there is an art in manipulation. a sense of patience and thinking with great detail. one did not simply think that just because you have the power that you could lord it over too much, lest you really had that much dirt on them. then there is the fact that kindness was not a weakness, it was a weapon. if you control it, seem genuine, then you rope in more to the spider web. it’s like drawing flies to honey.. the sweeter it was, the more delightful the eventual betrayal becomes.
it’s why shin’ichi bothered to even play nice, to put up the pretense of a friendly, polite man who meant well. honestly, he had to pretend in front of his own mother for sixteen years, so these games he did were almost child’s play. never gets old, though.
which is why, here he was now, playing the same games with one of his many targets. today being one lee haeun. walking through the corridors, he could still hear the whispers between some others. it’s a pitiful attempt at being hush, hush about things.
“did you hear? she’s dating damien apparently.”
“the son of hades with the daughter of dracula? i mean, i can see it.”
“there’s no surprise there, they’re so clingy with each other...”
he kept a small, unreadable smile as he passed by the corridor of whispers, taking his time as amusement build up inside him. was the rumor necessary for him to gain haeun’s trust? hardly. was it fun? definitely.
ah, but there she is. his target found, the demon found himself shifting his own expression masterfully. dark pupils flickered about, glancing back at the dhampir in ( feigned ) concern. taking hasty, nervous steps, he got closer to the other. “haeun, that’s you right? lee haeun?”
let the games begin.