A Specific Butterfly | ShinoGiyuu 🦋🌊

Tomioka Giyuu

Tomioka POV

It was quite a quiet night. I had just arrived from a mission. It was one i did alone.

I didn't have a problem with being alone, infact, it was much better. Well. Was it?

Everytime im alone i have these weird feelings. Like, im mourning something? Perhaps it's just something wrong with me. I could go talk to kocho about it, but i don't want to disturb her.

The Insect Pillar, Kocho Shinobu.

She also works as a doctor, and some consider her as a scientist. How does she have all this time? And how does she keep such a heart-warming smile on her face all the time?

Looking at her face makes me want to smile too, but i know she'd just pick on me about it. I don't really know how i feel about her though. She's a nice companion, but i always feel really weird around her.

Geez. Why do i have so many things wrong with me? I'll have to tell kocho about this tomorrow.

I don't mean to go on missions with her either, master just says that he sees us as good partners, and that we work better together. He said we are "polar opposites".

I don't know what he meant by that, or what he intended, but when he said that i noticed that kocho had giggled and agreed.

Her laugh. It's so sweet. And her voice too, such a soft, beautiful voice she has. Even though it sounds unnatural, it still finds a way to massage my ears, no matter what.

Why am i thinking about kocho so much? I need to prepare for tomorrow. Im a demon slayer, i need to focus on protecting others, not thinking of my peers in a weird way! Gosh tomioka, do you always have to be this arrogant?

But. There is something that's always on my mind, besides that. A girl. A special girl. She's very special to me. A relative, i believe. A sibling. A sister. An older sister to me. A mother to me. Her name, im sure. Im sure it was Tsutako. Yes! Tsutako Tomioka.

That was it. Her. She's always in my dreams, always reassuring me. Speaking of my dreams, for some reason im always dying in my dreams, im not complaining, it's just odd.

And whenever i do, i always feel a faint warmth hover over me. Or, like, a hand grab my hand. It's very weird, it's a dream, right? I shouldn't actually feel it, but for some reason i just do.

She. She's always there. I see her. It's very faint, but i see her. I can never take my eyes off of her.

Those blue eyes with a spark in it, her black fringe that sticks out, covering her forehead, her perfectly braided hair that sits behind her. That redwood kimono she wears constantly, and that orangish-yellow bow she wears that pieces the outfit together.

Everything about her, i remember. She's always there, saying the same thing.

"I will always protect you, giyuu." She stated, slowly increasing her grip on my hands that sat below hers.

"I will always protect you, giyuu." That voice rung in my ears.

"I should go to bed, it's late." I mumbled to reassure myself before walking over to my futon that stood in the middle of the empty room.

I laid down before covering myself with a blanket, before i began to doze off.

I will always protect you, giyuu. Didnt i? I'm the reason you haven't given up. And so is he.