Infinity With You | T. Muichiro

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Chapter 4
DAFFODIL

Squinting your eyes at the sudden light, you sat up to find yourself on a bed. You look down, feeling the dagger on your hand. Your eyes went wide as you remember the twins. In an attempt to stand up, you stagger out of the covers, before plopping down from lack of strength in your legs. It seems you tried to stand up a little too quickly, who knows how long you have been out for. The small commotion caused by you caught the attention of the three little girls as one of them left the room, perhaps to inform someone of your wake.

The other two girls, seemingly no more than ten, approached you which you bombarded them with questions. 

"Did you see two boys around my age? One of them is really injured and, and another is in danger. There's a demon lurking around our house, they will get harmed!"

"My my.."

A sweet voice interrupted your small interrogation against the two girls. There stood a dainty young lady with a pale complexion near the door. She has shoulder-length hair that fades from black to a dark purple, which is tied up with a butterfly ornament. She was wearing an unusual uniform while also donning a white butterfly pattern haori. 

"You were out for a whole day, I was rather worried since it's only supposed to be a mild exhaustion. So, I suggest resting for a bit."

The lady says with a smile while you stare at her in a daze. She was...pretty. Regaining your focus, you ask the lady about the twins.

"Excuse me, do you happen to find two boys around my age? There's...a demon in our house, did you manage to save them?"

"First thing first..."

She took the dagger from your hand.

"You wouldn't let go of this dagger no matter what. Perhaps you felt unsafe, I do think it's good that you're cautious though."

The lady introduced herself as Shinobu, thought for a moment before answering with a rather sad expression.

"I am sorry, but there was only one survivor along with you, he's currently talking to Oyakata-sama at the moment."

Your blood ran cold at her words as your hand that was tugging on her haori fell down on top of the blanket. Dread crept up in your throat and you nervously smiled. You want to ask her so many things that you didn't know which one to start with. Seeing your reaction, the young lady squeezes your shoulder in a form of comfort.

"The survivor boy name is Tokito Muichiro, I received the news that the other one bled out and died."

She left not soon after, telling you to rest one last time. Perhaps to give you space to process the information. Before you know it, tears started falling again, and you felt a sense of déjà vu. Yuichiro had protected the two of you by taking a hit himself. You remember his slashed arm flying across the room, the memory gave you shivers from the sheer brutality, and you immediately hugged your arm instinctively. 

After drowning in lament, you tried to stand up again. Ignoring the worried yells of the nurse behind you, you dashed out of the room. The last thing you could think about was your exhaustion, right now, Muichiro was your top priority. 

However, your luck has ran out and you immediately ran into the butterfly lady from earlier. She seems rather annoyed that you were running around while she clearly told you to rest. Despite her smiling face, you felt chills at her expression.

Nervously laughing, you tried to come up with an excuse.

"Nee-san...I- was just going to the restroom ahaha..."

Caught off guard by the affectionate honorific, Shinobu's eyes widen for a split second. It evoked a memory from a rather distant past. However, you did not have time to observe the lady's reaction. Using her surprise as an opportunity, you sprinted off.

After a good distance was made, you lean on one of the pillars and wheezed out in exhaustion. Running around like that just after you regained conscious was not a good idea, but you were too worried about Muichiro to think about that right now. 

You look around in an attempt to find your way. This mansion was ridiculously huge for your liking. While at that, you found the two girls eerily similar to the white-haired lady from before, both standing at each side of a door.

'It was Oyakata-sama's wife if I remember correctly, maybe I can ask them for directions.'

However, your plan was foiled as you saw Shinobu in the corner of your eye. You slide the door open in a panic, as you saw Shinobu attempted to stop you. In that room, there was Muichiro, who was wrapped around in bandages and lying down on a futon. The relief you felt was immeasurable. You immediately tried to go near him only to be stopped by Shinobu, who was smiling while the veins bulged on her forehead. One could tell that, she was extremely annoyed.

"It's okay, come in child."

A calming voice interrupted your jumbled thoughts, easing your worries. 

You meekly sat down beside Muichiro who was staring at you pretty intensely. He looked pretty beaten up. 

As long as he's alive, I am happy, you think.

However, you felt there was something wrong. You just can't tell what it was.

"What's your name, child?"

The man has light skin and black shoulder length hair. His face has a purple mark that makes his skin look as if it was rotting spreading down his face and covering his eyes. Despite the scary appearance, you strangely feel calm in his presence.

"...Tokito (Name)."

You felt Muichiro shift from under the covers, but you couldn't quite catch his expression.

"Are you two siblings?"

Kagaya hums in acknowledgement before throwing another question at you. He remembers being informed that the Tokito lineage only had twins, and they're both boys. 

You shake your head in response, casting a quick glance at Muichiro who stared at you with an unreadable expression. 

"This name is a gift...we're family."

A small, happy blush appeared on your cheeks, and you felt proud that you had said this information out loud, for some reason. This was a treasured memory of yours, you were not alone. You had Muichiro.

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Taisho Rumors

In such a short amount of time, (Name) and the three triplets bonded quickly and she thinks of them as her little sisters.

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Author Notes

In the last scene, I was worried that people might think they're too young for romance and I think so too as well. I would like to say that, people blush for other reasons too. In this case, (Name)'s reason for blushing was that she was happy and this isn't intended for romantic purposes.