Chapter 2 A chance encounter
As Nako was once again walking home from her shift at the café, her phone buzzed in her pocket. Reaching down, she looked to see that her friend Manami had sent her a message, asking her if she wanted to go out for coffee tomorrow. Nako smiled and stopped to reply.
As she hit send, she suddenly became aware of an eerie presence around the deserted street. Pushing the thought away with a shudder, she placed her phone back into the pocket, making sure to keep a firm grip on it just in case, and hurried back to her apartment, the feeling of being watched as prominent as ever.
It didn't take her much longer to reach her small apartment, and she entered without a moments hesitation, locking the door behind her and taking off her shoes by the entrance.
She let out a breath she hadn't know she was holding and removed her jacket, heading to the kitchen near after.
It wasn't long before she had both a warm hot chocolate and a bowl of ramen in front of her, a TV program just starting.
"Aah." She sighed as the sucked up her food. It may have been somewhat bland, but it filled her stomach and left her feeling warm inside.
Her phone buzzed again and she looked down to see her friend once again texting her, answering her reply with a time and a place. Four hours later, she finally called it a day and headed off to bed, mind drawing back to the mysterious man she'd met a few days ago. Luckily, she hadn't seen him around and, thankfully, neither had any of her co-workers.
She snuggled underneath the blankets and sighed once more, closing her eyes.
"Good riddance I think" she chuckled.
And with that, sleep took her.
She walked down the road to university, letting out a yawn as she sipped her hot coffee she'd picked up from the convenience store. She had had an incredibly restless night for whatever reason and, after waking up at 5:30 she had only managed about 5 hours of sleep.
Thus, she had was now feeling the effects and irritation ran rampant.
As she threw her now empty coffee cup in the trash can, she bumped into a solid mass as she turned around.
"Ah!" She yelped as she began to fall backwards. Two strong hands gripped her arms and pulled her forward back onto her feet. "I'm so sorry I-" she began but stopped as she finally locked eyes with the person who'd caught her.
"You!" she gasped.
The person in question chucked yet continued to hold onto her.
"Please mon cherie, Shuu Tsukiyama. What a pleasure bumping into you on this fine morning."
Her eyes widened and she struggled to remove herself from his grip but it seemed impossible. "Tsukiyama...what a surprise seeing you here." She inwardly cringed as his face closed in, once again breaking her comfort zone.
"Indeed it is my dear. Tell me, what brings such a lovely lady to these parts at this time in the morning?" he questioned, purple eyes locked with hers.
She let out a gasp of exasperation. "And why should I tell you? Last time I checked, I don't make it a habit of giving my personal information out to creeps."
There was a visible flinch before he let go of her, arms flying flamboyantly into the air. "Ah you wound me cherie! What have I done to receive such callous remarks from such a gorgeous maiden?"
She regarded him for a few moments before groaning and walking around the deranged man and continuing on her journey to her university. She was a few steps away before Tsukiyama had even realised she'd left, obviously unimpressed with his display which was starting to draw looks from passers by. He stopped his ramblings immediately and stared at her, one eyebrow raised and a smirk forming as his mind calculated.
'She's certainly an interesting human, that's for sure. I can only imagine how interesting she'll taste.' he thought to himself as he watched her walk off a bit more before jogging to catch up with her.
"Would you mind if I accompanied you my lady? After all, the streets can be a terrifying place for a lady of your, sweet nature."
She had jumped slightly upon hearing his voice in her ear before spacing herself from him once more. "I'll be fine."
"Non mademoiselle! I insist."
"Well, I insist for you to stop following me." she retorted, speeding up her pace, desperate to get away from her stalker. It seemed impossible however as, however fast or far away she got, Tsukiyama was close behind. Growing tired of it, she halted in her steps, Tsukiyama hovering over her shoulder.
She rounded on her follower, a glare in her eyes.
"Ok, what's wrong with you?! Why are you following me?!" she yelled at him, noticing the quick glances her way and the shocked expression on Shuu's face before it was quickly replaced by that classic sly smile.
"Well, you see mon cher, what other reason do I need to follow you other than your beauty?" Her cheeks flushed but her glare remained.
"Honestly, didn't you learn the first time? I thought the slap would give you a good explanation." she rubbed her temples as she turned her head the other way.
"Ah yes, quite the strong hand you have my dear" he took her hand in his, bringing it up to his lips, sniffing it. "It took a good while for the mark to fade. But still, you have such soft skin my sweet. It makes me wonder what other secrets you keep." He gave it a small kiss along the knuckles and her glare hardened.
