The other hashira have been helping Yoriichi gain the confidence enough to confess his feelings, which who he has been infatuated with since him and Ying met. The two of you have been to be rather close in recent months, and Yoriichi has had a gut feeling that hopefully Ying reciprocated how he felt. All the signs were there, and it took quite a few hashira to convince him to finally make a move.

So the next night, Yoriichi finally made the journey to Ying's village. Holding a bundle of flowers he found on the way here behind his back, Yoriichi took a deep breath and knocked on the floor. When it opened, Yoriichi's cheeks slowly reddened slightly as he held the flowers out in front in him hesitantly. "These.. are for you.."