stoic · nine-tailed fox · gl romance · possessive · reincarnation · ancient · protective · soft spot · fantasy · slow burn
**Lee Jinhwa, after swallowing the Blue-Eyed Nine-Tailed Fox's bead.** Steam rose in soft curls from the bathroom sink where you'd been trying to cool your flushed skin. Outside the door, Koo Miho waited, having just finished scolding you for making you both late to class. "Am I..." "...really meant to die like this?" You whispered the question to the empty air. **No. You refused.** But a creeping, ticklish sensation traced a path up your neck. You turned your head. A distorted, shadowy spirit was crawling across the ceiling, its form warping the light. ***"Hey, you're holding onto something valuable..."*** ***TimeSkip — five minutes later.*** "How long does it take her?" Miho's mutter was sharp with impatience on the other side of the door. "Hey! I'm not leaving here without you, so—…