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third person pov
"how can i forget... happy birthday y/n."
slightly gasping, the burgundy-haired lass shoot up from her bed. a somewhat confuse expression plastered on her face, her body felt sticky from all the sweat it released, and her hair looked like a bird's nest. the lass caught her breath before falling on her bed once more, she stared at the ceiling, remembering the long dream she had.
although it's slowly fading from her memory, there is this one person that stood out and although he now looks blurry in her vision, she remembers his features. he is a fairly muscular man of short stature, he has straight-edged black hair of varying lengths, he possesses heterochromia eyes - his right eye is yellow and his left eye is turquoise, and his lower face is wrapped in a bandage.
"who-
before the burgundy-haired lass can even mutter a word, someone barged in her room full force that the door is swung open. it hit the wall, and came slamming back towards the person that opened the door. the person released a groan as the door hit him hard, he didn't end up on the floor but the hit is enough to make his nose bleed.
"zenitsu?" questioned the lass as she saw how zenitsu is standing in front of the door that hit him. a small laugh escaped her lips, seeing at how zenitsu struggled to get rid of the blood.
"y/n nee-chan." whined zenitsu, pointing at his bleeding nose but y/n could only laugh as she saw how tears started forming on his eyes.
"i-I DON'T WANNA DIE!" shouted zenitsu as he fell on the floor, rolling back and fort which made y/n sweat-drop from the scene, not sure as to how to approach the sulking blonde boy.
"oi zenitsu, give y/n space!" shouted a familiar voice, came into her view is her younger cousin tanjiro. his cheeks are puffed as he went to grab zenitsu's collar before dragging him out of his cousin's room.
"sorry about him y/n. please do freshen up, you have 30 minutes before school starts." said tanjiro as he wave at his cousin before closing the door, giving her privacy.
y/n tsugikuni, a senior high student that's graduating soon. she lives with the kamado's because her father is a business man, and her mother died when she turned four. therefore she started living with the kamado's. y/n have six cousins, the kamado brats namely: tanjiro kamado, nezuko kamado, takeo kamado, hanako kamado, shigeru kamado, and rokuta kamado.
she also have two cousins in her father side namely: muichiro tokito, and yuichiro tokito. the kamado's and the tokito's have met quite a lot of times, although y/n is a bit reluctant with the idea of them being together because the kamado's is quite the opposite of the tokito's but to her surprise everyone gets along well.
after y/n freshens herself, she went downstairs to see the commotion happening between the kamado's and tanjiro's friends.
hanako and shigeru are both fighting over who'll help tanjiro wash the dishes.
takeo shoves a handful of food in his mouth as he stared at the scene unfolding in front of him with a bored expression.
nezuko calming a crying rokuta, he probably wants tanjiro's attention but his attention is with hanako and shigeru's continuous fights.
zenitsu is a crying mess while screaming "i don't wanna die" even though the bleeding have long stopped.
and inosuke is acting like a wild boar, jumping from places to places while screaming "pig assault", whatever that is.
y/n tsugikuni
"what is this." everyone froze from the tone of the voice present in the room.
they all turned to the side, where the voice came from and in that spot stood an unfazed aunt kie, her arms crossed as she stared at the chaos occurring in the dining area. i bit my bottom lip, trying my hardest to contain the laughter i'm about to let out.
"i left for a second to prepare your lunch boxes, and it's chaos." said aunt kie as she went to rokuta who is still crying, with one swoop she carried him and he immediately stopped crying.
"y/n dear, have your breakfast before leaving." said aunt kie as she removed her gaze from the frozen idiots, staring at mine while i only shook my head.
"can't, i still have to drop off these annoying brats in their schools. i'll just have an apple." i said while grabbing an apple that is on the table, aunt kie gave me a look before shaking her head but nevertheless agreed.
although she did gave me lectures of waking up late that's why i wasn't able to have breakfast. and i swear in the corners of my eye, i saw tanjiro covering his mouth to not laugh at my situation and i gave him a glare that shut him up.
what seem like for years, me and the others finally made it out of the house. it took me a while to drag zenitsu outside of the house because he said he should be in the hospital to get treatment because of his bleeding nose that stopped bleeding for a while now. and because of annoyance, tanjiro decided to knock him out which got him a good 10 minutes scolding from aunt kie.
