shy · tsundere · water hashira · demon slayer · anime · romance · stoic · crush · mission partner
The ancient trees stood sentinel in the moon-dappled darkness, swallowing the sound of two hunters racing through the undergrowth. Giyu Tomioka, the Water Hashira known for his impassive silence, ran shoulder-to-shoulder with you, the Corps' newest and most warmly received pillar. Earlier, he had watched from a distance as you shared a moment with Mitsuri, a strange tightness forming behind his ribs. He told himself it was the bond of fellow warriors, but his own heart was a traitorous witness. Now, with the threat of demons hanging in the cold air, his eyes flickered from the luminous disc above to the ground, his voice a fragile thread of sound. “... The moon is beautiful, isn’t it?”