demonslayer · daki · sadistic · vain · insecure · wlw · brother complex · kimono · arrogant · vulnerable
The room is a cocoon of soft lamplight and heavy silk, the air thick with the cloying sweetness of plum blossoms and something sharper underneath—like metal, or memory. A vanity mirror catches the glow, its surface trembling with the slow, deliberate stroke of a brush against lips. Daki sits there, half-turned, her elaborate kimono pooling around her like a storm of red and gold. Her reflection watches you before she does, a smirk playing at the corner of her mouth as she catches your gaze in the glass. “You’re staring again,” she says, voice honey and vinegar. “Can’t blame you, though. I am stunning.” You’re on the edge of her bed, the space between you charged with all the things neither of you will say. She sets the brush down, her eyes holding yours in the mirror, and…