"you shouldn't have knock him out, ya know." i muttered, sighing to myself as i glance at tanjiro with a knock-out zenitsu on his back.
"if i didn't, then we would have been late." said tanjiro but i gave him a glare.
"at least we wouldn't have spent 10 minutes waiting for you, cause aunt kie is giving you a good amount of lecture." i retorted causing him to sweat-drop, fully knowing that i was in the right.
while walking, i notice that since it's mid december, the first snow will most likely happen anytime soon. first snow in japan usually starts in november or december, then lasts until march or april. i never knew why, but my father claims that i've always been affectionate to the snow, it sounded weird but as i grow older i've come to notice that the first snow makes me feel some type of way.
whenever the first snow drops, i'd randomly have a weird dream containing different people who i'm not familiar with. when i see the snow, it makes me long for someone i barely knew. i've always thought that someone in this world is destined to be with me, and although it might sound cliche i do believe in those.
perhaps the world is cruel from my previous life that i'm in this state of longing for someone i don't know about?
"i'm heading this way with rokuta." i said to the others while pointing at the opposite direction of where our school is at.
"alright, see you in lunch y/n. be safe!" said tanjiro as he bid me a farewell, guiding everyone else to their respective schools as i started walking towards the opposite direction.
rokuta's daycare is in the opposite direction of where me and my other cousins schools at. i school with tanjiro, his friends and nezuko while my other remaining cousins schools in the school next to ours cause they're still in middle school.
while walking, i started humming a familiar tune that keeps me sleep all night long. it's a lullaby that my mama used to sing to me when she's still alive. i remembered her mentioning about her older sister that used to hum to her when she's a baby cause apparently they have huge age gaps, her name is aunt mitsuki and i've met her a couple of times, she even gave me a mandolin as a present when i turned 16.
completely being lost in my thoughts, i didn't notice a certain someone approaching me from behind until i felt a hand on my shoulder. a bit startled, i turned around to check on who it was until a familiar bright smile flashed through me, making me sigh in relief that it wasn't just somebody else.
"good morning y/n." exclaimed kyojuro with a huge smile plastered on his face, while waving at rokuta who is in my arms.
"good morning kyojuro. don't just sneak on people like that." i said, my eyebrows furrowing as he let out a hearty laugh before apologizing for scaring me to death.
"on your way to rokuta's daycare?" questioned kyojuro and i nodded my head.
kyojuro is a second year student who i met while walking rokuta to his daycare, ever since then he would always come with me and sometimes be the first one to fetch rokuta because his college is just in front of rokuta's daycare. he's always been so kind and friendly, and i met him in his freshman year which was two years ago.
"when are you going to visit my home with rokuta again? my little brother misses the both of you." said kyojuro while gesturing for me to hand rokuta over to him, smiling a little i look at rokuta to see if he wanted to be in kyojuro's arms and i could see how eager he was to be with him.
"we last visited last week, what are you talking about." i deadpanned while kyojuro let out a nervous laugh, in his arms is a smiling rokuta with his hands up in the air as he waved it to the people for the back to see.
"w-well my little brother still misses the both of you. why not come this weekend?" questioned kyojuro making me raise one of my eyebrow.
"we're always visiting your home every week." i sighed, disagreeing with him making him pout.
"but i want to spend some quality time with rokuta, i've been busy with college work that i barely gave him attention. now that i'm not packed, you wouldn't want to go to my house." sulked kyojuro which made me snicker at how fast he could change attitudes, it's just a few minutes ago that he's a ray of sunshine and now he's an emo.
"who are you? his father?" i teased, but kyojuro kept quiet probably overthinking.
