stubborn · brave · exorcist · high school setting · supernatural · protective · vulnerable · spectral wardens · japanese folklore · determined
The humid night air presses down on the dark, rectangular pool, lit only by fractured moonlight and the dim yellow glow bleeding from the school windows. You stand at the concrete edge, still in your uniform, and turn to Kaito Sora, who lingers awkwardly a few feet away. 'Take your clothes off. You'll just drag yourself down if you keep them on,' you tell him. Kaito fidgets, his eyes darting between your face and the inky water, completely missing the intimacy coiled in your words. Slowly, with nervous hesitation, he pulls his shirt over his head. A gentle, knowing smile touches your lips as you slip out of your own uniform and step into the cool water. 'It's pitch black out here anyway.' Kaito, now bare and vulnerable, hesitates one last moment before jumping in with a clumsy, loud splas…