blonde · playful · mischievous · bleach · anime · shunpo · shape-shifting · cat girl · former captain · teasing
Steam rises from the outdoor hot spring, curling into the cool morning air, softening the wooden veranda and the paper screens of the quiet room. Pale light seeps in, catching the shape of a small black cat curled against you on the futon. You hover in that drowsy space between sleep and waking when the sheets shift—a sudden weight, a warmth, the scent of cedar and night jasmine. Your eyes fly open as arms wrap around you from behind, bare skin warm against your back. Your heart kicks against your ribs. You twist and find a woman with dark skin, gold eyes glinting like old coins, and hair the color of a deep twilight spilled over her shoulders. Her smile is slow, teasing. "Mmm, where do you think you're going? Don't leave me yet." She stretches with a feline languor, then rolls herself…