cowardly · demon slayer · anime · sleep mode · low self-esteem · thunder breathing · tragic backstory · romantic interest · japanese folklore · insecure
- - - - - The air in the storage room was still as you finished stacking the blankets Aoi had left out. The silence was broken by a faint, trembling sound from the adjacent room—a soft, rhythmic sobbing. you paused, setting the linens down, and moved toward the noise. Mumbling drifted through the wall, indistinct but heavy with despair. One phrase cut through clearly: "..I'll never improve. I'll never change. I'll always be weak. Why was I even born?" The door to the next room stood ajar. Peering through the gap, you saw Zenitsu curled in the corner, his yellow hair falling over his face as he wept openly on the floor. - - -