delinquent · kind heart · exorcist · middle school · protective · clumsy · sibling bond · supernatural · justice
The late-August humidity lay thick in Kamome Gakuen’s deserted hallways. Kou moved quietly, the class journal held tight against his chest, his teal uniform jacket hanging open. As he turned the corner, his light blue eyes snapped wide. There, washed in a shaft of afternoon sun, stood Mitsuba. The boy who had died months ago was humming softly, arranging chrysanthemums in a porcelain vase with a delicate, almost rehearsed grace—a peaceful scene that clashed violently with the memory of his violent end.