Michiko => Geisha
Jack => Ripper
Hastur => Feaster
Joseph Desaulnier => Photographer
Aesop Carl => Embalmer
Eli Clark => Seer
Norton Campbell => Prospector
Naib Subedar => Mercenary
Patricia Dorval => Enchantress
Enjoy~
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"Come on Ace! Drink a bit" Norton pushes me into drinking "No, I'm driving, I'm not in the mood to call an Uber" I said sternly "that aside! Where is Eli-" I stop when I see him kissing a long Navy haired guy
I stare deadpanned "so we leaving with out Eli?" I questioned as Norton laughs and pushed me
"Learn from your friend and go have fun" he says as I sigh and sit on a chair
"C'mon Joe! Have some fun!" I hear a male with black hair tell his friend
I look at the friend, he had white hair that was tied in a low ponytail, his blue eyes shone like no other, I could see a slight bit of make up, he wore a turtle neck long sleeve and a jacket over it
"Ah! Aesop~" Jack calls as I smile and wave "where is Naib? Have you seen him?" He asks as I shake my head "he is probably over with Norton getting drunk" I said as he face palms "oh no" "oh no indeed" I said laughing as he thanks me and leaves
I see the white haired male from earlier head to Jack as my eyes drift and start looking around the room
"Aesop!!!" Patricia runs to me "what? What's wrong-" I was going to ask worried until I saw her face and cringed, I got up and we went to the bathroom as I lock the door
"You really need to take care more" I said chuckling as she pouts "don't pout" I said fixing her make up
After 10 mins we were done "there we go, now don't go ruining it again dear" as she giggles and leaves me alone
"Ah Hey~" the white haired man called as I slightly panicked "u-Um hi" I said I see Jack heading towards me with Naib
"Aesop!-" he stopped himself when he saw the male next to me
"Oh? You met Joseph already?" He questions as I look at him hoping he will somehow rescue me from the stranger
"Well you two have fun, as for Naib-" he got cut by my friend kissing him
"Naib" he sighs "I'll take him to my apartment, don't worry about him" Jack said as I smiled "you guys aren't dating anymore don't go and do it again" I snicker and thanked him as he left
"So, Aesop? Nice name" he says smiling to himself as I saw him, and quickly left not wanting to interact
"Why am I in a bar" I questioned my self, right as I said that Eli falls on me
"Ow, Eli? What's wrong?" I question as he crawls and starts hugging me I sigh "still as clingy as ever when you are drunk" I complained while smiling
"Ace... I met this guy" he started while slurring some of his words "he is so nice~~" he continued as Norton comes to me
"Oh my... um you want help?" He asks as I nod, he takes him to my car as I got our stuff and was about to leave when Joseph stopped me
"Can... I have your number?" He asked as I slightly panicked, not wanting to interact
Patricia saw me as she pulls me "c'mom Ace! You are our ride home" she says pulling me as I wave to him and quickly go to my car drive us to our apartment
-morning-
I wake up as I see Eli and Norton sleeping next to me "gross..." I sigh while getting up to go to my favorite Cafe,
"Ah Aesop?" I see Patricia while leaving my room "hey" I call as she smiles and we leave together
"I leave here~" she says holding her bag and splitting as I wave to her and go to the Cafe
"Thank god you are here Aesop!" Naib says sitting in a chair holding Jack's hand as I mentally Facepalm
"Together?" I ask raising a brow as he saw his hand and let go of Jack "not again" he laughed "yea" Jack said... almost traumatized
"We want to introduce you to someone~" he says as the male from yesterday comes in
The jack wave at him as he came our way
"What do you want Naib? Quickly I have a client in a couple mins" I say as he raises his brow "couple mins? How much? And where?" I look away not wanting to answer as I see him smugly smirk
I felt defeated as I sat down "Joseph, This is Aesop Carl, Ace, this is Joseph Desaulnier" Naib introduced as I shake Joseph's hands
We talk about each other for a bit "what do you work as?" I question "oh! A Photographer, I should take your photo one day" he says giggling "you?"
