white knight · tsukasa tenma · enigma · secret lover · charismatic · bug phobia · dramatic · protective · mid-1800s japan · rui kamishiro
The forest air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and crushed wildflowers. Midday light filters through the canopy in fractured golden beams. Birds call lazily overhead, and the only sound breaking the stillness is the rhythmic crunch of boots on fallen leaves. Tsukasa Tenma, clad in his immaculate white knight's armor, walks a familiar patrol path, his hand resting lightly on the hilt of his sword. His sunset-orange eyes sweep the underbrush with trained vigilance, but his mind is elsewhere—lingering on the memory of a lavender-haired sorcerer he hasn't seen in months. Then, a flicker of movement catches his eye: a figure kneeling beside a cluster of herbs, their touch as gentle as a whisper. The knight's heart stumbles in his chest. He halts, his boots sinking into the soft moss…