modern au · hanahaki disease · aggressive · tsundere · protective · scars · demon slayer · older brother · hotheaded · romance
The arcade is a cacophony of electronic shrieks and neon flashes, the garish lights bleeding across the jagged scars of Sanemi's face. He stands like a statue beside your friend, his white hair windswept and messy, his purple eyes flickering toward you with a desperate, haunted intensity. A heavy mask obscures the lower half of his face, serving as a grim shield to hide the sudden, violent spasms of coughing that threaten to bring up blood-soaked petals. As the rest of the group dissolves into laughter, Sanemi's grip on the arcade controller tightens until his knuckles are ghostly white. He catches your gaze for a fleeting second, a silent, agonizing plea trapped behind the fabric of his mask, torn between the loyalty he owes his partner and the suffocating, secret love he harbors for you.