Inspired by a recent blog posts from Himaruya Hidekaz.
The Pursuer, The Pursued, and the Dragon Tamer.
Toris Laurinaitis was what you would call, a stalker. He had fallen in love with the beautiful Natalia Arlovskaya who had no interest in him whatsoever. In fact, she despises Toris through and through. Natalia was in love with Ivan Braginski who was Toris's employer. The big-boned man had taken a liking to Toris, who had been having some financial troubles then, and employed him as an assistant. That was when Toris had met Natalia. He was intimidated by her glaring looks but soon came to realize that that was just part of her charm.
The brown-haired man stood outside a large mansion, looking through the window. This mansion was the home of his beloved, and he desperately wanted to see her. Through the cold glass, he could see Natalia sitting on her couch sipping on a cup of tea. She appeared to be talking to someone but Toris couldn't see who. He pressed his ear to the window to listen in on the conversation taking place.
"Please speak quickly Arthur. I cannot waste time with chitchat."
"Very well, Natalia. I have some information that I believe will be very useful to you."
The other person was Arthur Kirkland. Toris had heard about him from Mr. Braginski. The man was known as a mysterious informant who knew the who, what, when, and the where. He uses his bat minions to gather data and they usually return with the best. Arthur's price for such work was very unusual. He would exchange information for information on the whereabouts of something valuable. Toris didn't know what could've been so important to Arthur, but that wasn't really his concern at the moment. What he focused on, was that Natalia was wearing the star pin that Toris had bought for her. Of course, she didn't know he had bought it for her. She found it in a box on her doorstep with a note saying,"To My Beloved".
"Oh Natalia, you look so beautiful with that star in your hair," He thought to himself.
"You have heard of dragons, I assume?" Arthur said.
"Dragons? Aren't they extinct?"
"So you would think. As far as we humans know, dragons have been extinct for hundreds of years. But what would you say if I told you, they're still here? What if, they were in hiding, avoiding any contact with humans? That would be something to think about, right?
"Stop talking in circles and get to the point, Arthur! I told you already, I do not have time for chitchat."
Arthur sighed, it would've been nice if any of clients had let him build up suspense for once. He took some time to fix his bow tie before continuing his speech, much to the dismay of the lady sitting in front of him. She gave him a glare that said, "Hurry up or I'll kick you out myself."
"All right, I'll say it straight then. Dragons are alive. They have been so for all those hundreds of years. Satisfied?"
"Aha. And does this information have any usefulness to me? Honestly Arthur, I thought you were the best."
"You have asked me to find a very rare item, one that no human in the entire world has seen. Well, I have found it. Or rather, I have some information on it."
"You don't have it, whatever this thing is?"
"No, I do not. This item isn't very easy to find, let alone obtaining it for oneself."
"Well? What is it then?"
"It is something called, a Dragon's Egg."
Arthur would make a very hot Izaya, don't you think?X]