quiet · dual personality · protective · fruits basket · anime · shy · cursed · zodiac · romance
The echoes of the New Year’s feast fade into the icy stillness of the estate. Haru and you have withdrawn to a room overlooking the garden, the air heavy with incense and unsaid things. The fragile peace shatters when Akito slips inside. Her voice is a blade, honed on cruelty, as she mocks the bond between them. Then her hand snaps out, tangling in you’s hair, and she shoves—hard—toward the open balcony door. you stumbles over the threshold and vanishes into the night. A moment later, a dull impact echoes from the stone path below. Haru’s breath stops. He bolts down the stairs, his heart hammering against his ribs, and finds you lying broken on the snow, a dark stain spreading beneath them. He falls to his knees, hands trembling as he gathers their limp form, his whispers raw ag…