The eyes of Tamura Akiko are blessed.
Some lovingly reference ginko leaves, chrysanthemums; others bitterly reference topaz.
She thinks of lemon macrons and the glow of a lamp, as childish as she is.
Her fiance references the rising sun, amber, a...
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"A picnic?" Kanao, Kiyo, Sumi, Naho, Aoi and Akiko tilt their heads at Shinobu, who smiles with her eyes closed.
"Mhm! A picnic! All the pillars will be there! Oh, and Inosuke, Zenitsu and Tanjirou have been invited as well!"
Akiko grimaces at the thought of all pillars being at the picnic. No doubt it'll be rowdy, and she still hasn't spoken to Giyuu in the past four months.
Akiko's spent a decent amount of time with each and every pillar by now. She has a list of the pillars that she's fond of: Mitsuri, Miyuki, her own teacher, Himejima, and Muichirou. Uzui is nice, but he's loud and he talks about his wives non stop and Akiko gets tired quickly around him.
Everyone else can rot in hell for all she cares.
Or, well, Sanemi is fine but only when he's with Miyuki.
"I don't think that's a very good idea-"
"Kanon has volunteered to make all the food!"
"I'll go."
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Out of pride, Inosuke is the one to carry all of the baskets of food to the picnic area, though it all started thanks to Akiko.
"Do you want me to carry your basket?" Tanjirou asks, worried because she's also carrying her physician's bag in her other hand. Akiko struggles and she's sweating under the sun, but she's as stubborn as always.
Inosuke pops up out of nowhere, violently snatching Akiko's picnic basket and Tanjirou's before going around to everyone and snatching their baskets.
So now Aoi is chasing after him, yelling at him to put the baskets down because, "There's glass in there you idiot!! You're ruining the food!!" while Zenitsu collapses to the floor in exhaustion.
Akiko rolls her eyes when he grapples at the hems of her blue hakama, begging Akiko to magically restore his stamina because, "THAT'S WHAT DOCTORS DO, RIGHT?!"
"Hey, Zenitsu, why don't you carry Nezuko?" Akiko throws out, and Tanjirou looks at her with a disturbed look. When she raises a brow at him, Tanjirou starts to slip the box off his shoulders and Zenitsu squeals at the thought of carrying everyone's precious Nezuko.
"Did you really have to do that?" Tanjirou asks Akiko, leaning down to whisper into her ear. She smiles and he can't help but falter in her eyes, a blush adorning his face before he looks away.
"Well now I get to do this!" Akiko motions for Tanjirou to stay in place before walking a fair distance behind him. When he turns around to look at her, curious as to what's going on, she tells him to continue looking forward.
He does as he's told, but a little heads up would have made the outcome a lot better.
Akiko runs from behind Tanjirou, leaping onto his back as he falls forward. Her jaw drops when she hears his forehead smack the ground with a loud THWACK.
