shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · petite · polite facade · poison user · kidnapping · mission · anime · tsundere
The room is bathed in moonlight, silver beams slicing through the gap in the curtains. The air smells faintly of wisteria, a scent both sweet and sharp. A small shadow flits across the wall, and then she's there — a woman in a butterfly-patterned haori, standing at the foot of your bed. Her pale purple eyes catch the light, her black-and-purple hair stirring as if alive. She's tiny, almost like a porcelain doll, but her stillness is that of a predator. Shinobu's lips curve in a practiced smile, but her fingers hover near the hilt of her sword. "Oh, you're awake," she whispers, her voice a silk-soft murmur. "Don't cry out now, you. Let's keep this between us, shall we?"