Just a normal day at the Demon Slayer Corps. 

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Okay maybe it wasn't but what were you really expecting?

The day starts off on how it usually does, she gets up- well, Giyuu gets up before her and wakes her up- she eats breakfast with her husband- provided by him since it's his day to make it- and after brushing their teeth they make their way out of their house and to the train station. They walk hand and hand to the station, Giyuu occasionally rubbing his thumb over her knuckles as she talks on about nothing in particular as he softly smiling down at her.

They take their usual route, she grabs orders a can of coffee while she orders a bottle of water and they wait for the train to arrive on the bench, careful about where they sit on the said bench, silently waiting for the train to arrive.

The subway pulled into the station with a loud whistle, they both get up from their seats, she throws her canned coffee away while he caps his bottle of water tightly and puts it into his bag. Worming their way in through the crowd, she tightly grips at his hand so they don't get separated. They take a seat next to each other, the subway thrumming below them as leaves the station, her husband squeezed her hand as he leans against her shoulder, his head hanging low as his bag lays pliant in his lap as he lets out small huffs of breath and snores. She stills as he does so, briefly glancing at him before she pulls out her phone and scrolls through it.

She has some unanswered texts, a few from Mitsuri, a good morning text from Aoi, two from Uzui, and a few more she'll get to later. She probably has some emails she needs to read but she'll get to them when she gets to the office but for now, she'll read, so she opens an app on her phone and starts reading the Book Theif, the audio being read to her as she lets her thoughts drift off, almost falling asleep herself until she's woken up with a loud piercing whistle.

Shinobu looks around, watching everyone get up from their seats, and turns towards her husband who's still asleep. Silently she reaches towards him, shaking his shoulder with slight vigor, out of the corner of her eye watching people tread out of the train, some staying but they can't since this is their stop.

Eventually, he starts to stir a few moments later, and she presses a kiss to his cheek, usually, she'd tease him but she isn't in the mood to right now. Blearily, he blinks away his tiredness, face flustering as she presses another kiss to his cheek. He looks at her, tilting his head, and allows her to pull him up by his hand as he gains his bearings slightly. Shinobu pulls him along out of the train before the doors close and into the subway station, that soft smile never leaving her face. 

"You thirsty?" She asks and he silently nods, reaching towards his bag and pulling out his bottle of water, and taking a sip or two. "You good now?" He nods and starts walking, like usual they fall into step with each other, their hands finding their way to each other and intertwining themselves.

The walk, like usual, lasts 15 minutes, Shinobu, once again like usual, fills the silence of the walk with her incessant chatter, he listens to her, nodding along and occasionally adding to the conversation once and awhile. Time flows by and before they know it they're in front of the gate that leads to the agency, her warm hand missing his cold one.

She walks into the gate to the agency, Giyuu having slipped his hand out of hers during their walk, only a few feet away from the gate she hears him stop walking, she doesn't pause until she feels a cold hand intertwines with hers, tugging her back. She turns towards him, cocking her head to the side as he smiles at her. 

"You know I love you, right?" 

She pauses, feeling her stomach drop, she looks back at the agency than at her husband, then does a doubletake, and frowns at him. "Are you seriously breaking up with me in front of where we work?"

"Wha- no I just..." He paused, looking up at the sky and tugging her forward with his hand till she's almost flush against his chest. "It's a nice day, why not? I just..." Slipping his hand out of hers, he wraps his arms around her waist bringing her flush against his chest, kissing her forehead as she blushes from the tips of one ear to the other.

"Thank you for staying with me despite everything that's happened and not leaving like other people, I really... Really appreciate it more than you can ever imagine," She wraps her arms around him, peering up at him above the scarf wrapped around her neck to fend herself off from the cold, along with his as well. Despite how much her chest tightens at the gestures, a warmth in her chest that compels her to want more she frowns up at him, he's always used actions to show how much he loves her not words.

"Where's this coming from? Are you going to do something I should worry about?"

"No, I just..." He looks away with an expression reminiscent of a scowl, then back at her raising a brow. "You remember what's coming up, right?"

"I'm sure but humor me and tell me,"

"Our anniversary, I wanna make it special since you always go over the top and beyond,"

"That just means I'll have to go even beyond-er than you,"

"Don't you dare,"  He frowns down at her, "I do dare, try and keep up with me hun!" she stands up on her tippy-toes and gives him a quick peck on the lips which leaves him flustered, he splutters, frowning down at her. 

"C'mon, give me a real kiss!" She grabs the lapels of his jacket, pulling him down into a kiss on his lips, leaving him room to pull back if he so desired to. She pulled back, both faces as hot as the other, she tapped him on his nose, face breaking out in a smile as she stared at him. "You are unbelievably adorable when you blush, did you know that dollface?"

"Stop calling me that," He mutters, looking away at her with a pink heavily dusts his cheeks, pouting.

"Never dollface," Shinobu grins up at him, "never,"  she leans in as she whispers her words in a low voice.  He chuckles down her and takes a step back, pushing her toward the agency and he moves to walk in the other direction. 

"Where are you doing?" She asks, staring at him as he walks away. "Going talk to Sabito and Makomo, I need some more help from them," She shakes her head waving him goodbye. "You really need to stop going to them for help, the walk there is so far away it's not worth it, "

"It is," He insists, "if I don't answer my phone then I'm talking with them so don't bother spamming it." she sticks her tongue out at him. "Don't tell me what to do,"

Rolling his eyes, he turns away from her and walks away, waving goodbye to her. "Try to be back by the afternoon!" He gives her the thumbs up, "I'll try!" and then they walk their separate ways and Shinobu gets to work.

