Ｐｒｏｔｅｃｔ ||Tomioka Giyuu X OC||

Forty-Eight.

Third Person's POV.

"So~ what happened to you and Tomioka-san?" Shinobu asked with a sly smile.

"And now you are smiling," the Nature Pillar sighed, causing the Insect Pillar to laughed.

"You two have this dark aura around you two, not the usual lovey-dovey one," she giggled.

"Lovey-what?"

"You know, something that makes you two looks like a couple even though you two are not actually interacting like one at the moment." Hanabi rolled her eyes at her statement. "So, tell me?"

Hanabi sighed. She played with her side hair and twirl it with her fingers. "We... were in an argument and we threw harsh words at each other."

"When did that take place?" Shinobu raised an eyebrow.

"...about a week ago I guess?"

"What!?" she exclaimed. "That's not okay."

"I know, I know. I tried to fix it but who knows I will have missions for a whole week? And after the incident in the Swordsmith Village, we grew even more distant to each other. He even ignored me this morning..." the white head frowned when she remembered the previous event before sighing. "He walk passed me when I greeted him."

Shinobu emitted dark aura around her and clenched her fist with furrowed eyebrows. "How dare he. He doesn't has any right to just ignored you out of the blue like that!"

"I think he misunderstood something because our lack of communication. I am at fault too at this because I didn't send any letter to him either," Hanabi twirling some strands of her hair with her finger with a pout.

Shinobu grabbed the Nature Pillar's shoulder suddenly and smiled with dark aura, making the Nature Pillar to feel chills creeping to her skin. "Listen to me, get that man, Tomioka Giyuu, to talk and explain himself to you. Get him to talk even if you have to threaten him! If he happen to do something that hurted you, tell me, okay?"

Hanabi is sweating in fear because of the Insect Pillar's remarks. "S-Shinobu, thank you for your concern but I can handle it myself, so you don't have to trouble yourself."

"Ara, how sweet you are~," she smiled. "But tell me what happens, okay? If he do something that hurted you," she paused before looking at the Nature Pillar with her determined dark purple orbs and a dark smile, "I will make him pay."

Hanabi is smiling nervously at her. 'If anything, I hope she has food poisoning at the worst case in mind and nothing more than that.'

Shinobu released her gripped from the Nature Pillar and her usual smile plastered on her face. "Don't worry, I will only do that if he does hurted you."

"Shinobu, in any case, please don't food poisoned him," Hanabi sweatdropped.

"We'll see~" she sang playfully.

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The soft footsteps can be heard along the hallway. The Nature Pillar is walking slowly with her head hung low.

'How to talk? Like, the last time we interact was this morning at the Pillar meeting and I kinda threatened him there and Giyuu is not a talkative person to begin with,' she thought.

'I don't think he will talk with even if I threatened him. Yeah, he will only ignored me and not saying anything,' she sighed in defeat.

Remembering what Shinobu told her earlier, she clenched her fist with determination. 'Wait, no I can't be like this! I will get him to talk! Yes! I will get him to talk with me!' she got determined for the next 5 seconds and crouching down to the floor with no spirit in the next seconds.