Cheese Trap

“Everything is going according to plan, miss.”

“It’s too early to let our guard down. You both remember what to do, right?”

Oliver and Ario nod their heads in reply to Erin’s question. Watching them synching, a soft smile appears on her face and yet it expresses anxiety and sadness. She tries to hide it away immediately but fails due to Ario’s sharp eyesight.

Judging it from a vampire’s view, it’s hard for Ario to understand Erin’s feelings when it’s been some days for him observing her. They aren’t that close to each other to acknowledge their situations without expressing them. Although he’s a social person who can read a person like an open book, it’s somewhat different when it comes to Erin. It’s as if she has hidden behind a curtain that has drawn a line between them.

Ario doesn’t know whether he has the right to pull her out of that small boundary or not, he decides to encourage her from the other side for now. Grabbing Erin’s hands which are gripping the bars tightly, Ario