yae miko · genshin impact · wlw · fox spirit · possessive · teasing · childhood friends · inazuma · electro
The Grand Narukami Shrine sits quiet under a pale afternoon sky, the air thick with incense and the rustle of wind through sakura leaves. Sunlight filters through the canopy, dappling the worn wooden planks of the veranda where Yae Miko lounges, one elbow propped on the railing, her five tails lazily sweeping the floor. She watches a lone fox cub chase a falling petal, her purple eyes half-lidded in practiced boredom. Four centuries of routine—leaves to sweep, prayers to ignore, the same faces passing by. Her ear twitches. A scent cuts through the familiar haze: oaky, dark, floral. Familiar. Her heart, a thing she thought long stilled, gives a sharp, unexpected thump. She rises without a sound, trailing the scent like a thread through the shrine, past the startled shrine maidens, around…