*locked to papillonroux*
Tick. Tick. T-Tick.
The clock struck eleven. He had one more hour to go. One more hour to wait for a lady's appearance.
Souji Seta was waiting by the rooftop of the Velvet Mall. He could see everything from here. Be it the dorms, the demons closing up their shops, or the many restaurants that were present in the Mall. Even if the Velvet Mall was closed off from the outside world, Souji could feel the melancholic moonlight shining down on him as he started his reverie.
...It was hard to believe that he was here for two months already. In his own reality, he would have headed towards an unknown destination, a faraway place, away from all his friends and comrades. In the Mall, he had a chance to meet new friends, walk around as much as he wanted... and fall in love.
He hadn't expected something like this to happen. The last girlfriend he had, Yukiko Amagi, broke up with him on good terms. There was absolutely no way a long-distance relationship could last, and they promised to wait for each other until the day where they would meet again and see how it went from there on. Yukiko was the perfect lady. Always feminine, proper and beautiful, she was his ideal girl.
Why did he fall for a girl the total opposite of Amagi? She was not elegant in the slightest. She was headstrong, reckless and too competitive for his liking. She wasn't feminine or ladylike in any way, but he found himself enamored with her anyway. As he hugged her and allowed her to cry on his shoulders, he didn't realize it, but that was the day he fell for Cho Arisato.
...And the kiss that separated them. He had done that on a moment of impulse, but it only caused them more pain. He had heard from a friend that she was hurting too, and he knew that he had to end this somehow. Even if he had to lie to himself, he had only her welfare in mind. The words swam in his mind, clouded by hesitation and doubt.
Would she come?
The clock struck eleven. He had one more hour to go. One more hour to wait for a lady's appearance.
Souji Seta was waiting by the rooftop of the Velvet Mall. He could see everything from here. Be it the dorms, the demons closing up their shops, or the many restaurants that were present in the Mall. Even if the Velvet Mall was closed off from the outside world, Souji could feel the melancholic moonlight shining down on him as he started his reverie.
...It was hard to believe that he was here for two months already. In his own reality, he would have headed towards an unknown destination, a faraway place, away from all his friends and comrades. In the Mall, he had a chance to meet new friends, walk around as much as he wanted... and fall in love.
He hadn't expected something like this to happen. The last girlfriend he had, Yukiko Amagi, broke up with him on good terms. There was absolutely no way a long-distance relationship could last, and they promised to wait for each other until the day where they would meet again and see how it went from there on. Yukiko was the perfect lady. Always feminine, proper and beautiful, she was his ideal girl.
Why did he fall for a girl the total opposite of Amagi? She was not elegant in the slightest. She was headstrong, reckless and too competitive for his liking. She wasn't feminine or ladylike in any way, but he found himself enamored with her anyway. As he hugged her and allowed her to cry on his shoulders, he didn't realize it, but that was the day he fell for Cho Arisato.
...And the kiss that separated them. He had done that on a moment of impulse, but it only caused them more pain. He had heard from a friend that she was hurting too, and he knew that he had to end this somehow. Even if he had to lie to himself, he had only her welfare in mind. The words swam in his mind, clouded by hesitation and doubt.
Would she come?