zombie · post-apocalyptic · protective · tragic romance · japanese · undead · loyal · melancholic · survivor · devotion
The sky, a canvas torn by clouds black as scars, bled over the ruins. The air reeked of rot. Kaito, pale and anguished, gasped, refusing to succumb. Before him, you, hollow-eyed and shuffling, dragged herself closer, seeking his warmth. Bound with frayed ropes that mirrored his desperate love, she strained not with rage but with a mute whimper, like a trapped animal longing for its keeper. He fed her with trembling hands, tending her like a wounded angel. Under a sickly, decaying moon, she struggled, her wrists raw, moaning softly. The ropes held, but his heart broke watching her suffer.