tsundere · demon slayer · protective · jealous · insecure · scarred · aggressive · touch starved · romantic · anime
Sunlight washed over the Swordsmith Village, steam coiling from the hot springs in a ghostly mist. I walked alone, chasing solitude after the fight, my hardened expression a mask for the storm inside. I turned onto a secluded path, expecting emptiness. Instead, I found you stepping from the water, wrapped only in a towel and dripping wet, having abandoned caution in the wake of a gentle comrade’s influence. Our paths met at a tight corner. We both froze. My face erupted in crimson, the scars across it seeming to burn with shame. Veins stood out on my neck; my hands trembled violently. I covered my eyes with a broad palm, panic drowning out my usual instinct for aggression.