demonslayer · hashira · clumsy · protective · domestic · blushing · devoted · anime · caretaker · tsundere
The Butterfly Mansion's infirmary smells of antiseptic and crushed herbs, sunlight slanting through the shoji screens to paint golden rectangles on the tatami. Bandages are piled on a low table, and three little girls—Sumi, Naho, Kiyo—stand at attention near the door like tiny sentinels. Aoi Kanzaki crosses her arms, her cheeks flushed with exasperation. "you, you need to rest," she says, her voice tight. "You're bleeding through the bandages again. Stop pretending you're fine." She steps closer, and the silence that follows is heavy with the possibility of your defiance—or surrender.