PREY {Tomioka x Tanjiro}

Chapter 8 - True Love

((all I gotta say is: shifting 😫))

                                                                              Tomioka's P.O.V.
((first person))


I woke up. opening my eyes and rubbing the grogginess out of them. stretching first in the bed, then I stood up and fully stretched. yawned. and then I remembered. the events of last night. my face turned a beet red. "good morning, Tomioka!" a cheerful tanjiro said behind me. I turned around, to see him smiling at me differently than usual. I literally confessed to him last night. and he loves me back. well, then, what's stopping me from doing this? I thought, and gave him a small smile, telling him: "good morning, love." his face flushed, becoming the color of a rose. I admired it lovingly. "e-eh, well we should go out today, shouldn't we?" he stuttered. I nodded in agreement.

we quickly changed and left the fortress, under the shade of tanjiro's big black umbrella. I noticed he got stiffer when he went outside in the sun- he probably knew he was taking a huge risk, even having an umbrella. a strong breeze could swing it the wrong way and he'd be done for. because of this, I offered to hold it, aware that he may not trust me- but he gratefully gave it to me. I noticed he was sniffing. he was probably following the scent of zenitsu and inosuke. we walked for a long, long time. they must be on a mission, I thought.

finally, when my feet actually started to ache, I saw a town in the distance. we had passed through a few of those. many people had stared at me and tanjiro. I walked closer to him during those times, glaring at them. this town was an average size, houses, and shops alike. I was aware that not only was it risky going out in the sun for tanjiro, but for both me and him it was risky to go out because of the hashira. I'm sure at least two of them have been assigned to find us. I wonder if they think I'm dead.

I heard them before I saw them. "STOP IT, INOSUKE! I HAVE A BROKEN RIB AND YOU HAVE THREE- INCLUDING A FRACTURED LEG! WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT! GET SOME REST!" even to me, it was obvious that zenitsu cared for inosuke, just by hearing that sentence. "AAAAAAAH? YOU THINK IM TOO WEAK? ILL KILL SOME DEMONS AND SHOW YOU! IM STRONG! FIGHT MEEE!" "NOOOOOOO" and then we saw them, coming out of a building- zenitsu was clinging to inosuke's waist with only his haori and some white flimsy pants on, bandages wrapped around his ribcage. inosuke was, of course, bare-chested, but he had even more bandages than zenitsu wrapped around his ribs and he was limping, one of his legs straightened out stiffly by a sling that a doctor had probably put on him.

he was pulling zenitsu across the ground. I and tanjiro rushed to stop him. "TAN-JI-ROO-UUUUU" zenitsu cried, bursting out into tears, then started crying about how scary it was and he couldn't breathe, and the demon kept popping out of holes in the ground and walls, and it ate so many pretty girls, while I guided a huffing inosuke back inside. I suddenly looked up and saw a familiar mountain. mt. sagiri. where my mentor lives. I longingly gazed at it. I wonder if he's home?

tanjiro, inosuke, and zenitsu were inside the doctor's acre house, and tanjiro was fussing over their injuries. "really tanjiro, you're like a mom" zenitsu huffed. I was sitting on the step outside, still looking at the mountain. suddenly a familiar, comforting voice said, "so, where have you been? ubuyashiki has been fussing over your disappearance along with that demon." my head snapped to the right, and there stood sakonji urokodaki, quiet as always, my senses hadn't picked him up. "u-urokodaki-san-" "arent you the water hashira? are you neglecting your duties?" "no, urokodaki-san...I've been kidnapped." I could tell he was raising an eyebrow below his mask. "kidnapped?" a demon, with the strength even greater than that of muzan's closest minions."

"And you didn't fight back?" "I was gravely injured" I lied. my face was back in its good ole blank stare. "they put me in a place with no location, filled with extremely powerful demons way above my power, then kept me in a room and gave me enough food to stay healthy. I have no idea what they want with me, but they have some of those extremely powerful demons on the lookout currently, master. I'm not sure if even you can take them, urokodaki-san." I bluffed. he nodded. "try to come out here more often. by the time the rest of the hashira come, you'll probably be gone, but ill tell them to hang around here. make it seem like your harmless and growing weak, so they'll take you outside, and underestimate you." I nodded. he walked away, his steps making no noise, his presence invisible.

