"𝖨'𝗆 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾. 𝖧𝖺𝗅𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽."- '𝖣𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗒 𝖨𝗌𝗌𝗎𝖾𝗌' 𝖻𝗒 '𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖭𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽'

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗲

"𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗆 𝖨?..𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅."

This is not my original story idea!

You are four years old.

!! ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE PLATONIC !!
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~Second POV~

You woke up to be met with a white ceiling, you looked at your surroundings.

You were in a white bed with bandages wrapped around your limbs and hospital clothes on.

"H-huh?" You whisper.

You had a really bad headache.

"M-mommy?" You call out.

She always told you when you were hurt, to call out to her.

"Mommy?" You call out a little more loudly.

Suddenly the door to your room was swung open, there stood a girl with black hair that was tied up into pigtails. Her pigtails were tied up with blue butterfly clips, her eyes were also blue.

She sighed, "Shinobu! She's awake." The girl called out.

Your slightly winced at the loud volume of her voice.

"W-where is mommy and d-daddy?" You ask quietly.

The girl looks over at you, her natural hard glare turning into a soft, pitiful gaze.

You didn't like it.

You didn't like pity, it made you squirm.

"Ah! Thank you for letting me know Aoi!" Said a lady who walked into your room.

She had black to purple hair that was tied into a bun with a purple butterfly clip.

She had a fake but still pretty smile on her face.

She had purple to black eyes and a white, mint green, and light pink haori with butterfly designs.

Your favorite part was the pink in her haori.

"Hello little girl. How are you?" Asked the lady with a soft voice.

"M-my head hurts." You whisper.

"Oh my! You poor thing! Here, drinks this. It will make you feel better." She gave you a gourd of water.

You nodded and gulped it down.

Once you were done she took it back from you.

"Now, would you mind telling me your name?" Asks the pretty lady.

"I-it's Y-Y/N." You stutter.

"Y/N, what a pretty name! Hello Y/N my name is Shinobu." Introduced Shinobu.

"Would you mind telling me how old you are?" She asks.

You nod, "I'm..four." You tell her.

She was surprised. Your word pronunciation was very impressive for a four year old.

Her smile drops into a slight frown with a empathetic gaze.

"I'm sorry to hear that." She tells you as she starts to unwrap your bandages slowly.

"W-what do you mean? And where is mommy and daddy?" You ask her, confused.

She tenses up. "Y/N, your parents.. are sleeping. They unfortunately are going to sleep for a very long time. So I will take care of you." She smiles, in hopes of reassuring you.

You tear up.

You might be four but you weren't that stupid.

You knew she meant they died.

You started to cry.

Your cries turned to sobs.

Shinobu finished replacing your bandages and quickly enveloped you in a tight hug.

She was a little inexperienced with comforting people, but she didn't just want to stare and watch a four year old break down in front of her.

She tried to remember what her sister would do to comfort her before she died.

She gently patted your back and stroked your hair.

"There there, it's ok." She repeated.

You buried your face in her neck and continued to cry.

After about five minutes your sobs turned to cries and slowly your cries turned to sniffles.

Shinobu pulled away.

"I-I'm sorry." You mumble.

She puts her hand on your shoulder, "There is nothing to be sorry for Y/N. It's ok." She told you.

You nod.

"You will have to stay in the butterfly estate until your injuries heal. Then we can have a hashira meeting."

"In-jur-ies?" You ask.

She smiled at your adorable confused face, which was slightly pink and swollen due to your tears. "Your boo-boos." She answered with a small giggle.

"Oh. Okay." You look down at your lap.

"Thank you." You tell her.

"Of course. Go to sleep now." She said before walking out.

You didn't know how she knew, but your were very tired.

You slowly drifted off to sleep.

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It had been a couple weeks at the butterfly estate.

You still cry every day and mourned your parents death, but you had other things to distract you with.

You easily became very good friends with the three girls, Naho, Kiyo, and Sumi. You would play together, talk together, and do each other's hair.

Aoi developed a soft spot for you and would make you sweets.
She always made your favorites, F/F or Sakura Mochi. She made them for you once and you were more happy than usual that day.
It made her smile seeing you so happy about something so small.

Kanao didn't know how to communicate with you very well.
But when you quickly realized she wasn't ignoring you, and it wasn't exactly in her control to respond or not, you didn't mind.
You would talk to her for hours on end while maybe doing her hair, or just sitting with each other.
If you ask a question she would flip her coin, if it landed on 'do not answer' you would keep talking.
If it landed on 'answer' you would be extremely happy.
Kanao would always want it to land on answer.

