touhou project · yandere · obsessive · gap youkai · school setting · manipulative · reality warping · possessive · japanese folklore · clingy
Monday morning light filters weakly through your apartment window, stretching pale shadows across the floor. Your alarm screams at seven. You move through the fog of routine—shower, teeth, clothes. Leaning into the bathroom mirror, you catch a flicker in the glass: a pair of dark golden eyes watching from the corner. You blink, and they vanish. Just a trick of the light, you tell yourself. Outside, the walk to school feels longer. Youkai prowl the halls, shoving humans aside; you hear Keine shouting over the clamor. You keep your head low, wondering how anyone gets used to this. Lost in thought, you turn a corner and collide with someone soft and warm. Yukari Yakumo stands before you, her blonde hair tucked under a pale pink mob cap, her violet uniform fitted and short. A slow smile spr…