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I was in my estate getting ready for my little 'date' with Muichiro. Date or Hangout..? Welp

Wow, the only nice thing I have is a silk Kimono...I can't fight in this if we get attacked though, oh well.  I took the lovely kimono off the hanger and put on the many layers or parts the kimono had. 

I put my hair up(or down if it's too short) in a bun and put some flower pins on it. I may be the Ice Pillar, but I sure do love flowers. 

(This is the Outfit in mind) - if you don't like it then you can change it :)

I looked into the mirror and stared into my deep-hued blue eyes, similar to my brother's. I took a few steps back to take a whole look at the outfit in the mirror, and I made a gentle face to myself. "I look like my sister..." I sighed and looked away from the mirror. I didn't remember my sister too much since I was so young, but from the pictures I've seen, I look similar. 

(Manga readers yk, if not giyu has an older sister named Tsutako who's dead).

I grabbed my katana but paused, "Should I take it?" I questioned myself. I love it more than my crow...damn. But fr would we get attacked...? if we do then...I'll just use my fists, problem solved.

I dropped the katana on my bed and I went to the location that Muichiro said to meet him at. On second thought, I should get Muichiro instead cause of his bad memory. 

I walked over to his estate seeing him wandering around, I'm guessing trying to find me. "Muichiro!" I called him over, and as he walked toward me. I saw him in a standard blue Yukata, his hair in a ponytail, and two strands of hair in front.

I covered my mouth and gasped, "Is there something wrong?" he tilted his head to the side. "NOthing, noThing!" My voice cracked a bit and I hid my face in embarrassment. DAMN WHY IS HE LOOKING SO GOOD RN?!

I calmed myself down, "Shall we head to the village?" I asked and he nodded his head. 

I looked at the beautiful scenery as we walked past berry bushes, cherry blossoms, and birds chirping. It was a beautiful day out, very humid though, there may be a storm either later or tomorrow. I feel like I'm forgetting something...

"OMG MUICHIRO! TONIGHT IS RENGOKU-SAN'S FUNERAL," It totally slipped my mind. I think his forgetfulness is rubbing off on me. 

"Mm..I guess it is," he said using his monotone voice. I lightly glared at him due to his response. He's not the slightest bit sad...hm, I can't stay mad at him though.

"Oh look Muichiro, there's a jewelry store, maybe I can get a necklace or something." As I said that, a man who was in front of us took two rings and bolted away.

"Muichiro we have to catch that guy." He shook his head "Y/N this is how the economy works," He sighed.

Boy if you don't help me catch this thief....I glared I him "Well too bad, Y/N to the damn rescue cause Muichiro over here is too damn LAZY!" His eyes widened and he sighed again, "Fine."

YESSS. I ran towards the thief, taking large steps, and controlling my breathing, "BRUH STOP RUNNING," I yelled at the man in front of me. He got cut off by Muichiro standing before him and catching the thief in his arms.

"Thanks...Muichiro," I gasped for air, I'm so glad you came when you did...I'm not too fond of running.

I looked at the rings and gasped a little, "These are such beautiful rings, right Mui?" He nodded his head and glanced at me due to the use of his nickname.

"It's a shame we have to return them," What if I take them and say we didn't catch the thief? No you're better than that Y/N.

We walked to where the man first stole them, the rings in my hand, and the thief in Muichiro's custody.

"Muichiro just turn him in over there, I'll take care of the rings, join me when you finished," I told him gazing at the rings.

I looked up at the shop owner, giving him a calming smile, "Here are your rings back!"

"Thank you for catching him....actually you and your husband over there can keep them, as a thank-you gift, as I see you guys don't have rings," I looked over to where she pointed and Muichiro was coming back.

"h-HUSBAND? no no miss we're underage and he's just a close friend...yea ahem," Muichiro came back and asked, "What did he say?" 

"NOTHING!" I quickly turned around

"Miss please take them! you never know what will happen," the shop clerk winks at me.

"Huh what were you guys talki-" I quickly covered Muichiro's mouth, "NOTHING," I smiled at the clerk, "we'll take them," since you can't take no for an answer ahah....not funny.

"Please put them on!" the clerk gave one to Muichiro and me. This BITCH trying to do something.

