In the cave.
Senjuro who was drinking tea, around the fire with Giyuu, asked a question that burned his lips.
Senjuro: Do you live alone in this cave?
Giyuu looked at Senjuro in surprise and finally answered: When I want to be alone but most of the time I am with my Rumein family.
Senjuro: Rumein? But I thought you were a Kemonomimi. He looked at Giyuu with wide eyes.
Giyuu nodded and said in a weary voice: Yes, I'm a Kemonomimi, it's just that I was adopted as a baby by Rumein. But I consider them my family even if they are a little... heavy sometimes.
Senjuro: Heavy?
Giyuu sighed again and finally answered: I'm sort of the youngest of 20 brothers and 15 sisters. From a white-furred mother and a brown-furred father.
Senjuro spat out his tea in shock at the revelation. I can finally understand the meaning of his word heavy!
Giyuu says laughing with a not happy laugh: The worst my brothers overprotect me and my sisters except for three of them, treat me a bit like I was 5 years old! So you understand that I want to be alone sometimes.
Senjuro: Yes.
Giyuu seemed to have calmed down a little.
Senjuro: Alright.
And they keep on sipping their tea, saying trivialities.
To be continued
