{ the trip to his cousin's mansion was one that he took often back when he hadn't left for his studies abroad. the familiar pathway to the huge house greeted him, and the same staff he had left had offered to park his car for him. stepping out, he climbed the stairs to the front porch, the door already opened for him and he's asked to wait for her in the drawing room. it was eerily quiet; a normal thing for such a huge house, much like his own, albeit his was humbler than this abode. }













