The black french-chinese woman had very long wine red hair that curled past her hip. Her eyes were golden, but she had a hint of red that was swirling in her right Iris, giving her a hint of heterochromia. 

She rarely left her hair open, yet tonight it somehow felt right. 

Everyone possessing such a length of hair knew that it was not only heavy but each draft of air enjoyed it to the fullest to put each strand into disorder.

The red-haired woman stood on the sidewalk and unconsciously reached up to caress over her forehead and by way of doing this, she also readjusted her hair to the other side, while she again looked around with a bit of a lost expression painted over her face. 

She wore a dark green dress with multiple gossamer thin white-gold chains draped on her waist and that were growing into a corset like structure over her chest. 

She was not out of breath, she bit her lower lip in frustration though. Her golden gaze fluttering over the trees nearby and the cars that were passing her.

Lei let go of the breath she had been holding and then finally, she heard it again. A violin playing in the distance.

She had followed the sound, after she had stepped out of the subway. At first, she didn't know where to go or what to do. She had looked at her smartphone to query a search engine for hotspots, clubs or some such that would chase away her boredom.
Then, suddenly, she heard the soft notes of a violin that started to be played. In the beginning the melody was abrupt, which made it very hard for Lei to follow it. When it arose into a more permanent melody. it was easier, but she was unfamiliar with the city and she took so many lefts and rights and wrong turns that the moment she wanted to relocate the sound, she found that the music had stopped suddenly. 

A rush of melancholy overcame her and it felt like she had lost a piece of her. ... Maybe this sounded a bit overdramatic or ridiculous, but it was not like this logical deduction could really stop her emotional outburst.

The next melody reaching her slightly pointed ears made her turn around and realise that she was closer to the mysterious violin melody, than she had initially thought. 

So, she followed the slow, high-pitched melody and then faintly could make out a guitar maintaining the rhythm, while the violin sound came to a stop. 

The violin's dulcet tones were exchanged by a clear and warm voice. This voice sang in Japanese and caused Lei's heart to skip a beat. 

Then finally, near the coast located on a small opening, but of course with this much talent surrounded by people, stood a woman at 1,65 m tall. 

In this case standing was far from true, this stunning person was moving with the elegance and cunning of a fox-spirit. 

Her eyes were mesmerising. 

They were so dark blue, a tribute to the night sky above, so no one knew that they weren't black, but in them there were stars shimmering and captivating Lei. 

Around the time she was within the circle of spectators a new song began. It was a bit faster this time and with the aid of a passing person that had just unpacked his saxophone, it seemed the song was complemented. 

Was this planned? Were they two different street or regular musicians that always performed together, or did the saxophonist just already know this song and had decided to spontaneously join in?

Lei did not know but the jig reminiscent song seemed so much more whole now, as if it was meant to be supplemented by the metallic sound of this unique instrument.

Still, even though Lei perceived this with her ears, her eyes were glued to the woman dancing light feeted, while still holding and sometimes playing on her black violin. 

Her silky hair was open and tossing parallel to her movements. The shiny waves were blue as well, even though most would not have been able too see, but Lei with her vertically pupilled, draconic eyes could clearly identify the oceanic shimmer that was lured out by the surrounding lights.
Especially, when the clouds above finally parted silhouetting the beauty in silvery moonlight - at first.

After a bit the light and the moon in general consummated a metamorphosis from white to muted gray to accumulate into a shade of blood red. 

It was just about three minutes but the poppy red light illuminated the songstress. This gave her a dangerous glint around the upturned eyes and her smile revealed canines, which also revealed that her guess had been correct. A fox was in front of her, her movements and voice mesmerising her and even though she was within her 10th century it felt to her that she was a hatchling now, who had just left her egg shell behind. 

Half an hour later the performance had finished and Lei did not know what to do. The woman had definitely noticed her. But was she brave enough to approach her right away? 

Technically she was just one of the crowd, but she could not ignore the magnetic pull, and usually, as far as this kind of magic was concerned, it usually was reciprocated, and affected more than one person. But Lei was not so arrogant. 

Thus she was even more surprised, when she moved away and made out the footsteps of someone behind her. Unsure, if they really followed her, Lei slid into an alley and then turned around. There she stood, with a quirky canine smile, eyes shimmering and reflecting the lights of the city simultaneously to the starlight that blinked unhindered, after the clouds had parted earlier.

"Good evening.", the woman greeted in English, but Lei smiled and answered with a good evening in japanese. "Oh Okay.", the other smiled and seemed a bit more relaxed now.

"My name is Xiu Hong Lei, it is very pleasant to meet you.", Lei introduced herself, caught in the widening smile of the blue haired woman in front of her. "I'm Kuragari Yumeji. It's very nice to meet you, even though you seem to be familiar.", Yu chuckled and Lei nodded in agreement. 

Yu felt so familiar, even though a sense of danger prickled in Lei's accelerated heart. 

"Oh and you may call me Yu. I'm not as dreamy as my teacher's suggested, though. Oh... Sorry I tend to overshare, when I'm nervous.", a hint of rosé bloomed on her cheeks indicating her agitation. Lei's heart was already fluttering like a hummingbird, but now it felt like something in her melted and even though history admonished her to be cautious, all of this seemed irrelevant.

Not only because she was a fox spirit, but because of Lei's previous blown up relationships.

"Your voice is amazing.", Lei complemented. "Are you three a band?" - "No. Tachibana-san and I are in a band. Akamine-kun usually plays at this spot and he was kind enough to lend it to us, for the duration of the performances during the last few weeks.", Yu explained with a bit more of a serious expression. "And how is your band called?", Lei inquired honestly curious, still her eyes were fluttering to the lavender Yukata-style dress, which was patterned with magnolia's and nightingales. Beneath that Yu wore shiny black pants and no shoes, as somewhen, during the performance of the jig, she had gotten rid of them. 

"Oh... Eh... That changes too much at the moment, but if we have settled, you will be the first to know.", she slowly replied moving a hand into her hair and caressing the back of her head shyly. 

This caused Lei to laugh, the other was so adorable. It would be such a waste not to get her contact information and due to that she grabbed her phone and unlocked it. It was also prompted by the hint in Yu's previously uttered sentence.

Yu understood the notion and also got out her phone to scan the tag, which would connect them. Online at least.