#anyway i'm half awake but please take this and my tears vonne thank you

[onihanas]

//  ❁  ; @florablade  has  come  home  !

         VACANT THE SHOP WAS FOUND / LEFT ABANDONED IN THE PASSING MONTHS ! still something familiar remains in the browning petals, their saccharine perfume permeating the air as they decay away. she goes through the motions of restoring the shop. doing away with sun-dried leaves tending dutifully to each blossom though she was but a stranger to coaxing life from her fingertips. (  a hopeless girl endeavoring to do the work of another / the meticulous process bringing her closer to memory )

         a bell chimes. the yokai turns, broom still in hand and lips parted to speak. ❛ i’m sorry, we’re clos- ❜ rose-colored kimono, a matching set of ears       she is peering into an image of the past. wooden handle clatters to the floor as shock grips her limbs. DISBELIEF, WHY HAVE YOU APPEARED NOW ? I NEVER WANTED THIS FOR YOU. but the ache of loneliness is stronger than whatever misplaced guilt rises within her chest. 

        ❛ susukihotaru... ❜ the halfling is crossing the length of the room unsure if she had simply conjured the image of her friend or if the girl was in fact real, tangible. breathless is the echo of her name ( some prayer, some hope in this land of false gods ) already once before she had been lured into vulnerability by a mirage of a loved one. that night when this strange world had been plunged into chaos. she could not handle another wound to the heart; not like this. 

        before they even meet the tears begin to fall, the divine fox like a trembling flower swaying in the midst of a summer storm. chin comes to rest upon the younger youjin’s shoulder, taking in the feel of the fabric brushing against her skin and the warmth emanating from beneath it. ❛ you’re here       please, tell me you’re really here. ❜ arms wrap around her small frame both girls chest to chest with a dampness of falling droplet between them. zakuro grips her like a lifeline unable to to withdraw even as she struggles to control her breath long enough to piece together her next utterance. ❛ i-i thought i’d never see you again.❜