𝙠𝙣𝙮, 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮

04. Pillar Sitting & Visiting

All Pillars were turned into toddlers, except for [name] herself. [name] then noticed Tanjiro, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Kanao were present at the meeting.

"Ah, [name], you've arrived," Oyakata-sama spoke out and [name] nodded.

"As you can see, we have a bit of an issue here,"

[name] then carried Tengen away from her legs and proceeded to shoo him away as she got into position to where Zenitsu and the others had assembled. Tengen kept by her side, if not he kept tugging on her arm as if seeking her attention.

[name] tried her best to ignore him, and she noticed Kyojuro and Giyu were tugging on Tanjiro's hair, whereas Shinobu calmly stayed in Kanao's arms, together with Himejima. Sanemi was then beating the crap out of Inosuke together with Obanai who was beating Zenitsu.

"Oyakata-sama, what happened?" [name] asked as she carried Tengen in her arms since he kept moving about so much that she got irritated with it.

"DAMN IT, GET OFF OF ME YOU DIPSHIT!" and [name]'s eyes widened when she heard Inosuke scolding Sanemi and flinging the poor toddler to aside. [name] immediately got up with Tengen in her arms and ran to where Sanemi had landed. She carefully brought him up onto her lap and rubbed his head.

"Hush, hush. There's no pain, see!" [name] said with a smile and Sanemi nodded. She had to admit, a toddler Sanemi was rather cute. She then carried both Sanemi and Tengen back to her original spot, shooting Inosuke a look.

"As you can see, a mishap had happened and the pillars have turned into toddlers. As much help is needed, Tanjiro will be going to visit the swordsmith village, and thus leaving you, Inosuke, Zenitsu and Kanao to help take care of the remaining," and [name] could only sigh in defeat. Tengen then suddenly got out of her arms and landed in front of her. He then motioned for her to come closer which she did, and suddenly he used his two small hands and held her face.

[name]'s eyes widened when she felt Tengen kissing her, and she blushed a deep red.

"TENGEN!"

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[name] watched as Tanjiro walked away waving goodbye carrying Nezuko in the box as usual. She sighed when she turned and saw Zenitsu on the ground of the courtyard, being bullied by none other than Sanemi and Obanai. She then looked down at her legs and sighed, even more, Tengen, Giyu, and Kyojuro were latched onto her legs.

"AKANE-SAN! SAVE ME!" and [name] had to control her temper as she has been out under the sun for far too long, and now she was stuck babysitting the Pillars for a good 12 hours, as explained by Oyakata-sama, they had eaten something made by Shinobu and she had placed a medicine in it instead of normal ingredients, thus the effect.

[name] then clapped her hands together to get the attention of the toddlers. The toddlers then looked at her, and both Sanemi and Obanai stopped jumping on Zenitsu and ran to her. Kanao then brought Himejima and Shinobu as well.

"Alright, who's hungry!" she called out with a smile, and all the kids were saying that they were hungry. [name] then nodded and soon walked into the Butterfly Estate, with a limping Zenitsu and an Inosuke who was taunting him. Kanao walked beside her while carrying Shinobu and Himejima in her arms still.

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[name] was beyond exhausted. Why?

Here she is sitting down on the tatami mat, trying to enjoy her lunch with the toddlers, only to have them flinging food everywhere. She was an exhausted mum, and Zenitsu and Inosuke had ran out the moment things got out of hand.