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Chapter 6

Word count: 1084
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"I was out for that long?!" Tanjiro looked at Zenitsu who was stuffing his face with delicious food. "Yeah, Y/n said she was going to visit to see if you and Nezko were recovering well." Zenitsu was about to continue but inosuke burst through the door holding two plates of cute small-shaped samples. "Wait! Sir, I said one sample per customer!" The lady screamed at Inosuke from downstairs except the door was already closed. "Damnit! I told you not to steal samples! What if they kick us out of here!" Zenitsu placed down his plate walking to Inosuke reaching for the samples. "You can't have any! They're all for me! Who even shares their food?!" Inosuke dodged him, eating a sample underneath his mask. "Inosuke, you should return them since the people helped us out yesterday and today." Tanjiro sighed standing up and walked over to the two of them tasting the sample before Insouke could dodge him. "This tastes delicious!"

"Hey! My food!" Inosuke grumbled walking to the table, placing down the plate. Tanjiro's crow tapped on the glass of the window until it was let inside. "You are all to investigate the source of the recent explosions of light." The crow flew and grabbed a sample from the plate before it got attacked by Insouke. "Give that back you damned bird!" Inosuke chased it around the room bumping into various objects. "Don't kill the crow!" Tanjiro chased after Inosuke but knocked over Zenitsus' bowl, still half full. "No!!!" Zenitsu collapsed to the floor and gripped his sword mumbling, "Thunder Breathing first form." In the uproaring chaos, there was a gentle knock on the door as it opened. "Excuse me but the neighbors- AhHH!" The elderly woman sees Insouke rush past her chasing a crow being followed by Tanjiro trying to stop him, and Zenitsu seeking vengeance for having his food knocked over.

The elderly woman stood there speechless while Nezko, who crawled out of her box hugged the woman. "O-oh hello there sweetheart!" The elderly woman simply hugged her back hearing a commotion downstairs. "Um...excuse me for a moment honey." The elderly woman left Nezko to slowly walk downstairs, not in the mood to be bothered with this. Tanjiro was on his back holding Inosuke by the foot while Zenitsu had his foot on his thigh. The elderly woman glared at all three of them. Tanjiro and Zenitsu hurried and bowed apologetically, but Zentisu forced Inosuke to bow since he was more focused on finding the crow.

They received a short lecture getting stuck with helping out the staff that worked there for a couple of days. After the lecture, the three men started to go to Drench forest where the beam of light occurred. "They probably saw that bright beam from last night and there was a small quake that night too." Zenitsu was dragging Insouke behind him from stealing more samples while talking with Tanjiro. "There was one last night? I don't remember seeing it. Y/n and I were preoccupied at the moment." Tanjiro rubbed his shoulder from the slight soreness, "I was unconscious so maybe that's why I didn't see it." He nervously chuckled not recollecting too much that happened except waking up in a bed bandaged up. "Lucky! I wish I was carried in someone's arms!" Zenitsu got yanked back by Inosuke suddenly. "That's boring...I'd rather headbutt them!" Inosuke commented pulling out his swords and aiming to slice a lantern down as a souvenir.

"You idiot, don't cut down the lanterns!". Zenitsu grabbed his wrists, prohibiting Inosuke from getting them into more trouble today. "Zenitsu, do you think we could check on y/n before investigating?" Tanjiro never got to properly thank her for helping him yesterday. Let's be honest, she made quite the impression on him and Tanjiro wanted to see his new friend. "Hmmm, I don't know if she still lives in the same complex. We could ask someone," Zenitsu suggested being pulled around by insouke. Tanjiro asked a walking pedestrian if they knew where Mrs. Saphen's complex was. The pedestrian politely informed him where the complex was and Tanjiro decided to visit y/n, while the other men headed to where the beam of light was last seen. Y/n had successfully packed most of her items out of Mrs. Saphen's complex to a home of her own near a large town. She took the last of her belongings with her.

One must be thinking y/n is moving out because she is still upset at her caregiver, but she had been planning on moving 5 months back in winter. This just so happens to be convenient for the intensity of the recent occurrences. Y/n remembered she still needed a new sword since her other one melted during battle. "Hey, y/n!" I heard someone call out to me, while I was inside the office placing my room key on the key hook. I turned around surprised to see Tanjiro waving at me in front of the reception desk with a sunshine smile. "Hey! I was going to visit you today after I finished packing the last of my things. You were unconscious the entire walk back to the village." I returned his smile as I walked toward the doorway resting my forearm on one side, having my free hand on my hip. Tanjiro chuckled nervously leaning over on the desk, "Are you going on a trip somewhere or a new mission?"

"Well yes and no...I have to get a new sword since mine melted during battle. Then I'm going to relocate to my new home." I walked toward the reception desk taking a seat in the chair and held my head suddenly from a shocking pain. "Are you okay?" Tanjiro came around the desk kneeling next to me. "I had another situation earlier with someone and found out some hard-to-swallow truths that's all." I clenched my fist subconsciously and rubbed my neck. Tanjiro instantly thought of all the worst-case scenarios if y/n got hurt again. He wasn't in top shape but his safety wasn't his top priority. "Do you think I could come with you?" Tanjiro gently glazed my balled-up fist to reassure me.

"I could use some company."