PART 16: GETTING ALONG...?

                                    

                                          
A few days had passed.
It was a very windy weather today.
Demon sightings were slowly increasing, and so were the Hashira's missions.
For Sanemi, it was just another day, no missions, nothing special.
He was sitting on the backyard of his Estate, drinking tea with ohagi.
As he was sipping tea, he stared into blank space, thinking about the words Gyomei told him that day.
"What did Himejima-San mean by that...?"
He thought.
He snapped back to reality as he heard a knock on the door.
"Now who the hell-"
He got up, walking to the door.
"Tomioka?"
"Good morning, Shinazugawa-San."
Giyuu looked into Sanemi's eyes.
"Why are you here for?"
Sanemi asked.
"I... I just wanted to see you."
Sanemi's eyes widened at Giyuu's reply.
See me...?
He blushed.
"Don't just stand there, come in, idiot!"
Sanemi held the door open for Giyuu.
Just as Giyuu walked in, he found a faint smell of tea and ohagi.
"Shinazugawa-San?"
"What?"
Sanemi looked annoyed.
"Are you making ohagi...?"
Giyuu asked.
"I was..."
Sanemi rubbed the back of his neck.
"Come here, Tomioka..."
Sanemi led Giyuu to the backyard.
"I'll be right back..."
He said, walking to the kitchen to get him a cup of tea.
As Sanemi handed him the cup, Giyuu took it, sipping some as he began,
"How have you been?"
Sanemi stared at Giyuu for a moment.
"I've been... Okay... What about you? Any missions?"
He asked.
Giyuu shook his head.
"Not at the moment."
Sanemi nodded in response.
"So... Why did you want to see me anyway?"
Sanemi asked, as the silence was getting awkward.
"I just felt like visiting you."
Giyuu replied, a faint blush spread on his cheeks.
Sanemi chuckled softly to himself.
"Tomioka, wanna go outside?"
He asked all of a sudden.
"O-Outside...? But where are we going?"
Giyuu asked, standing up.
Sanemi stood up as well.
"I've decided on walking, like a long journey."
He said, thinking about their last mission when they walked a long way back to the headquarters together.
"We'll get tired..."
Giyuu replied.
Sanemi chuckled.
He picked up a box.
"I've prepared rice balls and ohagi... Just incase we're tired and hungry, hold it."
Sanemi handed it to Giyuu.
"..."
"Let's go... Shall we?"
Sanemi asked.
Giyuu smiled, nodding in response.
The two walked out of his Estate.
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The weather really was windy, moving Giyuu's long hair. 
Sanemi glanced at him whenever the wind blew.