Ｐｒｏｔｅｃｔ ||Tomioka Giyuu X OC||

Fiftieth (和解).

A/n: please play the audio above. If you can't play it while you read it, you can use split-screen. This piano song was what inspired me to write this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it, and have a great day!!

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Third Person's POV.

She patted the roof beside her for him to sit. "Come here," she smiled.

Giyuu look up at her with a guilty expression before leaping up to the roof.

"I guessed that you have had a talk with Tanjirou-kun before coming here?" She tilted her head with a smile.

Giyuu glance at her for a bit before looking back beneath him. He nodded silently while trying to hide his blush that is starting to creeping up to his cheeks.

"I asked Tanjirou-kun to talk to you because I thought that he is the one who can get you to talk, and here you are, with me, after a long long time of silent between us," she said cheerfully. They both fell in silent again. She look up to the sunset, and he stare down to the ground beneath them.

"Well, I will have to thank Tanjirou-kun later," she said with a smile.

"Hanabi," he finally called her name.

Hearing her name being called with his voice, she immediately turn her head towards him with surprise. They both are facing each other, drowning themselves to each other's orbs. Giyuu hold her hand that is resting on the roof tile firmly.

"I am sorry," he said to her.

Rush of refreshing wind hit all of her body. Relief. Joy. Sadness. Sour. Touched. All combined inside of her. All these emotions made her lips curved upwards. She intertwined her fingers with his, catching his attention.

"I am sorry too," she said. "We happened to have a bad mood in the same time and our emotion clashed towards another, causing both of our mind blinded with rage. We shouted some harsh words that had been burried deep down inside of our mind, and I think that's okay. It's oksy to let them out."

He stare at her momentarily with narrowed eyes. "I did ignore you that time, that must be hurt."

"It did hurt," she averted her gaze to her front, "but you must have a reason for that."

He gulped down his saliva. His heart is beating faster. Not a thrilling feeling of excitement or something that people called love. It is fear. Afraid. Scared. That she might dissapointed at him. For he, acted like an immature himself, and not being accepted by her. 'Is it okay?' he asked himself.

She can feel his hand is slightly trembling. She squeeze his hand in reassuring way, knocking back his senses to this world. The real world. She put a reassuring smile on her face, calming his nerve down. "Breath," she said.

He released his breath that he unconsciously has been holding. He breath in and out, calming his beating heart. She observe the Ravenette, watching his sweat trickling from his forehead whilst he regained his breath.

"Giyuu." Her voice that is silvery droplet of water, creating a ripple that washed away his tainted thoughts. He averted his gaze towards her brighful face. "It's okay, don't force yourself. Tell me when you are ready."

He widened his eyes but then closed them. He shake his head. "No, I wanted to tell you."

She waited for him to continued. He take a deep breath before looking up, speaking out his minds.

"I always think that I am not worthy to be a Pillar. If I am a Pillar, why I can't saved Sabito that night? This position is something that is held by those who are strong and worthy, and I am...not."