"Red or white?" Quietus asked Hibiemi in the mansion during dinnertime.
"Same old question for almost a century… Same old answer you get. Red." The young immortal lazily summoned a wine glass to her hand from the cupboard.
"Isn't it quite boring… Living for more than a century… drinking the same wine all over again… For once we should try living like mortals… I can remember my mortal life so clearly… Eating at fast food places, shopping at malls, going clubbing. It all stopped once I became immortal." Quietus approached the dining table with the wine bottle in his hand.
"I'm used to this life…" Hibiemi sighed as she summoned the wine bottle from Quietus' hand to her own, "My mortal life was worse than this…"
"Geez… Is summoning things at dinnertime a habit?"
"No." Hibiemi laughed, "It was boring to keep on standing up just to fetch the wine bottle and the wine glass. Would you like me to summon a wine glass for you, or would you like to summon it yourself?"
"I'll do it…" Quietus muttered as he summoned a wine glass from the cupboard, "Do you think I'm annoying you by looking exactly like Hakkai?"
"No. You're good company." Hibiemi sighed, "Please don't refer to the one who passed away…"
"Your former brother?" Quietus poured himself a glass of wine, "I know how you feel. The car accident. I think it was hard to bear as an immortal. I don't think I could stand looking at everyone like that. Especially what happened to Hakkai."
Suddenly, Hibiemi stopped breathing. The memory was coming back all over again. She couldn't move in the crashed car. Help was too far to reach. Her father was pinned to his seat, suffocating on his airbag. The flames were surrounding her. The car tumbled forward and hit a tree. The branches broke through the windows and pierced her limbs. The branches popped the airbag and the hot air burnt her father's face. He stopped breathing. She couldn't look anymore. Crying for her brother, she looked behind. A sharp branch impaled Hakkai. It was too much to bear. The Hoshizora's were dead. She closed her eyes and wished to die.
"Hibi-chan! Wake up!" Quietus shook her. The young immortal's breath came rushing back. Her skin became flushed with color again. She was alive.
"Gomenasai… Qui-niichan…" Hibiemi resumed eating, "I just can't get over losing my whole family. Everyone thought I was dead, too. Red wine, red wine… Color of blood…" She played around with the wine in her glass and took a quick sip, "Let's say we pay a little visit to that monk in his temple today… Just shape shift yourself into someone else… I'm sure he'll get shocked if he sees you as Hakkai…"
"Is it because of the Silver Apocalypse?" Quietus asked.
"No." Hibiemi smiled, "It's because I just want to pay him a visit. I wouldn't like him meddling with our plans…"
