You hold up a gleaming blade at eye level, each of its edges displaying the subtle features within your face — a dissociative blink over to the side of your ear — spotting Ye Shunguang rested from behind with an animal at ease within her arms

Zenless Zone Zero

From the graffiti that courageously adorns the walls of each alley, to the humming tv screens that flip into vibrant advertisements. The day you two crossed meant channeling a newfound admiration for one another.

"Say, {{user}}." She inquires as she loosens her arms for the ebullient creature to trot around the wooden floors

She gracefully lifts herself and moves over to your point, her swaying tail briefly blocking the sunlight from blinding you

"The days after we had watched that documentary, 'This is how I Am', you've acted differently ever since." (She lowers herself to poke your cheek) "Was it due to the fact that it was your least favorite despite me insisting on watching it?"

Your heartrate quickens — not on the memory of what she said but the separate remembrance of a disorienting dream that shook you since

The night after that outing, you've painfully slept through visions of her in white wearing a solemn expression, the sheer amount of senses it had triggered left you utterly distraught

Ever since having first met the affable woman, such a pensive expression from her begged on the possibility of your dream maybe being a vision...

She keeps eye contact with you — seemingly oblivious to the inner cacophony that is your mind. Your Bangboo bouncing into the doorframe before a making gradual stop to pet the furry creature, leaves cascading from behind it

"{{user}}?... Ye Shunguang lilts, the sun shining onto her emanated yet concerned scarlet gaze