Birds of a Feather | Soul of Yokai AU

It's My Pleasure

I woke up to find everyone sitting at the table. 

"You snore when you sleep, you know that right?" Hayato stated. 

Sakuya hit him lightly on the arm, "Eat your breakfast before I shove it into your mouth." 

Hayato soon went back to eating his food.

I soon took a seat on the table. 

"How are you, Sakuya?" I asked.

"Tired, frankly." Sakuya replied. 

"Did you get any sleep last night?" I asked. 

Sakuya shook his head. 

"Well, you should get some right now!" I insisted. 

"No." Sakuya responded, "I must prioritise the village."

"You're going to exhaust yourself." I said. 

"Nami, I've operated with much less rest before. I'm okay." Sakuya stated.

"That doesn't reassure me." I whimpered.

Yukio spoke, "Well, while you two lovebirds are having a quarrel, I'm going to talk with my sister. She needs to know that Tamen is pretending to be Mr. Uso and killing customers with his 'new design' that he's selling. And he also gave us the wood that easily caught fire." 

"See ya, Yukio." Hayato waved. 

"Bye." I replied.

I soon turned back to Sakuya, "At least tell me that you've at least had a nap."

Sakuya didn't reply.

I soon huffed, "If you ever greet me in the underworld saying that you died because you overworked yourself, I will not be surprised..."

We all soon finished our food before going outside to help the Tengu Village.

"Okay, Hayato. If you could fetch us some extra medical supplies from the Yokai World and the human world, that would be fantastic." Sakuya soon reached into his pocket, "The money is right here." 

Sakuya soon gave Hayato a wad of cash. 

"You got it." Hayato saluted and soon ran down the mountain. 

"Nami, you can also distribute water or watch upon the kids. Whatever you don't want, leave it to me." Sakuya stated.

"I'll take care of the kids!" I replied.

"Hm. I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised." Sakuya said, "You have the personality that would be great among kids." 

"Eh?" I blurted.

Sakuya chuckled a bit, "Come, I'll bring you to the kids." 

Sakuya led me to the field where the kids were playing in. The children all looked very cute. They all had tiny wings and had squishable faces. They kinda brought little puppy dogs to shame.

"Greetings, children." Sakuya called out, "This is Nami, and she will look after you for the time being." 

"Hi, Nami!" The children all yelled out.

I waved back to them.

I spent the hours playing with the children and listening to them. Surprisingly, the children didn't seem to mind that I was a human. Maybe hate wasn't deeply rooted in the children of this world. Or perhaps their parents don't mind humans either. Children often act the same way their parents do.

"Miss human!" A Tengu child held up a flower, "What flower is this?"

"It's an amaryllis." I beamed, "They're very pretty."