
Shinobu deliberately separated Harada's treatment room from the others from the start. After the Mugen train incident, Harada was the only one whose life was really threatened. Kyojuro and Senjuro still often go to Mount Sagiri on the sidelines of crowded missions.
While Inosuke and Zenitsu only took a few days to return to the task of hunting demons. But Nezuko had to rest for a week in the Butterfly House. Very different from Harada. Although Akaza and Kaigaku can be defeated at almost the same time, the pay for all of that success is also enormous.
Because now, after 2 weeks had passed, Harada still did not show any signs of awakening. To be honest this scares everyone, especially Hideki. The silvery-haired man always spent most of his time beside Harada's grooming bed after carrying out missions and training.
Both the residents of the Butterfly House and Ryunato who is Tsugukonya, successfully made worried by the Ice Hashira. Although still want to eat and rest, but being in the same position for a long time will make anyone sore not playing.
As of this moment, when a golden tinge and refreshing morning air entered the window in the treatment room that Harada was in, the snowy gleam man entered the room very calmly. The man made light blue and sat down on a chair beside the bed.
The net that became increasingly cold since 2 weeks back looked at the face of his best friend fixedly. His mind was now wandering everywhere, trying to guess what this big man nearby was doing in the dreamland there.
"Aibou, what's your business there hm? Come on, we miss you."
Although Hideki uttered the sentence without a meaningful expression, he was aghast when he realized that both his cheeks had been soaked by tears. Hideki quickly wiped the cheek area and both temples, trying to stay strong.
His mind tries to remember when the darkly unraveling man nearby gets angry when Hideki becomes mushy like this. But now, it seemed like his two eyes were completely out of sync with his thoughts. They are much more connected to his tormented conscience by the fact that he failed to protect his best friend, someone entrusted to him by his own teacher, who is none other than Akechi Yoshinori.
All the memories of the past that Hideki has forgotten come back to him. When the Date clan massacre, when he considers Yoshinori, who is his savior as a father, and when he is trained all-out by the former sister of Hashira Wind.
But what made the young blue-sliced man gnaw while biting his lower lip was when a memory, which was the first memory he had forgotten since becoming a demon hunter, suddenly appeared without the slightest courtesy.
Not yet had the memory perfectly rotated in his mind, both ears hearing someone enter the room. Hideki looked back, finding Ui who entered while carrying a tray containing quite a lot of food. The twilight girl put her tray on the nightstand, then took another chair to sit near Hideki.
"Hideki-nii, I brought some food from Ryunato. Said you didn't have dinner last night" Ui said. Hideki doesn't flinch at all.
"He was too worried about me, but the boy knew I had a mission in the village near the Arakawa River" Hideki said. Ui just nodded her head.
"But dinner with breakfast is different, Hideki-nii."
"Hi hi. I'm gonna eat all that, so take it easy."
Ui nodded her head again and looked at Harada's sleeping face. In Hideki's eyes, the caramelized girl looked at her best friend's face as if she was holding back a cry. This piqued his curiosity a little, not to mention when Tengen brought Haradah here, he said Ui could not help treating Harada along with Yue, Shinobu and Aoi.
"Ui, are you in love with Harada?"
With just that one question, Hideki managed to make the face of the twilight girl meet red. Ui did not dare to stare at Hideki at this time, but her face had already turned to a color with boiled crab.
Although the edges of the girl with caramel color was instead crying in silence and made Hideki a little panic. Ui then replied if he could not live if he did not feel the presence of Harada, and Ui's speech made Hideki a little stunned while half surprised.
Hideki remembers that the ones who saved Ui were Harada, himself and Sakonji. But the white unraveling man did not expect that the feeling the traumatized girl would lose could grow to this extent within a few years. Or at least, Hideki could not have guessed everything that Ui was feeling at the moment.
Not yet time Hideki lectured Ui, the girl even out of the room. When his young blue bead looked back at Harada, Hideki was shocked to discover that Harada was dead. The dark girly man smiled faintly at his best friend, as if trying to calm him down, although the result Hideki now even cried in silence.
Ui went back into the room carrying some objects that she then placed near the nightstand, while her neck was hung with a stethoscope. Hideki gives Ui little room to do his job, even though his gaze cannot be separated from his best friend.
If the white-haired man was honest, this was the first time he had seen Harada to this crisp. I don't know what will happen next. But the light blue man tried hard to convince himself that all this would go well, so that he would not lose his face when dealing with Yoshinori later.
"Yokatta na, Hara-nii," said Ui. The girl smiled, although Hideki knew she was holding back her excitement with all her might.
"What happened, all this time?" asked Harada, who seemed to be trying hard to talk.
