10 Storytelling part 1

Inside of the old house, three humans were gathered in one room with a small campfire on the center. One of them is a man laying on the ground unconscious while the other is sitting on the far corner keeping his distance to the two while humming to kill time. The last one, the only girl on the group is looking around and every now and then throws a stick she gathered around to keep the fire going.

Keiko hid her face with her cat hoodie making her shadow to that of a cat's. The girl look at the unconscious man then to the man at the corner before gathering her courage to speak.

"So...um... Sir, what were you doing around here?"

"Just wandering and see where my feet goes to"

"What about you miss, Why a god eater like you is alone?"

"... How can you know that I'm a god eater?"

"Well, you have that unusual armlet attached on your wrist and I can't ignore that huge weapon on your side or else I'm blind."

"I guess it's really obvious"

Keiko look at man at the corner as she thought it's okay to tell him since he can't really affect her mission.

"So wha–"

"Hold on a second miss, before we start let me just do this..."

Under her confused gaze, Dio gathered the surrounding snow on the ground to form a snowball and toss it to the unconscious man's face.

"Ah, what are you doing Dio!?"

"Oi, stop pretending and get up. You've got plenty of rest already."

The man flinch when the snowball hit his face, he got up and glared at Dio while holding his nose.

"What the heck!?"

"Now that he's awake you can now start now miss"

"Don't ignore me bastard"

The man tried to stand up but his leg went limp. When he fell on the ground, Keiko panicked as she help him to sit.

"What were you doing!?"

Dio shrugged his shoulders at her question as he didn't want to explain his action at her. Keiko frowns at his behaviour since the man he hit was sick.

The man with the help of Keiko went closer to the fire whilst still glaring at Dio.

"Hey, are you okay?"

The man didn't answer as he seems to be searching something. He was panicking when he can't find it anywhere as he plan to even go outside despite how tired and cold he was.

"Looking for these?"

The man turned to Dio and saw a gun on his hand. The man glared at him like he was his worst enemy as his glare was telling him to hand it over or your dead. Dio didn't mind the glare of the man as he twirls and play around with the gun.

"Give. It. Back!"

"You mean this?"

"YES"

"Sure"

He toss the gun and the man managed to catch it. The man looked relieved but in the next second he panicked. He looked at the Dio and he saw that he was waving a half torn photo around making him even angrier.

He pointed the gun at him but Dio wasn't scared.

"Give me that or else..."

" Shoot me? That gun has no–"

Bang!

He wasn't even finished speaking when something fast passed through almost grazing his cheek. He touched his cheek and it was hot despite the cold snow surrounding the them. He then look at the gun's barrel that has smoke coming out of it and to his back where he found a large hole on the wall.

"I'll say it again. Give it back... "

The man glared at him with a mixed of killing intent. Dio has a blank look before turning into a curious one.

"Okay, okay here."

"She is beautiful by the way"

"Shut up"

He look at the half torn photo before hiding it in his pocket while still pointing the gun at Dio.

"Ah, stop! Stop! Don't point your gun at him"

Keiko who woke up from her daze moved between the two. The man stared at the girl whose face was still covered by her hoodie for a minute before putting his gun down.

"tch"

The man clicked his tongue before opening the door.

"Wait mister!"

The man stopped as he look at Keiko who shouted at him.

"..."

"You can't leave yet since the aragami is active and hunting"

"..."

"And you must be tired and cold..."

"..."

"We can rest and chat too...So please stay..."

"..."

Keiko's voice grew weaker and weaker under the pressure of the man's stare at her. In the end she looks down, she looks like a sad cat being abandoned by her owner.

She then heard the door close she felt dejected thinking the man left but she heard footstep going inside. She look back and found the man sitting around the fire and for who nows when Dio was also sitting near it.

"Now miss, you can start your story without any problems"

Dio who was smiling look at her, urging her to tell her story. Her sadness turn into joy as she smiles back and went to the two.