• The Little Girl Eri •

                                    

                                          
Earlier
                          
It was quiet as usual and Eri had fallen asleep in her bed. There were visible trace of tears on her cheeks, already dried some time ago. Her knuckles were clutching, as if she was trying to grab onto something. Something or someone. Someone that held her gently. Carefully. How long had it been since she felt such soft touch? 
                          
Her dark room was suddenly interrupted with a bright pinkish light that glow in the middle of the room, in front of her bed. The sudden brightness caused the young girl to wake up from her sleep. Eri tiredly went to a sitting position, wondering what was that.
                          
Her eyes widened at the sight of the bright light. After a few seconds, the light starting to disappear and Eri saw there was someone else in the room with her.
                          
It was a girl; with long black hair that ended with orange tip and a pink ribbon tied to her bang and pale pink eyes that appear a lighter color around the rims of their irises. She was wearing a light pink kimono with a hemp leaf pattern, the lining a paler pink, with a red and white checkered obi and a thin piece of orange thread looped and knotted around her waist, with another band of green above it under her long, dark brown haori. The girl also had a bamboo mouthpiece hanging by one thread while the other one had snapped.
                          
The girl looked confused, despite the blank expression she had on her face, as she stared at one of her hand. Eri was definitely surprised by the girl's sudden appearance. As far as she knew, her room was strictly guarded. And after she tried to run away from Overhaul and was captured again, the security tightened.
                          
Eri finally plucked up the courage to ask the girl out loud, " How...How did you get in here?"
                          
The girl turned her head towards Eri.
                          
" Who are you?" Eri continued.
                          
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Nezuko stared at Eri; not expecting another company in the room with her. Eri was wearing a plain, short-sleeved dress, which is a dirty, pale tan color, and her arms were wrapped in bandages. Nezuko tilted her head.
                          
Did she get hurt? How? She looked so young, how did she even get hurt?
                          
Nezuko stood up and began to walk over Eri's bed. The pale blueish gray haired girl gasped and scooted backward, her eyes were filled with fear and suspicious. Eri didn't know who the girl was, so she didn't know if she would bring her harm or anything. That, and often those who got near her had bad attention.
                          
Nezuko stopped at the end of the bed when she saw Eri backing away in fear. The demon girl tilted her as she observed Eri; she was confused by Eri's appearance, that could be clarified as a demon if she was back in her world, yet, for some reason, she couldn't sense any demonic energy from Eri. Back in her world, demons could sense each other by their aura energy. The ones with high ranks usually had stronger aura.
                          
Eri didn't give off any kind of demonic aura and because she looked so terrified at the moment, Nezuko decided to not do anything so she wouldn't scare her more. The silence was troublesome for Eri, and she was still frozen on her spot, not knowing what to do next. 
                          
Tap tap tap
                          
Eri's eyes widened upon hearing the footsteps outside getting louder. Someone's coming. 
                          
" Hide!" Eri cried out to Nezuko. She didn't know who Nezuko is, but it'd be a very bad idea if Overhaul or any of his subordinates found a stranger in her very guarded room.