An Endless Cycle (Muichiro X Reader)

Chapter 17:

"A redo of the night festival?" You immediately hated the idea Mitsuri had just presented.

"Yeah! We need one, the last outing was a total mess!" Mitsuri declared while all you could think was "hell no".

"Is it really necessary? I thought the last one was okay." You lied, but Mitsuri being as oblivious as ever didn't notice. But still refused to give up.

"Even so! We have to do something to make your stay here a little more special!" Well, a little change of scenery did sound nice.

So far all your daily routine has been filled with is:

Doing chores with Aoi at the butterfly mansion.

Making Inosuke rice balls.

Surviving through Sanemi's daily assaults.

Helping the Kakushi with delivering the medicines.

And occasionally having conversation with any of the Hashira's that came by.

"And it's a chance to bond with each other too, it must be lovely here with no one to take them to!" Mitsuri added after you had finished listing your daily routine.

You weren't looking forward to bonding with anyone, it seemed like a waste of time.

But you knew better than to tell Mitsuri that with Shinobu also in the same room.

They'd probably give you a three hour long lecture on friendship and shit.

"Not really. I have a lot of people to speak with here." You decided to give her a neutral response in caution.

"Oh, really?" She questioned as you nodded, "Name 20."

"Ugh, that's a bit much..." You hesitated which only made her narrow her eyes at you.

"You did say you had "a lot" of people to talk to here." Mitsuri reasoned, guess she wasn't all that dense.

"There's Aoi, Inosuke, Tanjirou, Zenitsu, Kanao, Shinobu, Rengoku, you, the Kakushi, Gyomei, Rengoku..." That was all the people you could think to that you regularly talked to.

"Occasionally Giyuu, Occasionally Obanai..." Well, you only talked to Obanai about Mitsuri if she seemed bothered by someone or something.

"Sanemi..." When he attacks you everyday.

"And occasionally Muichiro." That was a horrible list of people but at least you got it done.

"... You said Rengoku twice." Shinobu pointed out as an "Oh" escaped your lips.

"More importantly, that wasn't even 20 people." Obanai pointed out who had tagged along just for Mitsuri.

"There are many Kakushi's, so they count as 20."

"You don't even know their names, do you?"

"... I gave them nicknames."

"More like substitute code names."

"... Fine. I'll agree to a redo of the night festival." You reluctantly agreed.

It's not like there was much else you could do about it anyway.

There wasn't much else you could say and even if there was Mitsuri would just continue being stubborn.

"But do we really have to go to another night festival? Why don't we something small this time?" You suggested.

"Something small?" Mitsuri questioned, "Like what?"

"No idea." You shrugged as Obanai face-palmed at your response.