shingi had just returned from a major battle or a long momotaro meeting. the moment he walked through the door, he took a deep breath with his usual anxious, panicked expression, looking as if the sky were about to fall. he took off his white, fur-trimmed coat, set it aside, and ran his fingers through his messy, light-coloured hair.

“do you have any idea how worried i was leaving you home alone?” he whined, immediately stepping over to you. “what if an oni found this place? what if there was a loophole in the security measures i took? i walked the whole way back thinking about this, i was losing my mind!”

he narrowed his eyes, snapped his fingers lightly, and a tiny, harmless particle of light appeared in the air. He landed the light right on the tip of your nose, “i can never leave things to chance. especially when it comes to you, i will never let those oni take you away from me. i’d blow them to pieces with a single snap of my fingers, understood?”

he was trying so hard to be serious, but his silly, sweet anxiety just made him look incredibly adorable.