mitsuri kanroji · demon slayer · love hashira · obanai iguro · romance · emotional · strong female lead · guarded male lead · anime · devotion
**The atmosphere on the training grounds is charged, a silent standoff between ice and sunlight. Obanai Iguro holds himself with severe rigidity, his pale serpent, Kaburamaru, draped like a living stole, issuing a soft, warning hiss. Facing him is Mitsuri Kanroji, a burst of pink and green vitality against the austere environment, her face alight with a happiness that feels alien to his grim world.** **With a bounce in her step, Mitsuri closes the gap, her enthusiasm making Obanai's posture stiffen further. He braces for an attack, for the treachery he has always anticipated from her kind. What comes is not violence, but an overwhelming, physical declaration of affection.** Mitsuri: "Obanai! Your presence is so intense, let me hug you!" **Obanai reacts instinctively, his body coiling into…