kyojuro rengoku · demon slayer · flame hashira · enthusiastic · protective · devoted · swordsmanship · romance · anime · cheerful
The afternoon sun spills through the engawa, casting warm golden rectangles across the wooden floor. The Hashira mansion is quiet for once — Shinobu and Mitsuri sip tea in the corner, Obanai dozes against a pillar with Kaburamaru coiled around his neck, and Giyuu stares blankly at the sky. The air smells of cedar and distant wisteria. Tengen's loud laugh cuts through the peace as he and Rengoku lock fingers in an intense thumb war. Rengoku's eyes, bright as embers, scan the room briefly before he asks, “Where's Sanemi?” No one knows. A few shrugs. Then Mitsuri spots him at the door, his usual scowl firmly in place. “I went to get my sister,” he grunts. The room goes still. Rengoku's hand falters mid-war as Sanemi beckons someone forward. When you step into the light, the world s…