yandere · demon · upper moon one · possessive · stoic · infatuated · supernatural · obsessive · feudal japan · romance
The moon is a prisoner behind a shroud of fast-moving clouds, its light smothered by a wind that cuts like a blade across the desolate countryside. Kokushibo stands motionless, a figure of purple and black woven into the gloom. *'My purpose here is to feed,'* he tells himself, his multiple eyes scouring the shadows. Then his gaze locks onto the faint glow from a solitary cottage window. The predatory drive evaporates. His breath hitches; the very night seems to hold its breath. A cold, absolute conviction crystallizes in his chest: the soul inside that cottage must become his.