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Giyuu’s heading to the office to check in, check through the Emails he got and if any of the reports are of needing help he’ll go to assist in any way he can. The office is quite lively with everyone setting down gifts on peoples desks and streamers being tossed at other people, mainly Yasu screaming as she’s tossing pink and red streamers all over screaming about “Valentines day.” A large smile on her face. Giyuu blinks, looking at the calendar he sees the day's date staring at him. Ah… He knew he was forgetting something. Scrunching up his eyebrows in thought, looking at everyone and their happy chatter he blinks.
Oh shit! He forgot about Valentine's day, coupons! Everyone liked coupons right? Right! So when he gets home he will start making them coupons to receive physical affection from him. Giyuu lowered his head in embarrassment, Shouta was right… He sucked at showing affection much less emoting when needed to. So when no new assignments have been tasked out and the week’s schedule shows nothing out of the ordinary for meetings Giyuu rushed home. He spent his entire time looking at references and writing down ideas for coupon designs. That is until he came to the part of what people can redeem for the Coupons. Leaning back, Giyuu thinks.
He knows some of them like to hold hands- Yasu and Yayoi become super blushy when anyone holds their hands. Yasu also loves having her hair braided and he did have kids who wanted him to braid their hair before, he should still remember that! Yayoi also likes it when he hugs her, she gets really blushy and leans in when he does hug. He can always add that for the others, maybe giving them twenty coupons… Maybe fifty… Giyuu doesn’t know the proper amount to give.
Renho would probably like to go on a coffee date with him? He knows the man loves coffees and donuts in the morning, and he’s free most mornings. Morning coffee sounds like a nice thing, and Renho had been telling everyone about this cute little mom and pop store he found when on a late night coffee binge. Maybe morning and lunch dates, everyone can appreciate that… Hopefully.
Haruki likes to dance and gets more energetic when he’s got a partner to dance with, he also really needs someone there to make sure he eats real food- man can not cook to save his life, and Giyuu thought he was bad but Haruki burning cereal took the whole cake. Giyuu flushes, ducking his head at the thought of having a romantic dance… He hasn’t had something like that since Sanemi… Giyuu shakes his head, no time for depressing thoughts!
Goro is pretty easy to find what he likes, he’s just a little bit of a koala when it comes to physical affection, man has easy tastes to get down- much like the Kazamas he also has a massive sweet tooth though unlike them his is much more picky about the time. Giyuu is sure he would like the dating coupons, Goro can take him to all of his favorite sweet shops.
Kenji, the man would be easy if it wasn’t for the fact he’s not sure what to add in for his wife, it’d seem rude to not include her in the gifts. It’s not like he can ask his wife what she likes. So he’ll just double the coupons for Kenji so he can split off the coupons they want between each other. Giyuu nods, that sounds like a good idea.
The Kazamas, he could spend a couple weekends having a movie marathon with them, and maybe go to the store to find them more stuffed animals? Maybe bring some sweets over too. His foundation deserves soft and comforting things, they are rather affectionate and he is sure they would appreciate cuddling.
Mayumi can be quite a cuddle bug especially during the cold seeing as her body doesn’t properly make heat so lots of cuddles and warm places sounds like a good idea, she also loves her family. Maybe… Giyuu looks over to his ancient collection of reports. Maybe she would like to read some of her progenitors reports? Get some insight into the man Giyuu worked with.
Miyu likes knowing that someone is close by even if she doesn’t like the contact and sometimes she’ll reach out to lightly hold someone's hand something about the warmth seeping through the fabric. Giyuu decided to create a new Coupon category, not so much a dating one but him willing to go shopping with her and paying for anything she picks out.
Maybe while he is at it, he can get Shouta something along with Hitoshi, he’s sure they’ll appreciate something they can repeatedly use in the future for their hero careers. In the end he ended up editing some of the coupons that have ‘ Lunch Hangouts ’ and ‘ Breakfast Hangouts ’ to ‘ Dates ’ for spacing on them, Giyuu didn’t know this decision would create chaos in the office.
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She’s looking through her house for anything that has her friends ancestors in it- she knows it’s probably somewhere in her home, there was at least one or two notes somewhere in the boxes that talk about the old Uzi’s wives being pregnant and Sanemi getting invited with the others to come see the kids. The other friends will be easier though as she’s browsing through things that remind her of them and drawing one of the pictures she came across of Goro and his.. Brother? Cousin? With him. She was sure they would appreciate something from her collection, something of their ancestors that would give some insight of their origins. Afterall, her collection is quite large so there must be something!
When getting to the Headquarters on Valentines day, she hums a tune as she carries a couple of boxes of her gifts for the other Hashira’s and she was pleased to see she was one of the early birds to arrive. Setting the boxes down and waving back to Yasu and Yayoi who look like they have amassed a large collection of cards and boxes of chocolates.
“We’re waiting on the others! So that way we can give them to each other and see each other’s reactions!” Yasu says with a smile and Mayumi nods with this idea. Slowly the other’s came in with their gifts and placed them down. Some are practically buzzing with excitement and others… Look far more mischievous with their gifts. Then the final Hashira enters the room, everyone feeling a pang of jealousy as the Water Hashira is holding an armful of gifts and a lower rank DH is pushing a cart of Valentine's gifts the male has amassed. He looks sheepish, a faint blush on his face as he places the acquired items on his desk and thanks the lower rank member before they scurried off out of embarrassed glee or fear of the other Hashira’s. Giyuu looks at them, they have time before the meeting after lunch so they’ll enjoy this moment of watching everyone’s reactions.
“Everyone pull a number!” Yasu says, holding out a cup with straws in them and everyone pulls out one. Mayumi looks at hers, The solid bold black 1 staring at her and from the other’s reactions means they are pleased with their numbers. Then her eye catches Giyuu’s, he looks up with a blink; the solid 9 on his paper meaning he is the last one to give out his gift. Thus she passes out all of her gifts to each individual and watches their reactions as they open it. Then waited as the numbers went down and received each of her gifts.
