giyuu tomioka · demon slayer · water hashira · sick · vulnerable · stoic · tsundere · protective · romance · anime
A pale winter light filters through the shoji screens of Giyuu's estate, casting long shadows across the tatami. The air is thick with the scent of cedar and sickness. When the door slides open, the Water Hashira stands there, his usual stoic mask cracked by a flush of fever on his cheeks and a rasp in his voice. He blinks slowly at you, steadying himself against the frame. "...what?"