"Gyomei!" A young girl was running after the taller male.
"Y/n, is that you?" The boy, Gyomei asked.
Y/n was catching her breathe since she'd just ran to the current location.
"Yes it's me! I brought you these fruits I got earlier! They're really tasty!" Y/n reassured while placing an orange in the boys hand.
He was currently sitting down on his family's porch, listening to other kids play since he couldn't play himself.
He felt the orange, trying to find the top. He cupped it in his giant hands.
Y/n could only eagerly wait beside him.
"Thank you, Y/n. You're to kind." He thanked before slowly peeling the orange.
"You're to sweet, Gyomei! I'll bring you more oranges tomorrow if you'd like!" She cooed whil throwing her arms around his neck.
Gyomei laughed as he hugged the girl back.
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Y/n soon had to head back home. She didn't live extremely far away but she'd have to leave now if she wanted to make it back before the sun set.
"Goodbye, Y/n." Gyomei turned his head to the girls directon.
"Goodbye Gyomei! I'll be back tomorrow with a bunch of more fruit." Y/n then wrapped her arms around his neck, embracing him with a tight hug.
Soon she let go and began running back. He watched as the sound of her footsteps soon became crickets and young children giggling.
He stood up and headed inside himself, being careful of course.
The next day and sat down in the exact same spot and waited for his best friend, Y/n.
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He waited and waited for her to show up, but she never came back after that day. It was like she had disappeared from existence.
Gyomei would patiently wait. He would wait until it got dark, then would wake up the next morning just to do it again.
Over that time he had learned to sense his surroundings. Being able to move freely without having to have someone guide him.
Eventually he started to listen to the other civilizations conversations. One day, one of them brought up an interesting topic.
"Hey you remember Y/n L/n?"
"Of course I remember her! She was always the talkative and annoying one."
"Well yes but I heard no one has seen her because her family was eaten by demons!"
"Hm? I doubt that. They probably just moved. The demon slayers protect us remember?"
Once Gyomei heard this his heart sank. He's obviously heard of demons, man eating demons. The only friend he's had could've been eaten. Although they probably just moved, he wanted to find her again.
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"Good morning, Himejima-San!" Tanjiro greeted. He was training with the stone pillar to become stronger.
"Good morning." He greeted while turning around to face the boy.
"I heard there was another demon slayer coming here! She's much stronger than me though." He said while rubbing the back of his neck.
Gyomei quietly listened to the boys words, occasionally talking himself. It felt nice to have an actual conversation with someone, someone who wasn't the other hashira.
But soon enough that ended. Tanjiro had to go back to the butterfly estate to deal with Inosuke and Zenitsu.
Gyomei was about to continue his little walk but was soon interrupted.
"Hello!" A distant female voice echoed as the girl approached the giant. Gyomei turned back around to face the girl.
"Hello." Gyomei greeted, turning his head down to the girl.
"You are extremely tall.. Anyways I'm Y/n l/n!" Y/n reintroduced.
Y/n? His childhood Bestfriend y/n?
Something about you seems very familiar.." Y/n said staring deeply into the mans eyes.
"Gyomei... Himejima." Gyomei said with his baritone voice.
He could sense the girls shocked reaction. Her arms soon fell to her side as her eyes softened.
Gyomei felt his own tears roll down his cheek as he bent down to the girls height. Some enough she had her arms wrapped around his neck, sobbing into his shoulder.
He stood back up and wrapped his arms around the girls smaller figure. Soon the hug ended as y/n's feet hit the ground.
She searched through her pocket to pull out an orange.
"I brought an orange, I bought it before I came here!" Her voice cracked occasionally from crying.
