Shinobu wakes up in the Butterfly Mansion, laying down on a hospital bed. The sunlight sneaking between the tiny slot of the blinds creeps up across her face.
She looked around then sees Aoi, the Butterfly Mansion nurse standing there with tears in her eyes. She immediately went towards Shinobu then cries on the bed side.
"Master!" She sobbed
"Aoi..." Shinobu smiled weakly, putting her hand on Aoi's head, rubbing it gently "I made you worry huh? I apologize for that..."
"You better be!"
Shinobu giggles, this young lady reminds her so much about her younger self. Scanning the room, she seemingly is expecting someone else to be there with them, but to no avail.
"Who brought me here?" She asked
"Shinazugawa-San did, he couldn't stop worrying about you"
Shinobu felt a bit disappointed that it wasn't Giyu, but happy as well because the wind hashira Sanemi was there to save her life. She is grateful.
"Also, weirdly enough, Tomioka-san visited last night"
"Really? What did he say?"
"Not a word, he just sat here with you until morning"
"He did?"
"Yeah, he just stared at you without making a noise, it creeped the heck out of me"
Shinobu chuckled, Giyu does that all the time back when they used to sleep togethe. Even she got creeped out by the his gaze. Remembering the moment got herself to smile, now even more flattered because Giyu did it again.
"Now you're creeping me out, smiling like that" Aoi comments. Shinobu laughed, then coughed in pain, her ribs are still not in good shape
"D-don't make me laugh Aoi- Please my ribs still hurts"
"Oh shit, sorry-"
"Language Aoi!"
"Sorry sorry!!!"
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Later that night, the window silently swings open. Giyu enters, with silent steps towards Shinobu who is already getting her much needed rest. He again sits beside her, quietly looking at her.
He may be angry at what she did, but he will never wish any sort of harm to come to her. No matter what, he still loves his little butterfly.
He leans back on the chair, his hand making its way to hers, their fingers interlock with each other.
"Not you too..." He mutters. Shinobu woke up when he held her hand, but she stayed quiet so she won't ruin this moment for him or her. It's her turn to be the silent one. "I should've been there with you... we already lost her, I can't lose you too..."
His sorrow words made her heart flutter, she thought he lost all of his care for her, but evidently not. Unintentionally, her grip on his hand tightens, he notices this and so he looks at her
She greets him with a smile
He looks away, gently lets go of her hand, then stands up to walk away.
"W-wait Giyu-"
"Aoi is already taking care of you. You have no use for me here"
When he starts walking away, her heart sank. Tears started to stream like a river down her cheeks. Seeing him walking away makes it look like he's leaving her for good.
"Don't leave me..."
Giyu stopped on his tracks and his heart dropped hearing those words leave her mouth. He turns around and his eyes widen seeing how hurt Shinobu looked like. He couldn't believe that he got himself to turn his back on her.
He walks back towards her, sitting back down on the chair he sat on earlier. He holds her hand once more and looks into her eyes, to be sincere with his words.
"I won't..."
They're both grieving lovers. Leaving each other will only add insult to injury. They both made mistakes. They need to work on it together. Just like before.
Shinobu slowly moves to the side of the bed, to make space for him to lay down on. When she patted the space beside her, he slowly layer down to not injure her further.
They held each other close, it's been so long since they've been able to close the distance between them.
"I'm sorry..."
"I'm sorry too..."
They both close their eyes
"HEY!!!" Aoi showed with her hands on her hips. Giyu fell off the bed from shock by her loud voice "She can't recover if you hog all the space on her bed!"
"A-Aoi, it's fine!" Shinobu said nervously
"Ow- my head-"
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Half Of A Whole || GiyuShino
Fanfiction|| Complete || ---» "She's gone because of you" • Giyu doesn't talk to her anymore. • Shinobu tries her best for him to understand. • Will they ever forgive each other? DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own the cover art. I only found it in Google.
