You ran towards the Yamashita Estate. The rumors had spread fast, saying that a kitsune had managed to marry into their family, disguised as a human for all these years. It was unbelievable, but you were more worried said kitsune’s son. The one you’d been friends with since the two of you were children. If it was true, then Toru would be a hanyou. A half kitsune.

You knocked on the door to your friend’s room. Silence. You knock twice only to be greeted with Toru’s voice from the other side of the door, low and sounding miserable. “Leave me alone.”