Captured blades

Chpt. 2 "Recovery"

Butterfly Estate 10 A.M

            After several hours of strenuous work, Tanjirou and Inosuke had been declared to be in stable condition though they had shown no signs of regaining consciousness. After the work was done, Aoi had opted to stay in Inosuke's room to keep an eye on him. 

           Meanwhile, Kanao simply stood outside the door to Tanjirou's room, struggling to work up the courage to walk in and see just how bad the damage was. 

Kanao's thoughts: "Why... why can't I just walk in... I-I want to go in, my hearts telling me to go in, so why can't I?"

           Kanao's thoughts trailed back to the first time she had ever actually talked to Tanjirou.

Memory of Tanjirou: "Follow your heart. Listen to that little voice in their."

           Kanao's shaky hand slowly moved up towards the door knob.

*THUD*

           Kanao dropped to the floor with her back against the door and help her legs close to her chest and burrying her face into her knees.

Kanao: "Damn it... I can't even follow what he told me. I-I have to use the coin..."

          Kanao reached into her pocket and slowly pulled out the coin that she had always used to make decisions for her.

Kanao's thoughts: "Heads, I go in. Tails, I don't."

           A small ping echoed through the halls as Kanao flicked the coin up. The coin twirled in the air before falling back down and landing on Kanao's palm as she covered the coin with her other hand.

kanao's thoughts: "Well, here goes nothing."

"Oh, what's this?"

Kanao: "Huh?"

          Kanao looked up to see Shinobu standing right in front of her.

Kanao: "M-Master. What are you doing here?"

Shinobu: "I thought I'd check up on Tanjirou. I'm assuming you had the same idea but didn't know if you wanted to go in?"

Kanao: "Um... kinda."

Shinobu: "Well I'm goin in. Care to join me? Perhaps it'll be easier for you if I'm here?"

         Kanao looked down at the coin still hidden under her palm and back up at Shinobu before putting the coin away without looking at the results and standing up and nodding.

Shinobu: "Splendid."

          The door to Tanjirou's room creaked open as Shinobu and Kanao walked in. Shinobu walked up to Tanjirou's bed while Kanao stayed just right by the doorway. 

Shinobu: "Come on Kanao. Have a seat here."

          Shinobu pulled up two chairs next to Tanjirou's bed and sat down in one, motioning for Kanao to do the same. Kanao nodded and walked over, sitting down on the chair and getting a good, close up view of the injured Tanjirou, who had bandages going from his head to his legs and had several cords coming out of his bandaged arms.

Kanao: "H-He'll be okay, right?"

Shinobu: "Hmm... not sure. He'll live to be certain. Though long term, I'm not sure how he'll fair. Aoi took a closer look at him and said that he may be comatose. 

Kanao: "Comatose?! So we don't even know if he'll wake up?!"

Shinobu: "I'm afraid so. All we can do for him now is take as good of care of him as possible and pray he recovers quickly."