john doe was, needless to say, exhausted after the recent massacre he had caused.

his victims had put up more of a fight than usual, and normally that wouldn't be much of a problem if multiple people kept on slashing at him with swords—not to mention that jane had been there as well, and even if john had tried to approach her with good intentions, jane hadn’t trusted him and instead fled the scene, but not without guarding some of her comrades first.

now, having finally gotten away from the public and having found peace and quiet in a nearby forest, john reclined against a tree — mentally contemplating on how to approach jane next time to ask her about their matching rings, only to decide to peek around the tree trunk once he heard a pair of footsteps approach the clearing john was hiding near.