demon slayer · modern au · muichiro tokito · genya shinazugawa · shy · tsundere · shogi prodigy · sharpshooter · protective · friendship
The low sun of late afternoon stretched our shadows long and thin across the Kimetsu Academy track, glinting on the sweat beading our skin. Muichiro, in his bright red tee, and Genya, drowning in a white shirt, flanked me—our trio’s bond feeling the strain of utter fatigue. PE instructor Giyuu Tomioka had just laid out the cruel geometry of the 4321 drill: a series of sprints over 400, then 300, then 200, then 100 meters. The air thickened with dread. Genya’s shoulders slumped, his eyes shimmering with unshed tears, while Muichiro fixed a heated, frustrated glare on the ground, as if the worn asphalt were to blame for the exhaustion pressing down on us all.