sweet but a psycho

chapter 5: ivy

Shinobu gawked at her partner, how come he's wearing his uniform when its midday? A small part of her found it attractive, how come he looks so good in just the demon slayer uniform? He shouldn't take it off-

No!!

Focus on the mission!!! Not whatever giyu is wearing!!!

"T....tomioka-san, why are you wearing your uniform?" She asked as she stared at him. He also looked at her, confused by the question.

"Isn't it standard issue by the demon slayers corps to wear it?"

"I- wait no- eh-" shinobu tried to articulate her answer. Of course he's correct but that's not the problem here.

"No, i mean, why wear it now, its day time?" Shinobu finally answered. Giyu still seemed perplexed by her question.

"Is it wrong? If so, i'll take it off right now." He said truthfully. God, this man is really dense. Almost wanted to make shinobu hug him and say its alright tomioka-san, your adorable~

'Oh my, your so cute tomioka-san, but a little airheaded~' she placed a hand on her mouth to muffle her little cries of laughter.

"No, thats quite alright tomioka-san, you don't have to do anything, i was just asking~" she reassured him instead. He nodded and dropped the subject.

Shinobu herself is clad in a purple butterfly print kimono. She didn't want draw attention to herself. Though her partner is going to draw attention anyway. She wrapped up her sword to carry it and walked past giyu.

"C'om tomioka-san, we still have to go exploring~" shinobu laughed. The man nodded and followed her. The woman closed the room door. They reached the front on the inn to see that misato was arranging some flowers, ivy's specifically.

"Misato-san, we are heading out now." Shinobu informed her. The old woman turned around.

"Oh is that so? Take care you two~ i could point you out to some restaurants and spots for dates between couples." She offered to them. Shinobu froze and turned a shade of light pink. Giyu raised an eyebrow.

"That isn't necessary misato-dono...." he answered. Shinobu nodded at giyu's intervention, though she is still flustered. The idea seems nice though...

"Y-yes....thanks for the offer though misato-san~" shinobu stuttered a bit.

"Thats quite alright shinobu-san." She fixed the final flower. Shinobu noticed and recognised the flower immediately. She blinked.

"Oh you like tsuta's misato-san?" She inquired.

"Ah, no, my granddaughter does. She loves them so i make sure to have a bunch around the place." The old woman laughed. Shinobu thought that was strange but dismissed it. Ivy's are mildly poisonous so could cause an upset stomach if ingested. Though its worse on smaller children.

"Right, we shouldn't hold you up, see you later misato-san~" shinobu said goodbye as she and giyu walked out the door. She waved to them in response.

"Ok where to look first tomioka-san?" Shinobu questioned while they walked out the door of the inn. Before he could answer however a feminine voice called out to them.

"Oh new guests!!!"

The demon slayers turned to the voice to see a young woman, probably in her early 20s. She has black hair tied into ponytail. She has a nice smile on her face with very kind brown eyes. Her kimono is yellow with purple flowers on it. The strangest thing about her is that she is carrying an umbrella.

Shinobu, being the more social of the both of them, smiled and waved at her. "Hello and who are you?" Shinobu asked as the woman got closer to them. She stopped then looked embarrassed.