𝓓𝓮𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓓𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓽. | 𝗚𝗶𝘆𝘂𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗰.

𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝

【𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐨'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐯】

I entered the festival with Master beside me. The festival was quite  large, with crowds of people everywhere. How am I going to see Tanjiro with all of these people??

" Kanao? " Master called me, snapping me out of my thoughts.

" What is it, Master? " I asked her, and she responded with her signature smile on her face.

" You look... nervous? Are you looking for someone, perhaps.. Tanjiro-kun?~ " She spoke in a teasing tone and smirked at me, making my face heating and turn red.

" N-No! I-I don't even know if he'll attend the festival... " She giggled at me before changing her smirk into her usual smile once again.

" Right~~ Anything you say. " Soon, we fell into silence, attempting to find a quiet space amidst the crowds surrounding us.

According to the plan, I just need to locate Tanjiro, who is walking with Tomioka-sama. Tanjiro will be the one to draw me away from Master, leaving Tomioka-sama and Master alone together.

But the problem is.. Where is Tanjiro?

As I wandered my eyes around the festival and the bustling crowds, I felt light taps on my shoulder.

I turned around to find Master tapping me and pointing her index finger somewhere. I followed the direction she indicated and saw a woman with pink hair that faded into lime green halfway, along with a man with black hair, slightly shorter than the woman, wearing a bandage mask.

Wait- Isn't that Kanroji-sama and Iguro-sama? Why are they together?

" Mitsuri!! " Master called out to her, waving her hand in the air to grab the couple's attention.

" Ah! Shinobu!! " She quickly ran and gave Master a bear hug, with Iguro-sama following behind.

" Mitsuri!! You are suffocating me! " Pink hair woman quickly broke the hug with Master.

" I'm sorry! Shinobu! " She apologized, but then Master's smile turned into smirk.

" Apologize not accepted until you tell me why Iguro-san is here? " She asked the couple in a teasing tone like she did to me.

Kanroji-sama blushed and quickly hid her face in her hands, letting out a delighted squeal. On the other hand, Iguro-sama remained still, obscuring his face from the group. I couldn't tell if he was blushing or just trying to ignore Master's presence.

" Unfair, Shinobu-chan! " She pouted in response, and Master replied with a giggle.

" By the way, your kimono and Kanao's are so cute!! You never tell me you have this kimono! " Master smiled at her after Kanroji-sama was complimenting our kimono.

" Thank you, Mitsuri! Yours is just as adorable as I remember! " She thanked her before adjusting herself a bit.

" When did you get that? Who got it for you? I've never seen you wear this! " Kanroji-sama rapidly strike Master with questions, Master replied with soft giggle.

" Well, Kanao and I went shopping yesterday. It's been ages since we last went shopping together! " Master quickly grabbed my hand and clasped it.

" Also what are you doing here, Shinobu? " She asked Master, followed by tilting her head.

" Well, Kanao invited me to the festival a couple of days ago, but now she's busy looking for someone. " They turned to me, and I awkwardly met their gaze.

Just then Kanroji-sama seems to understood something after having an eyes contract with me.

" Anyways, I'm hungry! Let's find something to eat before we discuss the person Kanao is looking for. " Kanroji-sama said before leading the group to some food stalls.