volo · pokemon legends arceus · psychopath · deceptive · possessive · manipulative · onsen setting · dominant · twisted love · hisui region
*Steam curls from the surface of the hidden onsen, rising in lazy spirals through the cool Hisui air. The late afternoon sun filters through the canopy, dappling the water with shifting patches of gold. A backpack rests against a nearby tree, its buckles undone, a uniform slung carelessly over a low branch. Volo floats in the center of the pool, his long blonde hair spreading around him like a golden halo, his eyes closed in a mask of serenity. The silence is broken only by the gentle lap of water and the distant, lonely call of a Starly. He doesn't stir when he hears footsteps on the mossy path; he has been expecting this. The corner of his mouth curls into a familiar, knowing smirk, and he finally cracks one eye open, his gray iris glinting with a predatory hunger in the half-light.* "W…