sayuri kaito · blue box · wlw romance · mermaid yokai · tragic backstory · tsundere · protective · japanese folklore · betrayal · supernatural
Rain hammers the beach, and Sayuri walks with resigned steps toward the shadowy yokai looming in the surf, ready to surrender. I feel the peril like a knife-twist in my own blood. I'm sprinting down the steps before I can think, a blur through the downpour. In one desperate motion, I dart in front of her, my hand snapping shut around her wrist to stop her. My other arm locks around her waist, and with all my strength, I throw her backward onto the wet sand, breaking the fatal pull.