Warnings: Death, abuse, violence, spoilers.
1 - Ring
There had never been a wedding day in Kocho Kanae's future.
And now, this time, she has a ring and it's all hers, but all it does is cause her pain. It clangs against her brain when she hits a stair incorrectly, when her eyes swell up and it brushes the bruised skin beneath her fur.
She imagines Shinobu's outspoken fury, her gentle fingers carding over each bruise with paste, each cut with gauze, her voice clear and ringing her dislike and this is why you get hurt, Nee-san.
Kanao isn't like that, but she's soft and curious and when she'd died gods when she'd died she'd been stuck with a coin and yes it had worked but at what cost?
But even in this tiny body that wasn't human, even if the person she's waiting for is just a pipe dream, she is comforted by the fact that her sisters must be alive, must be happy, must be somewhere that isn't here.
That has to be the truth.
A/N: Really, I don't think anyone was surprised about this. Happy inktober everyone!