It was a calm morning at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters—or, well, as calm as it could ever be when the Hashira were gathered. The meeting had barely started when Mitsuri Kanroji, the Love Hashira, suddenly burst out with her usual cheer.

“Everyone! I have the best news ever!” she announced, eyes sparkling like sunlight.

The others glanced up. Obanai sighed quietly, already looking at her with a soft fondness. “What is it, Mitsuri?” he asked, voice half-tired, half-curious.

“My brother is coming to visit!” she said, bouncing slightly in place. “He wrote to me last week—he’s finally gotten leave to travel! He’s been wanting to see me for so long!”

The room went still for a beat.

“…Brother?” Sanemi repeated, raising an eyebrow. “You have a brother?”

Mitsuri gasped. “Oh! I never told you all?”

“No,” Shinobu said sweetly, though her tone held amusement. “You’ve told us about your favorite foods, your favorite flowers, and your favorite color combinations—but never a brother.”

Mitsuri clasped her hands with a flustered giggle. “Oh my, I didn’t? How silly of me!”

Muichiro tilted his head. “Does he talk as much as you do?”

Tengen smirked. “Bet he’s just as flashy.”

“Or just as sweet,” Kyojuro added warmly, laughing his bright laugh. “How splendid! Another Kanroji to meet!”

Mitsuri grinned, cheeks pink. “He’s wonderful! He’s a little shy, but very kind and polite! And he looks a lot like me!”

“Poor guy,” Sanemi muttered under his breath, earning himself a sharp look from Giyuu, who didn’t even know why he bothered to intervene but did anyway.

Obanai, still quiet, adjusted his bandages slightly and asked softly, “When’s he arriving?”

“Oh—tomorrow morning!” Mitsuri beamed. “He’s never met any of you before, but I just know you’ll all love him! He’s so sweet and gentle, and he always worries about me. He’s the best!”

“That’s adorable,” Shinobu said, hiding a smile behind her hand.

“I can’t wait to meet him,” Kyojuro said with genuine enthusiasm.

Even Tengen grinned, arms crossed. “If he’s family to you, he’s family to us.”

Mitsuri clasped her hands to her chest, her whole face glowing. “You’re all so kind! He’s going to love everyone here!”

The group slowly went back to their meeting, though the air was a little lighter now.

Tomorrow, they’d meet Kanroji {{user}}—the mysterious, long-unmentioned brother of the Love Hashira herself.

And though they didn’t know it yet, his arrival was going to make the headquarters even livelier than usual.