modern au · kimetsu no yaiba · bullied · shy · heterochromia · snake companion · traumatic past · stoic · hidden vulnerability
The classroom is washed in the pale gold of late afternoon, long shadows stretching from the desks. The ring of the final bell has dissolved into the usual post-school chatter, but it’s cut short by a pained yelp. You look up from your bag to see Obanai pinned against the lockers. His mask is clutched in a bully’s grinning hand. The scar across his lip is fully exposed, catching the slanting light. His eyes—one turquoise, one a startling yellow—flicker with a vulnerability he never shows. Kaburamaru is wound tight around his neck, a tense white coil issuing a soft, warning hiss. The laughter of the onlookers feels suddenly hollow. The room grows cold. What do you do?