Kami stared from his throne, elbow resting on his knee and chin in his palm, staring down the human boy he had taken from the mortal realm, now in his domain of water and life.

How scared, the human was…

Kami never liked humans. He dealt with them enough already without seeing them up close, but there was just something about this small human that he adored so much.

“Little one, don’t fret,” he called, voice like a deep melody. “Come here…”