"Who Are You Again?"

Seeing him in the corner of their eye, they raised an eyebrow. It was easy enough to sense him behind them, even as they were running away from him. Their movements were truly more animal like than that of a human, yet it didn’t quite turn as feral. Every single step, landing and leap seemed to be calculated. Whether it was just instincts or their brain working overtime, they easily found the most efficient path.

Yet, he managed to get right on their tail, keeping up well enough. It wasn’t until then, as they felt his nen behind them that they started to feel a thrill. Rather than running away; they wanted to try and fight him. But, they would entertain this little game for now. It had been awhile since the properly stretched their legs. As he grew closer, they would wait until the very last second, until he almost had them in their reach before their nen suddenly exploded.

The atmosphere turned heavy, enveloping such a great area as their already inhuman speed only grew faster. They saw little need to go further than merely using nen, Terpsichora would remain for battles only. The gap would grow wide with another large leap, diving down into the wilderness as they kept moving; undisturbed by the terrain. Leaving claw marks and broken branches behind them.

Lan’s movements were almost picture perfect of the chimera ant’s, at least if they were human that is. Even if it did take bolstering his body with nen this early on to keep up, matching their calculated movements gave him the sliver of a chance and hope at actually being able to potentially tag them. Well, it did until their powerful nen almost completely rattled him from the intensity and once more the gap between them had been greatened. 

It would honestly be safe to say that it wasn’t even a simple gap anymore but an entire chasm. This was made worse by them taking the chase through the wilderness and with Lan already trailing so far behind it made it difficult to be able to match their movements and move efficiently where he wouldn’t be wasting stamina or nen in trying to keep up. Fortunately for him, however, all was not lost.

The chimera ant only pulled out the nen needed to keep themself far enough in the lead, or even to leave Lan in the dust. Which gave way to a few ideas. Since he didn’t see a hatsu there was potential that they didn’t have one, or that they believed it unnecessary for someone like him. Either way, both were good for him. As a beast hunter Lan was used to tracking down and studying beasts that following the trail they left behind, and the bonechilling aura they let off was child’s play.  

So, he only needed to make up the difference in their actual speed. Which the memory card he just conjured and inserted into his head should more than help with that. On the back of his hands formed what looked like singular arrow tips, the tip on his left hand pointing in the direction of his forearm and the right pointing toward his fingers. Upon tapping his chest twice with his right hand, two more arrows formed and suddenly Lan was zipping through the forest with his own fashion of inhuman speed once again trying to catch up.

The kuruta was in thought for a while, considering he was never that open up with a stranger straightaway. He obviously looking for the scarlet eyes of his brethren but he always cautious with who he talked about it. He had been looking for some information about it but somehow he failed to tracked where it was. “It would be nice if you could help me. But first of all, we don’t know each other yet.. i think it would be none of your business.” he said.

He didn’t mean to be rude, but it’s better to distancing himself from people, moreover a stranger that he didn’t know the background nor his name yet. “But still, thank you for the offer.”

Lan wasn’t offended at all by the blonde’s words. In fact, he completely understood the sentiment. He was a stranger and as such could be quite the liability to the other’s goal. So the other man had every right to be cautious and skeptical of Lan. 

However, that didn’t mean that the offer was off the table. “You’re not wrong there. It isn’t any of my business, but it could be if you wanted it to. So....” Lan outstretched his hand with a slight smile. “My name’s Lan, and I’m a beast hunter. I’m not sure how well my beast hunting could play into what you’re looking for but you are more than welcome to read about my accomplishments as a hunter on the web to make the decision for yourself, since I can’t really remember them.” 

[ hey Lan. i know it’s late and i know we haven’t talked in a while, but - would you want to get a drink or something next time we’re in the same town? my treat. ] [ this is Dani, if you don’t have my number anymore. ]

She doesn’t know why she’s reaching out to an old travel companion, one she hasn’t spoken to or even seen in some time, but - for some reason - 

She’s feeling lonely, bored and lonely, and he’d always been a pretty sweet and nice young man, so…

Why not catch up, for old time’s sake?

After all - they’d parted ways on reasonably good terms, so it wasn’t as if she’d receive somescathing reply, right? The worst that could happen would be a lack of an answer, or even a simple “No” or “We’ll see.”

Nothing to lose, then.

The hunter tossed and turned in his bed unable to sleep. It had been quite the rough week for him with this hunt, and nothing seemed to be going right. After one more turn, Lan rolled onto his back and stared up at the ceiling in the pitch black room with audible sigh.

That was when his phone buzzed, signaling a notification and he reached over, grabbing it off the dresser beside the bed to examine who was trying to reach him at this late an hour. “Dani?” He read the name of the sender aloud with an arched brow. The name sounded familiar but he wasn’t exactly recalling who they were. 

Upon unlocking his phone and seeing the photo attached to the contact, it all came rushing back to him as he immediately sat up with a big smile on his face. “Dani!” Never had Lan been happier to not be able to sleep. 

He immediately began to try to think of how to respond to her messages, typing out a few lines before deleting them not liking how things were worded or feeling like it didn’t give enough detail. After a little bit of time, Lan finally had something he was satisfied with and sent it. His heart racing as he did, hoping she’d understand and not get the wrong impression since it was through text.

