The brisk autumn weather nipped at her cheeks as she numbly stared into the sky. Leaves crunching under her white-knuckled fist as she lost herself in her own degrading thoughts. She was only broken out of her trance when a face appeared above her. “Koemi-chan, you’re looking beau- actually, you’re looking terrible.” Her eyes managed to narrow at the Rentaro’s comment, however she did not make a move to sit herself up. “Thanks,” she replied with a sardonic tone. It caused the boy to shoot her a tilted grin, showing off his pointed teeth. After a minute, it seemed to be that he was content hovering above her with an unnerving stare. Instinctively, she refused to back down from the impromptu staring contest. However, her scowl and twitching eyebrow told her she was not amused at the antics. “What?” She finally spit out, not in the mood to play one of Rentaro’s mind games. He coolly shrugged, before plopping down beside her. A bag crinkled next to her, and with a quick look, she
“Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they, unfortunately, have room for one feeling only at a time.”
-J.M. Barrie
He had wandered far away from his designated ‘stay put spot’, his father was sure to be angry with him. The young boy pulled a face, mentally blaming the pixies that had lured him into the foggy forest in the first place.
They had acted playful and nice in the beginning; however, he should’ve heeded his father’s warnings that they were mischievous menaces that took pleasure preying on unknowing fools. He dug his shoe in the dirt, looking this way and tha