❝ Tada , you're actually really pretty . ❞

❝ I see . I heard rumors that people came here to die . The people who use to live here left cause weird things kept happening . Once I saw you , I thought maybe you were the cause of it but it doesn't feel like that .❞

Once he was finished with the drawing , he let Tomio see it .

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sketch .

❝ You're right . It was a stupid question so let me rephrase it .

What is a jikininki doing here ? Are you what haunts this area ? ❞

Gideon felt a wave of shyness wash over him, remembering the events that happened not too long ago.

❝ Oh that , um — I thought it would've been a shame to let it go to waste .❞

It was easier talking to creatures or ghosts than actually ❛ people .  ❜

change from the pale creature he had encountered earlier that night.

He still held onto him , providing some sort of stability as the vertigo wore off completely .

❝ Nice meeting you , Tomio . ❞

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He knew it was changing , he had seen other creatures shift before but it looked incredibly painful . He wanted to help in some way but there was nothing he could actually do .

Once the jikiniki changed into his human form , Gideon offered his hand for the other to take .

❝ Must really suck . ❞

floor a few inches away .

❝ They're all very unique & beautiful in their own way .❞

Bringing out a pencil from his bag , he began to sketch away .

happy ?

He brought out the sketch book as if he had understood what the pale creature had said . He showed the sketch book off— opening to pages where other creatures & specters were eternally captured on pages .

❝ I've met beings of all kinds on my travels . ❞

He took a seat on the dusty -

like a good time .

[ anything sounded better than ghost & demons so he'd happily take on a hundred pocket gremlins or a drunken girl any time.]

Just me the way .

[ perhaps it was the best to walk with her , Gideon had a feeling something interesting could happen . He started to lead the way as his smile kept its place , a strange occurrence indeed . ]

It is late for you or anyone to be out , so I wouldn't mind besides fighting off a pocket gremlin sounds -

[ he wondered if he could share what he meant by ❛ target demographic ❜ but he knew she would get it or rather he didn't want to explain it . ]

Just being stupid , don't mind me much .

[ he shrugged slightly causing the coat to look bigger than what it already was . ]

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it , that way he could keep his eyes on it .

❝ Let's go back inside . Would you allow me to sketch you ? ❞

pet but again , he didn't know what the creature was fully capable of . Instead Gideon called it cute before moving back to the street .

He'll head back into the house in case the sun was leathel to the creature . He really didn't know what to do now that it followed , perhaps he could sketch -

Was the food okay ? ❞

He asked that as if he had prepared the / meal / himself . With the sun coming out though , Gideon was curious to see what it will do .

❝ The sun will come out soon , will you be okay ? ❞

❝ Any regrets ? ❞ Gideon asked softly in order to not interrupt the other's meal time . The spirit nodded before whispering into Gideon's ear before vanishing out of sight .

Gideon then turned his back towards the creature to give it some privacy as it finished eating .

When the brunette finally did look away it was because something else grabbed his attention .

The spirit of the man that had dead was watching how the jikiniki ate away at his body . Without a word he looked at Gideon & sighed deeply , there wasn't much he could do .

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