#modern thread

@harkcr

She had played a dangerous game for some days now. Why was she so reckless? She risked her cover everytime she shared her emotions with him. But... She had never met another immortal besides Dimitri before. She had never met someone that could understand. He had known the pain of loss, the loneliness, he had known the way your vision of the world starts to shift as you get too old to be fully human anymore. She felt this strange attraction, something ancient and deep.

In the silence of her small office, Fish could almost hear her thoughts. Sadness, guilt, and yet... She was anxious to see him again. She was wondering, what would they talk about? Would they talk about the exhiliration of being alive? The sadness of witnessing civilisations fall? She sighed. It was a one way relationship anyway. She could not tell him how she had stopped aging. She could not share with him the fear of seeing her humanity fading. It was her weight to carry, and she could not burden him with it. For he was not a friend, of that she was sure. At the slightest opportunity, he could betray her. Would he, though ?

She was lost in her thoughts when she heard a high pitched noise. A phone notification. She grabbed it, to see an email from Jeremy Murray's assistant. Jeremy Murray... Wasn't he the head of the foundation?

From : [email protected] To : Fish 

Subject : Meeting at 11am

Good morning,

You are expected in Mr Murray's office at 11 am for a last minute meeting. Please confirm as soon as possible. Best regards, Joanna Smith, Mr Murray's assistant

A last minute meeting? That was the understatement of the year! It was almost 11 already! She replied quickly that she would be there, and grabbed her coat as she left her office hastily. She tried not to overthink this, but wasn't it odd that the head of the foundation would want to meet a simple PhD student? Perhaps it was protocol... But if it wasn't, this was a bad omen.

She arrived panting at Mr Murray's office, trying to gather herself. She caught her breath for a minute and went to the assistant desk. With a smile, the lady grabbed her phone to let him know she was ready to see him.

Hisana was sitting in the lobby area, though she was hesitant to label it as such, it was very nicely laid out and looked like a ballroom certain times of the year. It was just like the Kuchiki's to even have the best waiting areas, not that many people sat in the seats like she did. She was waiting for the patron to leave the front desk before she picked up her son who had been idly playing on the floor.

Going to the side counter, "Aww Ms. Hisana!" The older woman working there smiled, "And oh my, the handsome little, Hisashi." Pulling out a small basket of candy like she often did, Hisashi brightened up and started looking through them eagerly.

Hisana took the paper and signed her name at the bottom, stating she had got her check for herself and her son. "I wan' two.."