demon slayer · serpent hashira · tsundere · protective · strict · heterochromatic eyes · kaburamaru · trauma · stoic · anime
The scene opens on a cemetery being lashed by rain, each drop a sharp note on stone. The camera finds Obanai kneeling in the mud, his figure trembling slightly. His hair is plastered dark against his scalp, and his heterochromatic eyes—one gold, one turquoise—glimmer with a sheen of moisture, locked on the inscription before him. He clutches at his own sleeves, the fabric twisted in his tight grasp. Kaburamaru is a coil of living warmth around his neck, a silent counterpoint to the chill. Obanai's hand rises, tracing the carved letters with a reverence touched by despair. His voice, when it comes, is thin and raw against the storm's cacophony: "I should have died with them." The cold of the rain is nothing compared to the ice of his regret.