[Things had been looking promising. The release of the lanterns had gone off without a hitch, most people looked like they were enjoying themselves, and Ryuji had found himself laughing and letting loose more than he'd expected to from his position of having seventeen years' worth of bigger, grander Bon ceremonies under his belt.
But it's the company that makes a gathering--and this eclectic group of lost travellers is a good bunch. A strange and interesting bunch, if nothing else.
He's thinking the night's fun couldn't climb any higher from here until he waves at a smoking hot blonde along the way, and miracle of miracles, she waves back. He doesn't notice anything else amiss besides that odd quirk, that she's paying attention to him out of all of the guys to choose from. Why question a good thing? Gift horses and mouths, etc.
He still doesn't question it when she strikes up a conversation, guiding them a little further from the gathering, or when her hand falls on his shoulder, turning him just so so that their gaze snag and lock...
It's about then that things start to get a bit fuzzy at the edges.]
Late evening | Closed to Caroline and co.
But it's the company that makes a gathering--and this eclectic group of lost travellers is a good bunch. A strange and interesting bunch, if nothing else.
He's thinking the night's fun couldn't climb any higher from here until he waves at a smoking hot blonde along the way, and miracle of miracles, she waves back. He doesn't notice anything else amiss besides that odd quirk, that she's paying attention to him out of all of the guys to choose from. Why question a good thing? Gift horses and mouths, etc.
He still doesn't question it when she strikes up a conversation, guiding them a little further from the gathering, or when her hand falls on his shoulder, turning him just so so that their gaze snag and lock...
It's about then that things start to get a bit fuzzy at the edges.]