Hashibira Inosuke.
All this time he only cared for himself, and his two idiotic friends: Tanjiro and Zenitsu.
But when 5 years past by, Inosuke slowly started to learn something new.
That something is in Kanzaki Aoi, getting to know her made Inosu...
It was all like a dream. Living with no more demons, humanity become more peaceful thanks to the Hashira and the other fellow demon slayer members. Life was so great yet miserable at the same time, now without demons, everyone had their own different prospect of living.
Like those three idiots: Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke.
The three comrades had changed their job as a demon slayer, and they have to find another way to make some money for their needs. Although slaying demons are their thing to begin with, but they have to move on and explore new things.
"Taaannjiroooo!!!" yelled the yellow haired guy, Zenitsu.
"What is it Zenitsu?" asked Tanjiro and caught his friend clinging into his uniform as always.
"What is Nezuko-chan's favorite dessert?"
"Hmm." Tanjiro thoughts for a while, "In our family we don't often eat dessert, I think she likes everything sweets like chocolate?"
"Chocolate huh..." Zenitsu sniffles, and thinking how can he get the biggest chocolate for his soon beloved wife.
"Why don't you give one of your gramp's ashes? You said it could be eaten." Stated Inosuke out of nowhere while munching a watermelon in his mouth.
"YOU DUMBASS! I NEVER SAID THAT!!!" scold Zenitsu mad and ran off back to main town to find some sweet souvenir for Nezuko.
"Huh? I ate that once tho, and it taste like shit." Inosuke stated bluntly.
"Inosuke..." mutters Tanjiro in defeat because of this one friend.
Inosuke just continue eating his watermelon happily and Tanjiro drag him to the nearest wooden bench to wait for Zenitsu. "Hey, aren't you going to share?"
"Oh yeah, here." Inosuke gave Tanjiro the last bite of watermelon and the old Tanjiro accept it with a sincere smile.
"So, have you found the job that suits you, Inosuke?" ask Tanjiro while eating the watermelon.
"Kah! I'll just do hunting for the villagers, I used to do that before I become a demon slayer anyways." Answer the boar, "How about you Monjiro?"
"I decided to ran a dojo swordsmanship, Zenitsu said he wanted to do that too but he still thinking of to find a student for the continuation of the Thunder Breathing." Explained Tanjiro.
Inosuke nods in response and stretch out his arms, "I kind a one want to do that too."
"Well sure Inosuke! We can run the dojo together, three of us!" answer Tanjiro.
"But still, hunting demons is one of my favorite thing to do."
Inosuke words made Tanjiro silent, he smiles sheepishly. "But there are horrible memories too because of that, Inosuke. There are sacrifices to the edge of death. You know the Demon Slayer Corps and Hashira, if it weren't because of them, humans will still be in danger."
Inosuke just sigh heavily, to be honest he really misses slaying those evil creatures but now it was gone and he cannot help but to be back like the old boar who explore the mountains and forests. Tanjiro stood up, "Oh, I should get some souvenirs too for Kanao, since Zenitsu would already prepared a pile for Nezuko."
"Souvenirs? What's that?"
"It's like a gift, for someone and you can keep it as a memento or something else." Explained Tanjiro.
"And why Kanao?"
Tanjiro suddenly blushes, "Uh... Well it's because I just wanted to give it to her."
"Do I need to do that too?" asked Inosuke innocent.
"Do what?"
"Buy souvenirs for Kanao."
"Yeah sure you can do that, but wait, what are you planning to give her?" asked Tanjiro suspicious.
"This." Said Inosuke as he held a dead eagle in his hand.
Tanjiro put a tired face, "I-I don't think Kanao would like that."
"The heck Gopanchiro?! I just hunt the greatest eagle in the forest, it'll be tasty for dinner anyway!" yelled Inosuke.
Tanjiro laugh nervously, "Inosuke, eagles are great but I think you can buy something else that is better. Besides, that eagle was supposed to be given for your customers right?"
"Yeah it was but it was cancelled because he wanted it alive, and I accidently killed it."
"So about the souvenirs, probably Kanao like something that she would use. Like a hairpin or maybe a kimono set outfit." Said Tanjiro.
"I don't have much money to buy that! I'm out of that souvenirs thing then!" answer Inosuke as he stomped off leaving Tanjiro. After all, Tanjiro has his money savings to buy those things, and Inosuke? He spent it all with food, food, and food!
Inosuke grumps and he bumped himself into a big tree, "OUCH! DAMN YOU BIG TREE! ARE YOU PICKING UP ON A FIGHT?!"
Then something fell onto his head, Inosuke reach his hand and grabbed whatever it is. The thing was soft like his boar fur, but it feels so small in his grip. When he was about to see, Inosuke's eyes widen that it was a tiny squirrel with a mouthful of acorns in the both side of its cheeks.
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"S-So cute..." mutters Inosuke as he patted the squirrel. The small creature happily let Inosuke touch its fur and the squirrel went up back to his head.
"AHA! PERFECT FOR A SOUVERNIR! I BET HAIRPIN OR KIMONO WILL BEATEN BY THIS SQUIRREL!!!"
