Theme 7: Watching
A week passed before she saw him again.
When she found her friends, they had fussed over her wound and continued to watch her as they did before. Though this time, their looks were filled with far less suspicion and more concern.
She was only slightly tired of their looks, but what could she do? The blame was laid entirely on the demon that had shoved her off the bridge.
Still, she found herself walking off alone more and more often to escape their caring eyes. It was on one of those walks that she saw him once more.
He was standing near a tree watching over the little human girl Rin and the imp demon Jaken that accompanied him. He gave no acknowledgement of her presence, and yet she knew that he had noticed her due to his superior senses.
She stayed still and watched the girl and the imp as he did. It was only after the two had left the river to cook the fish they had caught, did she leave.
She had looked at him once before she left, and felt his eyes watching her even as she returned to her group once more.