Moonlight Flower

Vol.02 Backstory #02 [First Meeting a Human in the Human World]

"Isn't it hot here?" Sora said as he removed his fur covering, then put it on his arm.

Mion, on the other hand, stood in awe as he looked around the place where they were. "Is this the human world?"

They were in the forest, the end of the cave.

Sora looked at him and chuckled. "I'm so happy to be back! Welcome to the human world, my Prince."

"It's just the same as ours, but the scent of the air and land is different. It's really amazing that the cave behind the frozen Great Falls of our world connects to another forest in this world!"

Sora nodded in agreement. "I think we should get out of here and ask for directions."

Dusk came. They kept walking until they stopped by a river to get some fresh water.

On the other side of the river, they saw an enclosed, shelter-like covered in sheets of plastic with a vertical line in the middle. The vertical line was zipped downward. Then a young man came out from the tent.

He looked around in his 20s. He had dark brown eyes; short, slicked-back black hair, revealing his forehead. He had one silver hoop earring on his left and a silver chain necklace without a pendant. He wore black polo, leaving the two buttons from the top open, and white jeans. He stood outside his tent and took one stick from a pack of cigarettes and smoked. He noticed some gazes so he looked at the direction where Mion and Sora were.

"Cosplay?" the man said to himself. He averted his gaze from them as if he didn't see them at all. He continued smoking. He looked up and noticed that there were now stars in the sky. He felt uncomfortable as he knew the two strangely dressed, long-haired men were still looking at him. He got annoyed and put the cigarette butt on his personal ashtray, the size as the pack.

Another person came out of the tent. She had shoulder-length black hair. She wore a loose, sleeveless, crop-top shirt, revealing her small waist, and in shorts. She wrapped her arms on his neck.

"Come on, babe. The food will get cold," she said to him.

He locked his gaze at her and touched her face. "Sure, babe."

The girl with him blushed and kissed him, but she stopped when she also noticed that there were gazes at them.

"Don't mind them. They must be those weird cosplayers," he whispered and ushered his girlfriend back inside first.

"Hey, men!" he shouted over to them. "Nice cosplay!" Then he followed inside.

"'Cosplay'?" Both Mion and Sora asked each other.

"But wait. The other person was a woman?" Mion asked, wondering.

Sora answered yes. He added, "I think we should just sleep for now. We've been walking in the cave for five days and haven't had enough rest."

"Yes. Let's camp here."

And they rested behind a tree.

"Sora," Mion called. "That man is a pure human like you, right?"

"Uhm, yes."

"There is really not much difference." Then he subconsciously looked up. "I need to find my sister soon."

Looking blankly to the sky, he suddenly gasped. "It's full moon tonight, I'm running out of time."

The next morning around the time of the sunrise, the same black-haired guy, with his hair now down over his eyebrows, came out from his tent and went over to the other side for a morning walk. He seemed to be still half-awake, but he became alert upon hearing some footsteps coming his way. He also noticed at the corner of his right eye one of the two weird-dressed men - Sora - sleeping with his back on the tree.