Yasu and Yayoi, being combined for their Valentine gifts, approached each person. Mayumi’s pleasantly looking over the card that’s labeled as being from Yayoi and Yasu, a sweet reminder to eat and take care of herself and one saying that she’s loved and that they’re sure her students love having her as a teacher. Mayumi loved it, she’s lucky to be selected for this year's teacher for UA’s heroics and she fell in love with her clutch looking up to her for guidance!
Miyu has bandages on her fingers but she presents the boxes with pride as each one is labeled for the individual. Inside the box upon opening it there’s a dragon onesie that was turned to look more like a snake, different eye patterns and shapes sewn onto the onesie, and the little tail was given a floof of lilac fur making the whole costume look more like her! It’s so cute! Some of it looks to be hand done too!! At least in some areas. Feeling that fabric she beams, it’s one of those heating onesie’s and it’s made by hand. Oh, she is going to love wearing this around in her home while relaxing. She can practically feel the warmth radiating from it, this will make sleeping in her home much more pleasant when all the heat leaves it.
The shortest Hashira of their group has a smile on his face. He looked at each person and told them to close their eyes and wait. So the Wind Hashira has her floating eyes turned around and feels the weight on her hands until the Mist Hashira says they can look. Turning the eyes back and- Ah Goro, Goro, Goro what to say about his… Puzzle of a gift? It’s not even nicely wrapped, there’s so much tape on it, it’s probably more tape than wrapping, it’s going to be so- so long until she’s able to free the gift. Once she gets it free, she’ll enjoy whatever mystery gift Goro has hidden. Of course the fact the short male is trying to hide his laughter tells Mayumi clearly he had planned to make them suffer before they can get his actual gift.
The Flame Hashira steps forward, a large smile as he presented his gifts. The faint smell of chocolate entered her senses and seeing the handmade chocolate told everyone that the man and his wife had made something special for everyone. Kenji watches everyone, a rumbling sound leaving his throat and chest at his homemade treat. Mayumi was already in love with it, almost not wanting to eat the delicious treat! A cute little chocolate dragon with.. Oh my god, oh that’s orange filling! Oh she’s going to need to get him a second gift!! Him and his wife will be receiving another gift soon. The chocolate tasted devine; like carefully measured ingredients and love for the intended individual.
Haruki, as dazzling as always with his displays, his quirk softly playing a tune that sounded so close to being romantic stepped forward with small boxes that screamed of expensive. Mayumi opened hers. There’s a cute bracelet and charms, it’s a snake with two eyes on either side of the snake, like her and her quirk! She ponders how hard it was for Haruki to find these charms and where he may have gotten them. Maybe the male had them custom made for everyone along with the special bracelets as each one has different colors and metals on them. She can practically see Kenji's inner dragon preening at his newly acquired treasure.
Oh Oh, she’s going to be thiiiss close to kissing who make her a stuffed snake, she’s also really close to kissing the person who made her the onesie but she’s pretty sure she knows who made the onesie and well- she’s not going to be the cause of Miyu’s break down. The Kamaza’s are at least happy their little creations are so well adored.
Renho gifts are flowers, colorful and vibrant with so many meanings carefully selected and woven together. In beautiful bouquets and wreaths of various sizes. A fleeting gift but Mayumi loves the colors and representation he has given them. She turns her gaze to Giyuu Tomioka who stands there, blinking at their gifts. She and the other Hashira's are waiting with baited breath.
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Goro’s heading to the store with his little brother in tow, smiling. They split up but will meet up together when they’re done with their gifts. Going to the picture processing area he fumbles with the machine as he works to have it pull the images from his phone to being physical objects. As he waits for his pictures to print, he plays on his phone and sees a series of texts from the other Hashira’s expressing their excitement for tomorrow. Well, for Goro he always is willing to cause a little suffering for any day he can give gifts to the other Hashira’s. As he was waiting patiently for the images to be done printing he felt someone entering in his bubble and looking over he see’s the employee crouching a bit to his level.
“Hello kid, did you lose your mom?” A store employee asks, and Goro has to hold himself back from kicking her in the shin- one of the few places he’s able to reach on almost anyone with such a short stature! He knows he has a baby face and nearly all of his family members are taller than him but still! Inhaling a calming breath he addresses the employee.
“Ma’am, I’m twenty five years old.” He says before picking up the photos and heading to the spot where he’s going to meet up with his little brother before they head home. He never got to see the employee’s reaction when he gave her his reply. Too upset as he huffs and curses his height and going to another isle to look for the next piece for his gifts in order for it to be complete.
Then comes the picture frames and wraps them with his little brother's assistance in making it the most complicated mess to open! Because of the amount of trouble it was just putting these pictures into these frames everyone will feel a portion of his suffering! Taking so much tape he covered it in ways that they have problems telling where to begin in seeing his gift! He may have been cackling as some B rated movie villain based on the way his younger brother stared at him.
Next day at work he’s placing the wrapped frames on everyone's desks, a little bit of suffering makes valentines day worth it! When everyone arrived with their gifts, the Saitou sisters gathered everyone with a cup with straws sticking out of it. Pulling one out, Goro pouts when the number 4 glares back at him. At least he can see all the exciting gifts the other Hashiras got for him!
Mayumi was the first one to give out her valentine gifts. Goro blinks at his gift when he tore off the paper, enjoying the sensation and sound and is greeted with a shaky hand-drawn picture of him, from one of his old posts online when he was out with his family. That’s so sweet of her? Oh my gosh, he smiles brightly and hugs it close to him. Goro doesn’t know why but he always enjoys taking pictures of everyone but his quirk counselors always chalked it up with his quirk. Being able to look back in the past and seeing several branches of what can occur over the slightest change and when he comes back his mind is still stuck in those branches. He needed to take pictures ever since then, thinking the images will tell him something has changed and he can catch those differences, even if everyone else doesn’t notice and adjust along with the changes. Goro shakes those thoughts off, now is not the time- it's a joyous activity going on right now!
