𝙠𝙣𝙮, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙

03. Town

"The sun has set," [name] pointed out as she realized how dark it has been and she was still being carried on Sanemi's back. He grunted in response and [name] could only then look ahead as she noticed there were bright lights in the area before them.

"Is that..." she whispered out, and Sanemi soon placed her down gently on her two feet. The Hashiras soon stopped at the entrance of the town as they looked at [name]. Her lavender eyes widened as she watched how the different colors light up in the town.

"She's smiling," Sanemi whispered out, and the Hashiras could only chuckle then at how happy [name] was, just to be standing at the entrance of the town. She then turned and grabbed hold of Sanemi's hand in her delicate ones and tugged him along.

"Let's go! Let's go!" she said with a wide smile on her face and Sanemi could feel his heart pounding hard against his chest then. He then noticed [name] had stopped pulling him as she panted a little, and he couldn't help but chuckle then at how low of stamina she had.

"Don't rush, the town isn't going to disappear just because you're here," he said in a kind voice, and then he noticed [name] stopped smiling. His pale purple eyes then looked forward and then he looked back at her once more.

"[name]-sama?" he called out as the other Hashiras soon arrived. They watched as [name] used both her hands and grabbed hold of Sanemi's arm tightly as she turned to look at him.

"People... T-Too many people..." she whispered out, and Tengen then chuckled in response at why [name] had stopped moving.

"[name]-sama, you've never seen such a crowd before?" Muichiro asked, and [name] slowly nodded her head then as she continued to grip onto Sanemi's arm, not wanting to let go at all.

"This is really crowded," Sanemi commented as he pulled [name] closer to his body, given how people were walking about as if they couldn't see them. Shoving around and pushing as well as they tried to get through the crowd.

"[name]-sama, we can go home now if you're not feeling up for this," Shinobu spoke out as she gently placed a hand on [name]'s back, trying to calm her down. She watched as [name] slowly shook her head then.

"I-I promised father that I will enjoy myself," she whispered out, and Sanemi could only hold his hand out to her once more, and [name] slowly lets go of his arm and placed a delicate hand in his, and allowed him to guide her into the town then.

That was bustling with people.

"Don't worry [name]-sama, we are all here to be with you," Kyojuro said in an enthusiastic voice, and [name] couldn't help but smile a little at their attempts in help calming her down. [name]'s eyes then lit up as she noticed a small shop selling teacups, and she pulled Sanemi along, causing the other Hashiras to laugh then as it was their first time see Sanemi being pulled about.

And to make it funnier, it was by none other than the eldest daughter of Oyakata-sama. The very same daughter he was rude to on the first day he had become a Hashira. [name] then noticed snow was floating down, and that caught Sanemi's attention as well.

"It's snowing..." [name] whispered out, and Sanemi could only smile then at how pure and innocent [name] looked as she tilts her head up and looked up to the night sky where the snow was descending slowly, and gently.

She then blinked a few times as a snowflake managed to fall onto the tip of her nose, causing the Hashiras to chuckle slightly at the way she was acting then. She then giggled a little, and soon let out a soft chuckle, causing the Hashiras to have their eyes widened in response.

[name] then turned to look at the tea sets and admired them with pure admiration in her lavender eyes that had life in them now. She could feel her heart pounding hard against her chest as she continues to admire the tea sets, and eventually, her lavender eyes laid upon one that was beautiful.