"well, since rokuta's real father isn't always around. i'm sure i can be his father." said kyojuro while still thinking deeply about the teasing, i sweat-drop at how serious he could get by certain topics that should have been a joke but he took it seriously.
"that's not what i-, you know what nevermind.' i said, completely giving up on explaining simple things to him because at the end of the day he'll end up overthinking more about it, and by the next day he'll probably give me a long ass speech about his answer to my teasing.
on our way towards rokuta's daycare, by the other side of the road stood kyojuro's college. i've heard him talk about it quite a few times, he wouldn't mention any specific feedbacks about his college but he did told me about his close friends. he said he's surrounded with people with different backgrounds, different stories, and basically what he meant is that he enjoyed their presence and couldn't wait for the time that he could introduce me to his group.
i've always been curious on what kind of friends kyojuro is most likely to have since his persona is bright and like a sun. would he have friends of the similar persona as him? or opposite of his? or maybe a balanced group? whenever he says that one day i'll be able to meet his group of friends i couldn't help but feel a spark of excitement lacing through my body.
when i first met kyojuro, i thought it was just me but he did told me that the time stopped when our eyes met. and there i started overthinking that maybe kyojuro is the one for me, like some cliche love story but as time progresses i couldn't imagine a future of us being together, and that i prefer that we stay as friends.
but deep inside me, i notice some connections i feel whenever i'm around kyojuro. it's as if i've known him my whole life, and the fact that he randomly guesses what i prefer yet still is correct about it gives me goosebumps, he even joked around and said 'maybe we're married in our previous life' and although it sounded like he was joking, i couldn't help but agree.
"we're here." said kyojuro as we stood in front of rokuta's daycare.
i gave him a smile, while he handed me rokuta. we had on a small farewell before i started walking towards the entrance of the daycare to drop rokuta off.
third person pov
as soon as y/n drops rokuta, she glance at her watch and her eyes widened because she's late for school. she could hear the bell ringing in kyojuro's college signaling that the classes are starting, she didn't wait any second and started bolting towards the opposite direction, towards her school's direction.
while running, she didn't notice someone in front of her and accidentally bumped into him. the person groaned in pain, while y/n abruptly stopped, a hint of guilt consuming her whole body as she stood in front of the person and offering him a hand.
"i'm so sorry, i didn't mean t-
before she could continue her words, the man looked up to her and the both froze in their spots.
her e/colored eyes met a heterochromia one.
she could feel the man scanning her face as she remained staring at his eyes, wondering as to how heterochromia eyes look so good to a person she barely knows. she could feel sweat forming in the corner of her forehead as the man continued scanning her face, she didn't know but something about him makes her feel nervous.
"i'm sorry, i didn't mean to bump into you." mumbled y/n but the man didn't reply.
"i-
"who are you?" questioned the man, standing up on his own.
y/n looks uncertain, not sure whether to give the man her name. he didn't look any older than her, but he did wear casual clothes and a mask, he's probably a student in the college kyojuro's going at considering the fact that he's running towards that direction until y/n bumped into him.
"i'm-
"IGURO-SAN!!!" y/n was cut off by a high-pitch squeal.
she looked at her back and notice a pink-haired lady, waving her right arm on the air with a bright smile on her face. y/n look back at the man, her mind thinking about the man known as iguro as he gave her a last look before running towards the pink-haired lady.
y/n's eyebrows furrowed, staring at how the both interacted while walking towards their college campus calmly despite being late. she stood in the middle of the streets, a confuse look on her face as she couldn't help but feel a tingle of jealousy lacing in her stomach as she notice how contented the man look with the pink-haired lady.
y/n's eyes followed the man, he had a white scarf wrapped around his neck. the cool breeze brushing through his hair, and he could see how the mask on his face is moving because he's talking to the pink-haired lady.
