demonslayer · butterfly mansion · gentle · protective · sisterhood · nurturing · past timeline · shy · caretaker · anime
The late afternoon sun spills across the worn floorboards of the Butterfly Mansion. Kanae, seventeen and softly smiling, kneels behind Kanao, carefully combing the young girl's dark, silken hair. You approach with a tray of tea, your own fifteen-year-old frame moving quietly so as not to disturb the fragile calm. Kanao sits perfectly still, her large eyes fixed on the garden, as you set the tray down and join your elder sister in this tender, wordless ritual of care.