yours... What have you done to her?!"

question if you don't mind... Is this actually your place? Not a relative or something like that...?"

They asked as they caught a whiff of that scent... They'd never smelt a rotting corpse before, so the source wasn't instantly recognisable...

Now the question was how? Maybe she had a sister? It wasn't like they knew too much about each other's family lives, so a sister or cousin from out of town? That seemed possible... A little strange to invite some to their place when they weren't there, but not impossible...

"R-right um... A ⤵

would be her.

"Huh...?"

At that moment things got a little confusing... This was Lucia's apartment, right? They clenched their head, a little pained as they tried to think of an explanation... Maybe they were losing it? No, just a peak inside was enough to confirm that wasn't the case... But ⤵

them like this was one big coincidence, a welcome one though as it meant they'd get to pay her a visit once their business was taken care of, that's how badly they wanted to see her now...

Or at least that was what they thought to themselves, not knowing just what they were in for.

to take her up on her offer.

"I'll pass on the hand though, I'm not really comfortable holding hands and with a stranger"

They also didn't want her to catch wind of their strange body, they couldn't be sure how she'd react after all.

trying to divert attention away from themselves...

Lucia, but it wasn't her...

Did they miss seeing her that badly? The answer was instantly obvious, but this encounter had strangely made that fact sink in... A few tears came from their left eye before they wiped it on their sleeve.

"S-sorry... I don't know what's up with me..."

They lied, ⤵

display, and that hair in particular was quite mesmerising~

They breathed heavy as Lucy bumped into them, careful not to fall over before heading her voice and meeting her gaze with those just as lovely eyes~

"H-huh? N-nevermind um... It's fine, I-i'm fine..."

For a second it felt like hearing ⤵

It was for that reason that nobody had heard from Lumen for a little over a month now, keeping away from everything out of fear of their own destruction...

They wouldn't have minded that either really, they were certainly more of an indoorsy person, but they wanted to make this date something worth remembering.

"You sure, doesn't sound like you're all that excited for it Lulu, sorry I'm kinda bad at this sorta thing"