ACT 7

Hello everyone! It's ACT 7 now!

I have to say I forgot that it should be ACT 7 now because I accidentally rewrote and rechecked ACT 6 again before posting so surprised! Boom I just posted ACT 6 for two weeks ago. Let me announce again, I have chosen the version of the ending of this fic now!

Author's note

ACT will have one slayer called Maeda. He appeared in Data book as the slayer from the sewing department who has a habit of making the sly cloth for women slayers. So I decided to put him in the show as well.

introduction of Uzui Tengen. I let him rock and roll in this chapter as well and you all will see him in several chapters ahead. Why? I think he's one of comical characters and down on earth, lives normally like a normal man so, in my version, I think he would make the story more interesting.

3. There is a concept of 'cherry boy' playing here. It's about a virgin man who has no relationship, intercourse or fell in love with someone before.

ACT 7

Since the incident when Obanai took a leap, gathered courage and gut to another degree and took a shot, he gave her a pair of socks. And boom, it paid off. She seemed to look at him with more admiring eyes and warm radiate.

Another thing raised his pride was the sight of her wearing those socks everyday. Until it became her new uniform. Only slayer who wore green socks seemed to be only her in the Demon Slayer Corps. Luckily, it suited her well, he was pleased to see her walking and running around, showing her new garments to everyone and she looked comfy with it, though he wanted to find some material and wrap her whole body.

Due to this event, it brought both of them closer than before. He thought he also had more confidence talking to her. These socks have a sync for both of them. Obanai felt they both have a good memory together from giving these socks as a key to link them. This change made him pleasant every time she approached him and he, no need to think or afraid of anything, was able to reach her as well.

Everytime she would say 'Look, Iguro-san' to show him every time they met under the sun, moon and sky behind the compound of the Demon Slayer Corps. He's afraid it would be against the law on uniforms to have new accessories. She found a way out, everyone was okay with her wearing socks in her working uniform. He decided to let it slide because he also forgot to consider how much accessories Sound Pillar had compared to her.

After all, she's happy with it and he's glad. It put him at ease to see her being happy and confident in moving her body. It made her uniform look more promising, it drew focus out of her short skirt and her exposed chest past slightly but better than showing her slender legs and thighs to hunger slayers.

"Look! Iguro-san's over there! Hi!"

From his sight, he saw her stature waggled around the front gate of the Demon Slayer Corps around Flame Pillar. Now she's going to set off her first mission to a nearby town. She looked excited as alway. He pretended to walk past, as if accidentally met them and waved back to them.

"I'm going off now" said Mitsuri in an energetic way.

"I see so you have to listen to Rengoku-san every time he command" They exchanged a few words before the group moved.

"See you later, Iguro-san" Mitsuri exclaimed, waving expressively.

"Ah take care" he waved back. He decided to send her off and bid farewell to her before she set off on a mission in a distant area. He felt glad to see her climbing up another level of being a complete and perfect Hashira. He always went out on long missions but this time seeing her setting off made him felt, partly something had to be missing when she's not around.

"Thanks, Iguro-san! You're very considerate!" but another person sided in and took his farewell. That person was Kyojuro who was delightful at his comment, thumped up by his comment. Obanai forced air out of his teeth with a sour face. Not you! He said in his mind while Mitsuri giggled.

Before she left, she turned around "Iguro-san let's go to the best Katsudon restaurant together after I came back, I still have no chance to go there, if you're fine with it" He's waiting for her to speak up first.

"Oh sure, if you wanna go, I can take you there" Actually inside his head was working like an explosion of fireworks that she still remembered his promise to get her to eat out at that restaurant.

"Then I will write you a letter about the date and time" Mitsuri explained, turned around to check on her mentor who still instructed something to the other slayers

"Okay, you can arrange it, I think I can find free time" answered Obanai as she puffed the air of content out.

"Great! I'm gonna eat out with you for the first time!" She exclaimed a bit loud till Obanai noticed Kyojuro looked at them, brow furrowed in doubt. He may wonder what are these two talking, there he's walking to them with a smile of anticipating something good here.

"We will definitely and do your best in a mission" He said in a hurry.

"I'm gonna have the best of sweet dreams! I have never gone out before since I was in Demon Slayer Corps so see ya!" She said and moved her body around him and ran back to Flame Pillar after he called her.

