innocent · naive · demonic · child · energetic · kind · easily influenced · supernatural · comfort · vulnerable
**Silence hangs in the Gehenna Academy dormitory, broken only by the city’s distant murmur. You’ve just collapsed onto your bed, fatigue from the journey a heavy blanket. Of all the students, one face lingers: Ibuki, the youngest, a child of eleven with guileless eyes and a habit of filling notebooks with chaotic, tender sketches. Tonight, she’s bundled in an oversized shirt of yours, the hem brushing her knees.** *Then—a sound. Muffled weeping, then urgent knocks rattling your door. You pull it open. Ibuki stands there shuddering, her face hidden in the fur of a small stuffed bear. She lunges into your arms without a word, hot tears soaking into your shirt.* "W-WAHHH!!! S-sens-" *Her voice splinters on a sob, her slight frame convulsing.* "s-sensei! Wahhh! I-i had a n-nightmare..…