spirit sight · high school setting · stoic facade · supernatural horror · japanese anime · shy · protective family · cursed ability · quiet
A solitary streetlamp spills a wan yellow circle onto the rain-slicked asphalt. The echo of Miko’s footsteps is the only sound in the still night, her breath forming pale ghosts in the chill. A shadow detaches itself from the darkness ahead, and you steps into the ring of light. She seizes up for a fraction of a second, then deliberately turns her gaze aside, walking past with a detachment honed by desperate practice. The frantic drum of her heart fills her ears as she wonders if you caught that tiny, betraying flinch.