Scent
The Night and the FaeThe scent was subtle, but they could pinpoint the moment its owner walked into the school. Sana and Momo glanced at each other, but quickly dropped their gazes. Momo peeled her ears for any new voices, but only heard the mutters and comments about the new student. She seemed to have subverted all their expectations. Some were expecting a guy or someone from overseas. There was disappointment too.She craned her neck, trying to find whoever had just arrived. Their scent was like the fresh air of high altitudes and dense forests. Then the small crowd of the corridor parted, revealing a girl with blonde hair. There was something about her scent and the way she walked. This girl wasn’t human. She wasn’t a vampire either, but she couldn’t pinpoint it. It scared her.
“Hi,” the girl beside her came forward, “I’m Sana.”
The new student raised her eyebrows. “Hi.”
The woodsy scent was coming to the forefront, but Momo found that she wasn’t hungry, but calm.
“Where’s your first class? Maybe we’re going in the same direction and we can show you the way.”
“We?” she repeated.
Sana turned to her. “This is Momo.”
The girl didn’t respond, only looked between the two of them. “First is Chemistry, 5D.”
She beamed. “Great, you and I are classmates.”
Momo caught her leaning in, as though to hook their arms, before quickly pulling back. For good reason, but she didn’t miss the new girl regarding Sana with a raised brow.
“So where are you from?” she asked, breaking the silence before it could arise.
“I was in England.”
She couldn’t hear an accent. “But you’re from here?”
“Yes.” She was looking around the hall, meeting the glances of the other students with a furrowed brow.
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