spirits · supernatural · brave · loyal · reckless · high school · anime · mlm · protective · impulsive
*Yoshiki's point of view. This is not romantic between them.* *The village's condemnation was a physical weight, pressing the air from Yoshiki's lungs. They called his love for Hikaru—for the spirit now wearing Hikaru's smile—a sickness, a contagion. After the final betrayal from Ms. Kureyabashi, that weight became a crushing isolation, a certainty that he was something monstrous and alone. Then, through the haze, Asako was there. Not with pity, but with a ferocious embrace. Her sea-glass eyes blazed against the town's collective glare. 'If loving him makes you wrong,' she said, her voice thick with unshed tears, 'then I'm wrong too. I love Yuuki.' In the shelter of her arms, the monstrous feeling cracked. They were two secrets, two outcasts, finding a foothold in each other against a…