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~~~ after harshira meeting
“Hey kocho. How’s the butterfly doing?” Uzui yelled out to her before Giyuu could fully walk out the room.
“By butterfly I believe you mean shinobu, she’s doing better. She's more focused on helping out with the butterfly mansion than slaying currently.” Giyuu replied with that same smile she's had since kanae passed.
The others were listening. They always were. Giyuu knew that, she knew anything out of the ordinary would worry them. Everything had to be perfect. No mistakes. Not even when it came with makeup, one spot without some makeup means questions. They are harshiras. They see things that take most a while to notice.
“That’s good to hear. Say kocho, how about we all go to my house for a few drinks with the others?” Before Giyuu could say anything he turned to the other harshira. “What do you guys say? Come to the flashiest place on earth for some drinks!”
“Great idea friend! I am in as always!” Rengoku stood up and walked over to his bird.
“Of course you’re in. But I don’t blame you Rengoku. Drinks sound good, it’s been a while since we’ve done that.” Shinazugawa added.
Mitsuri raised her hand before speaking. “Will Kocho's sisters let her? The butterfly girls almost cried when we went over there to ask her. I can’t bear to see them on the verge of tears again.”
Giyuu at that moment found her way out of going to Uzui’s and she took it, like a soccer player would take a ball and run to the goal to score, “Oh, right. Sadly I won’t be able to join tonight. I promised the girls I’ll help out with the male demon slayers’ physical. Maybe another time, sorry but I have to take my leave now. Good afternoon.”
Before Uzui could try to get a word in, she was already halfway out of the meeting room. “She’s still trying that unflashy stuff? We could have helped her. Some of our new recruits are assholes. What if they do something?” Uzui said to the rest of the harshira, without looking away from the place Giyuu was in just a moment ago.
His voice lowered, “when did she become so much like kanae...” His voice went back to its normal loudness, quickly moving on from the topic. “And where did the kid go? I can’t hear his mumbling anymore.”
Obanai looked around at where muichiro was just at. “It seems he has left but knowing him, he probably just followed Kocho again. He probably thought about that before you did or he’s just going because he wants to.”
“I say we got to the butterfly mansion to help our fellow harshira! She might need it!” Rengoku started walking to the exit and the rest nodded and followed.
~~~ with Giyuu and Muichiro
The pair walked in silence. One was just looking around and commenting on flowers, while the other was walking quickly to get to the mansion.
“Kocho. Where are we going again?” Muichiro finally asked after looking around for a while. He went over to a white lily he found discarded.
“The butterfly mansion. Why did you follow me Tokito? We won’t be able to make paper canes together, if we do it will be more in the evening.” She stopped her walk to watch him pick up the lily. “It’s a little dirty don’t you think?”
“Hmmm. You’re right, but the dirtiness can be cleaned off.” He picked the flower up and blew the dirt and dust off. “Come here please and go down to my level please. Also close your eyes for a bit.”
She did so.
He took a few minutes. “Done. You can open your eyes now.” Giyuu opened them and walked to a pond nearby and looked down.
“It’s pretty. Thank you Tokito. Let’s continue on our way.” The rest of their way to the butterfly mansion was peaceful, quiet but pleasant.
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End of this chapter!