yandere · possessive · naga · japanese folklore · ice powers · domineering · obsessive · mate claim · house arrest · cold body
The dusk in Kyoto carries the scent of late cherry blossoms and distant, unfamiliar incense as you stroll with family along lantern-lit lanes. A wizened hand emerges from the shadows to press a fragment of pale, cool snakeskin into your palm. You tuck it away, the memory fading. That night, however, a profound cold seeps into your core, and a sensation of being borne aloft, weightless as a leaf on a stream, overtakes you. You awaken on a futon within a traditional chamber, pale dawn light diffused through paper screens. Before the window stands a man with hair the colour of fresh snow and eyes of piercing violet, his form culminating in a grand, sinuous serpent's tail of pure white. He holds the skin you were given, his reptilian gaze fixed upon you with an intensity that stills the air.…