Later on the expenditure group led by Kyojuro and Mitsuri hit the road around noon. Mitsuri still waved back to him as if she would play like someone stopped waving the hand first would lose. As he recalled, she always found everything amused and being excited easily, even she became hashira for a while now, passed hellish workload, trained and additional duties. Her face could produce the brightest smile.

Obanai decided to walk off when their figure faded from his sight. He's alone with Kaburamaru again and back to work.

She seemed doing it fine, adjusted to the title of Love Pillar very well with full support from Flame Pillar. Mitsuri tended to have an increased workload, this was a point he concluded and it made her busier than before. In the past, when he's back from mission, he always saw her having free time and called to him 'Iguro-san, listen..look..let's go there...come on..' He always listened and gained a lot of knowledge outside demon slayer life-normal people's life from her.

While he's walking back to get his work done, not alone because Kaburamaru went with him in silence. He came across a figure of eyeglass slayer. It's like something clicked into his mind. Obanai glanced to that figure with contemplating look on his face but that demon hunter uniform as he had his face covered with black fabric. That hunter knew he's looking at him.

"Hello, Iguro-san" That slayer greeted him politely, pushing his glass back on the nose bridge with a respective gesture. He felt this face looked really similar.

"Hi" Obanay stopped and thought of this face.

"Where are you going? Weather is really nice today, isn't it?" He made a small talk.

"Sure, I will have my work done and you?" Obanai pretended to join in and clicked. He thought about 'scum glass' in the Sewing Department. He always tailored the female uniform into a hideous one, he thought about a conversation with Shinobu.

"I have a support job waiting for me, Iguro-san it's a dedicated job so I will get coffee to refresh myself first" he said, putting his arms behind his back.

"Fixing cloth?" answered Obanai

"Yeah I have a ton to repair. I'm in Sewing Department" and it clicked in his head suddenly.

"So you are Maeda" Obanai said with a stern voice with unreadable look on his face.

"Hai, it's me Maeda.." Maeda felt over the joy as his name was well known to the level of Hashira "It's my very honor that you know my name ha-ha I am merely a normal tailor, Iguro-san." he chuckled and scratched his head shyly "I..-"

His voice was blocked by Obanai's doing. He's catching his collar so tightly, his grip throbbing with lots of veins on it with malicious eyes that was possible to tell he's in the mood to slay something "Ig-iguro-san what's ouch-" Obanai strangled his collar one more time as a warning to shut your mouth while Kaburamaru purred and opened its mouth to show its tiny fang for a purpose to intimidate him.

"I'm not doing anything wrong, Iguro-san why did you strangle me like this" Maeda begged for his life.

The slayer named Maeda freezed like a shrill cold running into his spine, even if now it's just noon. He stayed silent, sealed his lip from crying with pleading eyes like a puppy looking to his eyes beg for mercy and explanation.

Obanai hurled "You sin scumbag.. how dare you walk very fine after committing a horrible sin hah?" He tugged the callor again and earned a choke overacting from him.

Obanai forced the puff of air out of irritation, "You fucking glass moron. You fucking did make a uniform for Kanroji,right? You customized this outfit to Kanroji on purposw, right? answer me!" He hissed in low and said in firm and slow in every word.

Maeda blinked, suddenly flinched when he mentioned the name of Love Pillar, trying to slip out from his grip but he was pulled back to stand straight again so he stuttered "Hai it's my work and it's an ordinary female uniform, don't you see it's traditional outfit for female slayer- " Obanai clenched and hurled into a curse and it made him startle like a frightened small animal.

"You said ordinary? How dare you answer. Get your shitty eyes look around which women want to wear this uniform? is it ordinary? you intend to make it exposed! what kind of outfit to have opened the chest part, tight shirt and short skirt. I have no wonder why Kachou burnt her uniform when she received it but for Kanroji, you did it on purpose right? Make her a new proper one or else I'll finish you here"

Maeda injected a laugh dryly "ha-ha ..No it's not my intention! I'm doing it for the sake of her movement in fighting..and it's trendy ouch!" His windpipe got snatched again to warn if spatting a moron again, your head's out.

"But she wore it happily! and everyone was also as well! my work enhances her beauty" He snapped back so Obanai gritted his teeth and his face twisted into an angry because this eyeglass man knew no bound for good deed, his teeth clenched hard as if he was ready to crush him into the ash and let it fall on the earth.

"Listen, you are a lucky bastard because she was kind enough to not bother you to make her a new one. So don't get a big head that she likes your fucking outfit but I think it's wrong to let you aside from this matter" Obanai said accusively.

