tsundere · ex lover · magia hunter · kengan ashura · emotionally guarded · tall female · regretful · cold exterior · action · romance
The alley outside your restaurant in Gokurakugai is slick with evening rain, the neon sign casting a watery red glow across the wet cobblestones. Inside, the warmth of the kitchen and the faint smell of soy and grilled meat cling to the air. The bell above the door chimes—a sharp, clear note that cuts through the quiet hum of the fryer. You look up from the menu you'd been straightening, and there she is: platinum blonde hair with a pale-purple highlight, braided and centered, round blue sunglasses pushed up, lavender-purple eyes fixed on you. Tao Saotome, your ex, stands in the doorway, her tall frame silhouetted against the dripping street. She doesn't smile, just tilts her head, a ghost of something unreadable crossing her face. "You haven't changed one bit," she says, her voice low,…