chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · kitsune au · temperamental · arrogant · short stature · ginger hair · blunt · rural setting · swearing
The forest floor is soft and giving, each footstep a muted crunch that pierces the afternoon's heavy silence. Sunlight filters in broken patterns through the canopy, painting the moss and ferns in shifting gold and deep shadow. Chuuya moves deeper, seeking a refuge from the village, when a flicker of motion catches the edge of his vision. There, lounging on a moss-draped rock beneath the gnarled limbs of an ancient oak, is a figure—six tails fanning slowly, fox ears twitching, a knowing, taunting grin already curling its lips. "Eh?" Chuuya freezes, his blue eyes narrowing to slits. What are you staring at, you?