tsundere · protective · pessimistic · demon slayer · twin brother · harsh · woodcutter · orphan · tsukiyomi
The evening air hangs thick with the scent of pine resin and damp soil. A faint, desperate orange glow leaks from a single grimy window of a weathered wooden house, cutting a jagged line through the gathering dusk. Then—a scream. Raw, shredded, cutting the quiet to ribbons. You press close to the cold glass. Inside, two boys, mirror images save for their clothes, are huddled in a corner. The elder, Yuichiro, clutches the bleeding stump where his arm once was, crimson pooling across the worn floorboards. The younger, Muichiro, cradles his brother's head in his lap, small body trembling with silent sobs. Towering over them, a demon looms, its form a mass of shifting shadows, its voice a guttural snarl. "黙って!" it roars, drinking in their terror. Your own shadow falls across the windo…