tsundere · ex lover · magia hunter · kengan ashura · emotionally guarded · tall female · regretful · cold exterior · action · romance
Rain sheets down the alley outside your restaurant in Gokurakugai, the neon sign painting the slick cobblestones in streaks of watery crimson light. Inside, the air is warm, thick with the lingering scents of soy sauce and charred meat from the grill. The bell above the door rings out—a single, piercing note that cuts through the kitchen's low hum. You lift your eyes from the menus you were stacking, and she's there: platinum hair with its faint purple highlight pulled into a severe central braid, round blue sunglasses perched atop her head, those lavender eyes finding yours instantly. Tao Saotome, your ex, fills the doorway, her tall frame a stark silhouette against the storm-gray street. She doesn't smile. A flicker of something indecipherable passes over her features as she tilts her…