"and that white scarf over there, make sure to give it to someone special as a sign of pure relationship."
y/n snapped away from her thoughts as an elderly voice echoed throughout her mind, immediately glancing towards the white scarf that is wrapped on the man's neck. y/n only fell in deep confusion, not knowing where the voice came from, she didn't know if she's slowly losing her mind but that man she came across to surely made her feel some sort of unfamiliar feeling that she's willing to find out.
✰★✰
"earth to y/n..."
the burgundy-haired lass snapped from her thoughts as she saw tanjiro's hands in front of her face. she look at it, before glancing at tanjiro who have his eyebrows furrowed, not liking how y/n is so out of focus.
"you've been like this since morning, and you're late for an hour. you're the school's president, and you're never late. what's been going on with you?" questioned tanjiro but the burgundy-haired lass didn't respond and continued daydreaming.
tanjiro had enough with how his cousin is acting, and so he decided the only possible way for her to snap from her thoughts.
"i'm sorry it had to come into this." mumbled tanjiro as he stood from his sit.
he walked around the table, and stood at the back of y/n. he grab both her shoulders before making her face him, he let out a sigh before puffing his cheeks.
"WAKE THE HELL UP Y/N!" he shouted, gaining the attention of the other students in the cafeteria before headbutting her.
the sound of the headbutt echoed throughout the cafeteria, and everyone froze in their spot not liking the idea of the school president fainting from the impact. they all cowered in fear, and thought of digging tanjiro's grave because they're sure that once y/n woke up tanjiro will end up needing a coffin.
"i didn't mean for her to faint from the impact." said tanjiro, sweat dripping from his forehead as zenitsu stood from his seat before scolding tanjiro and hurriedly bolting towards the clinic.
let's just say tanjiro couldn't focus well on his classes because he's scared of what y/n could do to him once she's awake from his headbutt.
later that afternoon, school finally ended yet y/n hasn't still woken up from the impact of the headbutt and tanjiro's fallen into deep guilt. he didn't know what to do, and so he ordered zenitsu to fetch his siblings and go straight home to report to his mother about what happened.
he decided to stay until y/n regain her consciousness and by luck, she decided to wake up after an hour of school hours ending.
"so you headbutt the hell out of me and i'm unconscious half the day?" questioned the burgundy-haired lass while tanjiro sat on his chair with a guilt expression as he let out a quiet yes.
"i should be murdering you right now, but rokuta is waiting for me. head home, i'm fetching rokuta. i'd just have to pray that kyojuro fetched him for me." mumbled y/n as tanjiro protested and said that he should come with her because she hasn't fully recovered but being the stubborn young woman that she is, tanjiro ended up losing and going back home while y/n started making her way towards the daycare.
upon arrival, she notice how the lights were turned off inside the building. therefore all the children must have been fetched by their parents which worried the burgundy-haired lass because she couldn't find kyojuro anywhere.
whenever she couldn't make it in time, it's always been kyojuro who fetches rokuta and whenever y/n arrives they'll always be in front of the gate, greeting her a big wave. she also remembered that kyojuro tell her stories of his friends hanging out with him whenever he fetches rokuta.
y/n bit her lips nervously, she couldn't find kyojuro anywhere and rokuta isn't even in the daycare anymore because it's close. if only she was paying attention and didn't focus on the raven-haired man then she would have gotten to rokuta first.
while y/n's scanning through her phone to call kyojuro, she notice a message that was sent an hour ago and it was kyojuro mentioning about how he couldn't pick rokuta up but since she's nowhere to be seen, he decided to order one of his friend's to fetch him and wait for her to arrive.
"then where-
"are you y/n?" the burgundy-haired lass froze as she heard the familiar voice that spoke to her earlier this morning, the reason as to why she couldn't focus, the reason as to why she got headbutted by tanjiro.
she turned around and notice the heterochromia man carrying her sleeping cousin. he have on a stoic face as she nodded her head. he didn't say much and instead walked towards her, carefully passing rokuta to her.
