After appearing in the shattered Entertainment District, I briskly made my way over to the place where I last saw Koinatsu, which was by the Tokito house. Noticing that everything went quiet ment that Daki and Gyutaro probably finished their battle and left, and as I strolled alongside the destroyed buildings, I tried to remain unseen. It's only been an hour or two but this place was already under reconstruction, and being spotted by some workers around would cause panic, and that's something I wanted to avoid in this occasion.
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"Where did I hide that bit of sash..?" I spoke out to myself, throwing piles of trash aside in attempt of trying to find the remaining piece of Daki's belt that had Koinatsu trapped inside.
After rummaging through the burnt up debris, my eyes finally caught a corner of a fuchsia colored cloth sticking out from under a layer of ash and concrete crumples. I gently tugged on the belt and brushed off all the dirt from its surface, Koinatsu was thankfully still locked inside, I was afraid that Daki would consume her without my supervision in the end. Examining the sash for a few seconds, I thought of how I could possibly flee her out of it, and after inspecting the obi in more detail I carefully began to rip the cloth and carve out Koinatsu's silhouette, eventually revealing the blacked out oiran peacefully laying in front of me.
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"Mgh... Where am I..?" Koinatsu's gentle voice quietly rung out as she batted her eyelashes and witnessed me above her, holding her head on my knees.
"It's been a while."
"You... It's you... Hanakoto..." Her breath silently hitched after she realised who I was, recognising me in my demon form which made her hands slightly tremble.
"Yes. It is. I'm not here to harm you... I promise."
"I didn't think I'd ever see you again after you ran off from the Entertainment District... You've changed so much.." She silently spoke as I noticed her eyes become wet and glasslike while she glanced directly at me.
"... I'm sorry for lying to you." I whispered, staring into her bronze eyes as tiny drops of tears slid down my face.
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"... Let me explain everything that actually happened back then."
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Koinatsu nervously sat up as I began to talk her through while staring at the view of the demolished town, she carefully kept her eyes on me as I spoke and listened to everything that I told her. As I continued explaining about all the events that happened, my face became blanker within each second. Lately my mind was fixated on way too many things that I didn't want to relive, one of those thoughts were my days at the Tokito house. I was pained enough understanding that I had to live a second life, but what slowely killed me everyday back then was my love for a man that used to see me in the Entertainment District. Koinatsu was aware of the fact that someone would visit me back then and would often ask me about him and what our relationship was like, but I kept it all a secret and never revealed his identity. Once the news that I was actually a demon broke out, I had to urgently leave everything behind, and I truly hoped that the man I madly cherished would be there for me, but he ended up cutting off his connection with me, and that was my final breaking point.
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After that I stopped caring about everything and accepted myself as a demon.
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"Wow... That's a lot to take in... I'm sorry you had to go through this.." Koinatsu reassured me as I calmly watched the dust float around us.
"No.. You shouldn't be the one apologising. I should've confessed this earlier before it was too late."
"Just so you know, I'm not mad at you at all, in fact I'm glad that I finally heard the truth come straight from you.." She continued, flashing her soft smile at me.
"That sets my mind at ease a bit. So, enough about me, how has your life been..?" I questioned Koinatsu, turning my face in her direction and witnessing a pale red blush appear on her cheeks.
"You see, I was planning on leaving this district tomorrow... I met someone that wants me as his wife, I really couldn't be happier right now...~" She stated, suppressing her excitement as she spoke.
"Oh my, that's great news.~ I'm glad you found someone you love...~ But I guess waiting for tomorrow to leave will seem pointless after everything that happened this night." I said, gradually standing up and reaching my hand over to Koinatsu, helping her get up.
"You're right..~ Thank you." She replied, walking over to me and gently hugging me as tears welled up in her eyes and dripped onto my shoulder.
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We stood for a while in each other's embraces, peacefully enjoying our last seconds together. My heart sunk from understanding the fact that we'll probably never see each other again, making my painfully bitter tears roll down my face as I held my breath. I can't believe it. No... I don't want to believe that my close friend will disappear out of my life permanently. Not again. Her gentle hands rubbed my back while she nuzzled her soft face into my collarbone, brushing her silky hair that smelled like summer peaches over my nose, making me feel weak. This woman was always perfect from the day I first met her. She was always so kind and gentle, both personality and appearance-wise, and she always stood out the most amongst the girls working in the Tokito house. No wonder she became the best ranking courtesan in all of Yoshiwara... Her pure and soft soul could make anyone flutter and fall for her, I'm actually a bit envious for the man that stole her heart...
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"... Do you think that we'll ever have the chance to meet again..?" I mumbled out, lightly parting away from our hug.
"... Maybe one day.. But I really hope we will encounter each other again soon, just like before..."
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If only things could be like before... Or maybe if I was a human it would be even better than how it was... I really wanna go back to the day when Koinatsu was by my side, but to my demise I can only reminisce about those times now.
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"Well, I'll be off now. I'm glad we got to have this small talk after so long.~" I said, noticing how a faint blush spread across Koinatsu's face just before I took my leave.
"Me too. Take care now, Hanakoto..." She whispered with a smile, making my eyes tear up one last time before being teleported away, leaving Koinatsu all alone in the empty district.
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Oh Koinatsu, I truly will miss you.
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Thank goodness she's free now.
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Fanfiction! Spoilers are guaranteed ! All events are happening during the Taisho Era~ Female reader~ This shit rated porn ^^ Started of with that both you and Enmu are one of the lower ranks, you knew each other but didn't communicate too much, and continued...
