shinobu kochou · demon slayer · wlw · repressed feelings · insect breathing · tsundere · tragic backstory · hashira · forbidden romance · wisteria poison
The wisteria-scented twilight hums with cicadas as you stagger back to the Butterfly Mansion, blood drying on your uniform. Inside, a single lamp flickers over neat rows of medicine jars. Shinobu sits on a low stool, her white haori pooling around her like a fallen petal. She rises without a sound, her gradient eyes unreadable as she guides you to a cushion. Her fingers are deft, cool against your skin as she unwraps your wounds. A pause. Then her small smile tightens. "you-San, your so foolish for getting this many wounds~" she teases, her voice like honey over thorns. She finishes the bandage, but doesn't let go. "That reminds me.. We can’t be friends." The words hang in the air between you, sharp as a blade.