The Saitou sisters gave everyone cards, each filled with motivational quotes and gift cards to all of Goro’s favorite places. It’s nice, having the two being there to give him care along with the others when he slips into his quirk when Giyuu isn’t around to comfort him. These will help alleviate some stress on his spending habits when it comes to the little enjoyments he can find.
Miyu has several boxes by her, taking out wrapped bags and passing them out but gives a box to Kenji- no doubt for his entire family. Miyu has always been a good seamstress, making a modified dragon onesie!! He loves dragons, they’re so cool! Because of his height the arms, legs, and torso of the onesie needed to be fixed so it wouldn’t drag all over the place, but to hide all the stitching there was fuzzy yarn stitched in to hide that with- all nice and fluffed out like a cloud! Miyu giggles at everyones reactions, she is always finding such creative gifts despite the bandages on her fingers from making such gifts.
Kenji is after Goro, the Flame Hashira smiling brightly with a rumbling sound leaving his chest as he passes out specially made boxes. Inside the boxes that represent their Hashira titles sit chocolate dragons that he and his wife Kaede no doubt spent so much time creating. The chocolate has strawberry filling, oh- oh he’s gonna need to thank Kenji omg, omg, he loves strawberry filling so gosh darn much, makes him feel so energized.
There’s a satisfying tear as he opens up the wrapped box to reveal a bracelet with two cloud charms, a clock charm, and a book charm! One for each of his siblings and him. Haruki is always spending so much money, him and Kenji taking these types of holidays along with christmas to show off their ability to throw money at everyone. Goro isn’t sure who won this battle of sugar daddies- despite the amount of times the two men state they aren’t.
For some reason he got a monster stuffed animal? He doesn’t know why the Kazama’s gave him a monster plushie. He’s not angry or upset but it is odd, like a mix of a few different animals, it has big eyelashes, bunny ears, a cat like body with fluffy fur, and a long tail that curls in like a Pug. Goro still hugs it, he is sure he can find someplace to place this hand-made gift.
Renho isn’t a typical gift giver, he takes flowers of various colors and meanings that most of the individuals still struggle to understand the meaning behind. Renho weaves the flowers into wreaths, the smell is calming and relaxing and very pretty to look at. Goro takes these gifts, finding ways to keep these fleeting flowers lasting in images or finding a shop that someone whose quirk or job can cause them so they are vibrant for eternity. Goro doesn’t want anything of these people to disappear, to cling to despite what his quirk shows him.
At the end, everyone looks at Giyuu who is blinking at the amount of thoughtful gifts given to him. Goro smiles, excited at what the man could have prepared for them- if his quirk can predict the future he would’ve saved it for later!
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Yasu and her little sister are getting Valentine’s day cards for everyone! Oh this is gonna be so sweet, they’re all going to feel the love- Yasu also wonders if Yayoi’s going to use this time to propose to Giyuu, probably not? She seems to be struggling with that idea. They worked on what money can go into what gift cards, who to give it to to alleviate some of their worries. Each one taking the time to complement and motivate all of the other Hashiras, Yasu’s face red and heart fluttering and Yayoi huffs as she just continues.
The day of, Yasu quickly made straws with numbers on them for everyone to draw and give out the gifts in order. The Saitou sisters decide to give theirs out together and the two smile at the 2 on the remaining straw. Mayumi being the first one was giddy, giving everyone any found memento’s of their ancestors, Yasu and Yayoi stare at the laminated photo of the Hashiras from the Taisho Era. The Love and Serpent Hashira standing there amongst the others despite how old and weathered the image is, their ancestors. They have read documents of the two, the Love Hashira having a great deal of strength like eight humans compacted into one petite and cute female. The Serpent Hashira looks small next to the pink and green hair female, often scorned for being the reason their family is cursed by having women only. Yayoi scoffs, staring at the tiny white snake and the male with bandages on the bottom portion of his face to hide his mouth and nose. The two wonder how and when the two met, fell in love, married… If they are happy.
They’re surprised that Miyu remembered Yasu’s tattoos and actually put them on the Dragon onesie, the pink flowers have a shift to hearts up around the face and head of the costume, the base of the body was a deep red almost black color. Yayoi can tell her older sister is practically vibrating to wear it as soon as possible when they get home, yeah- that’s understandable, it’s really cute and would definitely have Yasu taking pictures of the two in said costume.
Yayoi’s onesie is made to be a bit more snake looking, a white pattern going up the legs, snake patterns going up the onesies arms, the body of it being black, and the eyes being the same pink as Yasus’s dragons eyes. In fact everyone is getting one so Yasu may try to get everyone together to sleep over at their home, to enjoy everyone’s company and keep the memories. They are sure they all look adorable in their own onesies.
Yasu’s helping everyone unwrap the gifts from Goro, laughing at how convoluted it’s wrapped, Yayoi just struggles- weeping at how it’s done. The two are not sure why Goro decided to be cruel for this year’s Valentines but Yayoi is sure it may have something to do with the elaborate photo casings he has managed to get his hands on. Yasu tries not to rip the tape off, in risk of destroying the other gifts that Goro has handed out. Even now the short Mist Hashira is smiling and chuckling at their suffering.
Kenji is as giving as he is whenever it comes to spoiling all those he deemed his Treasures. His cooking along with his wife's cooking is to die for and while Yayoi is pretty good at cooking and providing food and drinks for everyone she can admit if the two have a cook off- Kenji will win. The chocolate dragon’s orange flavored for Yasu and strawberry for Yayoi, if Yasu didn’t know her sister better she’d have guessed she was struggling with how sweet it is- trying to decide if she should let the chocolate melt in her mouth or chew it all without letting it get melty. Kenji is letting out that rumbling sound from his chest, happy at everyone of his Treasures enjoying what he has provided.
Of course, Haruki isn’t taking this challenge lying down! No, in fact Yasu gasps at the cute bracelet that has two hearts on it, a snake, and a bear each one representing her, her little sister and her older sister, it’s so nice!! They can’t imagine how long it probably took Haruki to the snake charms. Yayoi even has one, the two sharing twin bracelets and no doubt her older sister will try to have everyone get one that represents each and every single one of them. Haruki, hearing this, grins and Kenji has that look in his eyes at the challenge that he refuses to lose in this battle. Yayoi isn’t even going to try, she doesn’t make as much as the two and even then she doubts she’ll be a good Sugar Mom despite her desire to provide and care for.
