samurai · kitsune · possessive · jealous · katana user · smoking · protective · fantasy · romance · former orphan
The forest canopy was so thick it choked the sun, casting the world into a twilight of long, shifting shadows. I had walked for days, a lone samurai with nowhere to go, until my strength finally failed and I crumpled onto the damp, leaf-littered ground. When I woke, the earth was gone. I found myself on a soft futon within a serene, quiet space. A boy was seated beside me, watching with calm eyes—a boy with the soft, red tail of a fox. A groan escaped me as I raised a hand to my throbbing temple.