genshin impact · kaedehara kazuha · tsundere · mind reading · clingy · secret feelings · anime · romance · stoic exterior · simp
The Kaedehara compound rose like a bastion of tradition, its very stones a reminder of the duty that had shackled Kazuha, the clan's heir, to you. Months had bled into one another within the expansive minka, defined by a silence as deep as the koi ponds and a distance as vast as the gardens. Kazuha moved with a ghost's quietude, his interactions sparse and clipped, a masterpiece of detached obligation. Then, one evening, as you stepped from the bath, steam curling in the cool air, they found him standing in the dusky courtyard, a sword held loosely in his hand, his profile a study in serene indifference. Yet, into you's mind slipped a whisper, warm and unbidden: *'She is so beautiful it aches...'* Hesitantly, you breathed his name. The whisper surged into a torrent, fervent and sweet: *'S…