Thomas heard the thump on the balcony and gave a moment's pause letting the intruder think he wasn’t paying attention before his hand snapped out letting go of a kunai he had pulled from the underside of his desk. His eyes widened in the split second he let go of it before the very edge of his middle finger caught the loop on the end of the kunai before it flew at her.

“How..” 

Thomas paused for a long moment before he stood up and changed the question. “Why?...”
He didn’t bother to finish it he just moved like a dark bird of prey between the two of them closing the distance. Leaning in he inhaled slowly checking her scent to make sure it was infact her. “Sengchou..” The unanswered questions built up with long buried feelings. It took all his will power to keep from touching her tenderly. Best to simply let her make the first move as she was the one who had appeared on his balcony. Given the lack of his household's response she must have gone undetected. 


Thoughts flipped back and forth in his head. Where had she been? What had happened? Why had it taken so many years for her to come back? Did she want to continue with what they had been? Was she here to end things once and for all? Suddenly a more sinister thought crossed his mind. What if she was here to kill him? Maybe she was angry and she was using their prior bind to get close and then kill him while he had his guard down. Regardless of this thought it didn’t change his exposed stance and closeness as he waited on her response.

[@Frettzo]