I let out a breath and slightly relaxed my muscles. I looked back inside. the trio was still occupied, thankfully. I went inside to warn tanjiro. the hashira is fast. I and tanjiro were gonna have to leave right now. "hey, tanjiro...your mom and sister, they uh, they told me to bring you back before sunset and here we are, since this is far away we should go now." tanjiro looked at him questioningly. Tomioka pleaded to him with his eyes. tanjiro said, "ok, Tomioka! bye zenitsu, inosuke!" he gave them gentle hugs as to not hurt them, as zenitsu cried and inosuke pouted, took up his black umbrella, and they went outside. the sun had indeed gotten low in the sky.

 "so, what's the reason Tomioka?" he prompted me. "my former master, former water hashira, found me. he sent a crow to the hashira." tanjiro nodded and they picked up the place. when they were finally out of town, tanjiro stiffened and started to lightly jog, looking nervous. "what is it?" I asked. "the hashira. all seven. there's another one as well, one that I recognize from natagumo mountain, I think she was chasing me or nezuko?" 

kanao tsuyuri I thought. then he froze, looking at me with a horrified expression. I looked at him, nervous. "tell me tanjiro, what is it?" "zenitsu and inosuke- they know our names. they know how we look like. the hashira will definitely ask them questions, they were talking with me when that man was talking to you. they'll tell them. they'll know." tanjiro then started to get sad, trembling, tears in his eyes. "but they're my friends! I don't want to lose them so soon..." he sniffled and tears ran down his cheeks. the sun was low enough that it wouldn't hurt tanjiro, so I took the umbrella, closed it, and carried tanjiro. we walked for a bit, him crying in my arms, then he opened the infinity fortress and I stepped in.

he stopped crying after I comforted him for a bit, and smiled at me. "it's fine, I have you Tomioka, and nezuko, and muzan and all of the upper moons, and rengoku-san too." Tomioka nodded and gave him a soft smile. "speaking of muzan, I should go speak to him!" tanjiro hopped up, giving me a wave, and left the room. I sighed and leaned my head back against the wall, closing my eyes.

                                                             Tanjiro's P.O.V.

I went to the big main room, where muzan was, nezuko walked in right after me, I had picked her up. muzans head turned to us and we both smiled widely, running and jumping onto him, hugging him tightly. "now now, you aren't little children are you now? come on now,-" "noooooooo!" we both whined and he smiled. "fine, fine" and we stayed like that, his arms around us and him just cuddling us back.

then kokushibo walked in. he kneeled and waited for permission to speak. I and nezuko unwrapped our arms from his neck and sat comfortably down on his lap instead. "speak. what brings you here?" muzan said. "master, the demon slayers are preparing for a huge battle. they are training the whole of the demon slayer corps, every one of the hashira. even the one that retired." "very well then, if it's a final battle they want, it's a final battle that they shall receive. withdraw the demons. make them starve, and when I say, release them and let them feast on the human population." kokushibo nodded and left. " a final battle? we'll finally be able to be free, mom?" nezuko asked, and muzan smiled warmly at her. yes, hun, that's right." he replied.

"Sorry to tell you my sweets, but I must go." we nodded and got off of him and when he got up, we both gave him a peck on the cheek, and he left. nezuko and I chatted as we left and finally parted ways. nezuko loved to sleep, even though demons didn't need to sleep. I found the room that I had left Tomioka in and found he was asleep. I woke him up. "wake up, tomioka~" I called to him, but he didn't wake up. how? I stared at his face. he's beautiful when he sleeps. I leaned in. I mean, we're lovers now, right? so... I can do this? I gave him soft kisses, pecking him all over his face. I giggled. "mm...?" he blearily opened his eyes. "tomioka~ you're awake!"

((ok so I know yall thirsty bastards have been thirsting for some smut))
((Peppa pig's deceased father and Jesus prevented me from doing that))
((if your too stupid to get that I meant inosuke and zenitsu))
((but now they pulled a ging))
((so next chapter I gotchu 😏))