(OOC: Just one day away and I'm way behind.
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Neither Vante nor Mystia was sleepy. The youkai was understandably active, because she was a nocturnal creature. Not wanting to create a ruckus this late at night, she resorted to humming to pass the time. The human, however, didn't feel right sleeping here. The shrine gave off some unsettling aura for him, like some chilly feeling.
Currently, both of them were sitting next to each other.
It was a better time to talk than any, Vante thought. "You said a while ago that
youkai would have eaten me if they could."
It took Mystia some time to realize he was talking to her. "Oh, yes, I did."
"Would you have eaten me?"
Still, none of them looked at each other. "Sure, I'd love to. It's just that," Mystia sighed, "when I tried the last time to eat someone, I got beaten up. Not just once, but more than ten times, I think. It doesn't seem so fun anymore when you know you're going to fail every time. And now that we've made some sort of freaky bond, I don't think you'd be happy if I tried."
"...what's going to happen tomorrow?" Vante's mile-long stare seemed to be focusing on something beyond the walls.
Mystia finally broke the no-eye-contact conversation with an annoyed expression. "You're one of those deep types, are you? I just can't understand your type, you know. Always thinking, thinking, and thinking, when you could be doing something else! What
is there to think about?"
"Oh, there's everything. There's those conversations that go bad, those times when you're running late, those times when people get angry at you, those times that almost take your life-"
"What? You're worrying about that?" the night sparrow coughed briefly. She was already facing Vante, with her
youkai eyes looking right into his. "You shouldn't worry so much, you know. Today is today, tomorrow is tomorrow. Today isn't tomorrow, so give it a rest."
This time, Vante was the one shuffling around to face Mystia. "Look at it this way: some people like saving their snacks for later, while some eat them right away. I'm the one who saves it for later, because I might get hungry later. Do you get it? If I have nothing prepared for something that might happen later,
eh di, yari ako. I'll be caught unprepared."
Mystia nodded slightly. "It's true that it sucks getting caught unprepared, but it also sucks to spend a lot of your time having to get ready for that. It sounds really boring and sad seeing people do that, wasting all that effort."
"Well, to each their own, I suppose."
There was silence for a few minutes. Not wanting to end the conversation on a sour tone, Mystia picked it up again. "I've always wondered what you humans do in the Outside World," she traced the floor absentmindedly with her fingers, "What was your job before coming here?" It was only fair that Vante told her his story, since he already knew some of hers.
Vante looked at the night sparrow. "I was a teacher. An assistant teacher, to be exact. I don't know about you, but I find it fun to teach young people. Granted, I'm not from around here- Japan, I mean- but that doesn't make teaching less fun."
"Okay, so you're like Keine. She's also a teacher, by the way. So does it involve all those books and small characters and letters?"
"It does. But it's not just about that; it's about getting all that in here," Vante pointed to his head, "That's the first point of learning. The second one-"
"-is actually using it. I know that, 'cause we youkai have been doing that since forever," Mystia said.
She stood up, stretching her arms an unfurling her wings. "You should go get some sleep now. It's not good to stay up for so long," she went to the window and leaned on the windowsill, "I'm going outside for a while. See you in the morning~!" Bending diagonally, she beat her wings and flew out of the room silently.
Vante lay down on the futon in the same way he did at Mokou's house. He would wake up in the morning forgetting what time he had finally slept.
Mystia was about to settle on sitting on the shrine's rooftop when she saw Mokou. They were friends, but only because they would compete with each other in their businesses. The immortal had a human partner, too. How did she fare with her partner?
She began gliding towards the place Mokou and Ranna were lying down on. "Hoo, hoo, hoo," she hooted at the pair to get their attention, "Ah, that's a fine specimen there, Mokou!" she joked. "How's it going?"
(OOC: inb4Sonae reacts)