"You were unconscious for two weeks. A lot has happened so far."
"Hidekii..."
"You, don't scold her, do you?"
Hideki threw away his face. Harada who saw it smiled, and tried to grab Hideki's right hand. The green-sliced man placed his right hand over his heart, then patted Hideki's right-hand back. The snowy man was a bit struck by the reaction Harada showed him, and it made him feel guilty instead.
But there's nothing wrong if his anger manages to make the Rengoku brothers practice like crazy, right? After all, every basic exercise will also make everything stronger and more steady. But what kind of reaction does this friend show? hideki involuntarily shook his head vigorously, trying hard not to feel guilty for already raging in front of the two men unraveling the fire.
"I can understand Hideki-nii's feelings now, really," Ui said as she tidied up the equipment. Harada looks a little confused, and Hideki just smiles a little.
"Then explain," Hideki said in a slightly defiant tone.
"I don't know what happened in the past. But when someone is strong enough to help, and that person is a burden to my loved one, it feels like I really want to kill that person."
"I hope you're not saying that because you're drunk with love, Ui-chan."
"Hideki-nii come on, are you all right?!"
Ui's face immediately blushed with Hideki's words. The white-haired man now laughs loosely after successfully teasing his best friend's loyal admirers. Then on the other hand, Harada whose mind was still not very connected could only smile with the interaction of these two people nearby.
After Hideki stopped his laughter which could be said to be quite thunderous, Ui pamit out while carrying his equipment. The twilight girl also said that if she would tell other Hashira about this, then asked Harada to provide a portion of his rest even though later visitors would surely come and go. Harada could only nod in response, as her right abdomen still felt extremely painful right now.
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With the accompaniment of the rushing sound of the waterfall, at least Hikaru and Sakonji would not feel too lonely here. The two men are currently laying mats near a waterfall, complete with food that Sakonji brought from his humble home. Although it looks to be relaxing, but both are now watching two men with hair like fire who are meditating under the pounding waterfall.
His caramel-colored bead glanced towards the former Hashira Air beside him. There was a glimpse of disbelief if Sakonji was willing to train the two of them. But when he saw the earnestness of Kyojuro and Senjuro, the instinct of a teacher would definitely say to give both of them a chance. Hikaru who was still a little confused sighed softly, then shook his head. Trying to fend off any crazy thoughts that suddenly entered his mind.
"Ji-chan," muttered Hikaru. Sakonji looked over without a sound. "Why do you want to train them?" ask Hikaru. From behind his mask, Sakonji laughed.
"They're too strong. After all, which old man would have the heart to see a troubled young man?" sakonji. Hikaru chuckled stiffly at the reply of his sister's teacher.
"Even if their breathing is very opposite to yours?"
"I just solidified the basics my way. That's why I called you here, Hikaru. Shinjuro is no longer reliable to train someone."
Hikaru chuckled, but Sakonji's remark did have a point. The last time Hikaru visited the Rengoku Residence, Shinjuro was seen tearing up a book. When the caramelized man asks the reason behind all his actions, Shinjuro dodges by saying if the book is boring. Hikaru could only chuckle back then.
But when he saw the cover of the book, the man said that night was sure that his teacher had forgotten the existence of Hashira Es, whose incident was from the Date clan who had extensive insight. Or maybe he doesn't know about the existence of Hideki Date? I don't know, but at that time Shinjuro probably felt that tearing up the book was a single precaution.
After about 5 minutes washed away in his daydream, the sound of water ripples and water droplets falling on the rock again made him realize. Hikaru straightened his head that had lowered his head while daydreaming, and was slightly surprised when both his eyes saw that Kyojuro and Senjuro had finished meditating. The two men sliced the honey chocolate were now drying their wet bodies with towels while devouring the onigiri Sakonji made.
"After full, wear your uniform again. Hikaru will take you into the forest" Sakonji said. Kyojuro nodded, and Senjuro was slightly surprised.
"Hikaru-nii, is there no rest even for a moment?" ask Senjuro. Hikaru shook his head slowly.
"I don't know if the two of you have talked about it or not. But it's good that you two are in tune, so I won't mess around here."
"Umu, encourage ototou! All of this will make us stronger!"
"Calm down. It's impossible to kill you both. At least you have to show your dedication if you want to get stronger."
Senjuro still looks panicked. Kyojuro immediately patted his sister on the back, trying to calm her down and reassure her. Senjuro turned his head towards Kyojuro, while the honey-brown man returned Senjuro's hesitant gaze with a gaze filled with confidence. Senjuro sighed softly, trying to stay afloat in the middle of this short training that was quite tormenting to him.