Hello!
Yes, I made my character an artist.
I wanted something that wasn't a normal type of skill, plus there is a reason for her to be artistic.
She is not human, but she's not a demon either
I decided to pull in a creature that I had created a while ago for a role-play I was in and it seems to fit in well.
Bare with me, as I've said, this is a story I'm making up as I go.
She had adjusted to her new addition of her routine. The demon that she learned was named Hiei would continue to follow her as she would go to the park, he would mostly keep his distance, staying in the trees, when the rush of human customers would die down Ninia liked the small conversation that the two would have. Small meaning as little of a reply from the quiet demon as possible and her starting the conversation, but she liked it nonetheless. Today was like the other days, she waved goodbye to her last customer and continued to sketch away on her canvas, when she felt that she was being watched a bit more closely than usual she gazed up from her work and into the eyes of her silent companion who stood across from her much like when they first met.
"Everything alright?" she asked curiously slightly tilting her head to the side as she watched him.
Hiei was as stoic as ever, his gaze was deep and calculating, "It's been a week you know," he spoke up finally
Ninia blinked at that, "A week? Has it been that long already?" she mused when she realized what he was meaning.
"Your continuous talk of everything other than what you know I want to hear is getting rather annoying,"
A soft chuckle escaped her and she covered her mouth before it turned into a laugh, "I apologize, I shouldn't laugh," she contained her amusement and lowered her charcoal covered fingers back to the table as she played with a broken piece of charcoal, "To be honest, your question is intentionally being ignored and I apologize for that Hiei," she began softly as her eyes glanced casually around her before looking back to Hiei, "I've heard it being said that 'bushes have ears and walls have eyes', if I break my silence now I would have to disappear again and I rather like where I am right now," she added as she gave a sad smile, "I do hope you understand,"
Hiei's eyes narrowed as he watched her, he ignored how her soft chuckle made his heart want to beat faster, he tried to ignore how her smile made him want to as well and he stopped himself from getting closer as to wipe away the light smudges of coal that her fingertips had left around her mouth. He frowned at the way she made him inwardly feel. He never really intended on following her around for the past week, he would have thought she would slip and reveal to him what he wanted to know, but she was careful and after trying to reach into her mind he found that she was strong enough to block his telepathic abilities which only had made him even more curious of what she was and why she was taking so many precautions to keep that knowledge hidden.
"Hn," was his reply to her and vanished in a blink of an eye.
As Ninia was ascending the stairs she was stopped by hearing her name being called, she turned to see Shuichi waving to her with his usual friendly smile. She returned the smile with one of her own, "Oh, good evening Shuichi, you are home earlier than usual," she greeted her neighbor as he approached her.
"I had work this morning and since it's the holidays classes are on break," he answered as he looked up to her, "My friends are coming over tonight, I was wondering if you would like to join us?" he asked.
Ninia stared into Shuichi's green eyes for a while longer than he felt comfortable with, he could tell she was thinking about it, her own eyes seemed to swim with different thoughts, "I'm not sure," she muttered out finally as she broke her gaze and glanced up to her apartment door, "I have some projects I should finish..." she added trying to convince herself that she couldn't accept his invitation.
"All work and no play makes for a dull day!" a new voice popped into the conversation with a laugh at the end.
Ninia jumped just slightly at this and turned her attention to who spoke. Yusuke was standing not too far away from them with a playful grin plastered on his face, his fiance Keiko standing next to him with a bit of an apologetic look. Ninia noticed the other of Shuichi's friends, Kuwabara rounding the corner of the apartment entrance and approaching them. She glanced back to Shuichi who was waiting patiently for her answer, "I suppose I can spare a couple hours," she answered, "Just let me put my things away," and with that she climbed up the stairs unlocked her door and deposited her bag on the table.
She glanced around her empty home as if making sure there would be no one around; she reached into her bag and pulled out a small simple looking vase from a hidden compartment. It was blue in base color with gold script and details and a small cork that sealed the top, it was no bigger than her hand and fit perfectly within the inside pocket of her coat. She locked her door and went back down the stairs, she could hear her heart beating loudly in her ears, she was nervous, not that she didn't want friends, but with her moving around so often she didn't like getting attached, it hurt too much and after a while she tried her best to avoid friendships.
She stood in front of Shuichi's door, 'should I knock... or maybe I should just go back up stairs... maybe...'
"Stare at the door any longer and it may just implode," a very familiar voice spoke. She couldn't help the small smile that formed as she turned to see Hiei standing near. He rose an eyebrow as he walked in front of her and opened the door, "Coming?"
He didn't wait for her answer, but left the door open, her smile widened just a tad more and she followed him in, closing the door behind her as she did.
'Maybe I can stay here... make this my home... that would be nice,'
I'm getting more and more inspiration for this story
Hopefully you guys are enjoying this tale
I'd love to hear what you have to say so please leave me some reviews!
I'm working on the next chapter so hopefully it'll be up soon!