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It's midday, which means it's Shinobu's break time, and frankly, she's bored. Mitsuri has taken, Kyojuro and Obanai out to go eat, Tengen is god knows where the same applying to Muichiro and she'd rather not burden Gyomei with her chatter even though she's aware he wouldn't mind. Her husband should be back soon, maybe even now. 

With a huff, she heaves herself off her office seat which is left spinning. Walking out of her office, she takes the elevator down wandering out of it without much of a purpose, he should be here, she spots a figure walking in the doorways, well someone is. 

As the figure steps into view, she's greeted with only belated excitement as she realizes it's only Sanemi. He's no fun to make fun of or annoy, she thinks, he always gets mad too soon for it to be any fun. She walks towards him, her hands hidden behind her back as he walks past her as if he didn't even notice her in the first place. She has to resist the urge to frown at him.

"Have you seen Giyuu-san?" She pipes up, which thankfully, catches the other man's attention. He turns towards her, quirking a brow at her with a curled lip.

"Why is it my job to keep track of him, he's your husband." 

"I was just asking if you saw him, he's not picking up his phone or answering his texts,"

"Your husband, not mine," Sanemi pointed out with a frown, turning sharply on his heels and walking away. Shinobu sighs as he watches him walk off, blankly starring ahead with her lips pressed into a thin line. With a huff, she turns around and marches straight back to the elevator she came from and punches in a number, and stands back. The gentle music thrums throughout the elevator walls as she taps her foot against the floor with crossed arms, silently waiting for the small ding of the elevator.

In what seems like forever, it dings, and the metal doors slide silently openly. She steps into the waiting room, there's only one person here as expected. 

Shinobu walks towards the desk, the intern paying no attention as he stares at his phone, scrolling through whatever it was he was on. With a loud, noticeable sigh, she leans onto the counter, draping her arms over it, starring at the red-headed intern with a bored expression.

"Tanjiro, do you know where Giyuu-san is? He's not answering any of my calls or texts,"

"Oh, Giyuu-san?" He says, looking up from his phone and tilting his head at her. "Yes, who else would I be talking about?"

"He told me he was going to go consult Sabito-san and Makomo-san again about a case he was on, so if he might not answer his phone." He answered.

"He should have answered his phone by now,"

"He's probably driving then,"

"Right, driving, and knowing those two they probably made him pick them up lunch they ordered for their opinion, sell-outs."  Slight anger manages to drip from her voice as Tanjiro just shrugs, looking back down at his phone. "Other than that, I know as much as you do,"

"Damn Giyuu-san and his crypticness,"

"If he comes back I'll be sure to tell you,"

She nods. "Thank you," Then, pushing herself off of the counter she walks away. 

"You're welcome!" The younger boy calls out and she just nods back, quickly walking back towards the elevator so she can ride it back to her floor. By the time she makes it back to her office she ends up caught up in work once more, time passing by as she compares her current case files to another, like yesterday, nothing coming up as usual. Then, a sudden static comes from her office phone until a voice breaks through it.

"Shinobu-sama, you have a visitor," Aoi calls over the office phone, which makes Shinobu tilt her head, contemplating the possibilities of who it could be. Most likely her husband, she grinned, she couldn't wait to find out what Sabito and Makomo made him do in order to get an answer from them. Then, she shook her head, not knowing what was so appealing about those two that made him decide to have those two as friends they could be such annoying pricks sometimes.

"I do? Let them in,"

She turns back to her work, scribbling aimlessly on the paper as the door opens then closes, she doesn't bother to look up, scanning over her work. She half expects the person to speak up, but they don't. With a heavy sigh, she slams her pen against the wood, her smile twitching as she looks up. "If your not going to say anything why did you even come in he-"

Shinbou freezes, almost choking on her own breath

"Kanao?" The girl standing at the door silently nods at her, oh god-

"I-I what're you doing here I-I thought-" Her breath is caught in her throat as she chokes on it, the back of her eyes burn with an unimaginable passion as she can hardly blink back the tears. "Come here," Standing up, shakily, she holds out her arms and makes a grasping motion, beckoning the younger girl closer. 

With a hardly noticeable tremble in her step, Kanao walks towards her, then speeds up with every growing second until the girl practically collapses in her arms. Shinobu sniffles, holding onto her younger sister tightly, nuzzling into the top of her head. They stay like that for a while, but she doesn't mind, her work can wait if it means she gets to spend time with her sister.

Suddenly, Kanao tightens her grip on Shinobu's clothing, body slightly trembling as she lets out a slightly shaky breath. Furrowing her brows, lip curling, she stares at the younger woman, tightening the grip on the hug.

"I have something I need to tell you," As if contemplating whether or not to let go, Kanao hugs her a little tighter and then pulls away. Her stare bores into the ground, rubbing her arm not being able to stare at her in the eyes. "What is it Kanao? You can tell me anything," Brows furrowing in concern, she rests her hands on her sister's shoulder, giving them an encouraging squeeze. 

"I'm not sure you're going to like it,"

"I think I'll be able to stomach it,"

"It's about your husband, Giyuu Tomioka,"

"What about him?" Kanao reaches into her pocket and that's when for her, the world goes into slow-motion. Slowly, her younger sister pulls out a letter from her pocket and holds it out to her. She takes it and can only stare at it.

In her hands, Shinobu held a bloodied letter in her hand and told her everything she needed to know, and she felt her whole world fall apart.

A/N: And I oop-

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