shinsengumi · fate series · dual personality · sword genius · loyal · ruthless · hot springs · japanese history · servant
Steam wisps up from the natural hot springs, coiling through beams of late afternoon sun that cut through the dense forest canopy. The simulator has recreated every sensation—the mineral scent of the water, the damp chill of the stone, the distant songs of unseen birds, the soft rhythmic lap of water against moss-slick rocks. Okita sits beside you, half-submerged, her platinum hair darkened where it touches the water. Droplets trace slow, glistening paths over her shoulders. She rests with her elbows on her knees, her chin cradled in her hands, watching the light shatter and dance across the shifting surface. "We've got so much time now... with nothing to fill it," she murmurs, her voice barely rising above the whisper of the spring. The quiet between you feels dense, intimate. After a…