"But-but she never said to me like that" Maeda tried to plan the weasel out "It's your intention to hurt someone inferior than you ouc-" Obanai glared and tugged his collar as a sigh to keep his mouth shut but Maeda started again "It also drew both of you closed right? I heard you guys see each other a lot and you also bought her that pair of socks on your own. That's great right? miracle from the outfit, Boom so you can be together with her! she's nice and kind I knew everyone wanna-"

"Stop the bullshit! I'm not here to listen your silly talk"

"Hey it's really you, isn't it?" Obanai heard and expected it's the dare talk-back from Maeda but it's not he found it's not him so he halted his movement as that sound didn't lapse from Maeda but another one. Who's here? because he's talking to this scum glass.

Beside them, Tengen tabbed his chin in a thinking manner, nodded and knitted his brows together.

"Uzui!"

"Hi-hi Iguro-san" he relaxed his posture into a casual one in a blink of an eye. Obanai clenched his teeth as he appeared out of nowhere and he didn't know how much this ninja heard him.

"Hello! what's going on here? Do I miss something Gosh! I came out for a short mission and lots of thing seem going on here"Tengen flexed his arm, pointed index finger with playful grin as if he knew what question was from Snake Pillar "I'm walking past here but happen to hear something interesting over here" Obanai felt uneasy around this man.

"I have something to ask him.. so if you excuse us" Tengen spoke with Maeda. "you may go to do your job I have to discuss with Iguro" Tengen grabbed his shoulder and turned to face him while Maeda slipped out, thanks to Sound Pillar with his deep sincere before running out of the sight of Snake Pillar. Soon Obanai lost him, he felt more irritated and bore the sour glare to Tengen.

"What's the matter? Uzui, I don't have time for your monkey business" He said in an annoyed expression. But Tengen's expression was on the contrary, seemed excited in a certain way.

"It's interesting for sure because I heard from my wives that she saw Snake Pillar in the town, going to women's wear and buying green socks and only person's wearing these green socks is..right you know it, right?" Tengen smirked and pointed to him with extra pose as he found it amusing and unexpected about this news "so.. man..tell me do you really..to her? I mean Kanroji yes yes our Love Pillar so...Hey man tell me now! What's going on between you two? tell me now Iguro! you dog! you both are.." Tengen intends to omit the Verb and lift his finger from both hands crossing each other into a kind of code among men could have guessed and known by it - it meant intercoursing and it's not what he totally meant doing this to her. He cursed his wives, all of them, he grimaced to Maeda shit life and rolled his eyes.

"What do you mean! It's not like that! Stop pestering with me. I have nothing to say" He managed to snap back in fury.

"Come on, man you know what I mean right? I-gu-ro-san tell me or else I will ask from her, choose your option" Tengen injected playful in his posture, stressed his name intently.

Obanai crossed his chest, stayed silent, turned shoulder to Sound Pillar "Gosh..How stubborn you are, Iguro-san I heard her saying 'Iguro-san bought for me when we were in the meeting. Why are you not telling me this hah? What's on earth here? we're fellow Pillars right? why you have secrets to us'" He frowned in disapproval while Obanai gruntled if he had secret he would have let this man know the last one

"You know it. You've already known it but why the hack you're asking me. Go and ask her you dumbass" Tengen chuckled and let the boiling angry die away because he saw it very fun to tease this man. Who knows this persistent man had this side as well and especially with a new Love Pillar.

"If you say so, Okay deal, I will ask every detail from her and I am sure that she gladly told me everything" Tengen used the weak and answered abruptly, turning away but still expected to see some reactions from Snake Pillar. He heard a heavily sighing yes it came out. Obanai felt regretted by challenging this man. He snatched his shoulder to stop Ninja from moving around. He felt off edge to the idea of having Tengen asking and interrogating Mitsuri. This man was capable of digging out improper things for her and he should not let it happen.

"She..she said just regular thanks to me that's it" Tengen nodded and seemed pleased by the reply.

"Only thanks? waoh waohh! I think it should be more than and what's about Rengoku-san? What did he say?" Obanai could feel the throb in his head. .

"I don't know ..Why do I have to ask him? He's not kind of a sibling" His sound went from firm one to the hesitant one suddenly. He never gave it a thought on it.

