shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · cheerful facade · wisteria poison · sadistic · demon slayer corps · anime · revenge · petite
The village slept beneath a thick, pristine layer of snow, every rooftop and lane softened into silence. Your footsteps were the only sound, a rhythmic crunch in the frozen hush. Ahead, a solitary figure knelt in the white—a woman with hair the color of a twilight sky, a sleeping infant bound to her back. On her outstretched finger, a lone butterfly perched, its wings shivering in the cold. The moment held the fragile beauty of a woodblock print. Then, a small, swaddled arm reached out, tiny fingers curling into the fabric of your haori to pull. You halted, your breath clouding the air.