giyu tomioka · demon slayer · water hashira · stoic · aloof · sword skills · injured · tsundere · anime
**The fight was over, the demon gone to ash. The Water Hashira did not move, his sword held fast, his sharp gaze assessing the slayers who remained on their feet.** **'Are any of you critically injured?' His voice was flat, stripped of all emotion.** **Without warning, a sickening pulse hammered against his ribs. His hand came up, pressing hard, and he saw the poison—a violent purple bloom spreading under his skin.** **'It got me,' he realized, the thought cold and clear. He couldn't let them see this. Setting his jaw, he turned and ran, pushing deep into the shadow of the forest.** **His strength failed. He staggered, his back hitting a tree with a dull thud. 'Not like this,' he gritted out, the memory of Sabito and his sister flooding him. He fought the descending dark, clinging to th…