Faith

3

Before Valentine could ask who, it was Gina had already stepped aside revealing an oddly dressed man. Naturally the sight caused her to be confused, until she remembered the concert from the previous night.

Her jaw dropped from shock and for a second, she wondered if she should have bent down to pick it up.

It was one of the Nameless Ghouls from the band, at least that's what Valentine thought they were called, she kind of forgot the introductions of the players that Gina informed her of.

"Valentine, right? " He spoke, which confirmed Valentine's theory. That voice was so distinguishable.

She just stared at him. It was quiet for a few moments.

His bright sea green eyes popped against the lack of color from his outfit, the grucifix around his neck caught the light, his stance was proper with his hands clasped behind his back and he tilted the chin of his mask up to get a better view of the girl.

Without the crazy concert lights, stage fog and dimness from the darkness, she was even prettier to him.

He cleared his throat in attempt to getting an answer, which snapped her out of her trance.

"Uh-" She was almost unsure of her answer to his simple question. "Yeah?"

He had no hesitation in making himself feel at home. The Ghoul took one giant stride in and walked around the living space, looking at all the furniture and carefully examining the photography set up.

"Lovely crib you got, here. Very spunky. " He spoke swiftly, doing an awkward motion with his hands.

"Thanks? " Valentine was a bit confused.

"I do all the decorating, of course-" Gina chimed in, and in sultry walk she approached them. She laughed effortlessly and flashed a smile his direction. From the corner of her eye, Valentine noticed her friend had hiked her skirt up more, too bad it was obviously backwards.

But the Ghoul paid her no mind, didn't even glance in her direction and instead focused his gaze onto Valentine, which caused her to shrink and made Gina annoyed.

The Ghoul took one step closer to Valentine, she took one step back.

There was a long pause, he just seemed to study her wide eyed. His hands remaining behind his back the entire time. He leaned into her in thought.

"How did you-" She started. "Um, how do you know where we live? "

"Oh! " He chuckled. "Right, well you guys seemed to have left this-" He pulled a bag from behind his back and a tsunami of relief passed over both girls.

"My bag! " Gina squealed and approached him taking the bag from his grasp. Gina went searching through it while the Ghoul continued.

"Had a nifty business card and such, photography? " He almost spoke too fast for Valentine to comprehend, walking amongst the furniture and looking at every detail of the room. Before she could even nod, he was speaking again. "Thats interesting, very interesting. What kind of photography do you even do?"

She opened her mouth to speak but was once again cut off.

"Nature scenes? House portraits?" He finally turned to look at her, she could tell he was smirking under that mask. "Models in the nude??"

Her cheeks flushed and his words caused her to step back.

"No, No, I-" She gulped. "Family portraits."

"Are you looking for models in the nude?" Gina chimed in but both Valentine and the Ghoul ignored her.

"Well-" This time, he got very close to her. She flinched but did not back away. As their eyes locked, he spoke. "I happen to know someone hiring. Up for a gig?"