Kamaza’s love for stuffed animals is shown, the three of them giving out all of their handmade plushies that they believe represent everyone. The stuffed animal they got was a bunny with hearts sewn on it, sewn to be hugging a bear and a snake wrapped around the animals shoulders, it’s so cute! They’ll thank the Kazamas for it! It’s so cute and nice of them to include their big sister too. Yasu fell in love, Yayoi contemplates the best place to place this shared gift.
Renho’s flowers are bright and beautiful, the bouquets and wreaths carefully put together with displays of artistic meanings. Yayoi flushes at the flowers as well as her older sister who is failing to contain a squeal. At the end Giyuu is the last one, holding the straw with 9 displayed so boldly for everyone to see and turn too for their gifts.
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Luckily all three Kazama’s know how to sew animals! They had to fix some of their babies from how old they were and needed fixing after getting washed and cleaned. So they’re going to make one for each of them! Setting the gifts on their friends desks they smile knowing that their hard work will pay off! They pick out everyone from their collections that represent the other Hashiras, going as far as to add any details to further emphasize who they represent. They have planned a month ahead for this holiday after the christmas party and secret santa. While they may not find the most expensive things to splurge money on or cook to save their own lives, They can at least make some cute handmade gifts!
So the day of the valentines and all the Hashiras gathered, the Saitous had everyone draw lots to see who goes first with the gifts, the number they drew 7 on theirs so they had to wait for a while before they could present their animal plushies. To them all, sadly. The first being the Wind Hashira as she is giddy to give them any gifts she has found in her family collection- that must have been a long search!
However, because the Kamaza’s weren’t descendants of the Rock Hashira from the Taisho Era, it felt awkward to give them anything about the blind giant. Mayumi did find them some cute shoes! They’re so bright and colorful and come with little animal stickers, they love stickers!! They were also specially designed to shift along with the users, an order that no doubt was made months in advance and may have not gotten in on time for Christmas.
The Kamazas always loved the soft offerings from the Saitou siblings made, they tried to not get emotional at the encouraging words and messages on their cards. The three shouting and discussing the adorable and heartfelt comments they made. They are definitely placing these somewhere to read later on bad days.
OhOoho! Some cute dragon onesies modified to fit each of them; The one made for Katlyn is a bright orange color with black scales going up the body, on top of the head there’s a plumage of yellow tufts of ‘ fur ’. Koharu’s is a silver-y white color with brown and blue lines going up and down the arms and legs. And lastly but not least! The one for Tomoka is modified to fit her shorter height, the stitches are hidden with brown tufts of fur fabric, and white and black swirls on the pink fabric of the main onesie’s body.
They struggle with getting Goro's gift opened, it’s a small set of three different pictures, each picture is of them and Goro together, how nice of him! Of course they can see the Mist Hashira wanting to laugh out loud at their suffering as everyone either struggled to open his gift or gave up trying to open it and will try again later in the comforts of their home.
The sweets they got were amazing! Ahhgg they love chocolate so- so much! They didn’t even taste it as they shoveled all three into their mouth. Kenji took their enthusiasm as a compliment for their cooking and knowing the three’s eternal love for sweets. If they could take the man to cook for them everyday they would but they are ninety-eight percent sure his wife Kaede would make them regret that decision along with his energetic kids. Every Time they visit the Flame Hashiras home or get together for hangouts they get an uneasy feeling about the man’s wife, who always seems to be calculating and observant. Hiding behind a sweet exterior, waiting for someone to slip for her to rip someone’s throat out.
Of course, they can’t forget the Sugar daddy war that the Sound and Flame Hashira has between them. While Haruki can’t cook he does find the most interesting and no doubt expensive gifts to shower on everyone. Saying this, they got a cute bracelet with some pretty charms on it! A pair of running shoes, a dumbbell, and a magnifying glass, one charm for each of them.
Renho always surprises everyone, or well everyone always forgets at times about the male’s hobbies despite how talkative he is. The Flower Hashira chattering about the flowers he has picked for everyone for his bouquets and wreaths as he gives them out. Chattering to fill the silence around them as everyone silently looks at the gifts and admire the patient craftsmanship the male dedicated to it.
Finally, after everyone has given their gifts they look to Giyuu as he freezes at all the eyes on him. Unsure of himself as he fidgets and looks to be contemplating something as if he thinks of whatever he got them isn’t up to par.
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Haruki’s going through the charm sections of the stores to find the ones that match his friends close enough, only the best for the best! He does this every time something comes up for him to splurge on the others, the silent competition between him and the Flame Hashira whenever a holiday pops up to give gifts or someone’s birthday rolls around. A silent agreement to see who can out-provide the other and the Sound Hashira knows he is challenging the dragon in terms of wealth they have hoarded for all their Treasures to live comfortably. So Haruki searched, contemplated and finally decided. Their careers as Demon Humanitarians has a high mortality rate with Pro Heroism close behind. For this, he gotten them bracelets, each of them uniquely designed with different metals and colors that represents what their Hashira titles are. Then he picked out the charms, carefully thought and ensured they mean what he sees. In the future he is sure they would get other charms that represent the other Hashiras.
So he was confident that he would be the victor of today's battle on Valentines day he was about to place the gifts on everyone’s desk only for Kenji to drag him to the others that were huddled. Yasu shoving a cup with straws sticking out for him to draw so he does. The number 6 staring at him and looking over he sees Kenji is one number ahead of him. Okay, Haruki can deal with that and he is sure everyone's gifts are flashy and well thought out! So the first individual being the Wind Hashira and the woman always finds out something about their ancestors.
Mayumi dug through who knows how many hours to find an image of his ancestor and his wives- it’s horribly faded and warped with age but there was an effort. Despite it being lamented now still doesn’t help the damage it has endured through the years, but seeing some form of representation of the once Sound Hashira from the Taisho Eda is fascinating. Especially knowing that it doesn’t seem that weird that Uzui’s always thrived with multiple partners rather than one that can support each other.
