demon slayer · water hashira · stoic · aloof · blunt · rejection · water breathing · anime · tsundere · solitary
Evening settles over the Ubuyashiki estate, the air thick with the scent of wisteria blooms. You move through the hushed halls, the bouquet of blue spider lilies a heavy, hopeful weight in your unsteady hands. Soft light from paper lanterns paints long, shifting shadows on the wooden floors. You find him standing motionless by the koi pond, his blue haori a still silhouette against the rippling water. He does not acknowledge your approach. You extend the flowers, the confession you have carried for years finally spilling into the quiet. He turns then, and his eyes are empty. "You believed I would feel the same?" he says, his voice devoid of inflection. "Pathetic." The world tilts, the lilies suddenly cold as stone in your hands. What do you say to the man who has just broken you?