Quick Sand - Inosuke x Reader

Chapter Twelve

Inosuke and Y/N had laid there for a while, but unfortunately Sanemi had other places to go, and during this transition process Y/N was supposed to go with him pretty much everywhere.

"Alright, bye Ino I'll take to you later," they called over their shoulder as they started to head out of the door.

Right before she made it out, Inosuke ran towards them and wrapped his arms around their body trapping them in a giant bear hug. A smile crossed her face, some things never change. 

"You're so short Ino..."

"S-shut up."

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Sanemi watched the teenagers hugging and his brain went back to what Muichiro had said.

"Something seems off about them," the boy had whispered in a dreamy voice.

That had gotten Sanemi thinking. Something about Y/N really did seem off. Most of the other Hashira had simply brushed off what he had said, but he couldn't shake the feeling that Muichiro might be right in one way or another.

But now was not the time to think about that, Y/N had to go visit Zentisu. Everyone pretty much knew about those two, they shared a last name and everything so it all pieced together. So missions and stuff wouldn't exactly go smoothly until they got everything sorted out.

"Y/N, we really gotta hurry up" Sanemi growled.

"Mk."

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The pair stopped outside of the butterfly mansion as all kinds of noises flooded out of the windows and doors. 

"Why couldn't Ino have come, isn't he staying here?" Y/N groaned in annoyance.

"Because he can't just stop working just because you showed up dumbass. Neither can Zenitsu so you better hurry up with whatever the hell this is going to be."

The former shrugged before waving goodbye to the scarred man and walking into the building. A small girl wearing the demon slayer uniform motioned for her to enter the one of the rooms towards the back of the mansion. 

As Y/N walked past, Kanao gave her an odd look as if she didn't know what to think of the person that was now multiple feet away. There was no doubt that Y/N had an unusual appearance, but the smaller should've been used to that considering the other Hashira's even more unusual appearances.  

Y/N slid back a pocket door, before witnessing a sight she wished she could've forgotten. Zenitsu was chasing the girl with the bamboo mouth bit from before. The poor girl tried to flee as best as she could but the blonde wouldn't let her get away.

"Nezukooo-channnn," he murmured happily as he cornered her.

"Zenitsu leave the poor girl alone."

Zenitsu whirled around to face Y/N smirking in the corner. They motioned towards the open door which Nezuko gratefully ran towards.

"I didn't know you were now in the habit of chasing around little girls."

The blonde said nothing, his face looking down at the ground as Y/N walked closer to him. His expression darkened, and right as they got close enough Zenitsu punched her right in the face with tears in his golden eyes.

They took a few steps backwards, her mask falling off due to the impact. A little bit of blood trickling down her face. However, they were unfazed for the most part, but Zenitsu kind of expected that.

She walked closer again and Zenitsu shrinked back in fear, but Y/N bent down to his level and looked him straight in the eyes.

"I'm not mad at you for that. I understand why you did that. And I'm so sorry for what happened back then. There's nothing I can say that will justify that, and I will do whatever I can do in my power to make it up to you. I know that there's no way to replace a life that has been taken, but if there is honestly and truly any way that I can make that pain go away, please tell me. The pain of losing someone close to you is the worst kind of pain," they said softly into his ear.

A few more weak punches met her chest, before Zenitsu wrapped his arms around their body and collapsed, landing in her lap.

"I-I th-hought y-you wer-re d-dead," he cried through his tears.

Y/N's eyes widened in surprise. This had not been what they were expecting. Maybe a punch to the face or two, but certainly not this. And she sure as hell was not exactly sure what to do in this situation, so they just rocked him back and forth trying to coax him out of his sobbing.

At last, the cries stopped and Zenitsu looked at them sheepishly.

"Heh, I guess I'm not much of a big brother..."

Y/N smiled and shook her head.

"But you've got one hell of a punch."

Zenitsu started laughing and soon his sibling joined in. The mood shifted a little bit and Y/N decided it was time to break the news, or at least see if he knew everything.

"Have you heard what happened to dad?"

"Yeah..."

"What do you think we should do about it."

"I think we should kick Muzan's ass."

Y/N scoffed, "You're just gonna be crying in the backround."

"Be quiet Y/N, Nezuko-chan will protect me!"

~To be Continued~