The Saitou sisters always have something up their sleeve, while he knows Yayoi loves to check on them and provide and being concerned for all of their health she isn’t the Sugar Mom type. She is that one individual in groups that will sacrifice food if it means to feed someone they care about. So the little cards are cute that screams Yasu picking them and Yayoi’s neat hand writing in them with messages for everyone to take care of themselves. Haruki chuckles, Yayoi wouldn’t have survived in the Sugar Parent War if she decided to join the battlegrounds.
Miyu is a patient individual, she has to be for her field and the way her breath works. Despite having more muscles to add power into her attacks she still relies on the poisons the Insect Pillars are notorious for. The little insect pins she has, also contain poison agents and make her a deadly opponent if no one takes her seriously. Of course, with this patience she is a talented seamstress, the amount of clothing she has made for everyone speaks volumes of her skills and patience. This goes for the careful planning she no doubt made for the onesies as she handed them all out. The onesie he has is done with bits of shiny ribbons sewn around the head to act as hair, and a rainbow pattern down the tail, its eyes are a magenta color- probably the closest color she could find to his eye colors. How cool, he loves it!
He cries at the poorly wrapped gift a little from how hard he’s laughing at it and a little because he can’t get it open. Of course he doesn’t notice Goro’s disappointed reaction at Haruki’s laughter as the Sound Hashira wheezes and tries to control his breathing, he knew the male always struggled in wrapping the gifts but he didn’t think he’d do this! The laughing fits were not shared by everyone as they struggled and groaned at the amount of tape Goro used. Haruki will get it unwrapped later, for now his opponent has taken their step.
Kenji with a smile handed Haruki his box first, the Sound Hashira staring at the shorter male despite their heights being at least ten centimeters in difference. As the Flame Hashira goes to the next one he opens it and is introduced to a chocolate mold dragon. Breaking off a piece, he pops the chocolate into his mouth and almost dies from how good it is! If it wasn’t for Kenji being married he probably would have proposed to him by now, he always makes amazing food. Of course, he can’t allow Kenji to win this battle! He has to prove himself superior despite the man always winning in terms of cooking!
The stuffed animal he got was a rat.. Why? He doesn’t know why but he’ll still accept it! The little tail doesn’t match the rest of the body though- it’s done more bushy and thick unlike an actual rat tail. The Kamazas are giggling at his reaction as he tries to decipher the animal and why they selected that for him. He thought he was flashier than a rat! Is there some kind of inside joke he is missing! Based on Giyuu’s expression there might be an inside joke for the rat and the way it is designed, answers he will coax out of the man later.
Haruki never thought Renho was the patient type, the male sucks at stealth based assignments and always talks to break the silence. So of course when he gave everyone bouquets and wreaths of flowers, Haruki thought he must’ve paid a lot of money to get them. Except he facepalms himself, he forgot that Renho enjoys gardening in his spare time and the man loves flowers due to their many symbolism, a hobby he has hidden from everyone for a while due to his parents- whom being pro heros never encouraged.
At the end is Giyuu’s turn, Haruki smiling as he watches the male, a flush collecting on his face and his head lowers down when his turn comes around. Oh, he is going to love whatever Giyuu gives them; sadly even he wasn’t immune to the chaos to come.
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Kenji and Kaede are making chocolate for everyone at their workplaces, using the cute dragon molds they had gotten a while ago, mixing in strawberry and orange tasting fillings, though they can’t give one to everyone because something they learned a while ago is that Renho’s allergic to chocolate. The two enjoy this time of year, Kenji’s instincts on full alert and the bouts of fighting between the two and the subsequent lovemaking is always thrilling. Even when the two are in the kitchen, very little clothing since the children are out with Jin. Kenji’s scales on his vital areas and the places that aren’t covered have bruises, bitemarks and scratches along with Kaede’s own battle and lovemaking marks the two huddled close. The process of Kenji’s homemade chocolates has Kaede salivating and her experience with food to make tasty fillings is appreciated. Of course she planned something for Renho, macaroons containing the Flower Hashiras favorite flavors she has carefully dug up.
Of course the day of valentines, before Kenji left his home with the chocolates they made and Kaede stops him. His beautiful wife pulled him into her embrace and her sweet honey smell, kissing him deeply before letting him go. Her sweet smile hides the predator he has fallen in love with, “Return and tonight we may… Reenact our chase~” Kenji feels his chest rumbling as he smiles widely and nods. With that he leaves, feeling his instincts to challenge all of the Hashiras in a duel to test their strength; to fight them until they are unable to continue to fight or to see if they can beat him. Well, he knows Giyuu will always beat him in those fights but the others always have various results.
Getting to the office he sees the Saitou siblings working on several straws and placing numbers on them has him held off on leaving the gifts on everyone’s desk. He prevented Haruki from placing his gifts on everyone's desk and dragged him to the Saitou siblings and picked out a number. A smile on his face as he sees the number 5 on his straw, Haruki huffs beside him but Kenji always appreciates the challenge the Sound Hashira gives him when it comes to his ability to provide for all of his Treasures.
Mayumi was first, giving him some nice and shiny rocks that have little bells attached to the top of the rocks in addition to some pictures of the Rengoku’s from the Taisho Eda for him to observe. Then again, seeing how strong their genes are throughout the generations was intriguing! A rumbling sound leaving him as the group gifted him more items for his Horde.
The Love and Serpent Hashiras offered shared gifts, their cards are cute and he laughs out loud at the two’s cute display of concern and looking over their health. Kenji is sure they would appreciate him fighting them both at the same time later! The Saitou’s are always interesting with their breathing style and quirks combined for combat and gives him an endurance training and new strategies in case he faces an opponent like them.
He smiles as he looks at his light yellow and orange dragon onesie, the one red and yellow eye and one blue one being striking against the lighter colors. There’s three more in the box, two small kid sized ones and one cat onesie, how nice of his Valentine to get something for the rest of his family too! He is sure his younglings will hoard their onesies, constantly wearing them and when they outgrow it they will still hide it in their hordes. Kenji notices Miyu’s bandaged fingers, making a note to get her something for added protection for sowing later.
