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Reita hears shuffling from across the room, making him snap his head up. There’s a silhouette in front of him, immediately Reita reaches for the lamp at his bedside holding it like a baseball bat.
“That’s not the welcome I was hoping for,”
A low voice comes from the shadow before stepping into the moonlight seeping from the bedroom window, a lanky figure dressed in black appears at the foot of the bed.
“Get the hell out of my house before I-“
“Or what?”
Reita is taken aback causing him to study the man further. Short black hair that falls into his face, a silver necklace and horns? Is this some Halloween prank? What the fu-
“It’s rude to stare.”
Reita is snapped out of his thoughts and looks back at the creature- or man’s face who is standing there, head tilted looking bored.
“I’m losing my patience here, did you or did you not call for me?” The man nods towards the bedside table.
Reita looks over, the creature porcelain figurine he was given staring back at him.
“This cannot be real,” Reita’s grip tightens on the lamp.
The man takes a seat in the chair by the window, “Unfortunately it is,” he sighs, moving his hand to rest under his jaw. Reita notices his long cat-like pointed nails adorned with a few silver rings.
“You’re telling me you came out of that weird thing?”
“Wasn’t someone supposed to explain all of this to you? That is some poor customer service.”
Reita’s mind is buzzing, he considers this guy really is just some junkie who broke into his apartment.
The man sighs, noticing Reita’s perplexed face, “I make your big, bad dreams go away so you can sleep like a baby, now can you lay down?”
Something in Reita wants to believe him so his hold on the lamp loosens, settling it back down on the table.
“Ok, I’ll bite. Explain…” Reita gestures towards the little statue.
“It’s straightforward, you call my name 3 times, I appear and you fall back asleep”
Aoi. Reita called out the name engraved under the figure when his nightmare got the best of him just a few minutes before the man appeared.
Reita props his head on his knee to look up at Aoi before asking,
“Why do you look human?”
“To appeal to kids and not freak them out,“ Aoi replies in a snap.
Reita finds his sarcastic tone amusing since he must deal with a lot of crying little kids waking up from nightmares, much more mild from Reita’s.
“You think you look appealing? You look like you came straight out of Hot Topic,” Reita chuckles
“I have no idea what that is,”
“So you don’t meet adults that often, huh?”
“You’re the first I've seen in a few centuries.”
They both fall quiet, Reita nibbles on his lip,
“I-“
“For God’s sake please just go to bed so I can get this over with”
Reita nods and complies, not wanting to upset the creature? man? Aoi any further. He fixes his blankets and pillow before nestling in and laying his head down. Aoi gets up from the chair walking towards Reita, he tenses up unsure of what Aoi is about to do. He stops in front of Reita’s side of the bed and places his hand on his forehead, Reita notes his hands are warm, already putting him at ease. He looks up at the man, getting a closer look at his face. Reita notes his features are quite delicate compared to the stone cold expressions he showed. Fluffy eyelashes, glowing pale skin in the moonlight and pink lips. Pretty.
Wait what am I thinking? Reita mentally hits himself.
“Sleep.” Reita hears Aoi say except this time he sounds heavenly and Reita feels lighter. His gaze is stuck on Aoi’s face, he feels himself fighting sleep to continue studying his cat-like features. The last thing he sees are a pair of soft eyes.