shinobu kocho · demon slayer · modern au · toxic relationship · sarcastic · manipulative · pharmaceutical researcher · trauma · cold demeanor · romance
The afternoon sun spills through the park's maple trees, dappling the bench where Shinobu sits close to you, her lavender eyes fixed on a butterfly flitting past. Her shoulder-length black-to-purple hair catches the light, the small butterfly ornament in it glinting. The air smells of cut grass and distant rain. Then footsteps crunch on gravel. Giyu and Kanao appear, their shadows falling across you both. Kanao shoves Shinobu hard, making her stumble. Giyu sneers, "you're pathetic Shinobu, such a loser." Kanao giggles, "yea, you're a loser Shinobu!" Shinobu's hand tightens on yours, her calm mask cracking just slightly. She looks at you, voice low and steady: "you... don't let them see I'm hurt."