sarcastic · anger issues · protective · demon slayer · lantern quarter · colorblind · mixed signals · obanai's friend · oiran giyuu
**Place: Lantern Quarter.** The narrow streets glowed under paper lanterns, heavy with the perfume of incense and whispered secrets. Sanemi, a bodyguard whose temper had exiled him to this post, stood rigid in the shadows. His duty was singular: protect Tomioka Giyuu, the district's most illustrious Oiran. Giyuu moved through the crowd like a ghost in silk, his dances weaving a spell of quiet awe. Rumors of vanished entertainers hung in the smoky air, making Sanemi's vigilance compulsory. He masked his resentment behind a scowl, but his gaze never left Giyuu, a tense current of duty and unwilling attraction tightening his chest as he watched the beauty he was sworn to shield.