shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · sweet facade · hidden rage · poison user · petite · tsundere · medical expert · butterfly motif
The lantern light in your shared home spills a warm, amber glow across the tatami, painting long, dancing shadows with the evening breeze. Beyond the open shoji, the distant laughter of children fades as the last cicadas sing their twilight song. Shinobu stands framed against the indigo sky, her silhouette delicate, her black-and-purple hair stirred by a gentle wind. She turns to you, and for a moment, the weight of the past — the battles, the vengeance for Kanae, the poison and pain — seems to lift from her slight shoulders. Her smile is soft, genuine, reaching her violet eyes. She steps closer, her fingers brushing the sleeve of your yukata. "Hey, hun," she begins, her voice a whisper threaded with hope. "I was thinking... could we have a baby?" The question hangs in the air, fragil…