𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞

Chapter Sixteen:)

"My my, you have a lovely face, my dear. Your face painting was awfully done" the hostess spoke as she continued to wipe the painting off Y/n's face.

 Y/n's face had a shadow on it 'I'll kill him' Y/n thought to herself as a dark aura flowed around her, leaving the hostess uncomfortable.

 "Ah, your very stiff" the hostess chuckled as she poured sweat "now let's remove your face painting Sumiko," the hostess said as she scooted over to Tanjiro. 

Y/n looked over to the lady as she damped the cloth 'should I stop her!? Tanjiro looks nothing like a girl, she will notice Tanjiro is male' Y/n was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the hostess gasp "You have a large scar... On your forehead dear" the hostess said as she sat there smiling at Tanjiro irk marks began to appear on her face.

 "Excuse me" the hostess spoke as she left the room. Y/n looked over to Tanjiro as he let out a large gasp "I'm glad, she didn't notice" Tanjiro mumbled as a sweat gland went down his face. 

~The next morning~

Y/n and Tanjiro sat in one of the spare rooms folding laundry "Y/n-san" Tanjiro said as he looked at the girl in front of him, Y/n hummed in response continuing to fold the laundry. 

"You don't have to help me with the chores," Tanjiro said with a smile "No, it's fine I help Aoi with chores back at home all the time.

 Besides, I do not want to go back out there, they keep trying to touch me and do my make-up" Y/n said as she began mumbling to herself as an aura once again appeared around her, Tanjiro laughed in response. 

"Excuse me" Y/n and Tanjiro's attention were brought to the source of the voice "Sumiko-chan, could you carry some of that over, we don't seem to have enough helpers.

" A middle-aged woman spoke as she gestured to the large pile of gifts. Tanjiro jumped up immediately "I understand! Koinatsu-oiran's room, right? I will carry it over!" Tanjiro spoke out with a wide-eyed smile "Ill assist her" Y/n said as she walked over to the large pile of gifts.

 "You really work hard, Sumiko-chan. When we took off your makeup and discovered the scar on your forehead the hostess was boiling hotter than a raging fire" the middle-aged women spoke.

 "Yes! I will be glad to do the work!" Tanjiro spoke up smiling at the women. The two began to pick up the gifts, Tanjiro picking up four gifts with his left arm and five on his right, while Y/n picked up two gifts carrying them with both hands. 

'this idiot is going to get himself caught' Y/n thought to herself as she stared at the red-haired male as they made their way down the hall. 

Y/n heard slight mumbling coking from Koinatsu-oiran's room "I heard that the hostess of the 'kyougoku house' fell from a window and died, how frightening let's be careful" a young girl whispered, "there are a lot of ladies who 'lose their footing' and disappear it's scary" another girl spoke. 

Tanjiro made his way over to the girls "what do you mean 'lose their footing'?" Tanjiro asked the girls. "Whaa, Sumi-chan, you don't know?" one of the girls spoke "that's a lot of baggage!" the other girl spoke "they're all presents for Koinatsu-oiran," Tanjiro said smiling at the girls.

 "So, when we say 'lose your footing' it means running away from here without paying your debts, if they find you bad things will happen to you," one of the girls said looking up at Y/n and Tanjiro.

 'We should tell Tengen about this' Y/n thought to herself as she examined the girls. 

"Even a few days ago Suma-oiran.." the girl continued only to be cut off by the door opening 'that's Tengen's wife!' Y/n thought to herself as her mouth slightly gaped open.

 "Stop spreading these rumours," Koinatsu-oiran said as she stood in the doorway "okay!" the two girls responded. 

"Come, thank you for carrying these" Koinatsu-oiran said with a gentle smile "Yes!" Y/n and Tanjiro responded walking to the girl. 

Koinatsu-oiran pulled out some candy "here ill give you some candy, eat it alone in secret" Koinatsu-oiran said as she gave Y/n and Tanjiro a piece of candy. 

"Thank yo- "Y/n spoke up only to get cut off by the two little girls "Oiran, Oiran we want some candy too" the two girls pleaded "No, you just ate some awhile ago, right?" Koinatsu-oiran responded to the girls as they clung to her. 

"Uhm, did 'Suma' oiran really lose her footing," Y/n asked, a shocked expression appeared on Koinatsu-oiran's face "why are you asking me that?" Koinatsu-oiran asked as she stared at the girl. 

'Oh, what do I say now' Y/n thought to herself as a sweat gland appeared on her forehead.

 "Uhm" Tanjiro mumbled attracting the attention to him "Suma-oiran is our..." Tanjiro spoke as he began sweating and his facial expression drastically change "our... big sister," he said as he was biting the inside of his cheeks and his eyes began to roll back.

 Koinatsu-oiran and the two girls clinging on to her had a shocked expression on their faces as they stared at the boy 'nice one Tanjiro' Y/n thought to herself as she mentally fist-pumped into the air. 

"And you were sold here after your sister was?" Koinatsu-oiran asked "y-yes," Tanjiro said as he kept that disturbing facial expression, Y/n watched Tanjiro in distress deciding to take over "We were constantly exchanging letters She shouldn't be losing her footing" Y/n spoke up. 

A quiet exhale was heard from Tanjiro, Y/n slightly laughed at the boy "oh, is that so" Koinatsu-oiran said as she examined the Tanjiro.

 "I honestly never thought Suma-chan would lose her footing either, she was a very gutsy girl. She never acted conceited with the boys but, we found her dairy and she said she lost her footing. I haven't her of her getting caught, so it'd be nice if she managed to escape" Koinatsu-oiran said as she looked down to the floor.

 'ah 'losing your footing' is a good cover-up story for the demon, everyone would assume they just ran away' Y/n thought to herself as she scoffed 'the dairy was probably a false lead, I hope that she's safe' Tanjiro thought to himself as he looked down at the floor 'we'll save you no matter what... Suma-san' Y/n and Tanjiro thought to themselves as a determined expression plastered onto their faces.  

Later that night

Y/n and Tanjiro were walking around doing chores when Tanjiro suddenly came to a stop looking up at the night sky. "Tanjiro?"  Y/n spoke up as she made her way to him "Y/n-san... I smell an impurity, the night in this town smells very impure"

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