I feel the four become five
and I'm waiting, waiting, waiting
for you to walk down the boulevard
and to take me, take me, take me
The first time, she had been standing at the other side of a road across him. Red on the traffic light was flashing brightly while cars zoomed past him. It was raining rather heavily, raindrops falling in tandem and soaking him with every minute. If it weren't for the Shinsengumi coat, he would've been chilled to the bone. The grey skies tempted him to return to home to the Headquarters for a nap, only that he couldn't.
His eyes were much too transfixed on the petite girl standing opposite. Her purple umbrella shielded her from the unyielding rain; her lucent eyes staring right back at him.
Unlike the monochromatic people that blended right in the dull background, she was much too bright. Instead of fading into the grey blurs like the other people, her pale skin and vermilion hair stood out. Not to mention, there was her eyes. How was he to describe them? A blue so brilliantly bright it stood out the most. As he watched those eyes, he felt unknown emotions encased behind them. He didn't understand why her features went unnoticed by the people standing beside her.
Just like that, the two stared, giving nothing away in their gaze. When the red changed to a walking figure of a green man, the crowd stirred and started to cross the road. Their masses broke his eye contact with the girl and he stood back. Rubbing his eyes, he blinked a few times and looked up again. The people cleared, giving him a view of the spot where the girl had been standing.
She was gone.
AN: Inspired by Kimbra's "Two way street", I decided to indulge in a short story regarding our favourite pair - Kagura and Sougo. This is somewhat AU, a time where the two have never met and Sougo is coping with the loss of his sister. I'm working on the other pairings for my poll one-shot, promise!