Scarlet Evening Shade
Chapter 1.
Wakaba Sayori (17) was sitting quietly on her bed in her neat room.
Her normal-sized window had been wide open the whole day through.
The summer breeze was soothing and warm. She felt that she was barely able to feel her arms and legs. The warmth was so calming that it felt as if she was lying in lukewarm water. Completely neutral.
The scarlet sky had not changed much although the sun had already sunk deeper into the horizon.
It was quite strange.
Yori rose from the bed, making her pale orange plain nightgown waver lightly around her body.
Her parents had already gone to bed. Perhaps it would be for the best if she did so as well. But lately she had had trouble sleeping.
It wasn't that she suffered from scary dreams. Non of that sort. However, what troubled her mind was indeed dreams.
Dreams of a tall, slender handsome guy. He was a little, no a lot, like a player. His hair was short, soft curly and spiky and ice blond.
His eyes were like blueish golden glass.
Everything that would be placed before him would set their reflection in them.
Yori sighed and went across her rather large room to stand in front of her large mirror. The scarlet light from the sky, sneaking into her room from the window behind her, made her pale orange nightgown shine beautifully.
Her short hair curled lightly and soft around her face.
She sighed again.
Why could she not look as delicate and pretty as now?
Whenever she woke up in the morning to the shiny bright yellow sun, every tiny thing she had thought delicate became average and unnoticeable.
"Why do girls always have to either sigh, cry, scream … indeed they are so troublesome." someone, a guy, said while hiding behind Yori's purple curtains.
The voice was quite dazzling to her ears. Gentle, yet … it felt as if it was somewhat not safe to keep close to it? Why?
Yori was scared that something within her felt an attraction towards someone's voice coming from a guy she had not yet seen the face of.
She was shaking. "Wh-who are you? P-please leave." she muttered with a weak voice. Although she wanted the person to leave immediately she thought it quite unthinkable and unlikely for someone to leave when the person, having said so, seemed to not stand by her word.
She felt a shiver run through her entire body.
What is going to happen? Please don't let that happen. Leave. Please leave. My parents. I-I have to … my parents … scream.
Yori started backing towards the wall. Her next move would be to sprint for the door, hoping that her voice would reach her parents.
Her breathing became uneven and loud.
"Please leave ..." she whispered to the shade in the scarlet light.
"I hope not that what you plan, is to run out on me. I would be so very lonesome then." the guy said with a soothing voice.
The curtain, behind which the guy took hiding, swayed lightly with the chilly breeze. The scarlet colour was fading. It became more gentle to the eyes. Scarlet and blue.
"I-I have to … I … please … n-no please, please d-DO-!" Yori started to scream as a slender shadow moved towards her with incredible speed. The guy grasped her waist with one hand and covered her mouth with the other.