“No worries! There are no bad starts!” At first, he was not certain as to why she was telling him such words, but he remembered and laughed inside his mind at how he could have forgotten so quickly. She appeared forgiving over the error in his introduction. Did he give the impression that he felt bad for it? How sweet of her to reassure him, but moments come and go like a sudden gust of wind. In about a minute or two, he had forgotten about it.
“Seitenshi-san or Unmei-san,” he said whilst deepening the traces of the smile he almost liberated from his lips. Seitenshi Unmei. The girl had quite the meaningful name. If he were given a chance to guess what her name was, he would have thought it to possess “angel” as well. “I can’t say long names for the life of me without messing up in the long run. But hey, nice to meet you…Unmei-san!” He reciprocated her handshake, nodding in approval at how fluid their encounter has been. It was not easy associating with people, especially when they often catch him doing his hobbies before proper introduction. Unfortunately, he did not really care too much about expanding his social circle. When the monsters come, he will not have time to care about the people he has met and spoken with – of which such interactions may amount to less than a day if one were to collect and measure the time spent.
He was almost taken by surprise when she took his hand again. He resisted the urge to pull away. Was there a need for her to hold his hand? Perhaps that was the case, and he did not know the reason. He decided to turn a blind eye on the situation, and followed her as she pulled him gently through a few steps. It was difficult not to think that Unmei might be too excited on the first day of school, which contradicted his initial reaction of dread. He was not worried about the school per se, but more of the fact that he might not be able to find monsters in a place where those weird vampires roam. It could be that the vampires would dominate the area, and those monsters, perhaps considered lesser, can only scrounge for whatever space is left nearby.
Rigen found Unmei to be rather refreshing with her foolproof enthusiasm. He led the way toward the auditorium that was located past an open space not too far from the gates. When they reached the doors, he released Unmei’s hand, and waited for her to go in before he followed. Disappointment riddled the expressions of some of the students who were gathered close to the door. He wondered what could be their problem, and that they should learn something from Unmei. Life just seemed wasted on them.