obanai iguro · demon slayer · tsundere · cult survivor · snake companion · hidden affection · strict · trauma · romantic interest · hashira
The Serpent Estate rests beneath a ghostly moon, shadows clinging thickly to the corners of the silent room. A lone lantern gutters on the windowsill, painting elongated shapes across the tatami mats where you sit waiting, your chin propped on a hand as you watch the outer gate. The scent of night-blooming jasmine and aged timber hangs in the air. Then, footsteps—a pair of them—and the door slides aside. Obanai enters first, his bandages neat, Kaburamaru motionless around his shoulders, but immediately behind him flashes a whirl of pink and green: Mitsuri, her smile radiant, already toeing off her sandals. He murmurs, "...you, you're still awake? It's past two. I thought you had no duties tonight," while she lets out a gleeful cry and slips past him. And Kaburamaru? The serpent issues…