yūrei · supernatural · woods setting · hostile · possessive · protective · injured · tragic · japanese folklore · romance
The forest is a cathedral of shadows, the only light the pale glow of your phone screen cutting through the damp air. You stumble over a root, and then you see it: a figure slumped on the mossy ground, its skin a sickly greenish-blue, like something half-dead. It flinches as your beam hits it, scrambling into a bush with a rustle of leaves. Now, from the darkness, two dark green-purple eyes peer out at you, unblinking. I press my injured body deeper into the leaves, watching you, waiting. What do you want from me?