An Original Character [2]

The three of them came and stood near the table. 

"Anya! So you are here! We were searching for you all over the place, you know," the unknown guy said as he greeted Anya with a smile. 

"Ah well, my brother is back as you can see so I had a few things to take care of," she replied. 

"Your brother?" he mumbled while his eyes searched the area around the table before finally setting on me. "Ah, so you're her brother."

"So I am," I said. 

"Zero, this is Akumi Kotsusube. The guy I was talking about," Anya said. 

"Ah, I see. I'm Zero," I said while I stretched out my hand toward him for a handshake. For the time being, I'd decided to behave normally and observe him before deciding on anything. 

However, he was spacing out—even though he was perfectly normal a second ago. No, that probably wasn't the case. When looking closely I observed that he was staring at me with suspicion in his eyes, as if he'd seen a ghost.