Goro’s was a picture he took of a cat that looks like Kenji, very cute- he’s not sure where Goro got the cat though. Of course, Kenji didn’t have as much of a struggle as the others considering he just took out a knife and carefully sliced the tape in sections and peeled it off. Goro’s shocked expression at his boldness and skipping the agonizing challenge told Kenji the male had assumed everyone would struggle. That’s fine, he is sure the Mist Hashira will appreciate the chocolates once it’s his turn and will forget about it later.
Haruki stood taller than all of the Hashiras in the room at an impressive 187.96 centimeters or 188 centimeters to easily round it out compared to Kenji’s 175 centimeters with only Koharu Kazama being two centimeters taller than the Flame Hashira. So of course, he was the first he gave the chocolates to, his challenge clearly issued. Haruki, of course, answered in return without disappointment, giving him a box that represents his title as flame Hashira. Inside has two bracelets, one for him and one for his wife, four cat charms- two for each bracelet, and four dragons. It’s shiny, it’s priceless and thought out, it makes his dragon instincts want to horde this and burn any who dares tries to take it from him or his beautiful wife. Looking over he can tell many people are unsure of who the victor is for this battle. That’s fine! Kenji smiles brightly, he always loves the fights that come at him in all forms!
He got stuffed animals, one of his wife being a cat in a catsuit and one of him as a bigger dragon with the tail in front of the cat and two smaller cat dragons on the cats shoulder. The Kazama’s flushes as he examines the plushie, eyes roaming it and cataloging each detail and seeing the carefully restored plushies. He is sure Kaede will find the best place to place this! This plushie is adorable and Kaede will love it, Kenji is sure she will find ways to assist him in seducing everyone and share his Treasures.
While the majority of the other Hashiras forget about Renho’s hobbies and art because of how talkative the man is. Kenji has taken the time to dedicate himself to learning about the language of flowers and Giyuu even seems to understand the meaning as well based on the way he smiles softly and taking in the flowers used to describe his feelings to everyone.
Finally at the end, Kenji knows everyone is looking at Giyuu with anticipation. The Water Hashira has always been tasked out for these types of holidays and when he returns they often try to drag him to whatever get together they can reserve to enjoy each others company before one of them gets taken away while on the field. Which is why Kenji fights, always searching and craving a good fight. He needs to fight to get stronger, he needs to fight and get those weaker than him stronger by constantly fighting. Because the weak will either be crushed by the strong or force themselves to become stronger to survive.
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Renho’s taking the day off to go visit a family grave- sure if anyone knew who the grave belonged to they’d tell him he’s being overly emotional about a dog but fuck them! This is his best friend! This was his childhood dog, he has a right to be emotionally attached to them! They were his first friend and he had so many good memories with that old dog! He makes that point to visit them regardless with carefully putting together bouquets and wreaths to place on his pup’s grave. While many would visit their parents' graves he doesn’t, he… Renho never had a good relationship with his parents. Being a legacy child proves that he survived the toxic lifestyle and high expectations, he was on the fast track of being recommended to several Hero schools until he decided to join the DH. His family was against it, he is the first and only son they have and he has to follow their footsteps. Renho inhales, the sound of carefully threading and clipping as he makes his wreaths and bouquets for the other Hashiras calms his mind.
He hates silence, silence means pain. It means his parents forcing him to follow their footsteps, it means to allow them to dictate his life. So he talks to break it, an action he takes everyday since he joined the DH and isn’t punished for speaking his thoughts. Something he appreciates in his freedom and choosing to follow a breath that is vibrant and his mentor didn’t scold him so harshly for using a feminine dominant breath. He loves it, his mentor who is patient and lets him talk about his theories on what the forms' names mean based off the flowers in their name. Of course the day of the gift giving he carts in several delicate flowers and grabbing a straw with the number 8 on it means he can wait a little longer to give out his hobby.
That means he can ensure their delicate beauty is protected. He enjoys the chatter, they fill the silence. Especially with all their reactions to the gifts being given.
Mayumi’s not sure who he comes from- and so the butterfly hair clips are a handmade replica of the ones the Butterfly girls wore. Of course the hair clips are cute, he doesn’t know which one to use considering his pink hair and his vibrant colored clothing. For now, he will keep them in a case, maybe in the future he can clip them on some flower wreaths and seal them. This is coupled with the Saitou’s cards and words in them, while the three had a rough beginning they have grown from those times and rely on each other whenever they share assignments. He loves the messages from Yayoi as she is a huge fan of quoting others and hoping they can. Renho inhales, a soft smile on his face as he reads it ‘ The past cannot be changed, forgotten, edited or erased; it can only be accepted ’. They are all affected by the past, some more so than others but many of them are moving forward or have taken those experiences in order to make a better future. Renho is sure many more Legacy children will move on like him, no longer shackled by that lifestyle and being their own person just like him.
His dragon onesie is a pink color with dark red flowers sewn on it, and fabric sewn in a way to look like flowers. Renho speaks, taking note of each flower and talking about their meanings and the interesting color choices. Miyu smiles brightly at his talking, the others let him blabber on about the onesies and Yasu answers in kind to have a sleepover with all the onesies. He agrees! They will no doubt look cute in them!
He’d not get chocolate but he would get a fruit basket from Kenji along with his wife’s homemade macaroons in his favorite flavors. While he mourns not being able to taste the chocolate due to his allergy he will enjoy these other sweet creations and thank him all the same. That is until Haruki steals the show, Renho thinks it’s a little unfair. How on these holidays he can’t enjoy chocolate but keep other lasting gifts such as cards and jewelry.
Haruki, the colorful Sound Hashira, gives Renho the box that represents him, opening it he sees his bracelet and charm would be a flower. The colorful metal and bracelet compliment his charm and respect his breath style, Renho thinks Haruki won this battle but then again he knows Kenji wins in the food department when it comes to meals. In all the battle wasn’t fair in terms of how the two operate.
