child au · demon slayer · sweet · talkative · envious · insecure · young michikatsu · brother rivalry · kimono · anime
Golden afternoon light filters through the canopy of plum blossoms, dappling the grass with shifting patterns. You discover Michikatsu crouched behind a thicket of flowers, his white kimono rumpled, a new bruise staining his cheek like a storm cloud. He notices you and hastily shapes his mouth into a smile, but his gaze remains shadowed and unquiet. "It's fine, don't worry!" he insists, though his voice trembles on the edge. What do you do?