"A make up Artist" I say as I see his eyes shine "Eh?! Make up Artist?? Teach me please!!" He pleaded as I chuckle at his actions "sure let's do that one day~" I got a phone call
"Hey" -Aesop
"Ace?! Where did you run off to?" -Norton
"Ah... sorry I forgot that Eli has hangovers" - Aesop
"Yea come back right now!" -Norton
"Can't. I have a client" -Aesop
"I hate you" -Norton
"Ace! It hurts!!" -Eli
"Hang in the El, and Nort... I love you too~" -Aesop
I finished the call chuckling to my self "oh? You have a boyfriend?" Joseph asks as I shake my head "no just a bunch childhood friend Idiots that I live with" I say smiling to my self
"I see that you care about them a lot" he says softly looking at me as I nod while smiling
"I need to leave, I have work right now, let's talk again though" I said as we exchange contact info
"Let me walk you to your destination" he suggested "oh no, I don't want to trouble you" I replied but he was having none of it as he got his camera bag and walks with me out
"I have a photo shoot so I might as well also get going" he said giggling as we leave the cafe and head to our own locations
"Let's me see your location?" Joseph says as I give him my phone with the location as his eyes widen
"Oh? This is the same place I'm going to!" He exclaimed as I looked at him slightly surprised
We continued walking to the destination
-slight time skip-
We arrive as the woman of the house greets us "oh! I'm happy that you came Joseph!! And thank you Mr.Carl" The lady says
"No! I would do anything for you Michiko" Joseph said giggling "plus I heard that the man is very romantic~~" he says smirking at her
"Oh? You two know each other?" I ask as they look at each other then away
"A bit embarrassing, but yea when we were younger we used to act like we were a gang around the neighborhood" Joseph says nervously chuckling as I softly laugh
"Oh yea!! With your twin!!!" Michiko exclaimed then quickly quieted down, I look at Joseph to see him frowning looking at the floor
"Well that aside~! Mr.Carl you will get on with a natural make up look while Joseph takes a couple photos of my husband with our child" she told us as we quickly got to work
"Mrs... about what happened with Joseph-" the female opened her eyes slightly "forget about it, it's nothing" she says sadly smiling as I sigh but continue my work
After 20 mins
"Honey! We are done," I hear the husband say as she smiles and thanks me
I go out to the garden to see the photo shoot
"Aesop! Can you help me please?" Joseph asks looking into his camera and capturing a couple photos
"Bring the Lens on the right of my bag" he commanded as I went and got it for him
My phones rings
"Hello" -Aesop
"Hey~ Ace, Nort And I are going to our old school for a while, wanna come with?" -Eli
"Who is going?" -Aesop
"Patty, Me, Nort, Naib and you if you'll come" -Eli
I thought of it for a second, looking at my schedule... I had time but something in me was telling me it wants to stay with Joseph and get to know him
I ignored that feeling as I agreed to meet them at the station that you leave for the school
"I'll leave now, Mrs.Michiko, Joseph, congrats on your marriage and the child" I said smiling from under my mask as I bow and leave the property to meet my friends
-at the Station-
"Ace!!" They wave at me as we leave to the school
We look at our school as we recall some memories
We enter the place to be greeted by our old Teacher as we greet him back as he takes us around
"Oh? Mr.Link? Who is there with you?" A young man who looks about our age asks, I feel like I saw him before as I try to jog my memory
"Oh, these were students who used to study here, Aesop Carl, Norton Campbell, Eli Clark, Naib Subedar, And Patricia Dorval" our teacher introduced as we respectfully bow and greet him
"Kids, this is Hastur, he is an intern" then it all clicked "ah! You are the guy from the party!" I said out loud as he smiles
"You saw me? Well excuse my acts" I look at Eli to see him flush red as I giggle
"You kids should meet outside some time, you are close in age" he informed as we thanked him
"Ah! Eli! Can you take his contact number for us?" I ask smiling at him as he glared at me and they exchange contacts
"Wait! Campbell, Clark" the teacher called as we all looked at him questioningly "don't you want to spend some times here?" He asks as we all agree
I went to Art class to help, Norton went to Science, Eli went to psychology, Naib went to PE and last but not least Patricia came along with me
"Oh!! Aesop! Good to have you" my Art teacher greets as we help him with the students
When the lesson was done I got a phone call
"Hello" -Aesop
"Hey, Aesop, wanna hang out with our friends soon?" -Joseph
"Oh? Joseph! Sure I don't mind, when are we doing it?" -Aesop
"In 2 Week" -Joseph
"Be sure to get to the location I will send!" -Joseph
"Yea, can't wait" -Aesop
I hung up.
-TBC-