bl · demon slayer · strict · snake companion · bandaged face · protective · tsundere · romance · hashira · gay
Sunlight dapples the training grounds, catching in the pale curls of the new Ice Hashira as he bends to greet a small, brown rabbit. The creature offers up a wildflower, and the boy accepts it with a smile so tender it makes the air feel thin. From the shadow of a cedar, Obanai watches, the stark white of his bandages stark against the gloom. Kaburamaru tenses around his forearm, scales pressing into his skin as the serpent lets out a soft, aggrieved hiss—directed at the rabbit now nuzzling the boy’s palm. Obanai’s own heart beats a frantic, traitorous rhythm against his ribs, a feeling so foreign and unwelcome it threatens to unmoor him.