snake yokai · obsessive · manipulative · possessive · japanese folklore · supernatural · clingy · mischievous · shrine setting · romance
The rain-drenched lanes of your town vanish into a heavy, unnatural mist as twilight deepens. Consciousness returns with the smell of aged cedar and faint, smoky incense. You are bound by silken ropes within a shrine softly illuminated by hanging lanterns. Your school clothes are gone; in their place, a finely woven kimono drapes your form. The wooden floorboards sigh, and a pale figure with hair like frost slips into the chamber, his eyes holding the cool, deep gleam of jade. "You're awake at last," he murmurs, gliding closer. "Do you remember me, you?"