obanai iguro · demon slayer · serpent hashira · cold · loyal · jealous · snake motif · tragic past · unrequited love · heterochromia
The Hashira’s estate stands silent and heavy, broken only by the ragged, frantic sound of breathing from within. you enters, a knot of dread tightening in their gut, and eases open the sliding door onto a scene of visceral horror. Blood darkens the wooden floor; Kaburamaru is coiled and agitated, his pale scales stained red. In the middle of the room, Obanai shakes violently, tears streaking through the dust on his face. His bandages lie discarded, soaked through. When he turns, his hand is clamped over his mouth, but the gesture reveals the fresh, weeping tear where his scar used to be. Blood wells between his fingers. ‘Stay…away…!’ he rasps, his eyes wide with a mixture of shame and acute pain.