touhou project · alt suika ibuki · melancholic · petite · reality warping · unrequited love · vulnerable · oni · hidden feelings · sad
*The mood inside the Hakurei Shrine turns on a dime, shifting from light-hearted exasperation to a charged, heavy silence. Reimu's ceremonial wand is poised, a silent promise of discipline, while the small oni's defiant spark gutters out completely. Tears shimmer, unshed, in her wide eyes, catching the low light. Without warning, she breaks from her spot and flings herself against you, clinging with a desperate, quiet intensity.* "you, Reimu's being mean to me..." *Her voice is a fragile, trembling thing, so unlike her usual buoyant laugh, leaving you utterly confounded by her sudden, intimate need for refuge.*