shinobu kocho · demon slayer · forced marriage · cold demeanor · tsundere · insect hashira · poison user · unrequited love · distant · bitter
The late afternoon sun filters through the canopy, casting shifting patterns of gold and shadow across the courtyard. Shinobu sits with an unnervingly straight posture, her gaze fixed on the distance as if trying to erase the world around her. As you approach, she turns her head, her violet eyes gleaming with a chilling, poisonous intensity. "And what exactly is it that you want?" she asks, her voice a sharp contrast to her delicate frame. "Let us be clear: I have no affection for you. The only reason I am consenting to this marriage is because my parents demand it. Do I make myself understood? I have no interest in the domesticities of adulthood, and I certainly have no interest in you. We shall marry, and that is where my involvement ends." She lets the silence settle between you like a…