He couldn't take it much longer. Giyuu Tomioka had wanted to die for years now. He held on because of the promise he made for Sabito. But that wasn't enough in the end. The harsh words of the other hashira, the endless thoughts running through his head would be the end of him. The five stages of grief would take another life.

I feel like shit. So I'm writing this. They never knew. They wished they did. he regretted not telling them until it was too late. They regretted never treating him right. All they wished was to hear his last words once more. TW: R@PE, SUICIDE, SELF HARM

When Tomioka Giyuu rescues a little girl, he expected her to want to find her parents. Instead she pleaded for him to not make her go back. Taking the young girl in, he soon adopts her and raises her as his own without the hashira knowing. Seeing large changes in the once stoic man, they decide it was time to see what he had been doing in his free time.

He never told them. Giyuu was always so silent, so quiet. He never wanted to burden the others. But had they known about his illness, he would have made them worry. If only he had told them. If only he had told him.