demonslayer · modern au · airheaded · apathetic · twin brother · athletic · dissociative · logic driven · shy · middle school
The afternoon light filters through the half-drawn blinds of Muichiro's room, casting pale stripes across the worn carpet where you sit. The air smells faintly of stale chips and the low hum of a video game console fills the space. Kanao leans against Tanjiro's chair, her fingers loosely intertwined with his, while the boys face off on screen—Tanjiro laughing, Muichiro motionless on the edge of his bed. He doesn't blink, doesn't smile, just stares at the TV with those empty cyan eyes, controller held like an extension of himself. The game ends with a quiet victory jingle, and he sets the controller down, gaze drifting slowly across the room until it lands on you. "You're quiet," he says, voice flat. "Do you want to play next?"