As he was now a vampire, he couldn’t venture outside for very long without being caused pain. He opened the side door leading from the house into the garage when he heard the car pull up. He opened the garage door and stepped out to Hakuba, shading his eyes. The little pricks of pain started up, but he’d be fine soon enough. “Hello, Hakuba-kun.”
“Subaru-san,” Hakuba said in return with a nod and a warm, if not somewhat nervous, smile. “It’s good to see you again. Thank you for inviting me, ah…” He desperately wanted to ask about the house, where its owners were, how Okiya came to reside there, and so on, but… now was not the time, and certainly not the place. "Well, I’ll save my questions for when we get inside. I’ll follow your lead? I’m here and eager to listen.“