"My Butterfly" (Shinobu x FEM Reader)

Chapter 13

Shinobu's POV:

"Hey, Nobu? Are you feeling okay?" I stared at my sister with a blank face. I don't know why I am feeling this way. I was meant to tell her what happened to me but I can't get any words out.
"Okay, Y/N can you leave the room?" Y/N nodded and crept out of the threshold, closing the door on the way out.

"Shinobu, I know you may feel uncomfortable but may I see your...wounds? So they are able to get treated." Kanae asked me gently. I nodded, still staring at her solemnly. She rose from my chair and slowly walked over to me.
I slowly took off my robe that I had changed into when admitted to this room.

I could see the horror on her face at the sight. Bruises covered my top half, some large and some small. She placed her fingertips on the underside of my arm, a wince is what she got in return. I could see tears forming in her eyes and I reached my hand up to her face. I used my thumb to stroke away the tears.

"Excuse me for a moment, please do put the robe back on." She walked out of the room without waiting for a reply. What the fuck is wrong with me. Why can't I speak to anybody? Everytime I am visited by one of my colleagues, all I can respond with is a simple shake of my head. Hell even Tomioka-san is talking more than me! I'm so sick of myself.

Kanae's POV:

I entered the resting space and I knew Mitsuri and Y/N could tell I have been crying.
"My sister..she-." I couldn't hold it in anymore. The waterworks wouldn't stop and within a second, the other two pillars came rushing to me: encasing me with a warm embrace.

"We will help her. It will take awhile but we will get her back." Y/N reassured. Mitsuri lifted her head, "Was it really that bad? On a scale of 1-10." Mitsuri asked.
"Atleast an 8." I replied with a shaky voice. Mitsuri looked like she was about to cry aswell, so I sucked both of them into a bone-crushing hug; all of us sobbing at Shinobu's current state.

Time Skip: Hashira Meeting

"Hello my children, so I'm sure you are all aware of our dear insect pillar's health right now." Oyakata-sama asked the Hashira. We all nodded in response.
"Kanae, would you mind giving us a rough summary of what happened, if you are comfortable." The question was directed at me.
"Of course Master. My sister has been through something traumatic as we can all tell. She will not speak or show emotion, all I hope is that we can bring her back."

"Thank you my child. So now we are updated on her condition, I hope you all find ways to make her feel more comfortable in this environment once again." With that the meeting was dismissed. The Hashira met up and discussed tactics on how we can break the shell that Shinobu is in.

"What if we take her out to eat? Oh no that's a bad idea nevermind." Y/N backtracked.
"What can we do?" Tomioka asked worriedly. Tomioka seems to be worried about my little sister a lot. I bet they are good friends, even though I hear she teased him a lot.

"In my opinion, we give her space. Not too much space otherwise she might do something we won't like, and enough space that she won't be reminded of what happened to her." Iguro suggested. Since this was by far the best idea, all of us agreed.

"So, who is she most comfortable with?" Rengoku asked.
"I think myself, Kanroji, Y/N and Tomioka." I responded. They seemed to agree with me and we planned a schedule of visits to her. Every day for about an hour or so one of us would come in and spend time with her, even if it was a one-sided conversation.

"Let's get old Shinobu back!"

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