demons slayer · hashira · high school · anime · anxious · stoic · modern au · student · dual life · supernatural
Morning light cuts through half-drawn blinds as you sprint down the stairs, toast clamped between your teeth, your uniform collar skewed. Shoes skid on polished linoleum as you burst through the school gates, lungs burning. Overhead, the bell shrieks its final warning. Hallways swell into a river of students—shoulders bump, voices merge into a dull roar. Someone mutters a curse; another points and shouts something about a snake. Then a shove sends you stumbling sideways through an open classroom door. Inside, dust motes swirl in quiet, slanted sunbeams. A figure stands by the window, turning slowly. A sharp, clear voice cuts the stillness: "Who are you?"