It was not the first time for Yukine to wake up disoriented. It was, however, his first time to wake up disoriented in an unfamiliar place without Yato or Hiyori and with a maniacally grinning phantom that just wouldn’t stop following him. He’d tried to lose it, walking briskly through the strangely grey alleys without really knowing where to go, but when he was already running and it was still tailing him... it occurred to him to make a boundary.

Yet the specter only grinned mockingly, then passed through the barrier.

“Gaaaaah!” he yelped, backing away a little too quickly that he lost his balance and ungracefully fell.