Nezumi To Inoshishi (ねずミ と いのしし) || InoNezu

12- The love pillar's advice and guidance!!

Mitsuri smiled brightly as they were led to Shinobu. Obanai stared dazedly at Mitsuri while walking. He loves Mitsuri but deems himself unworthy of her. So he keeps it to himself and won't confess eventhough it was obvious to, pretty much, everyone. Even to the food-loving strong woman.

"Hey Iguro-san, earlier with Kamado-kun and the others..." Obanai snapped out of his trance and looked at the girl before him. "They were crushing on each other!" She smiled brightly with a blush dusting over her cheeks. Obanai squinted his mismatched eyes to get a better look of his crush's face.

He stared at Mitsuri for a few seconds before nodding and they continued their walk leading to Shinobu's clinic. He couldn't see much and didn't look around since his right eye was useless. Even with the ability to see, it was blurred to the point of not seeing anything.

As they arrived to the clinic, a voice broke him out of his thoughts. "My, my. Look who we have here! To what do I owe this pleasure, Mitsuri-chan?" Shinobu smiled gently. She briefly examined the girl in front and caught sight of Obanai beside her. "And I see you came here with Iguro-san!"

"Yes, Shinobu-chan! Iguro-san has been going to places with me!" Mitsuri replied with a blush. Shinobu's eyebrow raised and her eyes glinted with mischief. "Oh? And which places did you two go? How far did you two take it?" Shinobu teased and sent Obanai to a coughing fit, but innocent Mitsuri didn't get it.

"Iguro-san! Are you alright?!" Mitsuri worriedly asked. 'It's not normal if someone is suddenly coughing nonstop, right?' Mitsuri panicked and turned to Shinobu for help. "S-Sh- Shinobu-chan! He's coughing nonstop! W-w-what should we do?!?!"

Shinobu smiled at the amusing pair in front of her. "How about you give him a kiss?" Hearing this, Obanai, who had started to calm down, coughed again. "HOW CAN A KISS HELP HIM!?" Mitsuri shouted in panic.

Shinobu chuckled and calmly smiled at Mitsuri. "Let him calm down and he'll catch his breath sooner than later." Mitsuri calmed down from her panic and blushed at the realization.

"I'm so sorry, Shinobu-chan! I caused you a lot of trouble by visiting you!"

"Don't worry. It's alright."

"B-but!"

"It's alright."

"Ok."

After a few seconds of silence, Obanai's coughing ceased. Shinobu clapped once and smiled at the pair in which Obanai glared at. "Let's have lunch while you both are here!"

"Oh! Thank you for the offer, Shinobu-chan! I am quite hungry right now!" Mitsuri agreed happily. "Mitsuri-" Obanai called out but got cut off by Shinobu's answer to Mitsuri. "You're very much welcome!"

As Shinobu led them to the dining room, Mitsuri noticed that Obanai was mumbling under his breath and glaring daggers at Shinobu's back. Mitsuri smiled. 'They are such good friends!' Mitsuri thought and she skipped all the way dining room.

....

"INOSUKE!! STOP TAKING MY FOOD!!" Zenitsu shrieked while guarding his fish from Inosuke. "THAT'S MINE, KENITSU!" Inosuke shouted and tried to remove Zenitsu's arms that shielded the fish from Inosuke's reach. Tanjirou couldn't sit by anymore and had to intervene. Inosuke took this as a signal and snatched Zenitsu's fish away.

"Calm down you two! Here Zenitsu, you can have mine." Tanjirou offered his fish to Zenitsu because Inosuke had already taken away his fish. "What are you gonna eat then?!" Zenitsu accepted the fish and asked. "Oh! I'll just have some miso soup!" Tanjirou answered with a smile. "O-oh. Ok." Zenitsu smiled gratefully and ate the fish happily.