NINE FACTS

► Birth Place ➔ “I don’t know, and I can’t exactly remember where it is but I was raised in an orphanage.” ► Hair Color ➔  “It’s definitely black.” ► Eye Color ➔  “A bright shade of green!” ► Birthday ➔ “I’m not sure but I celebrate it on January 20th.” ► Mood ➔  “I’m feeling pretty adventurous as of late, honestly.” ► Gender ➔ “I’m a man.” ► Summer or winter ➔  “I like summer since winter is when a good number of beasts hibernate so summer gives me more hunts to go on.” ► Morning or afternoon ➔ “Morning. I get a lot more done in the day if I start early.”

EIGHT THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE

► Are you in love ➔ “It’s very possible, and she’ll know who she is.” ► Do you believe in love at first sight ➔ “To an extent. I’m not sure exactly how to explain it. Sometimes there’s just an instant connection.” ► Who ended your last relationship ➔ “My memory.” ► Have you ever broken someone’s heart ➔ “Maybe? It most definitely wasn’t intentional though.” ► Are you afraid of commitments ➔ “Kind of, but more so because of my memory.” ► Have you hugged someone within the last week? ➔ “I’m probably going to hug someone today. Does that count?” ► Have you ever had a secret admirer ➔ “Uh....maybe?” ► Have you ever broken your own heart? ➔ “A few times, actually.”

SIX CHOICES

► Love or lust ➔ ”Both? Both. Both is good.” ► Lemonade or iced tea ➔ “I want to say both again, but if I have to choose, iced tea.” ► Cats or Dogs ➔ “I like cats just a bit more than dogs.” ► A few best friends or many regular friends ➔ “A few close best friends. I don’t think I need to explain why.” ► Wild night out or romantic night in ➔ “Wild night out that leads to a romantic night in.” ► Day or night ➔ “It’s definitely much prettier out at night.”

FIVE HAVE YOU EVERS

► Been caught sneaking out ➔ “I...don’t know?” ► Fallen down/up the stairs ➔ “I don’t think so, I’ve got pretty good balance.” ► Wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? ➔ “Hell yes.” ► Wanted to disappear ➔ “Well, I can kind of do that by using Zetsu but if you mean literally, not really.”

FOUR PREFERENCES

► Smile or eyes ➔ “Eyes since it’s easy to get lost in a pretty set of them.” ► Shorter or Taller ➔ “I don’t mind either or.” ► Intelligence or Attraction ➔ “Hmmmm, once again I don’t really mind either to be honest.” ► Hook-up or Relationship ➔ “Hook-ups are easier for me considering, but I do want to try to be in a proper relationship one day.”

FAMILY

► Do you and your family get along ➔ “I uh....don’t really have any family.” ► Would you say you have a “messed up life” ➔ “Not really. More so unordinary than anything.” ► Have you ever ran away from home ➔ “Does going off to become a Hunter in an attempt to help the orphanage count?” ► Have you ever gotten kicked out ➔ “I got kicked out of the Hunter Exam the first time I tried out.”

FRIENDS

► Do you secretly hate one of your friends ➔ “Nope. It’s honestly hard for me to hate any of them.” ► Do you consider all of your friends good friends ➔ “Definitely! If anything I’m the bad friend for always forgetting things.” ► Who is your best friend ➔ ”Hmmmm. I’d have to say Tifa or maybe even Machi. Or maybe even Kide....it’s kind of hard to pick.” ► Who knows everything about you ➔ “Hell, I don’t even know everything about me. But again it’d have to be those three since I’ve shared everything I know and remember with them.”

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Your result: Mulberry

Key Words: Romance, Slow-Burning, Devotion

The love of yearning, of candlelit nights spend staring longingly at your lover’s hands or of cramping your own with the effort of writing the perfect love letter, yours is the love that transcends time, expectations, and patience. When you’re in love with somebody, you give them your whole heart. An extremely loyal, thoughtful, and introspective person, your ideal date may involve simply opening a bottle of wine and revelling in the company of your favourite person. Voted most likely to fall in love with somebody who your soul remembers from a past life - if you believe in that sort of thing.

“I haven’t been there too often.” Cloud was just staying in the bar in between work, either from AVALANCHE or for someone else in the slums who reached out to him through Tifa. He enjoyed both her drinks and her company, but both of them were quite busy. “It’s just, the few times I’m there, I always see you. Must be really great company, huh.” If he was there for Tifa, then he wasn’t the only one.

Cloud gave a wave of his hand. “What’s done is done. Next time I see that guy I take my money back.” With force, obviously. He wasn’t going to let anyone stop him, since that guy really brought that on himself.

Lan arched a brow at the blonde’s words. The guy already seemed pretty monotone and for lack of a better word grumpy, but it seemed like there was a bit more bite when he referenced Lan’s comments on the great company. Was it possible that this guy was close to Tifa in some way? Thinking on it, and taking in the blonde’s appearance, aloofness, and overall demeanor it felt like Lan was on the right track but was still drawing a blur on who this person was.

It was very possible that Tifa might have mentioned something about this man at the bar or in passing while they were spending time together, so Lan was starting to believe that it might be best to try and jog his memory by spending more time with the man, and what better way to do that than to help him out with his situation.

Kurapika was drowning into his own paper when suddenly someone checking him up. “…No, it’s just..”

“I’m looking for something. it’s nothing urgent but, i kinda frustrated.”