“Good morning Y/N!”

“Good morning!”

Y/N's relationship with the kakushi from the main house changed a lot in the spam of only one day, who would have thought that UNO was that powerful.

The Ubuyashiki kid is near. He's feeling bored.

'Is that so?'

She looked over the corner, just like Ether said, Kiriya was standing there with a blank expression.

'Ether says he's bored…. but he looks normal.'

Excuse me? I'm a very reliable information source.

'Sure, sure, whatever.'

Y/N approached the kid. “Hello! What are you doing here?”

“… Nothing worth informing.”

“Is that so? Uh… Hey! Do you have time? Why don't we play a game?”

Kiriya tilted his head. “Play? Do you mean this, uh, what was the name..? ONU?”

“It's UNO! And I was thinking about doing something different this time! How about hide and seek?”

“That's a child game.” He blankly said.

“And you're a child…” Y/N tilted her head, her expression confused. “Aren't you…?”

His eyes widened, that's right, sometime he forgets that besides being the young master and the future head of the corps, he's still essentially a kid.

Even so, he never really had an interest in toys and games before, maybe it's because he is naturally smarter than normal people, so he often found them to be boring.

But even though he didn't actually have an interest in the game itself….

“So? Do you want to play?”

He finds no strength to refuse her.

“Okay. I accept.”

Perhaps it's because of the way that she smiles so easily and with no meaning behind.

Anything he ever received were related to his name, any prejudice, any compliments, all of it will always be directed at the Ubuyashiki surname.

But when she talks to him, it's like she's just talking to any kid, and it somehow comforts him.

“Yay! Oh, I will start to count then! Good luck!”

There's one thing that Y/N forgot while counting, Kiriya literally lives here, he knows this place and any possible hiding spots like the palm of his hand, while her….

“Here…?” She opened a random door.

“Here??” She opened another random door.

“Here?!?!” Another fail.

'Ughhh…. Why I am so bad at this game?!'

You do know that I can tell you where he is hiding, right?

'No way! What's the fun in that?'

I don't like seeing you working so hard like this, though…

'Working hard? I'm only looking around, though? You're exaggerating Ether…'

Y/N sighed as she was about to open another random door to look for Kiriya.

Wait! Y/N, not that room!

“Huh?” She opened the door, seeing a room that was way bigger and more luxurious than the others she looked over before.

'N-no way- don't tell me that I just-'

There was someone sleeping in the futon on the floor.

'AAAAAAAAAAAAH- THAT'S THE MASTER'S ROOM! I'M TOTALLY DEAD AND IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE A HIDE AND SEEK GAME NOOOOOOO-!!!!'

Y/N. Stay calm. Carefully turn away and close the door behind you….

'Okay….okay' She silently tried to turn away, but…

“Who's there?” Ubuyashiki's calming voice echoed in her ears.

Y/N, run away! It's not like he can see who you are anyway!

'ETHER!!'

Despite this, she took what the god said in consideration and was about to escape, but a scrawny voice interrupted her attempt to flee. “CAW! CRIMINAL! CAW! INVADING MASTER'S ROOM! Y/N!”

'Ugh, these stupid kasugai crow-!'

I can explode the animal if it pleases you.

'No.'

Since she was already bummed out, she had no choice other than trying to explain herself : “I'm sorry, I didn't know that this was your room and I entered here accidentally.”

“…. Is that so?”

Y/N wondered what was going on inside his head. She was entangled in so many suspicious things right now! Her assignment without his permission to a mission she wasn't even supposed to go, the multiple demons she brought with her, did he hate her?

However, to her surprise, he only said : “come here.”

She was confused, of course, but it's not like she was in place to refuse him when she is literally a criminal and just invaded his room (though it was by acident) so she closed the sliding door behind her and silently walked over to him.

With an unsure expression, she sat down beside his futon, she figured that it would probably be rude to stand and stare down at him.

Don't worry, I will revive you.

'Stop that! You're making me nervous!'

“Is today a nice day?” He turned his head to look at the window. “How does the sky look?”

