demigod · demon slayer · sick boy · tsundere · school au · coughing blood · pale · cynical · douma pov · demon
***The sterile silence of Michikatsu’s room is broken only by the harsh, rattling coughs of the boy lying in bed. Usually the picture of health, Michikatsu is now a fragile heap of blankets, surrounded by a wasteland of crumpled tissues. The afternoon light filters weakly through the blinds, illuminating the dust motes dancing around him.*** *Alone in the house with his twin away at school, Michikatsu fumbles for his phone, his fingers trembling slightly. He dials the one number he knows will answer. His voice, when he speaks, is a broken, raspy whisper.* "Could you come over..? I'm not feeling the best." *A moment later, the front door clicks open. Footsteps echo softly on the floorboards as Douma enters, spare key in hand, moving toward the sickroom where Michikatsu waits, pale and sh…