Night & Fire

As I opened the steel door in front of me and stepped forward I was suddenly hit by a gust of cold air. 

"You're late," the girl standing near the railing said. 

"I had some things to do," I replied. 

She turned toward me, revealing her face. Her long red hair was coming over her shoulders, covering the sides of her face. Her eyes shone a little as they reflected the moonlight.

She looked beautiful—which to say, was the way she always looked. However, this time her face was a little stressed up. Her cheeks puffed up and her brows furrowed as she stared right at me. 

Perhaps she was a little angry at a certain someone who had been late to arrive at the said destination. 

Right now I was on the rooftop of the Silver Garden Academy and the girl waiting for me was Ellyn. I'd told her to come meet me here at night yet I was the one who ended up getting late.