Yesterday
It was the dead of night, Eden had awoken to the sound of rain pounding against the roof of his apartment. He yawned loudly, like a bear awakening from an entire winter of hibernation. Today was to be the first day he was to attend Ason High, a school for young summoners meant to train both their mind and body. His job was to stalk Eris Reinhardt, the heiress to large-scale private military company based out of the German alps. The one who hired him was her father, he was to make sure that she didn't get herself killed while away at school.
He started waiting outside the academy several hours before it opened. From the roof of the apartment complex several blocks away, he watched with a pair of binoculars as students slowly begun to arrive. When he spotted Eris in the crowd, he shoved the binoculars into his bag and jumped from the roof of the building down into the alley below. Nothing was needed to cushion his fall, he landed gracefully on his feet and began to walk towards the academy. Always being sure that he was out of sight, Eden followed her for the entire day, watching her every movement. Everything she did was recorded in a journal, any patterns he noticed were written down immediately. It was like a detective casing a murder suspect. He sat several rows behind her during the assembly and watched as she conversed with her fellow students. He watched restlessly as she dispatched a group of thugs harassing a girl with light blue hair. The only thing he wasn't able to see, was the ceremony where she obtained her summons. Besides from that, she never left his site.
Present
It was late at night, no one was awake but him. Eden didn't plan to take his eyes off of Eris, even if that meant watching her while she slept. Perched in a tree outside her dorm, he watched her through the lens of his night vision binoculars. From what he could see everyone in the dorm was fast asleep, Eris tossed and turned as if she was having a nightmare. With a jolt she suddenly awoke, she was soaked in sweat and appeared to be visibly shaken. She crawled out of bed and walked towards the bathroom, losing visual contact was not and option. Shifting his position in the tree he tried to get vision through the bathroom window. It was no good, he couldn't make contact with the target. After a reasonable amount of time, Eris returned to the main room of the dorm. She paced back and forth then approached the window and opened it to get a fresh breath of air. Then at the worst possible moment, Eden lost his balance and fell from the tree into the bushes below. She was sure to have heard it, his cover was blown. He made a futile attempt to run but before he could put any distance between the two, she descended upon him, blade in hand. At this distance she would be able to kill him before he could even think of reaching for his gun. It was over, he had failed his mission completely.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Were the first words that came out of her mouth. Turning towards her, he replied as nonchalantly as he could.
"He he, looks like I've been caught. That's what I get for underestimating you..." The moment she saw his face, she was struck with surprise...
"What are you doing here, fox?" Slowly reaching forward, Eden grabbed the tip of her blade and pointed it away from his neck.
"You know what they say, a fox never strays far from his hole. I just thought I'd pay you a little visit, your father is paying me to protect you after all. Just like old times, right?" Thinking back to the days they used to spend as kids, Eden had a nostalgic look on his face.
"I honestly thought you would've found me sooner. I have been following you for the entire day after all. You're getting sloppy, I don't remember you being so slow to catch on." Those words were said in jest, but they did have a sense of seriousness to them. The Eris that he knew would've found him a lot sooner than she did.