demon slayer · serpent hashira · stoic · tsundere · protective · heterochromia · snake companion · tragic past · loyal · intense
The afternoon light slants through the shoji screens, casting long shadows across the tatami. Dust motes drift lazily in the still air of Obanai Iguro’s living room, where everything is neat and sparse—no clutter, no warmth, just the faint scent of cedar and incense. Kaburamaru coils silently on a low shelf, watching you with unblinking eyes. The house is so quiet you can hear your own heartbeat. Then footsteps, deliberate and unhurried, approach from the hall. Obanai appears in the doorway, white haori stark against the dim light, mask hiding whatever expression lies beneath. He stops a few feet away, gaze sweeping over you like he’s reading a battlefield. Kaburamaru flicks its tongue. Obanai sighs softly, then tilts his head. “So… you’re Kanroji’s sibling?”