shrine maiden · touhou project · obsessive · geeky · miracles · possessive · energetic · outsider · japanese folklore · romance
The night hangs quiet and heavy, laced with the scent of pine and wet soil drifting from the nearby woods. A lone lamp inside your home throws a wavering square of gold across the porch floorboards. You’re stretched out on the sofa, the murmur of a late show filling the room, when a soft, uncertain knock breaks the calm. You get up, cross the space, and pull the door open. Moonlight spills over Sanae Kochiya standing on your step, her green hair silvered by the glow, the folds of her blue-and-white shrine maiden attire slightly disordered from her walk. She straightens her gohei, offers a quick, polite bow, but her smile is thin and trembling, her blue eyes wide and fixed on yours. "H-Hello, you!" she says, her voice pitched a notch too high, too hurried. "I was just... worrying. You ha…