𝙠𝙣𝙮, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙

09. Home

[name] shifted a little in her sleep as she could feel the intense heat from the sunlight that was shining down upon her face. She soon turned over, trying her best to avoid the sunlight and started to move deeper into the room, hoping that she could escape the heat. A deep sigh escaped her lips then as she slowly opened her lavender eyes and sat up.

"Nemi?" she mumbled out and rubbed her eyes, only to stop when she felt someone was pulling her wrists. She then looked up and noticed nobody was in the room. A sigh escaped her lips once more as she stood up, walking towards the patio as she walked along it.

A lingering sad smile appeared on her lips then when she realized Sanemi has yet to return home from his mission with Kyojuro. [name] then noticed how a tray of food had already been prepared and was laid at the side of the door where she resided in. Shaking her head a little, she proceeded to head into the bathing area.

A bitter smile appeared on her lips then as she realized the bath was empty. Shaking her head, she soon discarded her clothes and proceeded to randomly bathe in cold water. Totally forgetting about the warning which Sanemi had told her before when they first lived together.

Soon she was sitting in front of the full-length mirror in her room after she had entered Sanemi's room to grab hold of the comb. She sat and looked at herself. Starting from the top of her head down to her lavender eyes that looked exactly like Oyakata-sama's. Her features much more defined over the years and she gently traced the side of her face with her delicate fingers.

She sighed once more as she started to dry her hair by herself. Somehow getting tired easily as usual, it would be Sanemi who does it. She could feel the ache in her arms and soon switched to placing her hair past a shoulder and drying it with her head tilted to the side.

She then proceeded to comb her hair once it was dried.

"Is there nobody who is going to accompany me today?" [name] mumbled to herself as she placed the comb down onto the side as she looked out from her room, staring into the gardens once more.

[name]'s ears then perked up as she heard the loud running footsteps of someone who was running frantically towards her room. She watched and soon was greeted by the peach-colored hair Water Hashira, Sabito.

"Ah! [name]-sama! Terribly sorry that I'm late!" Sabito called out as he panted a little and noticed [name] was sitting on her legs. He then tilts his head in confusion just as she did as well.

"Didn't you have training today?" [name] asked, a little confused as she remembered Tengen to be informing her that it might be Giyuu taking care of her today since Sabito was busy with training the demon slayers.

"Ah. Yes, but Giyuu is out on a mission and I was the only Hashira left in the headquarters that can keep you company," he explained as he soon brought out a package of ohagi and handed it to [name].

"I specifically received this from Oyakata-sama," he explained, and [name] nodded her head slowly as she grabbed hold of the ohagis and opened it. She then slowly brought up the sweet treat, taking out a single bite from it.

Only to place it back into the package.

"[name]-sama? Is something wrong?" he asked, and [name] shook her head as she closed the package and held it dearly in her hands.

"Can I watch you train?" she asked, and Sabito could only chuckle then as he held his hand out to Oyakata-sama's eldest daughter, where she gently placed her delicate ones in it and allowed him to pull her up with ease.

The duo soon left the estate with [name] holding onto Sabito's hand as he slowly guided her towards the headquarters where he will be training Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke. He watched as the kakushis from the Butterfly Estate quickly made their way towards [name] and prepared for her some snacks along with a side of hot tea for her to enjoy.