The Kazamas have made him a Bunny plushie that instead of ears has hearts where they should be and the tail is also a flower shape. It’s soft, comforting and he loves it to death! He named the little plushie after his dog, contemplating if he should get the old color from the box and place it on the plushie.
In the end it’s Giyuu’s turn, he intentionally gave his flowers to the Water Hashira last. No doubt to have the man give his gift to Renho first before everyone else. While Giyuu softly smiles at the meaning of his flowers he can see the man flush that cute color and duck his head in embarrassment.
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Miyu had seen some dragon onesie during a food run and had immediately tossed them in the cart knowing she has a quiet room for sewing, she’d make them unique for her friends!! It’ll be a long time but that just means she gets to pour more love and care into the clothing. It has taken her to make a schedule to stay on track on editing the onesies to fit the other Hashiras, humming as she works and not feeling too bothered when she accidentally pricks her fingers with the sewing needle on the finer details. The pain didn’t bother her, she has felt worse than these little needles as she sows. Thankfully she got done with every single one of the onesies she planned for the day before the actual day. Humming, she carefully packs them, ensuring their softness and warmth and eyeing anything she can catch for minor edits.
Miyu walks in, a calm smile on her face as she passes the Saitou’s, slowly the other Hashiras arrive and draw their numbers. Miyu smiles; 3, she presents the number and it’s a rather lucky number for her. She patiently waits until everyone reveals their numbers and the Wind Hashira moves to give out her gifts to everyone.
Mayumi got her more pins and hair clips- the kind she could still use her quirk on, there’s lots of different insect pins so that means she’d also be able to pair it with more clothing and hairstyles. Not only that, she can try out her poisons for these hairpins, the finely crafted cases that holds them may fit these ones. Miyu felt inspired, wanting to take her quirk and poisons to make her even more deadly on the battlefield. She will make anyone who dares try to touch her suffer, exhaling she quells her rage as she looks at the insects and admires them.
The Saitou’s are rather straightforward in their cards, showering her in encouraging messages and gift cards for her to use at craft stores for any latest projects. Miyu enjoys it so much that she plans her next project to replicate Giyuu’s Haori with it’s unique two-pattern design. She knows there is a story behind that faded and weathered Haori the Water Hashira wears. She just wants to make sure in case it gets damaged beyond saving that she has a spare for him to continue to wear.
After wringing out her gift from Goro she sees it’s a printed out selfie where he had bumped into her and got her to spill her coffee. Miyu giggles, her hands clutching the frame tightly as rage builds in her and she exhales to calm herself. She doesn’t like being touched, she hates being touched! Though Goro apologized to her when he saw her nearly on the verge of a panic attack and paid for her replacement coffee and covered any cost for dry cleaning. But the frame he got for her will fit right in her home with the butterflies all over the frame.
The chocolate dragon tasted nice and sweet with a hint of tanginess to it, smooth but delightfully dark chocolate- her favorite! Kenji is such a good cook along with his wife. Though, Miyu always wonders how the man who thirst and craves for combat and fights has met such a sweet woman. Of course, Miyu can tell when a fake smile is presented to her since she wears one on a nearly daily basis and she can see Kaede hiding such darkness behind a sweat smelling exterior.
Haruki spared no expense again; her charm is a bird being set free from a cage and a ladybug. Rather fitting for her thanks to her past and personality, she is sure the others are planning to add more to their bracelets and she will as well- to represent the other Hashiras and her victories. Miyu's smile widens a bit, maybe she can turn this into a weapon to be used for later? Ideas for later.
Her stuffed animal is a centipede with butterfly wings and a ladybug patterning on the exoskeleton, neat and pretty cuutee. Such a shame it’s not metal, she is sure she can cause nightmares to rise in her opponents if she could. For now, she can place this cutie on a shelf of her home to watch over her, to scare away all threats.
Renho always surprises her, the man hides his trauma behind an aloof smile and fills the silence with needless talking. His flowers will be perfect to attract many insects to her, Miyu hopes she finds some poisonous ones to use for her poisons for later. Until these flowers wither and she can place them in an open slot of land.
Finally it’s Giyuu’s turn. Turning to him with a clap of her hand, everyone is staring at the Water Hashira with hopeful expressions. Curious of what he has to offer- well, you know what they say about curiosity and the cat but satisfaction brought it back.
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As soon as Giyuu enters the building nearly every lower ranked DH member has given him gifts. In fact he was barely five feet through the door when he was swarmed and boxes of chocolates, cards, and so many other small gifts were given to him. The Water Hashira blinks in surprise, he was confused by these displays but he usually is assigned on a long assignment during this time of year so it’s realistically the first Valentines he has spent here in a long time. He accepts all of their gifts, he doesn’t want to be rude to any of the lower ranks- especially when they worked so hard but soon enough his arms became full as he kept accepting them.
In fact, he looks to one of the lower ranks and requests, “May I get a cart for these?” The female nodded and left, quickly returning with the cart and he carefully placed the items down. As he continues his path, he accepts every gift handed to him, so many that the cart begins to get full as he nears the Hashiras department. As he walks in, once more an armful of gifts and a lower rank DH member following him. He doesn’t catch the looks of jealousy on some of their faces as he places the gifts at his desk and thanks the male before they fled. Walking over to the group he blinks.
Yasu presents everyone with a cup that contains several straws. Giyuu draws his and blinks at the number before presenting the number 9 to everyone. He didn’t know if everyone looked happy of him going last or not, but he hopes his gift for everyone is appreciated and not viewed as a poor gift. After everyone knew the order they are going in they began and Giyuu now has to try and figure out why these Hashiras place so much thought for his own gifts.
Mayumi had given him a few photo copies of Sanemi and him, the few letters Sanemi has written and Giyuu has to use total concentration breathing to keep himself from crying at the photos. No doubt Mauymi thought he might appreciate these photos of his ‘ ancestor ’ along with his soon-to-be husband, he’ll protect this. He’ll keep it safe, keeping these happy memories before that day safe.
