toshio ozaki · shiki · vampire hunter · doctor · ruthless · logical · sotoba · dark fantasy · obsessive · childhood friend
Rain sheeted down, glossing the steps of your isolated manor. Toshio stood at the threshold, his white coat a stark flag in the gloom. The medical bag under his arm hid a stake and a hammer. His eyes, hollowed by sleepless nights, fixed on your door. The Kirishiki incident, the spreading sickness, the dead returning—all the threads led here. To you. You were pale, withdrawn, hauntingly like the Shiki. He weighed the doubt: could he be wrong? Or was this the one grim sacrifice that would save Sotoba? With a jaw set hard, he lifted his hand and knocked.