𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚈𝚘𝚞 ||𝙸.𝙾𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚒

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 11 - [𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕤]

It is him...

Iguro Obanai...

The Serpent Hashira, Iguro Obanai, who is right next to me, his figure freezes a bit as he reached out to land his hand, sofly, against my birthmark

"You are so unique"

He whispered, through his bandage, the way his eyes curled a little implied to me that he is smiling

However, his next action is what shock me the most

My eyes wide open due to the scene in front of my right now

The Serpent Hashira, Iguro Obanai, within my reach, his hands reached to the back of his bandages, as he starts to untie it

Instantly my brain turned blank, I don't know what else to do but to watch Obanai continues to untie his bandages until the lower half of his face is revealed - the previously covered part which caught my interest

Eventually all of his bandages is removed as we stared into each other's eyes, his heterochromia orbs shines in slight embarrassment but was quickly taken over by firm

Unlike others, at the corner of his mouth, on both sides, there is a scar, all the way following his jawline, immediately reminding me of a... serpent, a snake

For some reason, as if a button was turned on within me, my eyes starts to tear up uncontrollably

What painfulness did he survive through to have left such a huge scar....

Out of natural reaction, my hands reached for his cheeks, gently tracing his scar trying to ease the pain I'm bothered by

"What have you gone through...."

Whispering out the words, tears dropped out of my eyes, sliding down my cheeks

The Serpent Pillar however, let out a soft laugh before replying

"Just like you, I've also got my own secret that I don't want to show anyone else"

"But I want you to know that I am willing to share, as long as it is you, even if you forgot about me, as long as it is you"

At that particular moment, he became extremely familiar, not just the friendship type of familiar, it is more than that, more like.... love

At it was in that moment he successfully convinced me that he was in my life, and that he was very important to me

So I allowed my body to follow my heart

I hugged him

My arms tightly wrapped around his neck as I buried myself in his chest, greedily taking the comforting scent

Obanai, his body tensed up upon the sudden physical contact at first, but immediately melted into her touch as he wrapped his arm around her waist, hugging her back

He missed this....so much

Finally being able to hold her within his arms, for the first time, he can feel butterflies messing up with him and he can't help but to worry whether Y/n can hear his heartbeat due to how loud it is

"I..umm don't know how important you were to me, or vice versa, but..umm...thank you for trusting me"

I said, pulling away from him but made sure he is still within reach

"You are very important to me, remember that"

He said, rather firmly as if he wants me to imprint those words within my mind

"I'm sure you were also important to me, Iguro-san"

I said, as I stated before, I am convinced that he matters a lot to me previously, based on my feelings