Cut Your Energy Costs Day

"Guys! Please. Gather. Right. Now!"

Tokinaka's sudden order left the swords who just returned from the event baffled.

"Wait what now?" Tsurumaru turned towards her.

Tokinaka directed the crane a straight face. "Gather."

The others swords decided to just obey without objections.

"Guys... I know all of you are cold... but... WE'VE EXCEEDED THE BILL!"

The outburst was so out-of-character for Tokinaka, not that the swords were really that bothered (except Hasebe, maybe? Poor guy's face became slightly blue).

"Uh... there were snowstorms for the past few days, and the heater was nice too," Mikazuki stated as a matter of fact.

Tokinaka shot him a 'Oh no you don't' look. "YOU GUYS ARE USING LESS HEATER."

"Is there..." Gokotai trembled. "...no room for compromising?"

"NO," came the swift reply. Midare clicked his tongue when Gokotai's cute charm failed to work.

"Okay..." the other swords who wanted to stand in for more heater surrendered.

After Tokinaka dismissed them, Tsurumraru passed a note to Yagen, Monoyoshi, Yamanbagiri, Hotarumaru and Iwatooshi, indicated them to go to the tachis' room for a discussion on possible ways to reduce energy costs (so that Tokinaka would not be able to 'take away' their heater).

Most of the swords opted showering for only once a week (suggested by Akashi which literally surprised everyone because they never thought of that before) and the heater was only available for 7 hours (after Yamanbagiri negotiated with Tokinaka for an hour). The 'couples' opted to cuddle against each other for body warmth (as suggested by the crane himself who thought the idea was interesting, which caused his strawberry-lover to blush like one), with a certain jiji green with envy and almost stabbed the crane to death, if not being restrained by the other tachis in the room.

All's good, all's good.

Peculiar People Day

"Nurumayu."

"Oh. Higekiri?" The crane was more or less used to Higekiri calling him 'boiled water'. "What's up?"

"Spicemaru and I were discussing about what to do once my brother arrives. And I would like to get some ideas from you too."

Tsurumaru made a 'you've found the right person face' and the swords happily went off to somewhere (in the Citadel of course).

"Master."

"Yes Beibei?"

"Tsurumaru, Uguisumaru and Higekiri wish to have their proposal approved. Please look through them."

Tokinaka looked at her escort skeptically as she opened the report. "Why all of a sudden though?"

"They want to have a welcome party once Hizamaru arrives. Even though I told them it wouldn't be necessary since it's a norm for us to celebrate a newcomer's arrival... Tsurumaru and Uguisumaru also know of this, but they still insisted on submitting it though."

Tokinaka only stared at the second page of the report. She wondered if the crane and the ... was just accommodating to Higekiri's leadership ego. Was Higekiri even aware of it?

"Beibei."

"Yes?"

"Have you read this before letting me read?"

"...Yes?"

"Tell me what are your thoughts."

"The overall agenda wasn't that bad. It is the same as what we do during Higekiri's arrival: introductions, tutorials and having a feast. Just that..."

The was a brief pause before Yamanbagiri continued, seemingly mindful of what to say next.

"The food mentioned in the proposal... like the spiders and snakes..."

"Oh oh- WHAT ON-"

"I was about to say the same thing as well," Yamanbagiri sighed. "Must be Tsurumaru's idea."

"I know right."

Both exchanged high-fives.

"The only normal food here is the pizzas."

"So we're only going to have ONLY pizzas...?"

"I shall leave the cooking to CCP and Kasen. We can have one of the dishes as pizzas."

"Still... is it just me, or those swords which are crafted from the Heian period always eccentric?"

"You know Beibei, you're in no position to call others eccentric when you're almost the same as them to a certain degree."

"Hmph. I'm not."

"Being a tsun is more than enough to prove so."

"Whatever... doesn't change the fact that I'm a replica."

"Sigh... I'm having a hard time of thinking who's not eccentric in this building..."

"Ichigo?"

"He may not be aware of it himself, but he is a bro-con. and being Tsuru's lover has definitely rubbed off on him. I think the bro-con part applies to all brother swords."

"Including me and my brothers?"

"Yep."

"Then how about a sword with no brothers (who has yet to join us)... like Monoyoshi?"

"Horse freak with a cowboy fetish. I think he can go and start his own horse harem in the stables."

"Despite him being helpful and positive?" Yamanbagiri was slightly stunned by his master's image of the wakizashi.

"Well I was only stating the eccentric part about him. That's it."

"How about..."

Ten minutes were spent on debating who was more eccentric than Tsurumaru and Higekiri, followed by Yamanbagiri defending himself being not part of the weirdos (but Tokinaka always triumphs over her sword boys, because she was the master after all).

Houseplant Appreciation Day

Someone could be heard humming from the isle near the kitchen. Curious, Hachisuka went to find the source of the humming.

After a few steps, Kasen could be seen with a plant, a smile graced his features.

"Kasen," Hachisuka joined the purple-haired sword. "...what kind of plant is this?"

"It's a poinsettia. Tokinaka brought it from her return trip, said that this is a Christmas plant."

"Always thinking of the festives eh? Our current master, that is."

"Agreed. She plans on bringing in a variety of flowers once spring arrives."

"Fufu, I'm kind of excited to see more types of plants here."

"It's pretty boring with all these trees of the same species."

"And flowers bring life to this building."

Kousetsu, who happened to hear the conversation, made a note to water the flowers and feed them with fertilisers, in case Kasen forgot to do so.

Bittersweet Chocolate Day

"K-"

"Don't say a word."

"..."

"There's no need to overexert yourself."

The shorter figure fell on all limbs, a sigh of defeat escaped his lips.

"You did your best. There is no need for tears."

"...Kane-san."

"?"

"ALL I WANTED IS TO MAKE YOU A HOT CHOCOLATE LIKE HOW CCP DID!"

Horikawa, part of the Citadel's 'Housewife Trio' alongside with CCP and Yagen, was adept in chores, especially cleaning and cooking. However, apart from regular (traditional japanese) meals, he was unable to cook anything 'western-related'.

"When I tasted it, it was so different from the one CCP-san made!" Horikawa's voice trembled. "Maybe I should pour this away..."

"I appreciate your efforts, Kunihiro..." Izuminokami patted his partner as his other hand reached for the drink Horikawa made (before Horikawa actually poured that away. It would be a waste). "That alone is enough."

The drink was bitter, but there was a sweet underline, which probably represented their past and current selves.

It was so delicious that Izuminokami was tearing up, with Horikawa panicking over the fact that his partner found the drink so awful that he cried.