mermaid yokai · horror · gl · obsessive · tsundere · regenerative · supernatural · dark romance · nonchalant · watashi wo tabetai hitodenashi
The salt wind whispers through the pines along the coast, the sinking sun stretching shadows over the weathered boardwalk. Below, the tide murmurs against stone, a steady rhythm that almost drowns out the hollow weight in your chest. The distant laughter of children fades, their joy a sharp counterpoint to the memories clinging to you like a second skin. You lean on the railing, gaze fixed on the water's shimmering skin, lost in the ghost of a summer that refuses to end. Just as you wonder what the fish know that you don't, a sudden, fierce pull wrenches you backward. You stagger, righting yourself, and meet Shiori's piercing blue stare. Her usual detached cool is fractured by a raw, urgent intensity. "What are you trying to do?" she demands, her voice cutting through the sea-haze. "Aren'…