flower breathing

❝ what's your favorite color and why? ❞

❝ can i come with you? ❞

❝ you have a nice smile, has anyone ever told you that before? ❞

❝ how do you take your coffee? ❞

❝ sorry, what was your name again? ❞

❝ it just occurred to me i never asked you what your last name is. ❞

❝ actually we've met before. ❞

❝ i've heard a few things about you. ❞

❝ care to join me? ❞

❝ i'm not really sure why i trust you. ❞

❝ i don't usually talk this much, it just feels easy to say stuff when you're listening. ❞

❝ i know we don't know each other that well but if you wanna talk about it... ❞

❝ could you help me with something? ❞

❝ do you like it here? ❞

❝ are you new around here? ❞

❝ you can ask me anything you want. i promise i'll answer truthfully except the things i feel like lying about. ❞

❝ i don't mean to be too forward, you just seem like you could use a friend right now. ❞

❝ you can come with me. i mean if you don't have anyone waiting for you. ❞

❝ we're friends now. you can ask me for help. ❞

❝ do you like this music? i can change it. ❞

❝ what are your favorite snacks? ❞

❝ really? i wouldn't have guessed that about you. ❞

❝ do you mind if i ask about it? ❞

ACTIONS:

VISIT: for sender to go to receiver's home for the first time

VISITED: for receiver to go to sender's home for the first time

CRYING: for sender to see receiver cry for the first time

CRIED: for receiver to see sender cry for the first time

BEGIN: sender and receiver are on their first date together

TRIP: our muses go on a group trip but end up stuck together, away from the rest of their friends.

SITUATION: our muses are acquainted because one of them is their friend's roommate. muse a shows up when their friend isn't there and ends up hanging out with muse b one on one.

GO: our muses go to a zoo or theme park together and get lost.

INVITE: sender cooks for receiver for the first time

INVITED: receiver cooks for sender for the first time

TOGETHER: our muses spend the night for the first time

TRY: our muses hooked up and are hanging out the next day

COMFORT: sender is going through a break up and receiver offers to cheer them up

COMFORTED: receiver is going through a break up and sender offers to cheer them up

OFFER: sender gives receiver a ride to the airport/picks them up

OFERED: receiver gives sender a ride to the airport/picks them up

AID: sender helps receiver redecorate

I'm not sure I even remember what it's like to be happy.

Tell me it's going to be okay, even if it's a lie.

I never got to say goodbye.

In the end, everyone leaves me.

As long as you're safe it's fine, it doesn't matter what happens to me.

It's fine, I'm used to it.

Please, just stay until I fall asleep.

I wish I could hate you. It would make this easier.

Don't make promises you can't keep.

I'm not even sure who I am anymore.

Don't waste your grief on someone like me.

I'm sorry, I thought I could fix things.

I was never anyone's first choice, was I?

It's already in the past, so why is it still affecting me?

Maybe I deserved it.

I thought I was stronger than this.

Will it ever stop hurting?

You’re all I have left, and I don’t think you realize that.

I knew it was too good to be true.

Why does this keep happening to me?

I didn't mean for any of this to happen.

It's okay, I wouldn't want to be around me either.

I don't think there's anything left of me to save.

I'm so tired of being alone.

I don't know how to do this without you.

You keep doing this, you keep breaking your promises!

I think I broke something in me a long time ago.

I don’t think I can pretend anymore.

Don’t talk about leaving like it’s something normal.

I'm trying dammit! Do you think it's easy to change!

You think I can be saved but I'm not so sure...

Kanao just stared at him, however the moment sharp eyes spot his hand on his sword, she placed her hand on her own hilt. She was ready for a fight should it come down to it, though she had no reason to let her guard down. They didn't know each other well and his personality was much different than the sensitive crier who didn't want to take his medicine.

but now that she was here, he would say one word.

This felt much more different, this was not the same boy she vaguely recalled during Final Selection. Or after recovering from the Spider Demon group. Her eyesight can see the tension in the way he breathed. At the command, she flips her coin in the air, catching it swiftly. When she sees the result her expression doesn't change, still her aloof smile, she gives but one answer.

he never belonged with the corps, he never wanted to be part of the corps, this was his choice, this is what he did to himself. the way that he hurt him, the way that he heard the pain he had caused....

send one for my muse’s reaction to your muse ---

Alternatively, send ‘ + ‘ after the symbol for the roles to be reversed where possible! Please specify the muse for multimuses!

✘ = hugging them.

Δ = playing with their hair.

❤ = kissing them.

₪ = asking them out for dinner.

☀ = giving them a gift of _ ( asker’s choice ) .

♘ = stabbing them.

♕ = bowing down before them.

♒ = lying to them.

✿ = buying them flowers.

☾ = being found shirtless.

♢ = reading them a story.

☂ = giving them their jumper to keep warm.

✎ = speaking in a different language.

