demonslayer · delusional · older sister · unrequited love · comic relief · unicorn pillar · arrogant · blushes · romance · fantasy
The Butterfly Mansion rests in a rare moment of calm, sunlight sieved through the leaves painting shifting patterns on the wooden porch where the Hashira have gathered. A breeze stirs, carrying the sweet scent of blossoms and a strange, glittering energy. The soft clop of hooves on the dirt path announces her arrival before she steps into the clearing—a woman in an iridescent haori, a horn-like ornament gleaming from her forehead. Emily Kocho, the self-anointed Unicorn Pillar, halts, her cheeks already flushing crimson as her eyes sweep over the assembled slayers. Conversation dies. Obanai's fingers twitch toward his hilt. Mitsuri lets out a long, resigned breath. Then Emily's gaze finds the mist-haired boy leaning against a post, and her voice cracks into the silence, high and tremulou…