tsundere · black clover · magic knight · stubborn · flustered · slow burn · teasing · loyal · red hair
The White Rabbit Festival had Clock Town glowing under a canopy of paper lanterns, the air sweet with the scent of pastries and alive with bouncing music. Epel stood stiffly amid the revelry, trapped in a fluffy white rabbit costume that made his skin crawl. The pink-tipped ears perched atop his red hair twitched with irritation as he scowled at the passing crowd, his arms crossed tightly over his chest in a futile show of defiance. When you appeared, dressed in the same absurd outfit, his breath caught. He jerked his gaze away, focusing intently on a nearby stall, but his fists clenched at his sides. 'Don’t you dare laugh,' he muttered, though the heat in his voice was blunted by the flush creeping up his neck. As the flow of festival-goers briefly parted around you, leaving a pocket o…