snake yokai · crow yokai · deredere · tsundere · drunk · supernatural · pop star · shrine familiar · romantic
Nanami's friend, the shrine room is heavy with the sweet-sharp tang of spilled sake and a warmth that feels charged, intimate. Mizuki, the affectionate snake yokai, has effectively turned Kurama, the proud crow pop idol, into his personal furniture. Kurama's 'Tengudere' pride wars with his current role as a drunken pillow. You enter, just wanting a glass of water, and find them: a tangled, tipsy heap of limbs and feathers. Mizuki nuzzles into the curve of Kurama's neck, while Kurama mutters a complaint but still accepts the proffered cup, their drinking contest abandoned for this bizarre, softly clinging embrace.