~𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳~ // 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘻𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘹 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

- 𝕏𝕀𝕍: Butterfly Mansion -

"Just wondering! Any other patients for me to meet?" You smiled at her. Mitsuri was slightly astonished by how well spoken you were with Kanao. When she had seen her during their Hashira meetings, she never spoke a word, and if approached, she would ignore the person until they left or Kocho came to save her. Perhaps it was a tsuguko thing?

"Oh, Kanao! When we were passing through a town between our houses, I picked this up for you!" It was true. Along the way you had seen a beautiful purple and white butterfly hair pin that looked strikingly similar to your friend. You held it out to her to see. "It reminded me of you. I hope you like it."

She took it vigilantly and inspected it. A small, genuine smile of happiness spawned from her calm one. Her eyes sparked for a moment with joy. The notion of having something given to her just because... it reminded them of her? She tucked it away and thanked you earnestly. "Please, come inside, I'm sure my master would love to see you. What brings you here anyway? I see your mentor brought you. Check up?"

"No. Mitsuri was desperate to spill news about my personal life to her, so I tagged along to make sure it wouldn't get out of hand." You had meant this teasingly to your mentor, who gave you a dangerous look.

"Ah, I see. My mentor is like me. I don't care for drama."

"Oh, but it's not drama! It's love! Y/n's in love!" Mitsuri skipped ahead of you, cheering.

This peaked Kanao's interest, though she didn't physically express this. "Love? With who?"

"Well- uh, I'm not sure if I'd call it love just yet... okay, maybe it is- I'm not really sure! But, you know the Wind Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa?"

Kanao nodded calmly. "Yes, he's-"

She was interrupted by a loud clashing sound from a separate wing, followed by yelling.

She turned to face the noise before making her way down the hall towards the commotion. When she opened the door, she blinked at the situation in front of her.

Towering over a poor nurse, a tray thrown to his right, a shattered glass with liquid seeping from it's remains, stood Sanemi. He was yelling at her for something. "I'M NOT TAKING THAT BULLSHIT, FOR THE LAST TIME!"

Kanao didn't utter a word, or make a sound. Mitsuri wasn't present either, presumably already in Kocho's office after she had skipped ahead of you. The poor nurse was quivering in fear as the giant, when compared to her, jabbed a finger at her and continued to yell.

Kanao pulled you out into the hall.

"As I was saying: he's here now." Kanao told you. "Perhaps, you can calm him down? He seems rather worked up at the moment."

"Flip your coin! I'll call tails, you get heads. If it's heads, you have to do something!" You whispered at her, as if it was possible someone could hear you over Sanemi's angry shouting.

Without a word, she pulled out the coin and flipped it. She turned it over for you to see and- just your luck- it was tails.

Sighing and forcing yourself to do this, you ran up to Sanemi and pushed him out of the way, stooping to help the young lady nurse up. "I'm so sorry about him. He gets like this sometimes. Go find someone who can clean this up, yeah?" The nurse's eyes were still wide, but she bowed and ran off to find help. You swiveled and glared at Sanemi, who seemed suspicious of your presence.

"And you, Sanemi Shinazugawa, should know better than to harass meer workers! Ones that aren't even your own, at that! You should be ashamed of your actions and your outburst. You're going to help clean up this mess, do you understand?"