“… Do you like sky, master? I mean, you're always asking about it….” She asked back.

“Like…? You see, I didn't think much about it when I could still see it. But now I realize how much I miss looking up at the sky.”

'Wow… I wonder why he is telling me those things…. I feel like I'm hearing something quite personal…' Y/N thought, she was trying her best to keep composed, but her hands were trembling.

“So? How does the day look?”

“Uh- It's a clear day.” She carefully answered.

Ubuyashiki shook his head in response, like what she just said was wrong. “I can't visualize it if you say it like this. Give me a more complete description.”

Does he think that you're a poet or something?

'Quiet.'

“Then… uh- the sky looks really pretty today! There are not many clouds, so the sun is really bright! Also, the clouds that ARE there look really fluffy, like cotton! It's the perfect weather for a picnic! Since it rained a bit yesterday, the grass is still a bit humid, but I kind of like the smell of wet earth… oh, sorry, I am rambling too much?”

“Not at all. I can perfectly visualize it now. Thank you.”

“No problem!”

“Now that I think about it, your trial will be in two days, isn't that right?”

“Yep. It's the third time this year!”

“You say that like it is a good thing…” He slightly chuckled, but suddenly broke out in a loud cough.

“Ah! Are you okay- uh, should I bring something?! Water?! A doctor?!”

“No need to worry.”

“But….”

“You have bigger things to worry about now than a man on his deathbed, don't you think?”

Y/N frowned. She knew that it was true, that he wouldn't live for much longer, but even so… “Don't say that…”

“You aren't good at dealing with death, are you?”

She jolted from surprise and looked down at her thighs, it suddenly become difficult to look directly at him. “I wouldn't say it like that…”

“I will rephrase it then. You're fine with dealing with your own death, but not with others, right?”

“Huh?”

“When something is permanent, it's easy for it to lose value in the eyes of the person. In this case, it is your life.”

“W-what?” She managed to squeak out, why is he saying those things, why does it sound like…

“You should be more careful. The corps has ears everywhere.”

“CAW!” The kasugai crow in the window exclaimed, making Y/N jolt from fright.

“Since… since when was I being observed?” She asked.

“Since when you left for the mission with Shinobu, Giyuu and Rengoku. I wanted to know if it really was you who had planned to go or if it was someone else, of course, I wasn't expecting anything close to what I ended up discovering instead…”

He found out about your reincarnations, Y/N. What will you do now?

“…. Did… did you tell someone else.?”

“No. I didn't.”

“…why?”

Instead of answering her question, he suddenly said : “Shinobu is more expressive now.”

“Huh? So sudden-”

“You probably already know about that, but after her sister's death, she assumed a fake personality and never stopped smiling. But now, she often lets it show when she gets mad or feel stronger emotions, she didn't do that before.”

“That's great, but I don't understand what does it have to do with-”

“Kyojuro was similar to her. Because of his father and brother, he felt the need to always smile and cheer others up. The responsibility of everyone else seemed to always been on his shoulders, but he got more relaxed now, things at his home got better too.”

Hey, what have you been doing while I was out?!

'Nothing, I swear!'

“Not only then, but Giyuu is speaking more often. Mitsuri is more confident, Muichiro seems to be happier, all of them are different from before. And it's all because of you.”

“Me?”

“You didn't even notice it, but you slowly approached those people, and changed them. You don't realize it, but you're causing a bigger impact than you think you are.”

“I am?”

“That's why I trust you. Because all this time, you've always been taking care of everyone, haven't you?”

Ubuyashiki can't be saved. Even if she somehow managed to avoid his suicide attack against Muzan, he just would die to his sickness after, he's one of the few people she can't save doesn't matter how many lives she uses. Presently, he is the personification of her biggest fear.

“I'm sorry that I can't save you. I think you're wonderful.” That was the only thing Y/N managed to say, she couldn't find anything better to say and felt terrible for it.

“…wonderful? I think you're way more remarkable than me. After all, the one who cured the wounded heart of so many people, even demons, was you, wasn't it?”

