He was a Gourmet. He lived for others misfortune, it was his own personal entertainment. He could watch others devour one another- hell he could devour them himself- be it his own kind or not. Despite all of this there was one thing he could not stomach. Love.


I stared down at the teacup in anticipation, sweat forming at the back of my neck. 'C-can i even drink this?' I thought stirring the silver teaspoon in its dark brown liquid. I shakily raised the cup to my awaiting lips. Lightly exhaling across it, i cautiously took a sip.

Throwing caution to the wind, i hastily emptied the cup of its contents, not caring if i burnt my tongue in the process.

I gently lay the cup back on its saucer and stared down at the stained bottom. 'Coffee. I can drink coffee' i thought. My chair screeched as i abruptly stood up, i slammed a few notes onto the table and rushed towards the door.

To my surprise the door opened before I got there to reveal a lady and, what looked like, her daughter.

I stood there awkwardly before shuffling closer. "Excuse me, please" i said trying to get past. "Oh, sorry" the lady said. She moved to the side, her daughter aswell, just as that girl with the purple came to, what i assumed, greet them.

"Mommy, that lady smelled weird" i heard just as i rounded the corner, the door to the café still open. After hearing that, i bolted.

I didn't care about anything else, i just had to run.

"The 'Dragon' strikes again! Reporters were swarming the crime scene as of yesterday night. At 9:00pm the body of a middle aged man- kaijo kensei- was found in the sewers near the outskirts of town. Witnesses have stated that a flash of light was seen underneath the bridge before the appearance of 'Black wings' made its way onto the bridge itself. Many of them stated to of seen a 'masked' person donning these wings and the police have come to the conclusion that this man- Kaijo Kensei- was attacked by a Ghoul, the same one in which attacked a young couple a few nights ago. On a hig-"

I came to a sudden halt at the abrupt statement and looked through a shop window of where i thought the noise came from. Looking past all of the shelfs that inhabited the little corner shop, i saw a box standard Television on top of the counter, an elderly woman with slightly greying hair and wrinkled blue eyes, frowning at the screen as if she were disgusted.

I tried to glare at her through the glass, wishing she would fall off of her stool.

Clenching my fists, i thundered down the sidewalk paying no mind to all of the cries and shouts of the citizens i bumped into.

My stomach growled loudly as i hastily ran down the concrete pathway.

I could feel my mouth salivating, my muscles tightening as if preparing for something, and i knew exactly what that something, was.

Ignoring such a feral instinct is harder then one would imagine. It took all of my will power, and when i say all, i mean my entire soul, just to force back such animalistic, carnivorous, desires.

Slowing down to a small jog and then coming to a full stop, i realised that i was unconsciously led to the same bridge in which that man was found. 'Kaijo something, wasn't it?' I thought with a delicate finger on my chin. Walking towards the edge of the bridge, i stared calmly down at the miniature river flowing underneath.

'Why did i co-' my train of thought was cut off as the familiar sound of fluttering wings entered my ears.

"W-what?!" I spluttered staring at the silhouette that, strangely, resembled furled 'wings', hiding their body from any watchful eyes.

'Well, crap' i thought slumping my shoulders.

I saw the figure shuffle about and it looked like they were holding some sort of, package, was it?

I nearly jumped out of my skin when they threw it right in front of my about 1 metre away from my feet.

'Oh kami, this is how i die. At Least i've lived a good, long, life' i thought. Slowly reaching for the package, i suddenly froze as realisation set in.

"What?! No i haven't! I'm only twenty, yeah!" I said losing my composure. Quickly grabbing the package i backed up a couple of steps once i realised the figure unfurled their 'wings' and at that moment, i noticed a sharp pointed tailed attached his tailbone.

-To me, it resembled that of a masquerade mask and compared their attire, it was, oddly, pure white. Only half of their face was shown, from a little bit under their nose, until the bottom of their chin, which had a few hairs, giving them that 'rough' look. Their outfit on the other hand was an all black attire. A cotton turtleneck donned their slim, toned, dare i say, chest and baggy, yet, fitting jeans lay snuggly on his muscular legs, from what i could see they were anyways. Going by their 'appearance' i would say they were about 30-32? Even Though they did have a tall lean figure of 6'2".-

"Eat it." They stated in a low, soothing, voice.

"Nani?" I stated looking from the package to them, and back again. Looking down at the package i noticed a few blotches of- i sniffed it- 'yeah, it's definitely blood' i thought as i started to unwrap the brown paper packaging.

"Wait-" i said stopping midway. "How do i know i can trust yo- and don't go for the cliched answer of; 'you can't' either?" I said already noticing him (it was blatantly a male and not just from their lack of womanly assets) suck in a breath as if answering me. He just turned his head to the side and heaved a sigh, his tail flopping to the side as well, almost in a state of depression.

"I should've known no daughter of mine would trust a stranger" he mused bringing a hand up to his chin and resting one on his hips. "Very well th-" he started, 'wait, daughter' i thought frowning at him doubtfully.

"What? Don't look at me as if i'm some sketchy pedo. My own daughter doubts my intentions!" He cried, dropping to his knees.

"N-NANI?!"