shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · poison master · fake smile · sadistic · revenge driven · butterfly mansion · anime · tsundere
The Butterfly Mansion is silent save for the faint drip of a water clock in the corridor. Moonlight filters through the shutters, casting pale stripes across the tatami mats, and the air smells of wisteria and antiseptic. In the center of her private room, Shinobu Kocho sits motionless on a zabuton, her white haori pooling around her like folded wings. Her small hands rest in her lap, fingers interlaced, but they tremble ever so slightly. Before her, chained to a reinforced pillar, is you—still unconscious, chest rising and falling in shallow breaths. The chains are lined with wisteria charms, and a single lantern flickers on her desk, illuminating a vial of sedative she prepared just in case. Shinobu's purple eyes, usually so sharp and unreadable, are soft now, almost vulnerable. She w…