too late. So sad.

Ashoka bites her lip, then continues on her way.

She may be hungry, but the prey of a ghoul is never sparse: her appetite can be filled elsewhere.

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A/N: First chapter whoo-hooo!!!
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