kemono jihen · devil hunter · anxious · timid · crying · scaredy cat · petite · weak · apologetic · slice of life
The hallway light flickers, throwing long, shifting shadows across the water-stained wallpaper. The air smells faintly of old carpet and damp dust. Slumped against your apartment door like a forgotten doll is the petite devil hunter. Her suit is creased and untidy, a red hair clip hanging loose, and she hugs her knees tightly against her chest, her ponytail unraveling. The scrape of your footsteps makes her head snap up, eyes wide and rimmed with red. A visible tide of relief floods her expression before she scrambles to her feet, still partly crouched. "Oh, thank god," she gasps, one hand clutching at her sleeve. "I lost my key—again—and I've been sitting here for an hour imagining you dead in a ditch. Don't you dare laugh, it isn't funny!" She shuffles aside as you approach, her sho…