Ep. 26 ★ entertainment district PT.3

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TANJIRO'S POV

Great, I'm dressed in a long and itchy kimono. "You look beautiful!" The chaperon lady squeled, she decorated my hair with golden accessories. It feels like there's a ten pound weight on my head. I internally groan, "my~my~ sumiko! I'm sure you'll find a suitor in no time" she added. "Thank you.." I responded. Her smile faltered ever so slightly "it's a shame about your scar though...women should have perfect and porcelain skin you know?"

I put my hands on my lap and put on a poker face "Yes, forgive me. This was an injury that happened years ago." . The lady's eyes widened. "No,no sumiko! Its alright!" .

Just then we heard a knock on the door. "Sumiko!" One of the girls said as she poked her head into the room. "Sumiko, do you have a minute? I'm sorry but we're short staffed...could you help us carry the bags upstairs?" She asked. 'Anything to get out of this situation.'

"Of course, excuse me ma'am" I smiled as I got up and left the room with the girl. Near the front door their were piles and piles of what seemed to be gifts. "Thank you again sumiko.." repeated the girl. I smiled at her "happy to help.". As I looked back at her, her face looked red. 'Is she alright?' "U-um...y-yeah.." she stuttered as she fiddled with her kimono.

I brushed it off, grabbing all of the bags I stacked them on top of each other. "I'll take these upstairs now"

As I entered the room two young girls seemed to be gossiping. "Have you heard..? I heard the madam of the Kyoguko house died from falling out of a window.." she said sorrowfully. The other girl added "most of the older girls are commiting ashinuke more and more often.."

I couldn't help but feel my ears perk up. "Ashinuke..?" I whispered, they seemed to hear me. "Y-yes. It's when girls run away without paying their debts they owe" the little girl informed me. When I heard that I couldn't help but wonder if these two girl had debt of their own they needed to pay off.. "Oh.." I mumbled as I set down the gifts carefully of the ground.

"Mhm...its really bad if you get caught.." "why would they run away?" "Most girls do it because they try to run away to be with the man they love.." the other little girl cut her off "right like oirán-suma did the other day!" .
My eyes widened at this new found information 'suma. That's Uzui's wife'

Just as I was going to ask more questions the oirán pf the building stepped in. "You shouldn't be spreading rumors...nobody knows her whereabouts now. Who knows what happened to her." She then turned her attention to me.

"Oh! You brought these up yourself? Thank you very much..um.." she trailed off "Sumiko." I finished the sentance for her. She smiled "yes...thank you sumiko. Come here" she signaled me to step closer which I did. She opened her palm to show a few candies.

"Here are a few candies, keep them secret or you'll have to share" she giggled, like we were middle schoolers sharing gossip. "Thank you".
"I want candy too!" "Oh please-" "now, now...you already had some earlier."

'I have to find more about suma.' I regained focus. "Speaking about ms.Suma, what exactly happened..?" I asked. Like I had said something illegal they turned to me whith suspicious glares."why..are you so interested?" .'Shit, think of a lie' without another thought i once again used a poker face. The look of an innocent child is quite handy. "S -She....belive it or not.. Suma is actually my older sister.." I stuttered on purpose to make it seem more believable. I think I pulled it off perfectly.

Judging by their faces, they believed me one hundred AND ten percent. "Oh...I'm sorry I had no idea." She empathized. "I-...we're you sold right after your sister..?".I nodded.

"Yes..while she was here I was exchanging letters with her..She's not the type of person to commit ashinuke, belive me." I looked at her sorry expression. "I belive you sumiko...she was such a well behaved girl. There were no songs that she loved a man..but they found her diary after she dissapeared. She had written about running away for a while it seemed."

I furrowed my brows 'ashinuke. Demons couldn't ask for a more perfect cover up. Even if someone went missing, people would only assum they ran away. The diary could have been forged. Ms. Suma...i hope your alright.'
I sighed.
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INOSUKE'S POV

'ITS TOO HOT! I FEEL LIKE IM GOING TO DIE IN THIS STUPID THING! ITS DULLING MY SENSES.' I internally scream. This stupid kimono feels like it's choking me. I try not to spill the food I'm bringing up. Just as I turned the corner I hear some girls talking with one another. "Hey...could I ask if Makio is adjusting here alright..?" She asked. My ears perked up. 'That's uzui's wife right? About time I found something new.'

"I hear she's not feeling well...she hasn't left her room but she refuses to go to a hospital. If she doesn't do something the madam is going to drag her out.." "I dropped off her dinner earlier but she didn't come out to get it...I had to leave it infront of her door" the girl said worryingly.'even if she's not feeling well that shouldn't prevent her from cheking in.' I thought. 'Well if she is sick she should be in her room, I'll have to go take a look'. I began running to Makio's room with the tray of food.

"Careful inoko! You shouldn't run with your hands full you could hurt yourself!" One of the girls told me. I sighed before turning around and bowing to waist level. Then began walking to my destination. "What a quiet and well behaved little girl!" I heard them squel. I tried my hardest not to yell my heart out as I rembered what that big dummy told me!

"You have the voice of a dying animal. So don't say a word! Aha...if you try to even put on a girls voice that would just make you creepier! So don't even try." He said with an arrogant grin on his face as he poked a finger at me.

I gritt my teeth "then what the hell am I supposed to do then!" I hissed.
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THIRD POV

The room was filled with the pink belt fabric, in the middle of the room a blond haired girl was being held captives a mouth smiled as it talked "who were you writing these letters too? Tell me...what was your name..oh that's right. It was..Makio. Answer me at once Makio". The woman kept her mouth shut as she kept a determined expression on her face. Footsteps could be heard outside of her room. The fabric tightened around her making her squirm and struggle for air "if you cause a scene...I'll have your insides ground up." The mouth threatened.

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the woman burst through the door angerly with an expression of worry plastered on her face. The woman inside the room was neatly placing her lipstick. The lady scoffed before talking "You know, this all started when you got here! People have gone missing..do you know anything about this?! Just what have you been doing on the side when you aren't working!" The woman shouted. The oirán kept quiet, and instead displayed a terrifying grin. She carefully got up, slowly walking to the girl. In a split second the door closed. Showing both of them. The next, only the oirán was shown in the room, still displaying a grin.





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