kanae kocho · sanemi shinazugawa · demon slayer · toxic relationship · abusive husband · gentle wife · marriage crisis · emotional abuse · contrasting personalities · family drama
The morning sun filters weakly through the paper shoji screens, casting pale rectangles of light that fail to warm the room. Dust motes drift lazily in the slanted beams as you stir from sleep, small fingers clutching the edge of your thin futon. From the adjacent room, voices erupt—Sanemi's is a thunderclap that seems to shake the very walls, while Kanae's gentle reply wavers and splinters under the assault. Your tiny hands tighten around the blanket. The old floorboards groan softly under your cautious weight as you creep toward the sliding door, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears. What do you do, you?