✏ = teaching them a different language.

▄ = telling them a joke.

♬ = singing to them.

☹ = insulting a loved one.

ஐ = slapping them.

✂ = threatening them.

❃ = dancing with them.

▤ = falling asleep on them.

☮ = waking them up after a nightmare.

♣ = discovering them crying.

回 = patching a wound.

✮ = stargazing.

▓ = caught stealing their belongings.

☽ = wandering alone at night.

♡ = complimenting them.

≡ = offering a place to stay overnight.

☢ = falling over.

✦ = being well-dressed.

❂ = wiping blood off their face.

◎ = taking care of them while ill.

☁ = being caught in the middle of a storm with them.

⇕ = holding their hand.

↱ = being lost with them.

☠ = pushing them against a wall.

#FLOWERTSUGUKO. an independent and private kanao tsuyuri from demon slayer / kimetsu no yaiba. have set rules on my pinned post. not spoiler friendly. will tag but not guaranteed.

She had been there to see Shinobu put her plan in motion. She had stood there, powerless to stop it... knowing that it had to happen.

"... right. Nobody would've been able to stop her." Not even her beloved, precious tsuguko. Such was the extent of Shinobu's resolve.

Inosuke's hand moved to touch Kanao's sleeve, and eventually wrapped around her wrist in an attempt at a comforting touch.

"If we can't think of another way, then it means there wasn't one. Which means... we can't be mad at her for choosing that path."

We can't be mad at her for leaving us behind, he didn't add, but the way his voice cracked would betray the rest of his thoughts. She had died so they could live. She had died so they could rid the world of that monster, and live a life free of the rage and resentment that had poisoned her own.

A butterfly idly fluttered past the two of them, as if riding the gentle winds that brushed their respective hair and fur.

Kanao felt her face fall and she felt bad, she had still been so conditioned into not crying. To cry would draw the negative attention of her parents. It was why her brothers were no longer here. But when she cried after the two defeated Upper Two, Inosuke didn't attack her. Didn't reprimand her. Perhaps that's why she felt comfortable with him now.

The touch to her sleeve has her look down at his hand, the blur of his skin against the dark sleeve. When he takes her wrist and no harm came, she looks back at him with the smile she's most known for. He was right, they couldn't be mad at her; without her sacrifice neither Inosuke or Kanao would have survived.

Hearing his words, his wish for final words with the Insect Hashira, she brings her opposite hand to gently take his wrist. The one holding her wrist in returned comfort. She was here for him, they were there for each other.

"...You know, you still can... Shinobu-nee is always with us, I like to think she's here as a butterfly. Both her and Kanae-nee, Shinobu's older sister, here together in Kanae-nee's garden."

She moves to stand, hoping to guide him with her; ironic, her blind being the one to guide him. But this was her home, she knew this mansion like her way with a sword. "It helps me when I am missing her. And I know she's always watching, even when she should be at peace."

𝐢'𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮

Health checkups had become part of Inosuke's new routine, but they weren't quite enough. He found himself seizing every reason he had to visit the Butterfly Estate, even though its halls were empty of recovering slayers. The swords no longer hung at his fur belt. His body was no longer covered in fresh cuts, black bruises, and other sorts of reasons warranting a frequent stay.

Contrary to his comrades, Inosuke hadn't sustained any life-changing injuries. He hadn't lost half his sight, his arm wasn't atrophied. His legs didn't ache out of the blue. The cross-shaped scars across his torso had long healed beyond the need for medical care.

He had no particular reason to be sitting on the engawa, staring blankly at the familiar, yet eerily quiet scenery. No longer did armies of clean bedsheets hang from the distant poles. No longer was the courtyard littered with training equipment.

It was another sunny day. But she wasn't there to see it.

Inosuke hardly felt Kanao approach. His senses had grown duller from lack of training. Her steps made no sound at all, her presence light as the butterfly that fluttered about the estate. A sigh poured from the boar's snout, a quiet appreciation of her presence.

With her, he didn't feel the irrepressible urge to break the silence. He hadn't quite expected her to do so first.

"... I'm glad." He was glad for her presence, right here, right now. He was glad that she had been here when the world collapsed around the both of them.

He had retrieved her sword. She had helped him keep a clear head. Neither of them would be sitting here if it weren't for the other.

Their hearts bled with the same wound.

Kanao silently sat by his side, he was just a giant blur, but his color scheme was so familiar and integral to him. They had survived Upper Two together thanks to Shinobu-nee's help. Kanao has a kinship and connection to Inosuke from that fight alone. Silence was needed for him to feel comfortable to voice his request.

She smiles gently, hearing he wishes to stay a bit longer, as if she had any reason to tell him 'no'. The other girls enjoyed having him there, even if she couldn't see their expressions, she can just feel their energy when Inosuke makes his entrance.

