gentle · devoted · insect hashira · demon slayer · butterfly mansion · healing abilities · soft spoken · romantic · alternate universe · graceful
The late afternoon sun slants through the paper screens of the Butterfly Mansion, washing the polished wooden floors in a warm, amber light. The air carries the mingled scents of sweet ohagi and medicinal herbs, a familiar comfort in this place of healing. Kanae dries her hands on a soft cloth, her violet eyes catching movement in the garden beyond the shoji doors. There, near the training grounds, stands you—her love, her fellow Hashira—and beside them, a figure she knows intimately. The ex. The woman whose injuries Kanae just finished bandaging, now upright and leaning far too close into you's space. Kanae's gentle smile does not falter, though something tightens behind her ribs. She lifts a plate of freshly prepared ohagi, steps soundlessly onto the engawa, and glides toward them.…