Tanjiro's Diary

Curiousity

𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳; 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴𝘶 𝘯𝘰 𝘠𝘢𝘪𝘣𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘦/𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢. 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘝𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘹.

-𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴.

Zenitsu POV

Zenitsu was stressed. They hadn't organized a place to meet, or even a specific time! It was overwhelming how ignorant they were when saying goodbye. Suspiciously enough, though, he hadn't taken anything. Just a very small sack tied to his belt, which looked as though nothing was in it.

I will be the first to admit, I am curious what's in the drawer. Well, I know what's in the drawer, but what's in the diary?

Zenitsu sneakily crept up the stairs, through the narrow hallway, and into Tanjiro's room. Once there, Zenitsu tugged on the handle of the drawer. No use. Pulling harder, the only result was a high-pitched creaking. To which Zenitsu responded by covering his ears, pressing his palms firmly to his ears, wincing.

"Zenitsu?" He yelped and turned around like a tornado, "Oh, uh, hi Kanao..." Zenitsu eyed her suspiciously, "What are you doing here...?" He asked, not even trying to hide his suspicious tone. "You first..." Kanao responded, also eyeing him suspiciously. "I was..." Zenitsu gulped loudly, "I was trying to open the drawer, okay!?" Kanao stuck her head out the door, making sure nobody had heard his and, or maybe making sure nobody was going to hear her answer, either.

"That's why I'm in here, too..." She admitted, ashamed. "That's great!" Zenitsu answered, "That way we have two brains, four hands, and an endless amount of ideas!" "Couldn't we have had an endless amount of ideas either way...?" "Kanao, any ideas?" Kanao paused, "We could try..." Kanao stopped and pondered a moment, answering, "Have you tried simply picking the lock?" Zenitsu stared blankly at her, "I'm such an idiot..."

Kanao POV

It's been almost two whole hours. Two hours of non-stop thinking of ideas, trying them, realizing they don't work, and then restarting the entire process. Burning, cutting, lock picks, nothing worked! This single cabinet was basically just a walking giant brick. Kanao suddenly had an obvious idea, a simple, extremely obvious idea. "What if we just..." Kanao paused, "What?" Zenitsu urged her on.

"What if we just threw it out the window...?" Kanao said, curious as to why they didn't think of it before. "We could try..." Zenitsu replied, skeptical. Kanao on the right, Zenitsu on the left, they hoisted the cabinet up. "T-This is d-damn heavy!" Zenitsu said, trembling under the weight. Even Kanao, who went through heavy training was struggling. Obviously not as much as Zenitsu, but when Kanao struggles, you know it's heavy.

"One..." Kanao started, "On three?!" Zenitsu asked, "Two..." "ARE WE GOING ON THREE?!" Zenitsu screeched, "Three!" They both hurled it out the window. Which, fortunately, was opened. It soared out the window, landing on the ground with a very pronounced thump.

Kanao stuck her head out the window, "It broke!" Kanao said, excitedly. As the two had a mini cheering session, they realized that they need to find and clean it up before Aoi. "Quick let's-" Zenitsu wasn't able to finish as Kanao leaped out the window, athletically landing in a kneeling position on the ground. Zenitsu stared, "I think I'll just use the stairs..."

Zenitsu POV

Oh I can't wait! What could be inside? Oh I'm so curious I think I'll explode out of curiosity! Kanao and Zenitsu shared a glance, and opened the half broken drawer. "It's a...!" Zenitsu stopped, "It's a...? What is that?" Zenitsu stared, then realized. "Is that a...?" Kanao stared at him, "You're stalling." She said, "Neither of us have any idea what it is." Inside the drawer were two very small objects, with an interestingly charming design. Little did these two know, inside this box was Tanjiro's most prized possession...

The Hanafuda Earrings.