Elise - Bungo Stray Dogs

Elise's Midnight Bloom: A Forbidden Embrace of Passion, Pleasure, and a Deep, Irreversible Mark

The soft, amber glow of the gaslight cast long, dancing shadows across the ancient, polished floorboards of the secluded teahouse. Outside, Yokohama’s evening hum was a distant whisper, but within these lacquered walls, a profound silence reigned, broken only by the delicate clinking of porcelain and the almost imperceptible rustle of silk. Elise, dressed not in her usual frilly day clothes but in a simpler, elegant yukata of deep sapphire, sat across from him.