I sighed and tried to put the rings on my thumb, middle finger, pointer, the right ring finger, and pinky, but it only fits the left ring finger. hell no

I looked over to Muichiro seeing that the case was the same for him. The store clerk looked at the situation and smirked. Is this guy playing some games...?

"Yea no, Muichiro you can keep that on your ring finger but I'll make this into a necklace, so we can at least match...I guess."

Muichiro nodded and put the ring on, and I grabbed a chain from my pocket (don't ask how) and looped the ring onto it creating a nice necklace. 

"So much for our hang out, it's almost time for Rengoku-san's funeral...I heard that Tengen-san is having an after 'party' or hangout, I guess so we can talk more there!" I smiled and he nodded at the idea. 

"We should go back, to change." his voice was like a melody in my ears, although it was monotone I knew he meant every word he said to me. Or I'm just being crazy.

I nodded and smiled, "See you~" I turned around and left before he could respond.

I went back to my estate and from the letter that Oyakata-sama sent, we were supposed to wear our demon slayer uniform, for respect purposes. Aw I kinda wanted to wear another nice outfit, but I look nice in anything haha~

 I prepared my gift of ~money~ because that's what people usually give at funerals, at least I hope. I wrapped the envelope in a red silk cloth and put it in a white bag, with a white bow. 

I was walking out and that's when I heard the thunder sound ring through my ears. Rain started to pour down and I ran to the closest estate, my brothers.

"Giyu-nii? Are you home still?" I asked allowing myself in.

He tapped me on the back at the same time the thunder struck, and I jumped a little."Y/N are you still scared of thunderstorms? I thought you would've gotten over that already..." He put his hands on my shoulder speaking in an understanding tone.

"Hey it improved since I was younger, I don't cry anymore..." I shrugged my shoulders and looked the other way. "The only one who calmed me down properly was Nee-san, you remember right?"

He smiled and nodded his head, "Of course, I remember, it was funny," I lifted up my arm to smack his head, but he stopped me. "Now Y/N that's not how you treat a relative," he teasingly said. I raised my eyebrow, He has the nerve to say that...nah. But other than that I smiled at the memory of me and my siblings.

★ Flashback (3rd Person)★

"Y/N please stop crying," the oldest daughter of the Tomioka siblings said to the youngest.

Y/N continued to cry as more loud sounds from the thunderstorm occurred. Suddenly, the oldest Tsutako Tomioka sang a nice lullaby:

"With you, the whole world is aglow. I pray, you're light. Suddenly, the frozen minutes melt like a miracle. The moment I encounter you, it turns into colors. Together again, no more grey." 

(Grey Suit - Suho if you wanna hear it I'll put the video at the end of this story, it's a Korean song).

Y/N stopped crying, instead, she started laughing along with her brother...

Ever since that day, Y/N hums the lullaby whenever she gets scared of any storm.

★ End of Flashback★

"Well, we should really start heading to the funeral now..." I went towards the door and turned around to see my brother follow my lead. "I have an umbrella we can share," my brother propped up the umbrella holding it above both of our heads. 

★ Time Skip ★

During the funeral I saw all of the Hashira were there, and those who fought alongside him in battle. I spotted his father along with his brother Senjuro. I feel bad...I wonder how he's gonna put up with his father with Kyojuro not there.

Toward the end of the funeral, everyone paid(payed?) their respects to the former Flame Hashira. Seeing him in that casket, a blanket over his body to cover his unfortunate injury, was heartbreaking. 

This man was once a living, upbeat person, but now...

I sighed and went back to standing next to my brother watching him get buried in the earthy ground, where he could finally rest a peace. 

★ Later that night ★

I was sitting in Tengen's house as his little after-party went on, I observed the other Hashira either drinking or playing. Luckily, Tanjiro and his goofy friends were invited as well, so I wasn't the only young one besides Muichiro. 

"Tengen-san, can you pass me something to drink? Like juice or something," I tapped him slightly.

"Y/N! OF COURSE!" His tone of voice was a bit slurry, and he was being loud, meaning he was already drunk a bit. 

