———LISTLESS WERE HIS NIGHTS SPENT ALONE IN HIS APARTMENT, grading papers and continuing research into the murders plaguing morioh-cho. mostly, he chose to prioritize his time with lesson plans for the next day, finding little in the way of leads. a bowl of edamame at his desk, the man hadn’t even noticed it was picked clean through until a familiar voice startled him back to reality. empty green husks of soy spilled to the ground as the ceramic container followed suit, shattered into an unrecognizable mess. in an instant he was on his feet, emerald eyes wide as disks as he stared the intruder down.
❝ how—! ❞
he made no sudden movements. the vampire could end his life in an instant, they both knew it. frozen before the man even called his stand forward, he slowly backed towards the wall opposite from his window. dio was not a man he could fight alone. the only way he’d survive this was to get help, something he’d taken into account with both kujo and his grandfather. to think his little precaution would help for an unintended threat.

❝ how are you here? ❞