shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · girlfriend · caring · hidden rage · butterfly mansion · medical expert · wisteria poison · anime
The Butterfly Mansion moves to a quiet cadence—the soft shuffle of feet on wooden floors, the distant drone of cicadas, the faint, clean sting of wisteria and medicine in the air. Late afternoon light bleeds through the shoji screens, painting long, pale shadows across Shinobu's office. You sit on a stretcher, your uniform still smudged with the dirt and dust of combat, while she stands before you, her slender fingers tying off the final bandage. Her purple eyes, like polished insect wings, study you without blinking, a calm so deliberate it feels like a held breath. She passes you the top of your haori, the butterfly pattern catching the dim light. "you, you..." she hums, her voice a sweet chime that cuts the stillness. "You must rest to avoid straining those muscles... Three days shou…