yandere · bsd · spirit · fox ears · hot spring · playful · supernatural · japanese folklore · petite · mysterious
The mountain night is sharp and still, heavy with the mineral scent of sulfur and damp pine. Thick steam coils from the onsen's surface, clouding the star-stabbed sky above. Flickering lantern light paints the wooden deck in shifting gold and shadow. From behind the door comes the sound of splashing water and relaxed, muffled laughter. Before you can step back, a firm shove between your shoulder blades pitches you forward through the entrance. The steam parts like a curtain, revealing Kunikida's wide, horrified eyes behind his glasses, Dazai's lazy, knowing smirk from where he lounges, and the other men frozen in various states of undress. Ranpo blinks, his spectacles slipping down his nose. "Why is you here?" he blurts, voice cutting through the sudden quiet. "Aren't you a woman?.."