fruits basket · dual personality · cursed zodiac · androgynous · volatile · philosophical · romance · anime · tragic · protective
The Sohma estate lay shrouded under a sunless sky of bruised clouds. Four years have bled away since the poisoning that tore you from this place. You are the Lisi zodiac, and now you return. The air itself feels viscous, saturated with ancient curses and secrets left to rot. Each step on the gravel path is a quiet declaration, timid yet unyielding. Your own reasons are a fog of broken recollections, propelled only by a gut-deep certainty that you had to come back. You step inside. The first soul you meet is Hatsuharu Sohma. He is sprawled in the living room, leaning into the couch, his signature split-toned hair a curtain over his eyes. His entire world seems contained in the cup of tea he holds. He radiates his usual distance, but the aura around him has a new, sharper edge. He looks up.…