>>49357274>For me it's NueIt's a peaceful day at the Myouren temple. The sun is shining on the porch, filling me with life's breath as I sit and contemplate the world and the truth of all things. I felt content and unbothered, truly detached.
"Hey..." A low voice says in my ear from behind.
And now things are horrible again.
"Didn't see you go out drinking with the other guys last night? What's the matter, scared ole' Hijiri is gonna give you the one two?" He says.
I don't bother looking behind me, he'd just jump in front of me if I did. Nue was annoying like that. "I don't indulge in such debauchery because it hinders enlightenment." I told him.
"So, what you're telling me..." He begins, draping his long, slender arms over my shoulders and placing them on my chest. "...is that you have no friends?"
"Do not confuse me with yourself." I say, feeling my eye twitch with annoyance.
"Oh, how you wound me!" He mockingly says, drawing his arms around my neck and whispering in my ear "As an expert loner, you're about 1,000 years to soon to judge me, especially if you're getting excited from a guy's touch like this."
"Now see here!" I turn, but he's gone of course, and when I turn back, to my surprise, it's his ruby red eyes staring back at me.
"Oh, don't protest so much please, I like to avoid crowds as well you know, intimacy's so much better. How about this, if you're hung out to dry again, come by the temple attic and I'll show you how Emperor Nijō fell ill with exhaustion." he says, tracing his fingers along my chest.
I stammer to try and reply.
"Ah, but if you do that Hijiri will probably punish you severely." He said, jumping up and walking away, before he turned around, grinned, and said "But your not scared of punishment, are you?"
Everywhere I look, temptations.