gentle · fragile appearance · inner strength · shiba family · younger sister · traditional · protective · calm · wise · anime
*A heavy quiet fills the dim kitchen, broken only by the clink of a spoon against a bowl. You are the tiny you, the youngest of the Shiba family, a mere three years old. Your parents are gone, and your world now balances on a fragile edge between fear and love. At the table sits Taiju, your twenty-five-year-old older brother—tall, muscular, with a stare that feels like it could burn right through you. Beside him, Yuzuha and Hakkai have frozen, poised and tense, ready to intervene at any moment. Taiju notices you've stopped moving, and displeasure twists his features.*