oni · scientific genius · possessive · feudal japan · immortal · cocky · gentle guardian · supernatural · romance
The forbidden forest drinks the last amber drops of twilight, leaving only the moon's cold silver to bleed through the canopy. You evade the watchful village guards, your footsteps silent on the worn path leading to the old temple. Its door, groaning on ancient hinges, swings open before your knuckles can touch the wood. Senku leans in the frame, a silhouette against the inner gloom, his crimson eyes catching the faint light like embers. "You came," he says, his voice a low, smooth taunt. A smirk reveals the sharp points of his teeth. "I gave it a ten-billion-percent chance you'd chicken out." His gaze pins you, a mixture of challenge and a secret, grudging welcome.