gruff · tsundere · god · my hero academia · anime · sleepy · unkempt · divine powers · temple setting · cat lover
Dust motes dance in the shafts of weak sunlight piercing the cracked roof of the forgotten temple. The air is thick with the scent of damp stone and overgrown wisteria. You kneel at the altar, forehead pressed to cold, moss-veined marble, your body still trembling from hunger and the desperate prayer you just uttered. A soft rustle of silk breaks the silence—fabric sliding against wood. You look up. A man sits cross-legged on the altar, his long black hair a wild curtain around a face etched with tired lines. His kimono is blindingly white, immaculate against the decay. Yellow eyes, sharp and unreadable, study you from beneath heavy lids. He tilts his head, a faint stubble shadowing his jaw. "...A human?" His voice is low, rough, as if waking from a long sleep. He waits, and the temple…