Yayoi is the one that thrusted the cards into his hands, flushing as Yasu stutters out ‘ Happy Valentine ’, opening them he sees several gift cards for various food establishments. The cards have many messages in them, each of various meanings that he can interpret. He smiles softly and thanks them and the two scurry off to give their cards to another individual.
Miyu went to him, a smile on her face that reminded him of Shinobu’s mask as she gave him a bundle of cloth. Opening it up as she goes to the others and gives them their gifts she has crafted for everyone. His dragon onesie was a sea dragon that also has a little haori that looks like his, the main body is a light blue that fades to a darker blue. He blinks at the onesie, tilting his head as he feels the fabric on his fingers, it feels soft.
He can’t open Goro’s gifts without scissors, usually he could just peel a wrapping off butt… Goro used a lot more tape on this one and some homemade stickers that he doesn’t wanna tear. He stares at the puzzling fit, turning it over in his hands as he tries to think of how to open it now, he doesn’t see Goro chuckling at his expression. The Water Hashira nods to himself and places it down, he’ll attempt to open it later, for now he wishes to see what the others have gifted.
Kenji steps forward, a rumbling sound leaving his chest as he hands a box covered in waves to the Water Hashira. Giyuu opens the box and is greeted with a chocolate dragon, breaking off a piece he pops it into his mouth. The chocolate tasted very nice with a mixture of milk and dark chocolate. While he doesn’t have a sweet tooth, he still enjoys the homemade candy that Kenji and his wife Kaede may have spent hours on.
The next person to approach him is Haruki, his quirk making a romantic tune just for the day. The Sound Hashira smiles down at him, his hand petting his head as he slips the box into Giyuu’s hand and moves onto the next person. Opening the box he is greeted with a charm bracelet. The little bracelet has a wave charm on it, and a charm for everyone of his co-workers attached to the bracelet. Giyuu places the jewelry on, admiring the metal selected for him and each charm. He has to find a place to keep this safe, maybe only wearing it on special events.
Giyuu was given a stuffed animal by the Rock Hashira before they quickly moved on, looking down and staring at beady black eyes. The stuffed animal is a white fox with his Haori sewn onto it. That gives him memories of when he was younger, he grips the plushie a little harder and he lowers his head and exhales. Memories of his mentor Sakonji Urokodaki, Sabito, and Makomo flashing in his mind. Exhaling he looks up, keeping all those emotions contained and not allowing himself to react to memories.
Renho came to him last, Giyuu blinking as he realizes that every other Hashira has come to him first to present their gifts. Renho smiles, giving the Water Hashira the delicate bouquets and wreaths. The bright colors and the flowers selected have Giyuu flush and give a soft smile. Lowering his head in embarrassment as Renho returns to his spot with a whistle. Giyuu places the flowers down, turning to see everyone staring at him. Giyuu blinks and his eyes widen a bit in realization.
Now it’s his turn to give them the gifts, oh jeez he’s so embarrassed! Compared to all of their thoughtful and well done gifts his just seemed… Not as good? Like they’re coupons for gosh sakes! What if they feel like he’s not giving them enough? What if they think he doesn’t love them as much? No, no, they’re friends! They’d like his gifts, he had tried really hard to put down ideas that he feels they’d all like! Giyuu looks at each of them, taking in all of their expressions.
They all have such big happy expressions when they see Giyuu, so happy and so filled with hope! He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a ring of coupons for each of his co-workers with a lowered head and goes to Renho and hands him his coupons. He did this with each of them before returning to his spot as the Hashiras blinked down at the ring of coupons.
“I apologize,” Giyuu starts, “these gifts aren’t impressive compared to all of yours.” He says, head lowered in embarrassment as a light blush settles on his cheeks.
“What do you mean not as impressive?” Yasu asks.
“Exactly! This still took effort to make and think of ideas we would enjoy!” Kenji nods, giving one of his trademark smiles. Holding his coupons close, no one has yet to look to see what is one of them, but chaos is slowly brewing the closer they hold these.
“Giyuu we might have given each other gifts but some have also given just cards, you don’t need to go big and elaborate.” Koharu says, vibrating in her spot as she looks at the coupons she’s received. Her eyes look at what they can redeem with the amount Giyuu have given to them.
They all voice how small gifts are just as wonderful as large and extravagant gifts, sometimes smaller ones can also be a lot more special for people as there can be much more meaning for the people involved in the tiny gifts. Sometimes large gifts don’t hold that same special place as small hand made ones and that’s okay, every gift means something to someone. Giyuu blushes a little darker, nodding a bit at their compliments.
The Kazama’s are looking through the coupons to see what can be redeemed and a smile spreads over their face “I’d like to redeem one date night please.” It’s perfect! She was going to go on an indie cartoon bing this afternoon anyway so having some more people to enjoy it with will make it even more special!! Giyuu nods, holding out his hand and accepting the coupon.
“Of course, when would you like this date on?” Giyuu asks, the Kamaza’s eyes sparkling as they quickly took today's date and Giyuu nods. “Okay, tell me the time and location and I'll be there.” Giyuu says, those words knocking the other Hashiras out of the stupor.
The group looks at them before looking at the coupons and seeing ‘ date ’ listed on a few, oh no Giyuu you’ve just brought chaos upon the world! Poor you, you could never have guessed they’d be like this, the only one close to not causing immediate chaos is Mayumi and Miyu who are going to save these for later when the others have run out of coupons and redeem them then- evil plotting bastards they are. Giyuu blinks at those redeeming their coupons and goes to his desk to grab something and returns with a calendar, “When do you want the date to happen?” Giyuu asks, looking at his available dates in the future.
“Hey wait, Kenji got like double?” Goro points out confusedly. The group notices Kenji’s larger amount and the Flame Hashira blinks, shifting a bit at the gazes on him.
“Half of them are Kaede… I didn’t know what she’d want so I just doubled it and let them discuss it from there.” Giyuu responds with, well Kenji is going to guard all his coupons! Kenji smiles broadly, of course he was given more and his beautiful wife will assist him in planning the best courting events for their Water Hashira!