Shinobu was very kind towards you.
She was always there to comfort you when you would cry, even if she was busy. She made sure her room was next to yours.
You didn't want to bother her so you made sure to make your cries as silent as possible, still she always somehow heard you and always comforted you.
She would get you toys in secret. (To not make the other girls jealous.)
She would let you be with her whenever you wanted.
She trusted you, you were a very mature child.
She didn't let you in her lab unfortunately but she let you be with her if she was doing something else, or if she was treating a demon slayers wound.

Everyone quickly noticed how much you like pink.

Your eyes would light up seeing the color, and you would act even more grateful and happy if Shinobu got you a pink toy.

Aoi would make you pink sweets, whenever the girls did your hair they would use pink hair clips, and Shinobu would try to always get you pink toys.

One time, Kanao even made you a pink dress with the help of Shinobu.

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It was the day of the trial about you.

You honestly didn't know why you needed to have a trial all about you. But you didn't want to make Shinobu mad by asking.

"Y/N are you ready to go?" She asked with a soft, genuine smile.

You were wearing a pink dress with mini bows decorating all around it.

You wanted to wear the one Kanao made you but it was in the wash.

(Hair is optional)

You nodded and did something you were hesitant to do, you looked up at her with grabby-grabby hands.

She looked slightly surprised then smiled.

She picked you up by your armpits and placed you on her left hip.

You quickly wrapped your legs around her waist and your arms around her neck. You buried your face in her shoulder.

She was surprised once again before laughing slightly.

She knew you were scared and nervous, so if this provided you with the comfort you needed then so be it.

She put her right hand on your back and her other on your lower half to support you.

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You arrived at the Ubiyashiki estate, you and Shinobu were last so everyone stared while you and Shinobu walked past them.

"Y/N, I want you to meet my friends." Shinobu spoke to you softly.

You hesitantly lifted you head and looked behind you.

"KYAH! SHES ADORABLE!" Yelled a lady with pink to green hair.

You LOVED her hair. You absolutely adored it! Her eyes too!

"Y-your hair is so pretty!"

She blushed pink from surprise.

"R-really? T-thank you!" She said with a big smile.

You slightly smiled back.

"KYAH! SO CUTE!" She yelled.

"Y/N, this is Mitsuri Kanroji. Mitsuri this is Y/N." Shinobu said in a gentle voice.

"Nice to meet you Y/N!"

"N-nice to meet you too." You whispered while burying your face back in Shinobu's shoulder.

"KYAHH!" Mitsuri fangirled.

"Y/N I am going to put you down now." Shinobu told you.

You nodded.

She placed you down on the ground, you looked around at everyone, they were all so tall!

Shinobu started conversing about you with some of the other pillars.

"What a very adorable daughter you have Kocho!" A man with fiery hair said.

Shinobu's eye twitched. "She's not my daughter. I'm just taking care of her injuries. How old do you think I am Rengoku?" She asked.

He just laughed nervously in response.

While she as doing that, you saw someone who interested you.

Of course, you love Mitsuri already, but this person was different.

He had very long hair, it went from black to teal. His outfit was oversized and his eyes made him look so cute!

'He looks like a doll!' You internally compliment.

He was so tall! (Not really lmao)

You run, slightly wobble over to him.

He tore his gaze away from the sky to stare at you walking (running in your pov) over to him.

Once you got in front of him he just stared at you and tilted his head.

You did the same.

If he was being honest, you were pretty adorable. The way your big (not so) innocent eyes stared at him, how you looked in your pretty dress. He almost smiled at you. But he just settled for parting his lips slightly.

You quickly attached yourself to his leg, your arms wrapping around it.

He looked down at you in confusion, about to tear you off until he saw your relaxed expression.

Muichiro was air headed but he wasn't stupid.

He knew if he disrupted your comfort Shinobu would kick his ass.

It was something along the lines of,

Hurt child = angry Shinobu.

He didn't like when Shinobu was angry.

So he let you be, he didn't know if he should pick you up like Shinobu did or not.

"Ah! Tokito! It seems Y/N has taken a liking towards you." Shinobu said.

"Huh?"

"You should pick her up! She might get tired." Shinobu told Muichiro.

It was more like a demand rather than a suggestion.

He was quick to pick her up by her armpits, you looked up in confusion but gave him a closed eyes smile.

He was confused on why you smiled at him.

He almost smiled back.

But he didn't.

You wrapped your arms around his neck, to which he was confused by but let you do as you please.

Not that he would admit it, but he enjoyed the warmth you radiated.

You wrapped your legs around his waist and buried your face his shoulder.

He wrapped his left arm around your back to support you.

You lifted your head, "Are..you a..doll?" You ask him.

He froze slightly, taken aback from your unintentional compliment.

"No."

"Oh.. you look like a pretty doll." Your voice was slightly muffled because you put your head back in his shoulder.

He smiled a barely noticeable smile.