Covering your face with your left arm's kimono sleeve, you felt the heat rise to your poor cheeks. Muichiro had to drag you all the way to the Ubuyashiki estate holding your hand, hence why your heart was beating so fast against your chest. Your soul was about to leave your body for good, when he halted and freed his hold on you.

"We're here"

You looked up, admiring the immense mansion that was familiar to you. It had been four months since that moment in which you woke up with a life purpose other than being a caterpillar inside a hospital's four walls. When you snapped out of your daze, your master was nowhere to be seen.

"Tokito-sama?" you looked around, anxiously fidgeting right in the entrance of the mansion.

The door was open, he probably just kept walking towards the meeting's place. For you, it was either enter to the house like he had advised you to or stay outside.

Definitely outside. I don't want to encounter anyone inside there, I'd be awkward.

A light tap on your shoulder made you jump in your spot, taking several steps backwards defensively.

"Eek!"

A person dressed from head to toe, a kakushi, was standing right before you.

"[Y/N]-sama? Tokito-sama informed us of your visit. Come on inside, do you want tea?"

Why would you ask that? I can't reject your kindness, it's going to make you feel bad and I feel bad when people feel bad.

You limited yourself to nodding, repeatedly, scaring the poor female kakushi. Nonetheless, she guided you to the common room and got you a cup of warm tea. You wouldn't have been panicking so much if not for the fact that you were inside someone else's house, which felt almost like trespassing another's scared territory inside your anxious brain.

And, well, there was also the fact that a creepy and beautiful doll was sitting in the cushion in front of yours. Her large lilac-pink eyes were set on yours, displaying a gentle smile while drinking her tea peacefully.

She was starting to give you goosebumps, as she silently stared at you with her large eyes. Not once did she say a word, nor moved any other muscle than necessary. Although she was insanely beautiful, both your bashful personality and her Mona Lisa-like eyes wouldn't have let you praise anything about her, or move an inch closer.

Nervously glancing at the clock like you had been doing for the past few hours, you noticed that three hours had passed in total.

The endearing girl stood up without prior notice, picking your interest in doing so. Her sudden action and the broken eye contact destroyed the awkwardness you were feeling —although the girl felt like you two were having a comfortable tsuguko time together—. She calmly walked through the estate, you following close due to curiosity and not knowing where Muichiro was.

The both of you arrived to the engawa. You hid behind a wooden column and she hopped off it to be next to Shinobu. As far as you noticed, the pillar meeting must've been over. Oyakata-sama was nowhere near and various people stood there, probably arguing about the topic they were discussing during the meeting.

You took a peek, searching for Muichiro, someone you were comfortable with. In that awful situation, you were like a fish out of water. Surrounded by strangers in an open field shook your heart, made you sweat and clench your chest. When you finally saw the black-to-mint haired boy, your body instantly relaxed.

"Are you looking for someone, young lady?"

Hot breath behind your ear made you turn as pale as a corpse. "AAAAH!"

You turned around hurriedly, feeling your back hit against the column. Your legs were trembling as if they were jelly, traumatized by the shock that person had given you.

The person who had spooked you burst out laughing, which gave an aura of inexplicable warmth. Afterwards, he brightly smiled at you, straightening himself —as he had leaned in due to the height difference—. He had a strong build, bushy eyebrows and gave the impression of being the sun on Earth, which encouraged you to avoid staring at him out of fear of getting blinded.

Also, he's hot.

All the ruckus caught the other pillars' attention, most of them surprised of seeing a young lady there, a girl that looked like a scared kitten surrounded by wolves; with your teary eyes and self-concious posture clenching the sleeves of your kimono and breathing heavily.

Too. many. eyes. staring.

A tall, sparkling man, narrowed his eyes and pointed at you, who were no longer being able to hide behind the column.

"Oi, isn't she the girl we saved from that hospital months ago?" he questioned, coming closer —perharps too close— to look at your features.

He grabbed your face and made all kinds of silly expressions with it, amused.

"I'm surprised you haven't forgotten about it" Shinobu's honeyed voice sang, in a somewhat snarky tone.

The man turned at her with a gasp, seriously offended by the insect pillar's comment.

"I never forget flamboyant people when I see th—"

"[Y/N]-CHAN!!! YOU'RE HERE!!"

You felt yourself being pulled away from the man's arms directly hitting Mitsuri's big chest. She rubbed her cheek against your head lovingly, hugging you with a strength comparable to fifty bears. Your lungs begged for precious air, but all your protests were muffled by the pretty girl's body.

"Kanroji, you're asphyxiating her" a monotone voice spoke, making Mitsuri's bear hug relax.

"Poor child, I can hear her bones getting crushed. Namu Amida Butsu" said a gigantic man, crying and praying at the same time.

"O-Oh! I'm sorry!"

"It's..." you attempted to regain the oxygen that had left your lungs "It's... It's fine"

Although you were past the danger of getting hugged to death, a deadly presence shook your bones. It came from a tree, in which a person was resting on a branch, glaring and possibly cursing you for being the one getting hugged by the love pillar.

A man full of scars and with terrifying open eyes crossed his arms, examining you. "Who the hell is that?"

Another hand pulled you, this time it was the characteristic chilling-warmth unique to your master. Your back pressed against his chest, he placed his chin on top of your head, surrounding his arms around your body, securing it.

Blankly staring at the pillars, he spoke in a dead voice.

"She's my tsuguko, [Y/N]"