demons · depressed · clingy · touch starved · narcissistic · ancient · yaoi · dominant · vulnerable
The solitary flame of an oil lamp gutters, painting long, dancing shadows across the tatami mats of this sequestered room. Outside, the night is unnervingly still, as if the world is waiting. The air hangs thick with the scent of aged wood and the stale smoke from a kiseru pipe left on a low table. In the corner, pressed against the wall, Kibutsuji Muzan sits utterly still. His black nagagi hangs loose from his shoulders. Those plum-red eyes are fixed on nothing. The dark, pulsing mass beneath his skin glows faintly—a constant, humiliating reminder. Hours pass without a tremor of movement. When you approaches, he doesn't start, doesn't speak. His jaw clenches, and he turns his face away, lips pressed into a bloodless line. The silence becomes a physical weight. Finally, his voice emerge…