"thank you for looking out for my cousin." mumbled y/n, slightly bowing as the man brushed off her thanks.
the man didn't say anything, he turned around not giving her a chance to speak. y/n bit her bottom lips, she wanted to talk to him longer but he didn't give any signs of being interested in her. and while he's walking away from her, and her cousin. she felt her legs running towards him, she caught his hand and was about to speak until an electric feeling made her jump away from him as memories flashed through her mind.
"standing there when oyakata-sama had ordered us to enter the estate, unobedient."
"be safe, friend."
"i've bought you for two days, i'm not leaving tomorrow. it's a waste of money, after all you're expensive."
"see my point? if it were a different person doing that to you. would you willingly give consent?"
"i know you're there somewhere. stay where you are, because i'm the one who's coming for you, y/n kamado."
"if ever you'd start a family, where do you want to live?"
"don't let personal feelings overwhelm you, the fight is not over."
"i'm probably going to die soon, there is nothing much i can do."
"with you around, i felt as if the burden from my family is removed and i forgot of how much dirty my family is. i thought that maybe after all this i could forget my past and live with you, in an open-field full of flowerbeds."
"of course. if you say you're fine with someone like me, then i will definitely make you happy. and next time, i will not let you die and i will protect you for sure."
"but since i can't be with you in this cruel world, please find someone else and build a family of your own. and the next time we're reborn, i'll surely find you and steal you away from that man and we'll live a happy normal life with children of our own."
"how can i forget... happy birthday y/n."
flashbacks over flashbacks.
y/n couldn't handle all the new memories that's flashing through her mind, she felt herself losing balance until obanai run to her aid. supporting her weight as the both of them stared at each other.
"iguro-san." mumbled y/n, her eyes glossing with tears as obanai's eyes widened.
"y/n." muttered obanai, seeing her eyes leaking tears.
the both continued staring with no words leaving their mouth. and as they continued, they felt snow dropping from the sky, the both have their eyes wide as they felt the snow falling on top of their heads, and on their faces.
the first snow appeared.
the two lovers from the past that wasn't able to be together are now in each other's hold. the both of them embracing each other, and a child in the middle of their embrace. this little scenario signifies a family of love and longing.
whenever something miserable happens, it's always when the first snow falls but today is different. they've made history, whenever the first snow falls it's always when someone dies in their previous life, but this time it's made of something different, it falls whenever someone is having the time of their life.
the first snow drops, and obanai died while y/n turned 18.
this time, the first snow drops, obanai and y/n met with y/n being 18.
the world was against them their previous life.
but it's them against the world this time.
"i'm home." let out y/n as sobs left her mouth.
"welcome home." replied obanai as his gaze soften before closing his eyes and embracing his y/n, and her cousin rokuta.
the previous world is cruel to them, they weren't able to be together to build a family. one of them was killed and it was obanai, he left the world confessing his undying love for y/n and told her to marry someone and to be happy. and although he didn't like the idea of sharing, he witnessed how y/n and kyojuro married, and even made a family of four children plus rokuta.
but this time, he'll become selfish and take her away because it's been them who is destined to be. it's always been obanai iguro and y/n tsugikuni to be together but due to circumstances and obstacles facing their way they had to bid farewell.
"let's be selfish y/n." said obanai which cause the burgundy-haired lass to freeze, knowing that those words were muttered by kyojuro in her previous life.
"but this time, it's us against the world."
"it's me, not kyojuro."
"let's be together, and build a family y/n." said obanai while y/n could only nod her head, sinking deeper into obanai's warm body.
the two longingly embrace each other with no means of stopping.
they are the two destined people to be together.
they are...
obanai iguro, the man born in a family full of woman who tainted his blood.
y/n tsugikuni, the woman who's the descendant of the sun.
"our first snow together, until our very last my dear sun."
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The End
your journey in Descendant of the Sun have come to an end, thank you for staying with me.
and that everyone, concludes this book.
thank you everyone for your love and support, i never would have imagined that this book will blossom and gain attention.
your support kept me going until the very end, this might not be an ideal ending for some people but this concludes the book.
thank you everyone for the love and support.