"Let go or you'll soon find out pervert." He chuckled at this, grip tightening slightly. "I'd be honoured to find out, my little swan." A fist made its way towards his perfect face which he caught in his much larger hand. Both hands within his grasp, she attempted to kick him but, somehow he managed to grip both wrists in one hand, now grabbing the leg with another.
She growled as his smirk widened. "I do believe I've won this one my dear. I dare say I deserve a reward, wouldn't you agree?"
"Let me go." She growled, trying to no avail to get away from him.
"Ah ah. You've gotten yourself into this, little Nako. Now, what do you say we come to a truce?"
"Fine. What do you want." She groaned as she relented. He let her go and she stepped back, face red with anger. "Nothing much my dear. Simply a coffee and your ear for an hour or so."
She crossed her arms, eyebrow raised. "Are you asking me out on a date? Boy, you must be crazy." She responded, irritated by his request.
"Call it what you wish my dear Nako but, as the victor of our little spat, I do believe that, at the moment, my say goes."
"First of all; I don't remember saying our 'spat' was a game. Second; Don't think for a second that you can order me around, And finally" she stuck her face in his, glaring. "You're making me late for class."
"Well then, little swan, we'd best be on our way then eh? I wouldn't want you to be too late for you lessons."
Before she could argue, the flamboyant man locked his arm with hers and led her back to the route she had originally been traveling, despite her yelling at him to let go.
'Why me?' she whimpered mentally as she gave in, allowing him to lead her.
It took them another 15 minutes to reach her school and, upon stopping outside the gates, she ripped her arm from his, brushing it off as though it were dirty.
"Here we are ma jolie dame. Now" he went into her pocket and fished out her phone, holding it out of her reach as he added his number and sent himself a text, storing his number in his phone just after.
She snatched it back from him as he returned it to her level, inspecting the changes.
"What the?!" she cried, face burning with embarrassment as she looked at the contact in front of her. On her messages inbox, above her last conversation with Manami was indeed a message to the large man in front of her; under the name 'Shuu-kun xxxx'
"Do you like it dear? Fear not, see? We match." At this he showed her own contact page on his phone. 'Nako-chan 33'
"Aah! You creep!" she cried, turning her back to him, ready to run away. Two strong arms wrapped themselves around her waist, halting her movements. "One more moment of your time sweet Nako-chan. There's still the same matter of my prize." She almost flopped in his arms, hoping, but realising that the likelihood of him forgetting was very slim.
"Fine. You wanted to go out for a coffee though right? When and where?" she relented.
"Spectacular! What about tomorrow? Say 2 o'clock?" he asked. "Fine. I finish university at about that time so, whatever. Now pick a place. I won't go to yours nor will you come to mine, lets make this perfectly clear buddy." He laughed, hot breath landing on her neck.
"Very well dear. I know a fantastic little coffee shop, visited by a favourite author of mine, does that sound acceptable to you?"
"Just peachy. Can I go to class now? It starts in 10 minutes."
"Of course my pet. I look forward to our soiree." He placed a soft kiss to her exposed shoulder before letting her go. She was away from him as fast as she could, rubbing the spot where his lips touched, attempting to remove the invisible stain.
"Aurovoir mademoiselle." He called as she disappeared into the building. His smirk appeared again as he ran his tongue over his lips, the taste of her soft, young skin sending shivers down his spine, his ghoulish eyes threatening to appear.
'Be cool Tsukiyma, be cool. The best things in life come last as mother once said.' He grabbed his phone was more and stared at the name of his prey on the brightly lit screen, sending her a message confirming the dates with a few follow up 'kisses'.
The reply was a quick 'Shut up. Class! :(' to which he chuckled, shoving his phone and his hands back in his white suit pockets.
'I look forward to dining on your succulent flesh my little swan. Oh yes, a fine feast you will be.'
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A:N.
Hey guys, grievousorvenom here. Thanks for reading my story, I hope you leave lots of nice reviews haha.
Anyways, I may ocassionally update this fic as I usually just right, re-read 4 times and post so bear with me if I don't spot all of the errors and such. Back to the fic though. I know that our lovely Tsukiyama says a lot of French (which is a pain to write) but fear not! I shall try and put all translations in the A:N/bottom of the page so hopefully you'll be ok.
I still need to go back and write an AN for the first chapter, woops haha (it's been a while)
Again, thanks for reading and I hope you're looking forward to the next chapter.
1: Mon cherie - My dear
2: Cherie - Sweetheart
3: Non mademoiselle - No miss
4: Mon cher - My dear
5: Ma Jolie Dame - My beautiful lady
6: Aurevoir Mademoiselle - Goodbye young lady
