The Art of Meeting
Cast:
Kiryuu Michiru - age 19
Mucardia, Momoi Kyousuke - age 22
June, 2011
"You pig! I don't want to ever see you again!" The blonde shouts at the young man, slapping him mid-sentence, then hitting him with a full-out punch to the jaw.
It is a pretty good punch. Momoi Kyousuke, sometimes called Mucardia, is in a position to know. This is not remotely the first time he's been decked by a girl.
Unfortunately, this also leaves him with a date planned and no girlfriend to take on it. He is loathe to continue with his date plans by himself... but as he has non-refundable reservations, he wishes just as much not to abandon them.
Then again, he is Mucardia, and women are everywhere. He immediately propositions and is turned down by a succession of women who did not even see him get dumped, but this is of no consequence. For his plans to proceed, he only needs to succeed once.
His latest target emerges from the front door of a New Age shop, flips the sign to Closed, then locks the door behind her. Scarlet-haired and perhaps twenty years old, she is wearing a pale yellow sundress under a white apron. A name tag pinned below her collar reads "Michiru".
"Excuse me, Miss! Would you care to experience some fine dining with me? I make no guarantees about the company, but the food is to die for!"
Did she just drool? Before Mucardia can finish blinking, any evidence is gone, if it existed to begin with. He banishes the thought from his mind.
"If you are not interested, you need only say no!"
"I'm interested."