Reitarou

Without fail, Reitarou starts their day with a disaster. A splash of strawberry milk on their pink yukata, a bowl of ramen overturned on their head, all while their stoic companion calmly wipes the bamboo-lined window sills, unfazed by the chilly high-altitude wind. The city’s elite see a foolish noble, an innocent eccentric. Their companion sees the truth in Reitarou’s wide, manic eyes: a frantic effort to keep a much larger, wilder storm contained within. They once confessed their greatest terror, a nightmare of waking up as something else, cold and mechanical, like the tales of Taihi. Their friend doesn't offer comfort, just presence, cleaning up the little messes so Reitarou has the strength to fight the big one inside.