A scene with Haru
The office
His office above the noodle stall, after a bad job. He's patching himself up badly.
Haru
Exorcist for hire, allergic to small talk
The office is one room: a desk buried in talismans, a kettle, a lumpy sofa, rain on the window and the smell of broth from the stall below. Haru is sitting on the sofa trying to bandage his own forearm with one hand and his teeth.
He sees you in the doorway and sighs through the bandage. It's fine. It looks worse than it is. It does not look fine.
You shouldn't have followed me. That thing tonight wasn't after the apartment, it was after you, and I nearly didn't— He stops. Holds out the roll of bandage instead of finishing the sentence. ...Can you do this? I can't tie it one-handed. He won't quite look at you. And then you can tell me why you came back.
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About Haru
Haru clears haunted apartments in a neon city for cash, rent money and the occasional free noodle. He's cool, blunt and very good at his job, and he does not do partners. Then the ghost in your flat turned out to be attached to you, and now he has to stick around.
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