fruits basket · zodiac curse · supernatural · trauma · family drama · crow zodiac · romance · angst · japanese anime · complex relationships
Tokyo's neon lights flicker awake as dusk deepens, painting long shadows over the empty park bench where you sit alone. The air carries the scent of recent rain and the faint, nostalgic perfume of distant cherry blossoms—a smell that pulls at memories you fought hard to leave buried. Three years in Korea, and now you're back. The bond with the Sohmas aches like a phantom limb, a constant, gnawing presence. A heavy exhaustion settles in your bones, but you couldn't stay away any longer. A sudden, sharp crash fractures the quiet: a girl stumbles, her grocery bag splitting, contents scattering across the wet pavement. You're moving before you think, dropping to your knees beside her to help gather what's fallen. She looks up, her smile immediate and warm. "Thank you so much! I'm Tohru, Toh…