"Because he's Kanroji's mentor. That's what I'm trying to make a point" The vision in Obanai's head borrowed into the picture of mentor and student. He's right. Kyojuro was her mentor, and also acted as her guardian and unbiological big brother to her. He never made a connection, what's his reaction to it. Maybe this man was not possibly putting much care on green socks..was he? If he was, how would it look? Does it destroy and bash their relationship between mentor and student as her taking a present from another? No it should not be in this way, Kyojuro saw her wearing it. He still had no comment on it, he might think she bought it for herself.

Tengen caught an uncomfortable sign on his feature, he expected it and it really did happen. He smirked and chuckled openly and closed his mouth from laughing - his furios action seemed to fade away by this bomb "Man, why are you so stiff? Are you afraid Rengoku-san will disapprove of your gift toward his student?, Iguro, I'm kidding. you have to know and we all know that there is no way Rengoku-san will put too much thought on green socks" Obanai gritted his teeth because it's a part of this man's plan. He tsk in angry.

"Well I got to say that's a bold move of you, Iguro so what're you going to do next? check mate? or put a landmark on her?" He blinked and thumped up to Snake Pillar who grunted in annoyance. He intended to leave this Ninja but then something clicked into his head. It's likely to be his prime intention that he almost forgot now.

"Hey, Uzui and stop blurting out! and don't ever make it become a big issue. It's not that much of a surprise! I gave her a gift! That's it, don't spin it around God!"Obanai said in a grumpy tone and pointed to him with an accusative tone as to prevent him from spreading this rumor.

"So what's your next move?"

"There's no damn next move here"

"Are you angry? Oh come on!..we're cool right? I', just kidding. You still wanna know my flamboyant insight of getting a girl?" Tengen lowered his voice, trying to make it the most important matter and should not let the others hear it. Obanai also complied as well easily.

Rubbing his nose, Tengen put a smirk on his face "It's art of writing" Obanai snorted soon when he answered "write her a good letter"

"I don't see your point and stop making things up" Obanai refused to listen but Tengen predicted that.

"Maybe you can add some impact like you asked about her well-being, wish her the best luck, drop comment about things her like in order to show her that you care her" The line of seriousness on Obanai's face softened because this man made a good point. That's why he thought about food,Katsudon,Sweet and Snack, these all possible lists she should have an interest on. These have been around her. He should ask her about her daily routine to learn what's she doing when going to outside missions, he could learn and also offer her his advice back.

The previous letter contained a few messages and no caring indicator like Sound Pillar mentioning.

Tengen observed Snake Pillar and couldn't help to keep his smile because this man was so kid like a cherry boy. Yeah he is now closed to the definition of cherry boy but tried to act tough and cool for the sake of his own image.

Tengen began after no reaction from Snake Pillar "Oi, don't forget to ask her about her life. She might have been happy when someone put a care on her life" Obanai remained still, no response to his statement.

"Man..Iguro-san stop what you're thinking now" Iguro flinched slightly but trying to keep it cool. Tengen lowered his voice even more and said "Be more aggressive..write it in a letter that how you want to take care of her, both day and night Ah yes I mean about on the bed with her after that and what makes her feel like in the letter and it'll work ha-ha!" He didn't finish the sentence Obanai tried to close his mouth shut because it's too much, he weighed whether he should believe in this bullshit or not? or it's normal to send a girl this kind of message because Tengen also gave him several phrases which were heavily about smut and adult things that cause his face to be more colored.

"Then good luck with that! Iguro hoped you could get close to Kanroji" Tengen left Obanai alone with the chaotic storm in his head. He could not imagine what a girl would react when she read this message.

At the Snake Pillar estate. Sitting and looking at a piece of tiny paper, Obanai closed his eyes to concentrate, half to get rid of moodiness and half to contemplate on the answer. Mitsuri had sent him a letter as she said yesterday. Now he's looking at it since before noon

"I should not ask that man for advice..it's lamn!" Obanai found his mind was distracted by the word of advice from Tengen. He opened his eyes in agitation. His hand ,gripping brush for writing, is hovering over paper as hesitance kicks in. His face was coated with the unsureness and a disturbing feeling when it came into the real one.

It's a letter from her. She sent it to him via her message crow and he received it yesterday and he still worried what to write to her till now. She reached him first again this time. Her letter reminded him mostly about the promise he made to her about going out to the best Katsudon restaurant in town.

His mind displayed the flash of memory when he had asked advice from Sound Pillar . It betrayed him to think of something that he considered as it's very fucking sinful and should be punished by the life 'Alright just tell her how much you appreciate her lips and compliment her that your lip could do a lot of good things' , his fingers around the paintbrush, twitching 'Come on, you have to step up a game, address her that you will take care of her since morning and midnight but whoop at your estate! that' endgame! check mate!'. He's now weighting his decision, what should he take? He thought and mumbled for almost two hours. He should believe in himself or that Ninja.

He breathed in, a final one and dripped a paintbrush into a jar of ink and then on the paper.

'Yes, on your date and time, take care'

The day had passed till the appointment. Obanai woke up and cleaned himself. He's done every work he left. Today he felt very special and motivated more than nowadays because today was their appointment at the TonKatsu Restaurant. Still never caught her presence around the Demon Slayer Crops.

"Mnn..the mission might take them a bit long" He said with Kaburamaru. He got back to his estate and read the letter from her again to make sure about the date and time.

"I should send it to her?" He thought about writing to ask for her confirmation. Is it good to write at this time during her expenditure. He's afraid it would take her focus out of the work. So Obanai prayed that she would show up.

Right in front of the appointed place, Obanai stood under the tree as today. He has been looking forward today with high hope and spirit. He counted each day with a content feature on his. Today, Mitsuri and the group led by Kyojuro still didn't make it back but he wanted to keep the promise. It had already passed the appointed time. But he still waited for her and tried to notice a sight of her around the town till the sky almost turned into a dark shade.

Obanai sighed heavily and walked in a circle with not much energy as he's afraid she would not show up or something happened to her. Each minute and second passed so slow on him. He walked in a circle till it drew a hard trace in circle shape. He refused to think what possible reason why she's not here because he believed in her.

A loud thud thud sound, a hard stomp, made a move toward him. He's conscious of it and glanced from a side, hopefully it was her. Bingo! It was her. It's obvious that she was running in haste to him, panting but still wave hand over her head, dancing to make him notice her.

"Iguro-san! Sorry to keep you waiting! It's my fault I just arrived at Demon Slayer Corps a few minutes ago!"

"Hnn I got you, Kanroji. Maybe we might reschedule it" he suggested but she shook her head constantly to show her determination.

"No way! I have dreamed of eating out for a long time! I am so hurried and forgot to tell Rengoku-senpai about out meeting..I think he might be confused now ha-ha"

"Is that so? I believe he would join us as well if he knows it" He said

"Sure is! then if we're good now..shall we go in? I'm looking for several days to have it! You know I have dreamed about it since I went out for a mission" she signed at the restaurant with a gleam of childish excitement.

The couple walked side by side into a restaurant. Mitsuri started with three Katsudons and only one for him. Talking and eating, they forget the outer world and establish a new world between them. When he finished his bowl, he was full now so it's a time when Mitsuri ordered new five bowls of Tempura dish. Mitsuri told lots of stories to him about her journey and her clumsiness, a bit of hesitance as she would start the sixth one but Obanai nodded to let her know she should have it until that she felt very content because she can eat freely in front of him, no need to hide her ultra-high food appetite, no need to put up an a facade for being a normal petite woman as everyone set a standard for but she can be herself in front of him. He also developed because there was no need to sneak a glance on her. Now his eyes were glueing on her face with a faint smile. He felt like he could warm up to her now. Less awkward, less nervous and felt more natural.

"That's really awesome! Iguro-san I love this place!" she exclaimed and clapped her flushed face together, a rice around the corner of her mouth and it earned him a soft chuckle.

"the best one in the town" he said and wondered about food over flower or flower over food. But it sure was food and he was right about her. She looked really happy in his eyes and this warmed his heart as well. "If you want to eat out again, we can come here again"

"I will definitely come here again! Tempura is the 10 out of 10! and will you? will you come with me?" She shot a question to him, her eyes could be read that he asked with hope.

"Sure, I will, we can go as much as you want"

"I'm so happy to hang out with you, Iguro-san and thank you for taking me out and answering my letter! I'm so nervous that you will be okay or not and finally.. I almost came here late" She raised her eyes to him. Both of them looked at each other before chuckling together. "Are you happy, Iguro-san? seemed you eat very little" She said and resumed her activity.

"one is enough for me. You can eat as much as you want, Kanroji" He finally made a conclusion that for her, food over flowers could be in this way.

I always tried to find free time to meet you, just to see you ate and ate several dishes. It also made me happy