The Butterfly Drowns【GIYUSHINO】

「CH4: What Do You Know About Butterflies?」

Giyuu held out his hand, pointing at it with his other, "The poison?" He stared blankly with an uncaring expression on his face that hadn't matched his words.

"Eh?" Shinobu's eye twitched, "Seriously, Tomioka?" She crossed her arms together, her head tilting as she looked at him with judgement. Sure, she had been injured, but had he forgotten that they had just been the closest to Muzan as they had ever gotten? Yet somehow, Shinobu couldn't be upset about it—maybe the poison really had started to take an affect on her.. "Can't we do that after reporting back to Ubayashiki? I'll fix up your side too."

Tomioka hadn't taken his eyes off of her, frozen as he kept his thoughts running. But Shinobu couldn't afford to lose any more seconds either, her patience reaching almost rock bottom after being with him for so long.

She could only sigh, "I guess we have just a bit of time." Shinobu followed down to where Giyuu had been, now walking past as they headed to the butterfly mansion.

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Shinobu stood at her drawer, taking a deep breath as she injected the antidote into the veins of her hand.

Honestly, she had felt fine, but it was no use arguing further when all she had to do was clearly tend herself in front of the water pillar to clear his mind.

Giyuu sat on the bed of the clinic, his blank and annoying expression unreadable as his eyes shifted around the room. There had been no one else there, luckily.

Shinobu bandaged herself up again and smiled as she sat by the bedside Giyuu laid on. She quickly took out a cloth, ready to disinfect the wound he had gotten.

It hadn't been bleeding anymore, and didn't seem to look as troublesome to deal with, but nonetheless, had to be properly taken care of to avoid any infection.

"Tomioka!" Shinobu held the cloth on her hand and gave a warm, but threatening grin, "Take off your top-!"

"..."

".."

Giyuu had been struck frozen.

"Eh?" Shinobu tilted her head, "Tomioka?"

Of course, Shinobu was no idiot. She knew well why Giyuu had froze and that her words could be easily misunderstood if heard from a room across, but it had been procedure, after all. Shinobu just naturally obtained the habit of speaking to Giyuu with fluttery words that punched him in the head.

"Earth to Tomioka?" She poked his shoulder with her other hand, "Take off your top?"

She had tended many people before, even seen multiple guys with no clothes at all while healing them up. Shinobu hadn't had to tend to Giyuu in this way until now, but either way, a tease in her voice or not, shouldn't this much be fine?

Giyuu could easily be seen starting to shiver, his eyes glaring at Shinobu as he hadn't moved an inch willingly.

"Please don't misunderstood, Tomioka, I simply need to tend to your wounds." She moved closer, as Giyuu immediately backed. "Tomioka, we're in a bit of a hurry, so if you could please-"

Giyuu had mumbled something under his breath and Shinobu attempted to listen.

"Repeat that?" She tilted her head.

Giyuu paused for a second before opening his mouth to answer, "Get someone else." His face darkened as he refused to look at her in the face.

Shinobu also felt herself staring once he finished, surprised he had the courage to finally say it. "Pfft," She covered her mouth, "Are you shy, Tomioka?" She suddenly burst out into a laughter. Shinobu couldn't help but hold her stomach as she watched his already dark expression become even more depressing, "This is why you had been so insistent to refuse? Alright, let me prepare it beforehand for them."