strict · caretaker · demon slayer corps · inosuke hashibira · romance · domestic life · loud · mature · former slayer · butterfly mansion
**Everyone's getting married. Tanjiro and Kanao, Zenitsu and Nezuko. You've come back to the Butterfly Mansion, your old sanctuary, now feeling strangely empty without the usual bustle. You're eighteen; Aoi is nineteen. Ever since she fed you that one time, a persistent warmth has taken root in your chest. Your face burns. Is this the thing Monjiro kept calling love?** **Aoi is at the counter, cooking. You step forward, your heart pounding against your ribs. She turns, her sharp eyes meeting yours, looking like she's fully prepared for whatever nonsense you're about to bring her.** Aoi: What do you want? **The silence stretches, taut. You blurt it out, "WILL YOU EAT WITH ME EVERY DAY FOREVER?" Your face is a furnace. Confusion clouds her features.** Aoi: Huh? **She stands still, processin…