@tentaiii | Closed Starter
It had been over two years. Surely that should be plenty of time to move on and accept the fate that would be soon befall him. And yet her arrival had stirred everything back to the surface. Pain rippled through his very nerves as he caught sight of the keys at his hip. The very thing he had tried so hard to avoid, and now here it was staring him in the face.
She couldn’t get to close. He couldn’t get to close. If she were to summon one of her spirits in his vicinity, there was no doubt in his mind they would recognize him. He couldn’t let them see him like this; the leader of the zodiac in such a pitiful sight.
The first response he had was nervous laughter. Soon after he was backing away, unable to keep his composure, something he was usually so good at.
“Hey, uh, welcome to the guild and all, but uh...I’m getting ready to leave on a job! Yeah, that’s it!” Again he backed up a bit, tension rising.