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~Yoshimoris POV~
I never felt as much rage and horror when I saw Tashigi get slashed by that ayakashi. Tokine and Iquickly got rid of the 3 ayakashi that ambushed her before I rushed her home and just in time to. Kanimatstus aren't by miasmas, but she lost plenty of blood.
~2 WEEKS LATER~
Tashigi is alright now, but I know she's still shaken up about the ambush. She's hiding behind a mask by smiling and the only one who notices is me. If you call out her name she snapss her head towards you with a scared look that disappers as soon as it had come. And in class she stares at her desk with a blank look.
~NEXT DAY ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL~
I saw Tashigi walking with her head down.
"MORNIN' TASHIGI!" I called out. She snapped her head in my direction with that scared look. That was soon masked by that annoying, fake smile.
"O-oh good morning Yoshi!" she responed. I'm tired of that fake smile, that fake cheerfulness. So I walked up to her grabbed her shoulders amd turned her to face me fully. It's a good thing nobody was around or they would stare at us weirdly (again).
"Stop it Tashigi!" I yelled at her.
"Y-Yoshi?" she stuttered.
"I know your smiles are fake and so is your cheerfulness." I stated.
"You don't understand, Yoshimori." she said softly as she bowed her head.
"Your right, I don't understand but I could've lost you..." I trailed of as I embraced her. "So if you have to just cry."
I continued softly.
She then silently cried into my chest as I held her tighter.
She stopped crying 10 minutes later but she just stood there wrapped in my arms. Then she suddenly looked at me with her real idiotic smile. Then... she bit my arm, hard.
"OW DAMMIT!" I cried out before chasing Tashigi."
"THANK YOU YOSHI!" She called back at me laughing like a maniac.
'Thank you so much for being there for me Yoshi I hope I can can do the same someday.'
END~
Tashigi's looks: Dark blue hair with white tips. Pale blue eyes. Pale skin with blue tear like lines going down her cheeks. And usually wears a navy blue hoodie the hood's lined with fur. A white whifebeater, blue shorts and black hightops with blue hearts