heart ~tanzen~ *modern AU*

dreams

tanjiro reads the message over and over again. there was a smell of sadness and sorrow as he read it. his date with kanao ended hours ago but he hadnt felt anything for her. there was nothing in common between them and tanjiro felt no connection. not like the one that he had with zenitsu anyways. he was sad that he couldnt meet up with zenitsu. afterall he wanted to tell zenitsu how he should work his relationship with kanao, since zenitsu always gave good advice. the truth was, he only went on this date so he wouldnt feel guiltly if he said no.but that was selfish, he was lying to himself and kanao. he didnt want kanao though, he wanted zenitsu

when they get back to school, its even worser tanjiro is being fangirled by kanao and her friends and zenitsu and his friends are avoiding him, everytime the blond walked past he could smell the peach and dandilion smell, that made him blush, but this time it was filled with sadness and anger. he didnt know what he had done, but it was clear that he had done something to cause this. he had to go and investigate himself, when he finally got away from the group of girls he caught up with zenitsu

ZENITSU POV

i walked past tanjiro who was being fangirled by kanao and her friends. i could hear tanjiros soothing heartbeat that could make anyone fall asleep but that didnt stop me from moving forwards without hesitation, one more day of avoiding him and it'll be the weekends. i heard a familiar voice shouting a nickname that only one individual called me.

"z-zen!"

my heart fluttered when i heard the 3 lettered nickname, which i haven't heard it in over a week, i finally snapped back and turned around

zenitsu: what do you want!

before i knew it, tanjiro had already pinned me to the wall. 

"ahh! what are you doing!"

i was flustered and i felt myself blushing scarlet red

"zen, tell me why youve been avoiding me! what did i do wrong?!"

i looked down and whispered: kanao, in our favourite place

tanjiro let go when he realised with shock at what i meant and i took that chance to escape, i caught up with inosuke who even though looks like a wild boar, realises immediately if you are upset or anything of the sort.

"zenitsu?"

he had for the first time said my name right. he usually called me monitsu.

i started explaining to inosuke, since he was the only one who didnt know what had happen between us, and i felt a twist of guilt as inosuke was the only one who listened like this, but i never planned on telling him, since i thought he wouldnt understand. inosuke may be aggressive but he had a kind heartbeat

that night i lay in my bed and drifted off to sleep within seconds

"TANJIROOOOOOOOO"

 i screamed as the familar burgundy haired boy rolled across the floor after he had muzan defeated. he picked his head up and lay it on his lap, unexpected tears splashed on tanjiros cheek like a waterfall.

"zenistu, hold on for me... dont die... for me... you gotta live on without me..."

he wiped my tears away and caressed my cheek 

he closed his eyes and his hand dropped. 

the heartbeat that i always longed to hear was gone. 

tanjiro was gone