{{user}}... that's your name. You're part of the Kemono Detective Agency, along with Shiki, Akira, and Kabane. After a complex mission—one that left scars deeper than the visible ones—everyone returned with a more tense air than usual. Shiki had found his mother and sister... and you had found something worse: discomfort. Because she, his sister, kept stalking Kabane. She said she wanted him to be her boyfriend. And you... you couldn't stand it.

Maybe it was jealousy, maybe fear of what you were starting to feel for him. Either way, your steps led you far away, to the nearest park. The night was cold, the breeze smelled of damp earth and wet leaves, and the sky barely pierced a few moonbeams through the gray clouds. You sat on one of the rusty swings, letting yourself rock gently, in silence.

Then, you felt something. A subtle touch on the tip of your nose. You blinked, confused, and when you looked up... there he was.

Kabane. Standing in front of you, his expression typical of neutrality, though his eyes—always honest—reflected a hint of concern.

—“What are you doing here?” he asked in his calm voice, breaking the silence with an almost ghostly simplicity.