"You can stay as long as you want to, Inosuke-kun. We can even give you a spare room so you're not resting in the infirmary."

Kanao left it to him for how long he wishes to stay here, in the home Kanae-nee and Shinobu-nee made comforting. She thought up an idea, moving to stand, before she speaks again. Voice quiet, gentle, but comforting.

[ wipe ] sender wipes away receiver's tears [ hurt ] sender hurts receiver with words [ lonely ] sender finds receiver alone in a dark room [ wounded ] sender patches up receiver's wounds [ crying ] sender finds receiver crying [ help ] sender runs to receiver when they scream for help [ nightmare ] sender wakes receiver up from a nightmare [ dying breath ] sender talks to receiver before dying [ hold on ] sender pulls receiver into their arms [ anger ] sender takes their anger out on receiver [ argue ] sender gets into a heated argument with receiver [ scared ] sender scares receiver [ sick ] sender cares for receiver while they are sick [ palm ] sender places a hand on receiver to stop them from doing something [ fight ] sender gets into a physical fight with receiver [ comfort ] sender tries to comfort receiver [ blood ] sender notices that receiver is bleeding [ collapse ] sender collapses into receiver's arms [ pressure ] sender puts pressure on receiver's wound [ slap ] sender slaps receiver in the face [ panic ] sender helps receiver through a panic attack [ lie ] sender catches receiver in a lie [ sobs ] sender sobs uncontrollably while receiver holds them [ hiding ] sender finds out that receiver has hidden an injury from them [ death ] sender just died, receiver finds out [ chin up ] sender lifts receiver's chin to stop them from hiding their tears [ fears ] sender talks to receiver about their fears [ scream ] sender screams at receiver [ coping ] sender teaches receiver some coping mechanisms [ loss ] sender is there for receiver after they've lost someone important to them [ needs ] sender asks receiver what they need [ bullet ] sender takes a bullet for receiver [ bruises ] sender finds bruises of unknown origin on receiver [ rainfall ] sender finds receiver out alone in the rain [ hospital ] sender wakes up in a hospital bed and finds receiver sitting by their bedside [ intrude ] sender walks in on receiver treating their wounds [ calming ] sender tries to calm down receiver [ inspection ] sender holds receiver's face while inspecting an injury they got [ rescue ] sender carries receiver to safety [ clean ] sender cleans blood off of receiver's body

❛  why did you have to leave me?  ❜ ❛  how could you do this to me?  ❜ ❛  i trusted you!  ❜ ❛  i'm sorry, but i can't do this anymore.  ❜ ❛  do you even care how much you hurt me?  ❜ ❛  i'll never stop fighting for us, no matter what.  ❜ ❛  i don't know if i can forgive you.  ❜ ❛  i never thought i'd feel so alone, even when you're right here.  ❜ ❛  please don't go, i can't handle losing you too.  ❜ ❛  you were the one person i thought i could always count on. why did you have to let me down?  ❜ ❛  did you ever even care about us? about me?  ❜ ❛  i wish i could hate you for what you've done, but i can't.  ❜ ❛  why do you always have to play games with my feelings?  ❜ ❛  i never thought saying goodbye would hurt this much.  ❜ ❛  every time i close my eyes, all i see is the pain you've caused.  ❜ ❛  why do you insist on tearing us apart when we could be so happy together?  ❜ ❛  i'm tired of pretending everything's okay when it's clearly not.  ❜ ❛  i don't even know who you are anymore.  ❜ ❛  i need you to understand how much you mean to me.  ❜ ❛  i'm scared of losing you, but i'm even more scared of losing myself.  ❜ ❛  why won't you let me in? what are you so afraid of?  ❜ ❛  you were my world, and now everything is falling apart.  ❜ ❛  how am i supposed to trust anyone after what you've done?  ❜ ❛  i can't go through this heartache again.  ❜ ❛  why did you leave without saying goodbye?  ❜ ❛  how could you say something like that to me?  ❜ ❛  you've always had a way of making me feel worthless.  ❜ ❛  don't you dare walk away from me when i'm talking to you.  ❜ ❛  please, just tell me the truth, even if it hurts. i can handle it.  ❜ ❛  i don't know how to fix what's broken between us anymore.  ❜ ❛  you're not the person i fell in love with anymore.  ❜ ❛  just hold me and tell me everything will be okay, even if it's a lie.  ❜ ❛  i trusted you, and you betrayed me.  ❜ ❛  i never meant to hurt you, it was never my intention.  ❜ ❛  i've given you everything, and it's still not enough.  ❜ ❛  why do you always have to make everything about you?  ❜ ❛  why did you do it? why did you betray me like that?  ❜ ❛  i miss you ... more than words can say.  ❜ ❛  you're the best thing that ever happened to me, and i'm scared of losing you.  ❜ ❛  i'll always be here for you, no matter what. just please don't shut me out.  ❜