"ᴏʜ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ʙʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ɴɪɢʜᴛ, ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ꜰɪɴᴇ."

"Do you think they're dating?"

"Miss Shinobu and Sir Tomioka?"

"Yeah."

"I don't know, but I see them together a lot  during lunch time."

"I heard they even wear couple perfumes."

"Ehh, either way, they look good together."

"Right?"

She heard the students say.

Really, she wasn't eavesdropping, it just happens so that the students pass by her while she was taking a break.

Coincidentally, the bush and trees completely hid her from their vision.

Shinobu was then very conscious of the stares that she and Giyū received as they walked side by side for lunch.

She noticed that Giyū did not seem to be bothered by it, or perhaps it's becasue he was as oblivious as she was before she overheard the students.

"Kochou?"

"Yes?" She answered as a reflex to being called,
"Sorry could you repeat that, I was not listening."

"The school sports is next week."

"Already? I thought it was postponed."

Shinobu was not particularly excited about it.

"We also have to participate."

"What?"

"What?"

She pointed at herself, then at Giyū, and towards the building where the teachers room was located.

"You mean all of us?" She needed to double check.

"Yes, Oyakata-san arranged it like that."

Shinobu internally screamed, and she stomped away, leaving her lunch partner in the middle of the school grounds.

❦ ❦ ❦

"Next Monday?" Mitsuri tilted her head, "Iguro-san and I made plans for the whole week."

So Shinobu looked at her, Mitsuri, funny, when she stood in front her,in their school standing beside Iguro.

"I thought you made plans?"

"Turns out this was the plan."

Iguro, former student of Kimetsu High School, got invited, who in turn bought along his partner.

Shinobu doesn't complain though, who would not want to spend a whole week with their best friend, plus her sister had also joined to watch from the side.

Monday to Wednesday went pretty smooth for Shinobu, it was on Thursday afternoon when she got dragged to the field by her colleague.

"You're the last runner for the relay race, fighting!"

By the time Shinobu got back to reality, Daki had ran towards her at god speed.

Her hands elevated with her palms trying to gesture Daki to slow down but much ti her dismay, the baton lands on her hands and ultimately she starts running.

"She's fast." Surprised, Giyū said.

"She's always been fast." Mitsuri grinned at him, "But she does not like the attention on her."

"Miss Shinobu is going to win!" One of the student shouted.

With her feet passing the line the whole school bursted into cheers.

Shinobu turned to Mitsuri and Giyū, she gave them a thumbs up but ended up twisting her foot and falls over.  She grabbed for air before hitting the hard ground.

"Are you okay?" Giyū asked kneeling down in front of her.

"My left foot hurts a bit." 'But how did you get here so fast.'

"Hold on to my shoulder."

"Why?" She asked but still ended up doing exactly what she was told.

Without much thought, Giyū bent down, wrapped his hands around her knees and hoisted her up from the ground.

Not a single sound, not even from the roads, not from the teacher or students.

They stared at each other and never left each others gazes.

"Why are you two looking at each other like that?" Sanemi asked.

Shinobu and Giyū turned their heads to
him,"Like what?"

"Like you're the only two in the unive-"
He gets cut off by Kanae pulling him to the side, "Shinobu you should go to the Infirmary."

"Tomioka-san are you going to um hold me like  that.." Shinobu asked, half wanting to hide in a hole and half enjoying it.

"Ah.., my apologies." Giyū gently put her down, "I should have asked if you could stand."

"You really should have." Iguro said from the side with a mischievous tone.

"Tomioka-san, could you please take her to the infirmary?" Her sister asked.

Then they watched as the two fade to the building, hand in hand.

༻❤︎︎༺

The medicinal scents filled their noses, Giyū wrapped the bandage around Shinobu's ankle.
Shinobu grips the cotton sheets under her.

"I could have done that myself, Tomioka-dan." She said.

"I want to do it." He pinned the cloth in place and looked in her eyes. "It's because I want to do it." He repeated as if she didn't heard him the first time.

Shinobu cannot find the right words, her gazed lingered everywhere but at him as her grip on the sheet tightened.

"You should take a few days off." He stood up and put the remaining bandages back in the shelve. "And get it checked up as well."

"I...will."

Giyū walked to Shinobu and put out hand. She looked at him confused.

"What are you waiting for?" He asked? "Do you want me to carry you again?"

"N-" Shinobu thinks, "..No."

"What's with the pause?" He chuckled, "Come on."

"I am!" She took his hand and they walk out of the room.

༻❤︎︎༺

Incoming Call
• Shinobu •

"Hey Giyū."

"Yes, hello."

"I think I'm really in love, I'll confess."

"What?"

"Mhm hehe."

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"𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔''