"Boar Rush!"
A figure leaped high from the outer wall. Inosuke stood on the wall with his hands on his hips, grunting repeatedly.
"The great me has arrived! Why aren't you little ones here to greet me!"
"Inosuke, you're back too!" Tanjirou looked up, surprised, at Inosuke standing high above him.
"Who is the great me? How could I not pass that kind of training!"
"Wow~ That's amazing!" Tanjirou clapped for Inosuke with a smile, genuinely happy for him.
"Hmph hmph!"
"Hey, hey, Tanjirou, don't spoil him so much. His boar tail is practically touching the sky."
Zenitsu said grumpily.
"Mosquito, you're just jealous that I'm better than you!"
Inosuke's boar head mask pressed close to Zenitsu's face. Even through the mask, Zenitsu could feel Inosuke's smug expression. With a little too much force, he accidentally broke the flower he was going to give Nezuko-chan.
"Ahhh! It's all your fault!"
Looking tragically at the bouquet broken in two, Zenitsu propped himself on the ground with his hands, tears welling up, and glared angrily at Inosuke.
"Alright, alright, I'll go pick new ones with Zenitsu later. Inosuke, you must be tired too, want some senbei?"
Tanjirou stood between the two, calming their emotions. Seeing that they finally stopped arguing, he secretly let out a sigh of relief.
"Tanjirou-san, Zenitsu-san, Inosuke-san." x3
Three little girls happily walked up to the trio. They hadn't seen Tanjirou and the others in a long time.
"Welcome back!" x3
"Everyone~ You must have missed me a lot!"
"No!" x3
"Eek! How could this be!" Zenitsu clutched his chest in disbelief, looking heartbroken.
"Brother."
Zenitsu, who was still clowning around, suddenly froze when he heard that voice. His hand remained on his chest. He slowly, bit by bit, turned his head and saw Nezuko smiling in the sunlight. His eyes rolled back, and he fell straight to the ground.
"Zenitsu!" Tanjirou quickly reached out and pulled Zenitsu up, using his finger to lift his eyelid. Seeing Zenitsu's mouth moving, Tanjirou leaned his ear closer.
"An angel... I saw an angel.."
"Tanjirou, Nezuko-chan called me 'brother'.."
"Am I dreaming?"
Tanjirou sighed helplessly. Nezuko was calling him 'brother', after all.
"Brother, flower crown." Nezuko placed the beautiful flower crown on Tanjirou's head, very satisfied, her face full of a sweet smile.
"Wow~ It's very beautiful, thank you, Nezuko."
Zenitsu, who was peacefully unconscious, suddenly sprang up, holding the flower he had just broken. He knelt on one knee and offered the bouquet to Nezuko.
"Nezuko-chan! Please marry me!"
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Tanjirou and Yoizumi, who had been silently watching with a faint smile, simultaneously looked at Zenitsu, who was blushing and his eyes wide.
The next second, to the astonished gazes of her two brothers, Nezuko actually reached out for the flower.
Zenitsu's heart pounded faster than ever before. He stared intently at Nezuko-chan's hand reaching out to him. Could it be!
Was Nezuko-chan finally going to accept him!
The more he thought this, the more his eyes became filled with excited red blood vessels, but he didn't care at all.
As expected, the unexpected happened.
Nezuko reached out and took the prettiest red flower from Zenitsu's bouquet, then walked over to Tanjirou.
A touch of red was added to Tanjirou's flower crown.
Nezuko was even more satisfied.
"Click..."
Strangely, everyone present seemed to hear the sound of something breaking.
Zenitsu bit his lower lip angrily, his eyes blazing, and shouted at Tanjirou at the top of his lungs.
"Tan-ji-rou!!!"
"Eh? Is it my fault?"
"This is for Nezuko-chan, you're not allowed to take it!"
"Nezuko gave this to me! Huh? Zenitsu, don't chase me!"
Nezuko stared blankly as Tanjirou was chased all over the Butterfly Mansion by Zenitsu. Seeing her brother dodge Zenitsu's pounces again and again, Nezuko even clapped happily.
"Hmm? A game? I want to join too!" Inosuke, who was focused on munching on the senbei Tanjirou gave him, also joined the chase upon seeing this.
Yoizumi sat under the eaves with his sister, watching the scene of them chasing and playing. The Butterfly Mansion hadn't been this lively in a long time.
From time to time, he heard Tanjirou's dissuasions, Zenitsu's roars, and Inosuke's excited shouts.
And the cheers of the three little girls.
Yoizumi's sapphire eyes gleamed with fragmented light under the refraction of the sun, and his long eyelashes cast a shadow.
His left hand was held by his sister, swaying back and forth. Nezuko's suspended feet swung gently. With both of her brothers by her side now, she was so happy... A slight curve formed on his lips. Yoizumi thought... that such peaceful and stable days should last a little longer, and then a little longer.
"Phew..."
Tanjirou, who had finally managed to sit down and rest, had his hair disheveled by Zenitsu. The red flower from his flower crown was successfully snatched back by Zenitsu.
Now, Zenitsu, seemingly tireless, held the red flower in both hands, chasing after Nezuko relentlessly.
"Nezu-ko-chan~"
Nezuko, in her maiden form, mimicked her brother running around the Butterfly Mansion. Inosuke, from the beginning, changed from running on two legs to all fours, charging wildly like a beast.
Tanjirou showed a gentle smile and looked at his older brother beside him, "Everyone is so lively, Yoizumi-nii."
"Mm."
Yoizumi's gaze fell on Tanjirou, whom he hadn't seen for several months. After a while, he spoke.
"Tanjirou, have you grown taller?" Yoizumi said this almost as a certainty.
"Eh! Yoizumi-nii noticed!" He scratched his head a little shyly. He had originally wanted to tell Yoizumi-nii himself.
"Your body has also gotten much stronger." Yoizumi raised his hand and gently patted his younger brother's head, saying slowly.
"I didn't say it earlier."
"Welcome back, Tanjirou."
Upon hearing this, Tanjirou's face broke into a bright and cheerful smile. His clear crimson eyes were filled with affection for his family.
"I'm back, Yoizumi-nii!"
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