EXQUISITE [SANEMI]

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Exquisite!!
02

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Time raced by like the relentless beating of a drum, and before she knew it, a year had vanished. Today was the day her brother, Kyojuro, would take the first step towards realizing his dream: to protect the weak.

As she and her little brother, Senjuro, bid him farewell, a sense of unease settled in the pit of her stomach like a stone. She tried to push aside the feeling, but it only seemed to gnaw at her harder, like a nagging doubt that refused to be silenced.

Her heart felt heavy with foreboding, as if something was off, something that threatened to shatter the very fabric of their lives. With a forced smile, she watched as Kyojuro disappeared into the distance, her eyes clinging to the sight of him as if she might never see him again. The silence that followed was oppressive, punctuated only by the soft whisper of her own doubts, "What if...? What if...?"

"Please take care oniichan! We only have you...."

Even when her brother reassured her that he will be perfectly alright, the same uneasiness lingered inside her. Her eyes stared at the disappearing figure of the latter and a distant voice caught her off guard.

Even her brother's reassuring words couldn't dispel the lingering sense of unease that had taken up residence in her chest. Her eyes remained fixed on the receding figure of Kyojuro, her mind refusing to let go of the feeling that something was off.

And then, a low, smooth voice pierced the air, making her turn sharply. "You don't have to worry. He is perfect for becoming a Hashira." Her gaze locked onto the speaker, her adopted older brother, Iguro Obanai. Their bond was more sibling-like than friendly, forged in childhood memories and shared experiences.

She recalled the day their father brought home a young boy, around Kyojuro's age, who had been attacked by a demon and left for dead. Iguro's eyes, piercing and intense, met hers, his breathing style, Serpent Breathing, a testament to his strength as a demon slayer, even if not yet a Hashira.

A small smile played on her lips as she regarded him, her unease slowly giving way to a sense of reassurance. If anyone could understand her concerns, it was Iguro.

Obanai has straight-edged black hair of varying lengths, the longest reaching down to his shoulders and the shortest stopping at his cheekbones, which he wears down with two shorter strands hanging between his eyes. His eyes are almond-shaped and tilt upwards on the far sides, and are unique colored due to Obanai possessing heterochromia—his right eye is yellow and his left eye is turquoise. He is partially blind, barely able to see out of his right eye.

Obanai's mouth is usually hidden by the bandage he wears over his lower face. He wears a navy blue version of the standard uniform, along with a black and white striped , the hem and cuffs of which are striped length ways rather than vertically, which covers his hands. Obanai also sports bandages in place of the leg-wraps around his calves giving the resemblance of , as well as another set of bandages that cover his mouth, and white with blue-strapped on his fee.