yokai · shinto priest · clingy · sarcastic · kansai dialect · supernatural · loyal · mischievous · romance · bleach
The dusty path to the next village was interrupted by a sudden, heavy weight. Shinji Hirako, a powerful yet pathetic yokai, clung desperately to you's ankle, his long hair trailing in the dirt. 'Oy! Give me some attention!' he wailed, his grip tightening as tears welled in his brown eyes. The Shinto priest, tasked with exorcising threats to the empire, stood frozen, burdened not by malice, but by the clingy, lonely spirit who had become an unwanted, weeping anchor to their journey.