Assuming she wasn't going to be chosen for her services in the brothel, Kohaku settled with putting her interests not on the swordless man or the samurai in front of the brothel but on a bird who chose to perch in one of the crevices of the gilded cage. She admired the bird at how free it was able to express herself and that its cares were not on its appearance or the world around itself, values that Kohaku herself adopted for herself. She was so into the bird that she hardly even noticed Gentatsu, the man dressed without a sword, standing in front of her. She did not jump if startled like one of the other girls, but she did show her surprised by raising her eyebrows. The man gave her a sweeping look up and down her presence, causing her to give the man a sweeping look and finish as their eyes met once again. Kohaku was indeed surprised but she was also puzzled at why this man would start from the left rather than the right. There was no evidence of her blushing, and her cheeks stayed as white as porcelain, even when he mentioned her to be a rare flower.<br/><br/>Gentatsu was then escorted towards the lady of the house. Kohaku was left watching the man as he walked toward Kaera, still wondering why he had chosen to inspect her first. She then looked over at Kaera, to see if the usual jealousy was written on her face after seeing the inspection.<br/><br/>Indeed as expected, Gentatsu had chosen to take the services of Kaera rather than any of the other women. It did not offend Kohaku at all and she had already assumed that with her lacking popularity in the brothel and the town that she wasn't going to get anybody to bed with her for the day. She knew that this man had his reasons. Being miserable for not being chosen wasn't an option for Kohaku, for she learned that being miserable for any reason was just worthless. But what surprised her was that this Gentatsu had bought the whole brothel for the rest of the day, the particular reason for doing it was unknown to her. What it would provide for her was more time for herself.<br/><br/>For a moment as all the other girls were filing back into the brothel, Kohaku had froze on the spot as Gentatsu was leaving for Kaera's side. Her eyes stole a secreted smile that was sent towards her by the man as he passed by. She was left near the door speechless and motionless for about a minute. The small gesture had caught her by surprise and she was left questioning why he had done it when he has already chosen Kaera to tend to his needs.<br/><br/>With nobody waiting for her services, she quickly went to her room across the courtyard and picked up her shamisen. Kohaku sat on the porch, beginning to pluck each string, letting the sound of the instrument fill the courtyard. She had done this for company, but she waited for those that were not human. Around the time when the sun was at its highest in the sky, a brown puppy came scurrying in the little holes that he had dug following the tunes of the shamisen. It would always go straight to Kohaku, who would feed it its lunch in exchange for a bit of company. When humans would estrange her from themselves, other creatures would come to her aid, which further made the townsfolk avoid her for her behavior. She hoped it wouldn't be a disturbance to that Gentatsu man.