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the guy with silver hair and dreamy blue eyes joined around a month after you started volunteering at an animal shelter. phainon was great with animals and helping first time owners to pick a new family member to take home.

it's how you found yourself in the back, feeding the animals and cleaning up the litter as phainon hijacked your role at the till. you might as well be in two different worlds now but he's somehow always there when you're in trouble.

having trouble with picking up a litter bag? where is the cat food? need some help getting the grooming tools from the shelve? phainon saves the day each time, a habit that you found suffocating sometimes but he was far friendlier than your actual coworkers.

you spoke too soon, seeing a scratch on your arm from a skittish cat sent phainon on a murder spree, his hands wrapping around the cat's throat.

the only option was pressing the fire alarm, forcing everyone to evacuated the building and it's the story how you was fired despite snitching on phainon to your boss.

phainon was sweet and good looking, he wouldn't dare hurt anyone, let alone an animal and the cat disappearing sealed your fate. you was forced to give your name badge and uniform to him too, the deranged psycho only giving you a sheepish smile, apologising for overreacting but you should had communicated with your words.

phainon was taking the piss, you tried tackling him to the floor when he was choking the life out of the poor cat, not stopping even when your tears started coming out. phainon is the one that dared you to press the fire alarm if you was that brave enough.

at least, you won't have to see him again now but you couldn't help but shake off the feeling of dread as phainon was clearly watching you out of the window display as you left the shelter for the last time.

fast forward to a month, you've been inside your room this whole time, only leaving for the bathroom or to answer the door. the traumatic event was still taking a toll on you, online cat memes was enough to trigger unwanted memories but at least, phainon is gone forever.

knock knock knock

who is that at the door? ah, it must be the delivery man with your chinese takeout, opening the door with a dollar in your hand, planning to give a tip too.

it's not him. it's someone else.

phainon

why is he here? how does he know where you live?

"phainon, aren't you meant to be at the shelter?"

a minor slip up, enough for a smile to form on his face, already clearly taking it the wrong way. you only knew because your shifts always lined up with him.

"hi partner, it's been a while, how are you?"

you're already zoning out because seeing a bouquet in flowers in his right hand and a chinese takeout in his left hand was enough to trigger a panic attack.

"phainon, i'm so sorry but it's really bad timing really now, i've gotta go."

you tried slamming the door on him but his words stopped you.

"hey, that's not how you treat your boyfriend."

your what?

"by the way, that animal shelter have shut down. the cops discovered mutilated animals in the owner's home, he even touched puppies, what a sicko."

gallagher managed to reveal one.

"(y/n) is a stowaway, that's why she never talks about herself."

a member of the oak family spelled out your fate. one of the worst party to discover the truth but surely, you would just be banish forever.

you just hung around as a casual citizen, never causing any trouble or drawing attention to themselves. penacony was the planet of festivities not judgement so the consequences cannot be too bad.

unfortunately, sunday's smile is much more scarier than imaginable.

"all i wanted was you."

the first thing that sunday said upon you starting a new chapter jail sentence with this deranged man.

you just hoped that sunday would never deem you as a naughty girl because you rather be locked away inside his mansion than a real jail cell.

you still felt trapped though.

but at least the pillows and blankets could soothe you away to sweet dreams, a temporary escape from everything.

sometimes, the dreams would become nightmare though when sunday would lose his temper. you ignited the first incident and it was terrifying.

the rage transformed his halo into horns.

you rather be his docile doll with zero freedom.

it was the perfect foundation for dr ratio to put everything into motion till a certain blonde got in the way. you was too oblivious to notice his love bombing, aventurine may be a sweet talker but he was never the sentimental type to give out flowers for a good friend of his.

dr ratio wanted to let out a scoff upon hearing that. if only you knew the truth. the thing is neither of them wanted you to know.

so the pair made a deal to protect you from the harsh truth of the world.

"aventurine kindly offered to fund our upcoming research project so we'll have to live together for a while and he will pop in regularly for updates."

you brought the lie too easily.

him and aventurine was doing you a favour by whisking you away from the outside world.

an innocent soul wasn't fit to be left alone.

the pair just hope that you would never caught on since they didn't want to corrupt you.

cute.

aventurine couldn't help but associated that term with you.

"for how long?"

"maybe forever."

your face dropped at hearing his answer.

aventurine was a little bit glad that he whisking you away from your family considering you took his answer so seriously. your clothes did awfully look a bit wore down. aventurine dismissed it at first though because why would he care?

the only thing aventurine added fuel to the fire by finding your father first after he laid eyes on you.

"a game of poker, i get your daughter or your debt will be paid off, depending on who wins."

it's okay though, you were never going to find out.

luck was always on the blonde side.

"it's our grand opening day and your hair is in dry state, come in for a quick wash at 50% off."

in a normal situation, blade would shoo her away with a death blare but a nearby stall selling decorative swords featuring a design that reminded him way too much of jingliu's one made him follow her.

the last thing he needed was to have another marastruck breakdown without the actual person being there. blade wouldn't care about the chaos that would ensure, it just the acknowledgement that jingliu that vanished his life years ago still had that impact on him.

he might end up with him impaling kafka with his blade out of rage after she soothe down the marastruck because jingliu's shadow somehow still lurked over him.

a thing that could be avoided so blade went with it. the regret came instant though as the defeating sound of the salon erupted his eardrums. the man would turn around and walk out if another younger girl didn't grabbed onto his wrist.

in his frazzled state, the girl was able to drag blade to a room in the back of the salon, asking him to lay down onto one of the chair and rest his head above the sink.

blade wanted to growl at her but her mannerisms reminded him way too much of his dear friend that he tried to revive centuries ago. so blade gave in but his shoulders remained tense till the water shrouded his locks.

the sound of the running water made blade forget about the next step so when the young assistant placed a hand on his head filled with conditioner caused blade to latch onto her wrist with such brute strength.

it's just blade never liked surprises but he forgot this was a service, not a surprise so when the young assistant prompted him to let go, he did but not without missing the tone of fear in her voice.

blade was never good with first impressions, that was kafka's job, not his.

but blade didn't want to give up so easily so he tried coaxing more information out of her. maybe it was out of curiosity or nostalgic for his beloved friend or boredom.

it didn't matter either way, blade would never see the girl again.

things took a turn though when the wanted criminal finally closed his eyes at her fingers thrifting his hair, creating a smoothing sensation.