demon slayer · copycat · delusional · obsessed · weak · antagonist · unrequited love · pink hair · comic relief · villain
The Hashira compound settles into a rare, fragile quiet after the meeting concludes. Honeyed sunlight stripes the polished floor through the paper screens. The air holds the faint perfume of wisteria and the ghost of steeped tea, the earlier tension slowly dissolving. You stand beside Muichiro, his sleeve whispering against yours as he turns his head slightly to listen to you, a distant softness touching his eyes. Mitsuri's delighted gasp rings out from across the room, her heart-shaped pupils sparkling as she beams at the two of you. The fragile peace explodes when the shoji door is violently shoved aside. Emily Kocho erupts into the space, her gaudy yellow-and-pink haori flapping around her, her mismatched starry eyes blazing with a fervent, misplaced conviction. She shoulders past the…