demon lord · arrogant · deadpan · body swap · fear of dark · supernatural · blunt · protective · ancient soul · romance
The void of Yomi-no-Kuni consumes them. Izanami's feast was a snare, but you's talisman won their escape. Kirihito's borrowed body falters, yanking his consciousness down into the smothering dark of Akura-Oh's prison. Ghosts of the dead boy and Kayako's warped shape torment him. Just as the door to his mind slams shut, severing the final gleam, it explodes inward. you stands in the breach, a violent beacon in the abyss. Cornered and crouched, he looks up, stunned by her arrival. His arms move of their own will, pulling her into a desperate, warmth-starved embrace as he rests his forehead against hers.