☾ 03. 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧

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Picking the futon up did she run her hands through as she tried to fold it as neatly as possible, something she would always do even to her futon the moment she woke up. She frowned when she felt some rough patch on the futon, where she ran her fingers over once more.

Picking it up did she smell the faint blood of smell on it.

"Hm..." she whispered out as she placed the futon to the side after she had tried to feel for the wall. Not bothering to think too much about what she had smelt, she went on about her days once again.

"[name]? Are you in here?" and [name] stopped as she heard someone calling out to her. Someone all too familiar. Her lips curled up into a smile as she ran out of the estate despite her feet being bare and she was soon picked up.

"I see you are lively as always, [name]," and she laughed as she was set onto a pair of feet so that her bare feet wouldn't get hurt from running on the gravel.

"Is that a bad thing, Ryuu? But where's your wife?" she asked with a smile and Ryuu lets out a sigh, shaking his head as he carried [name] back into her estate, where he looked around and frowned slightly.

"Was someone living with you?" Ryuu asked and [name] shook her head, deciding that she wouldn't speak about how she had someone else living with her.

"Not at all, why?" she asked.

"There is a second futon, made me wonder," he pointed out and [name] hummed in response as she headed into the kitchen with her hands out once more while Ryuu was checking out what was going on.

How his lips were curled up into a smirk as he looked at the different ornaments that were hung around the estate, where he soon licked his lips as he rubbed his fingers together.

But unknowingly to him, three pairs of eyes were watching his every move as he was touching the antiques available. How Kokushibo knew the moment Ryuu entered the estate, he was nothing but a scumbag.

"How often are you home?" Ryuu asked.

"That's odd of you, Ryuu. You hardly ask me that whenever you drop by," [name] spoke out as she walked out of the kitchen with a tray of hot tea and she sets it onto the tatami flooring where Ryuu made himself comfortable as well.

"Just wondering. Maybe I could stay with you instead," he pointed out.

"Ryuu, that's disturbing. You have a wife," she pointed out with a frown on her face and Ryuu shrugged his shoulders in response as his eyes continued to dart around.

"She is naggy. She always sounds like a rooster," Ryuu pointed out and [name] placed her cup of tea down with a frown on her face.

"Ryuu. That's rude of you. You shouldn't speak of your wife like that," she pointed out and Ryuu pressed his lips into a fine thin line as he remained silent. How Kokushibo noticed that Ryuu was rummaging through his yukata and brought out what seems to be a white package.

He reached over and started to pour the content into [name]'s teacup. Ryuu watched as she reached out, grabbing hold of the teacup, but a frown appeared on her face.

"Seems the tea has turned bitter, I should make a new batch," [name] spoke out as she pours the tea in her cup out onto the tray, whereas Ryuu mentally groaned in response.

"Failure," he muttered out.

"What was that?"

"Nothing,"

"What...?" Haizaki asked as he looked at the way Kanae was acting, standing before him and blocking him from escaping. The wooden sword was resting on his shoulder as he was busy training by himself earlier on.

          

"You can't run away, Haizaki-kun, you need to take the shot," Kanae spoke out and Haizaki raised an eyebrow at the way she was acting and he turned to look at Sabito who had a wooden sword resting by his side as well.

"Kanae... Is this how you repay me for helping you out on that mission?" Haizaki asked and Kanae smiled gently as she shook her head in response.

"Nope! But it is necessary! I told Shinobu I'll be the one giving you the shot, but if were to be her, it would end up with you screaming in pain," Kanae spoke out and Haizaki lets out a sigh as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"I don't find it necessary, Kanae. What about the other Hashiras? Are they taking it too?" Haizaki asked as he started to walk out of the gates of where it protected his estate from the walkway of the public with Kanae and Sabito.

"Everybody has to. We are keeping a record of who hasn't received the flu shot. And Oyakata-sama has requested that all Hashiras receive the flu shot first," Kanae pointed out and Haizaki lets out a sigh.

"I guess, we don't have a choice then Sabito," Haizaki spoke out as he reached out and grabbed hold of Sabito by the back of his uniform before he could run away.

"Keep acting like this and Giyuu would start teasing you instead of you doing it to him," Haizaki spoke out and Sabito lets out a sigh, rolling his lavender eyes in response.

"But I'm surprised that Sanemi is going along with it," Haizaki spoke out as he was seen walking into the Butterfly Estate with Kanae and Sabito, where his dark blue ocean eyes laid upon the Wind Hashira who was standing outside of the room with Obanai and Giyuu.

"Giyuu!" Sabito called out as he ran forward and Haizaki watched the way Giyuu's dark blue hues widened at the way Sabito was acting. But one couldn't blame the Water Hashiras as Haizaki had witnessed how Sabito nearly died during the Final Selection.

"So, who's left?" Haizaki asked as he took a look inside the room and noticed how it was empty. Which he started to realize that it was only the 21-year-old group that has yet to get their flu shot.

"Oh... Us..." Haizaki whispered out as he turned to look and his dark blue ocean eyes remained on Sanemi who was looking towards the entrance/exit of the Butterfly Estate. Haizaki's lips curled up into a smile as he walked over to the Wind Hashira.

"Sanemi has volunteered to go first, Kanae!" Haizaki called out as he hooked Sanemi from under his arms and lifted him with ease, pulling him into the room did Haizaki pin Sanemi down quickly before the latter could retaliate.

"Oi, help to hold his limbs down," Haizaki called out and the rest of the 21-years-old started to move and aided in pinning the Wind Hashira down.

"LET ME GO YOU BASTARDS! OI!" he yelled out.

"Ara, Shinazugawa-san, please relax. Or this will be very painful," Kanae spoke out as she gestured towards Shinobu who was preparing the needle, and Sanemi swallowed the lump in his throat as he muttered curses under his breath.

"Oh? The feral one is afraid of needles, but he always causes injury to himself on purpose," Sabito taunted and Sanemi had an irk mark on his forehead, whereas Haizaki ignored it as he continued to apply pressure so that Sanemi wouldn't move about.

"J-Just get it done and over with!"

"He stuttered!"

"Now, that wasn't too bad was it," Haizaki spoke out as he sat down and waited for his flu shot. He looked as Sanemi was standing by the corner of the room, facing the corner as he started to sulk by himself.

How one could see the corner turning gloomier and gloomier.

"Akane-san, nee-san will be the one doing for you," Shinobu spoke out and Haizaki raised an eyebrow in response as he looked at Kanae had on a gentle smile and he slowly nodded his head in response.

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