𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 || 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

The Scent of Sadness

"(Y/n)?" Aoi poked you as you sat on the floor with the old scroll in your hand. 

"(Y/n)?!" Aoi shouted, picking up your ear, as you jerked your head back with a mini gasp. 

"Hm?" You say swatting her hand away as the three boys walked back into the room. 

"I look forward to training with you all!!!" Zenitsu says, twirling into the room with an immense smile on his face. 

"Sorry about your blade, I didn't know yours broke so easily," Aoi dips with her down as you pick up the blade and its separated handle.  

"It's fine, it's not your fault, it's the smith's fault... Plus, this handle has been in my family for generations, it's pretty old... I just have to get Hotaru to fix it if he won't be such a pain in my ass," You say as you set the broken sword in Aoi's care. 

"Doesn't even seem like the handle is broken, it just separated, like it was two pieces not meant for each other," Aoi says as you tucked the scroll away. 

"Hehehe ahahahah, keep going, this is fine," Zenitsu laughs joyfully as the three girls stretch him intensely. 

"What's with the mood change?" You question yourself as Aoi stomps in from putting your sword back into a separate room. 

"Hmph, I don't know, but I don't like it," Aoi replies with her arm crossed as Zenitsu perches at the table of water. 

"Fine, I shall take you on, Naho, count us in," Aoi says as she sits at the table with him. 

"Ready?" Naho walks over as they both place their hands in their laps. 

"And go!!" Naho shouts as Aoi placed her hand on a cup, Zenitsu blocked her and picked up a cut with his right hand. 

"I shall never throw water in a girl's face," Zenitsu says with a sneer as Aoi scrunches up her face with an eyebrow twitch. 

"Ahem, you will now commence the full-body training!" Naho announces as Zenitsu shifts around the room in one motion as you sat by Tanjiro with a straight face on. 

"I win!!!!" Zenitsu says, jumping and wrapping his arms around Aoi. 

*SMACK* 

"I-I may have...Won the battle, but I still lost the war," Zenitsu says as he stumbles around the room with a welt on his face. 

"Hey," Tanjiro said sitting down next to you as Inosuke jumped up. 

"I wanna win too!!!" Inosuke says with his arms raised as you looked at Tanjiro. 

*SPLASH* 

"You said Hotaru was your smith as well? I guess we have the same smith, kinda cool..." Tanjiro said as Inosuke splashed water in Aoi's face. 

"Aw, man, now I'm the only one with a losing streak...That's...Embarrassing," Tanjiro says with his head tilted to the side as you blink. 

'I mean, isn't that the point of growth? You can't grow if you keep winning...' 

*SPLASH* 

"Not only that but no matter what, I can't beat Kanao, none of us can even touch a cup before she already has one and dumps it on us...We can't even block her..."Tanjiro says as Aoi walks over to you. 

"(Y/n), it's your turn for the full-body training, I'm tired, please!!!" Aoi falls to her knees as Sumi hands you a bamboo stick. 

"But I-," You say as Sumi and Naho pick you up and drag you to the training area.