I went over to Shinobu to ask the whereabouts of my brother, "Shinobu-san, do you know where my brother is?" She looked at me and snickered, "Your brother~ hm, it was a shock that he was invited but he's over there in that corner~"

I looked over to see my brother sulking in the corner glancing at everyone in the room. Sometimes I wonder how I'm related to this bozo.

"Y/N yoUr drINK!" Tengen handed me this red-looking drink, I'm assuming this is fruit punch? Eh I trust him.

"I took the cup from him and took a sip," It tastes like juice...alright then. I poured the whole thing into my mouth and put the cup down. Hm I want some more...

I walked over to where the drinks were and sniffed every drink to see which one matched the one I drank. I took the last one and it was the exact match, I took a cup of it and left to sit down next to my brother. 

I was walking towards my brother and finished my drink. Why is my head hurting... "Nii-san~~" I went up to my brother and collapsed.

"Nii-san~ ehe I have a secret..." my voice slurred and I patted his fluffy hair. Hm this is such a weird feeling.

I pulled out a ring from my necklace and it fit perfectly on my ring finger. "I'm engaged~~ahaha BEFORE YOU!!" 

I could see his eyes widen, "Y/N what? To whom? Tokito-kun!? Tengen-san! WHAT DID YOU GIVE HER?!" My brother's eyes held the most emotion he'd expressed in a while.

"Yep yep guys I'm engaged before my biggggggg brotherrrr~" Everyone turned to me as I said these words.

"Y/N-CHAN I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!" Mitsuri "Hair...Pink..." My vision got a bit blurry and I rolled off of my brother's grip.

"Muichiroooo~" I went over to him and grabbed his hand, "I'm not lying look," I raised his left hand "See?" 

"Tokito. I don't care if you're wedded or whatever you are to Y/N-chan, I'm gonna beat your ass for asking for her hand in marriage without my blessing." Obanai took me away from Muichiro and glared at Tengen.

"I gave her juice from this bot- oh. it says Flavored alcohol, WOW THAT'S A THING?" I saw Tengen open it and drank some himself.

"Tengen-san!" I looked over to my brother who got more mad from this comment.

"We aren't married, we aren't anything, she's nothing special to me," Muichiro said in a cold tone wanting to get his point across the room. I could hear gasps coming from all over the room, I knew that everyone knew of my little crush on the Mist Pillar...even that ass Sanemi. 

Despite being drunk, those words stuck with me until I felt a small tear fall. I wiped the tear quickly before anyone could notice and I looked over to Obanai and nodded my head.

I could tell that Obanai got the memo because he grabbed Muichiro by the collar and held him. "Listen here you little piece of shit, you know damn well that isn't true. 'sHe'S nOtHIng SPecIAL tO mE' MY ASS. If she wasn't why are you wearing that damn ring, better yet why did you go on that date with her?? HUH U GONNA ANSWER THAT YOU LITTLE PUNK." 

"Okay Obanai-san I'm sure he got your point," I gave a look at Muichiro one last time and walked Obanai over to where my brother was, getting ready to leave this wreck of a party.

"Way to ruin a party..." Sanemi mumbled.

"YOU WANNA BE NEXT YOU POMERANIAN?" Obanai glared at him. I could tell he wasn't in a good mood since he disregarded all his 'polite-ish style'.

"Obanai-san calm down," Mitsuri sweatdropped. "My apologies Mitsuri-san," I looked over to see him do a 90-degree bow. Down bad fr tho...

Feeling a bit more sober I walked over to Tengen, "Alright well I'm going now, thanks Tengen-san for the drink I guess..."

I went out the door, looking forward to getting home and forgetting any of this happened.

"Y/N wait..." I turned around to see Muichiro tugging my arm, but something was different, his eyes had a shine in them, unlike his usual dull ones. I widened my eyes at the sight of the true beauty his eyes showed.

 I blinked a couple of times, holding in tears that wanted to come out because of the event that just occurred. His eyes went back to normal but he still held a firm grip on my arm, waiting for my answer...

Okay so I looked at my old messages with my toxic ex lmao and started crying BUT I GOT GOOD NEXT CHAPTER IDEAS FROM IT SO YESSSS...willing to do anything to make this story and you guys happy <33

OH ALSO HERE'S THE SONG FROM ABOVE^(Part I used: 1:11-1:40)  use captions for translation <3