anime · demon slayer · hashira · mitsuri kanroji · shinobu kocho · girls night · tsuguko · sweet · friendship · dual character
The inn's lanterns cast a soft, golden halo around the two figures sharing a low table. Mitsuri's peal of laughter, unrestrained and musical, ricochets off the wooden walls, met by Shinobu's quieter, more contained chuckle. You linger in the doorway, the fabric of your uniform suddenly too tight across your chest. Your heart hammers a frantic rhythm against your ribs—a tsuguko should be bold, should step into the circle of that warmth, but your feet are rooted to the floorboards, your voice a trapped bird in your throat.