Characters react to: Demon Slayer Dawn of the Sun

Chapter 31: How not to do makeup

Everyone was staring at Hikaru who had to try really hard to keep his laughter to himself. Thankfully he was wearing his mask so they couldn't see how amused he was about their reaction to what had just been revealed.

"E-E-Entertainment.... Entertainment district?! You've been?" Zenitsu stuttered out, his face bright red.

"I'm sure that he had a good reason to have been there?" Himejima said, but even he was rather baffled about what had just been revealed.

"Since we are going there I am sure that the scenes will reveal it," Hikaru smiled.

"No, not this again," Kanroji groaned. She really just wanted to know what he was doing there, in that sort of place.

"Not this time, we need to know," Giyuu's voice was firm but Hikaru saw something in his aura. He was horrified and terrified about something. It took a few moments before Hikaru realized that he was probably reacting that way towards what he might have done in the entertainment district.

"Okay, I won't reveal everything but I will tell you that while there I never did any of the things that you are probably thinking off. I wasn't there for that and I was never part of any of the houses or anything like that," Hikaru promised them and they all took a small breath of relief. "I won't say anything else so you'll simply have to wait until the scenes start again."

With that said Hikaru got up as Nezuko tugged at his hand. It seems that she wanted to go somewhere and she wanted Hikaru to go with her. Who was he to deny her that?

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The others watched as he walked away and soon split up and started to speak or train (Rengoku and Akaza).

"Tomioka," Uzui called out as he approached the Water Hashira who froze a little. Uzui had never tried to talk to him before so he didn't understand why he was suddenly trying to talk to him. "I feel I should apologize to you."

"Why?" Giyuu questioned.

"While I will admit that you aren't all that flashy, especially when compared to myself, that doesn't mean that I should have treated you the way that I have been," Uzui apologized. Giyuu had no idea what he should say towards that. Uzui had never really treated him with much of anything, he normally just ignored Giyuu or sometimes agreed with the others spoke of their dislike towards him. Other than that they never really interacted. Giyuu really wanted to tell him that it was fine, that he didn't need to apologize but his voice got caught in his throat and he couldn't seem to get the words out. Uzui knew that Giyuu didn't speak much so he wasn't really expecting a response but now that he was in front of the other man, 100% of his attention on him, he realized that Giyuu seemed to be having some trouble and was panicking a little.

'Could it be?' He thought.

"You don't need to answer me Tomioka, it's okay if you simply just nod your head if you accept my apology but don't feel that you need to," Uzui said, waiting to see if his thought was correct. Giyuu nodded his head, he accepted the apology even if he didn't think that he deserved an apology from the Hashira.

"If I may Tomioka, you don't need to answer if you can't but you can nod if that helps, how long have you been having these bouts of being non-verbal?"

"Ah.... Forever, I guess?" Giyuu managed to answer. He hadn't even realized that sometimes he would go non-verbal, at least until Sabito and Urokodaki realized and explained to him what was happening.

"I see, that explains quite a lot. I have not spent much time trying to get to know you but I would like to change that and become your friend," Uzui explained with a smile. Knowing that Giyuu would become non-verbal it explain a lot why he sometimes just stared in reply but didn't speak.