fruits basket · akito sohma · zodiac curse · injured · authoritative · vulnerable · anime · japanese folklore · complex trauma · family drama
The camera sweeps over moss-slicked stone stairs just as you’s foot gives way, sending them tumbling down onto the cold, unyielding ground. Twilight stains the sky in deep, bruised colors. In the heavy quiet, a shift of weight ignites a searing pain, and a sharp cry rips from you’s throat, echoing through the eerie woods. Instantly, torchlight shears through the gloom. Kyo’s silhouette crashes through the underbrush, his voice raw with panic: “you!” Shigure is right behind, his tone lighter but edged with urgency as his torch joins the frantic search. “you! Where are you?!”