Operation: Love ♡ | SabiGiyuu

Step 6 | Flowers

Tanjiro and Makomo stared up at the big, bold letters stamped to a sign that says Kocho's Flower Emporio, currently owned by Kanae.

"Kanae-san!" Tanjiro sang as he pushed the glass door open, the bell jingling lightly, echoing and bouncing off the walls to catch said woman's attention, a familiar head poking out of the cashier.

"Tanjiro! Makomo!" Kanae beamed, going around the cashier to greet the duo with a hug and a smile gracing her lips, usual butterfly brooch clipping her hair. "What brings you here to this day?"

"Well, we came for the right flowers for a confession, any suggestions?" Makomo sheepishly inquired, hands behind her back and shoulders tense, rising.

"Oh? To whom may it be for?" The eldest of the trio questioned, inviting them to come over to the cashier and half her body leaned over the counter, reaching for the book she hand-written about each and every flower in her store.

"For Sabito-senpai, we managed to persuade him into confessing to Giyuu-senpai." Tanjiro explained, eyes watching the woman flip through her book, a pout replacing her smile in concentration.

"Kid finally has guts, I could see in his eyes he loves Giyuu." Kanae retorted with a sweet chuckle, stopping at a particular page filled with suggestions on flowers for a confession.

Tanjiro and Makomo stood awkwardly as the ebony-haired woman thrusted the book in front of their faces, ranting as she pointed at each picture - what the scientific name is, what it's for and how it's perfect for the garden, and what the colours mean.

The younger duo could tell that Kanae is, unsurprisingly, an expert in this type of field.

They narrowed it down to chrysanthemum, rose, and carnations with the unyielding help of the older woman, nodding at one another with the options they could suggest to Sabito during school.

"Thank you so much, Kanae-sama, see you soon!" They waved as they bolted out the door due to the fact that they are so sure they can and will get late to school.

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"Sabito-senpai!" Makomo heaved, catching up to said peach-haired male who is weaving through the crowd to get to the library, where he would stay for the time being.

"Hm?" Sabito hummed in confusion as a familiar messy mop of black hair popped beside him, stopping by at a rate of a slow walk, accompanying the male.

"We hand-picked a few flowers from Kanae-san's shop." Makomo informed, tilting her head up to face the peach-haired male's side profile. "Chrysanthemum, rose, and carnations."

The younger girl started running her mouth on each detail of each flower she and Tanjiro chose, the words hammered into her head by Kanae now being drilled into Sabito's, causing him to feel a bolt out of the blue.

"Whoa- you have a fine taste when it comes to these." The peach-haired male complimented, earning a toothy smile from the ebony-haired girl. "I'll visit Kanae-san and opt for one of the three."

"Sweet!" Makomo grinned, patting him on the shoulder as an act of reassurance. "Good luck!"

She went away with a little skip, meeting Tanjiro along the way and with him, they disappeared from his line of sight.

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"Sabito-senpai is definitely going to be there. Right, Makomo-chan?"

"Of course, he is going to confess this Friday after all, Tanjiro-kun. I wonder where, though..."

"Maybe under the Cherry Blossom tree where they usually hang out during their free times?"

"It's possible."