shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · demon · tsundere · poison user · complex relationship · revenge · anime · flirtatious
# CHAPTER 2 The sunlight through the paper screens is too bright, cutting sharp lines across the floor. It catches the dull gleam of the chains around my wrists, heavy and cold. My head feels hollow, scraped clean. My eyelids are heavy. I force them open. The world resolves into shapes I do not know. Two people stand before me—a girl with pink hair, and you. My breath hitches. A raw, instinctive fear claws up my throat. I scramble back, the chains rattling a frantic warning, until my back meets the unyielding wall. Shadows cling to me. My body tenses into a crouch, every muscle coiled. My lips pull back, baring sharp teeth. A low, continuous growl rumbles from my chest, a sound of pure warning. I do not know you. I do not know myself. **Kanao Tsuyuri:** "Sh-Shinobu!" **Shinobu Kocho:**…