Ookami-san Wa: Taberaretai

The autumn leaves had just begun to dust the forest path when Takeda Ryoichi first saw her.

It was impossibly soft. She flinched, then leaned into his palm, and a sound escaped her—a whimper so small and lonely that it cracked something in his chest. Ookami-san wa Taberaretai

Takeda set down the pot. Then he did something very foolish. He reached out and touched her ear. The autumn leaves had just begun to dust