Days have passed and it was a normal morning for her as she hunted and search for food in the area she was at. Earlier before dawn broke, she snuck into a village nearby but found no luck as all the houses were locked. She didn't want to break the locks and cause trouble so she kept herself from giving into her hunger as she ran away back towards the river. As she walked alongside it, her stomach started to rumble in protest as she rubbed it silently to calm down.
"I'm sorry Miss Stomach....you don't have to tell me twice." she murmured to herself.
A distance away, she saw a campfire by the river and smelled fish cooking that instantly caused her tired legs to run to her destination. As she got there, there was no one around anywhere as she looked carefully from the river and around in the forest nearby.
"Strange.....I can't even sense anything nearby, not even a mice." she spoke to herself as she continued her search. After a few minutes passed and seeing no one around, she finally sat down and hesitantly took the fishes that were skewered above the warm fire. With one last look around her to confirm her safety, she began feasting on her now free meal. She noted that they were quite large fish and not one that people could catch so easily from the riverside bank...they were fished from a boat maybe? From that new thought, she kept her eyes peeled up and down the river while she devoured her meal silently. After minutes of keeping her senses alert, she declared that it was safe and now loosened up her muscles to relax and gobble all the fish, much of her delight of Miss Stomach.
"Enjoying my catches I see?" a voice sounded from above, catching her off guard as she scanned up at the source. Her eyes widened at what she saw. That creature/man from nights before was now unmasked, floating above her with 2 large fishes in his hand as she sat there in shock. His smiling face took her off guard as he was supremely handsome yet effeminate at the same time. As he floated downwards, her heart fluttered as he closed his large and rather captivating eyes into a wonderful eye smile. As he opened them again, she noticed that his irises were a bright red that glowed brightly as he looked at her. His short raven-colored hair had a slightly noticeable 2 tone color of pink seemed to vanish as it shone in the sunlight. His cheekbones were high, his jawline was sharp and he adorned his large ears with large silver ringed earrings that jingled with every sway of his head.
'That noise from the night before' she thought as she looked at his beautiful earrings that swayed with the wind.
She didn't notice at the time but her eyes silently devoured him fully causing a pink flush on her cheeks full of fish. She was stunned, to say the least, but he just looked at her with a rather amused expression.
"Please continue eating Miss Kumiho, I can catch them easily if that's what you are thinking." he stated as he was a meter away from her. With her mouth full of fish, she continued staring at him in silence, unable to think of what to do next as she admired his rather catlike smile. As he reached the ground, he sat cross-legged and let go of the two fish he had, causing them to float midair as 2 sticks magically inserted themselves into their mouths and stuck towards the ground.
"As I've said nights ago, please relax...I mean no harm." his voice was just a soft as she remembered as he stared at her again. He took a large bottle beside him and offered it to her.
"Water? Or would you like something else? I can change it instantly if you want. Wine maybe?"
She slowly reached out for them even if she still felt a bit wary about him despite his charming appearance. As she reached for it, she felt a surge of energy from just a mere touch of his fingers which shot her eyes wide open and stunned her in thought. The energy she felt from him was more than enough to restore her powers to its full state once again if she drained all of it.
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Of Fallen Wings & The Six Tails
FantasyGenderbender Supernatural/Folklore Hyekura focused AU that's set in the mid-1500s. The mysterious Sakuya saves the Kumiho, Hyewon, from hunters while traveling abroad in the Kingdom of Joseon.