“No way! Everyone is here now because of YOU! They all love you and respect you more than anyone else! That's why… that's why…”

“Thank you…” He started to cough even more loudly than before, Y/N panicked when she noticed the blood starting to spill out from his mouth.

“Ah-! Let me grab a to-” She tried to get up, but he gently held her wrist to stop her.

“It's okay. I only need you to tell me one thing, one single thing, and I will be able to be in peace…. will we win? Against Kibutsuji?”

She stared at him in utter surprise, gulping before carefully saying : “Many sacrifices will be made in the process… but yes. We won in the end.”

“… I see. Thank you.” It was the last thing he said before slowly falling to sleep.

After confirming if he was okay, she finally walked over to the door, freezing in place when he suddenly spoke up again : “And Y/N… Please take care of them, okay?”

“That's what I am here for, after all! So please rest peacefully and without worries!” She cheerfully said back, leaving the room and closing the door behind her.

She out a relieved sigh after realizing that it was finally over.

'Kiriya! l have to look for him!'

Y/N started to run around again, turning in the corner to harshly bump against someone. “Ah! I'm sorry!”

“It's okay.” Lady Amane was there, judging by the towels her kids with white hair beside her were carrying in their hands, seems like she was making way over to the master's room.

“I'm really sorry though, I wasn't paying attention and…”

“You remind me of Kagaya…” She mumbled while helping Y/N get up and fixing her clothes like she was a little kid. “When you're worried about someone else, you don't even notice what's happening to you.”

“Ah- i-is that so? Ahaha-” Y/N could feel her face burning, she's just so pretty!

“She's hiding in the kitchen.” Amane suddenly blurted out.

“Huh?”

“Kiriya. She's hiding in the kitchen. I'm telling you this because the kakushi saw you running around, and you will end up looking for her the whole day like this.” She coldly said, like it was obvious. (And it was)

“Ah! Thank you so much! To be honest, I had no idea where to look before!” Y/N said, happily running over to the kitchen.

“The kitchen is in the opposite direction.”

“Oh, sorry!” She spun around, running to the correct way this time, while excitedly waving goodbye to the lady.

“Careful to not trip.”

“Okaaay-!” She exclaimed back in the distance.

You're doing it again.

'Huh? What do you mean?'

And you don't even notice when you're doing it, which makes it even more concerning.

'Seriously?! Doing what?'

Befriending everyone in your sight with your overwhelming cheerfulness. Really, how did you manage not to change one bit even after living so many lives?

'You say it like it's a bad thing! After all, if I wasn't like this, we wouldn't have been friends in the first place, isn't that right?'

Yeah….you're right.

Y/N finally reached the kitchen after a while, she carefully looked inside, afraid of interrupting the kakushi who may be working there.

“Ah! It's Y/N! What brings you here? Are you hungry?” One of them said, luckily, they didn't seem to mind her presence.

“Are you hungry, Y/N? The kakushi from the butterfly mansion said that you liked tempura, I can fry some for you!”

“REALLY?!” She was tempted for an instant, but shook her head when she noticed she was getting distracted. “Actually, have you guys seem a cute kid with a black hair…”

Just as she was asking this, she saw his head poking out from behind a balcony.

With a grin in her face, the girl silently walked over to him. “Got you! Seems like I won, Kiriya!”

“AAAAAAAAAH SHE DIDN'T USE HONORIFICS-!!”

Kiriya looked up at her, he was sitting on the floor, as she gently offered her hand to help him get up, which he took her with a small smile.

“Congratulations, that makes it the first time that you win against me in something. I'm a bit curious about who revealed my hiding spot to you, though.”

'Jeez, playing with smart kids suck! He figured out that I cheated in an instant!'

“So?”

'I probably shouldn't reveal that his mother was the one who did it, so…'

“Not telling you! Maybe I will do so if you win this round, but just so you know, I'm a champion of hide and seek!” Y/N jokingly said as they walked out of the kitchen.

“This doesn't sound very believable, but fine, I accept your conditions.”

Y/N didn't notice this, obviously, but in spam of two days, she yet again charmed another entire state.