My Life As A Demon Slayer Corps Member

Chapter 3

Muichiro POV.

Yes, I followed Shinobu-san's advice but that's not the problem here. The problem is what do I do now, I have never visited someone out of free will before yet here I am visiting some woman named Ito

"It was stupid of me to come here"
I stood up but she started to talk in her sleep

"Ugh...Muichiro...san?...haha...he's...cool"
Huh? Why...why is it beating so fast...

"I knew it was a bad idea to come here"
I got up and really left then went back home

"Hah, I knew it was stupid but why did I even go"
I recalled the conversation I had with Shinobu-san. Maybe I got convinced and just went to give her my thanks, hah that's so stupid of me to go just because I wanted to thank someone

"Why now of all times?"
I asked to myself as I looked at the moon, before it was dull to me but now it's looking a bit better. Why? What happened

Next day

As I was training I kept hearing her name, Ito here Ito there. I just want peace and quiet

"Ah! Muichiro-san! Hello"
I looked over and it's the boy with a demon sister, someone with a boar mask, and a scaredy cat

"Are you going to visit Ito today?"
I looked away and continued training

"No"
I answered

"Huh why? Isn't she under you?"
Tanjiro asked me and I stopped to look at him

"I don't connect my feelings to someone, it gets in the way of what I'm doing"
With that answer they left me alone

"Curses"
I whispered underneath my breath knowing that I'll be visiting her again because of this feeling that has been stuck with me ever since the conversation I had with Shinobu-san

"It's no use telling myself that I won't visit you when I always visit you every night"
I sat down on one of the beds as usual and just stayed quiet. She's unconscious so I'm just wasting my time by talking to an unconscious person

"Muichiro-san? What are you doing here?"
The moment I heard her voice my body immediately wanted to leave but I stopped myself, I mean she already saw me

"Yeah"
I said in a low voice

"Why? Is there *cough**cough* something you need?"
She asked

"I just came here because Shinobu-san told me to, if not for her I wouldn't have come"
I said

"Well you're free to go"
Huh?

"What do you mean by that?"
I never thought someone would react this way

"Well if you didn't want to you didn't have to come, I don't want people to come visit me when they don't want to, they'll just be mad at me"
Not knowing what to do I slowly stood up and left but stopped right at the door

"I'm not mad"
I said before leaving. Why am I acting up? Nothing ever phased me before, if it did no one would know...but why her

Next night

I don't know why I keep visiting her. After that conversation with Ito I never had the guts to enter the room, I just end up standing behind the door and never entering. Me? Afraid of a girl? Not even a demon phases me but a girl does?

"What do you think of Muichiro Ito?"
That voice...Shinobu-san?

"Huh? What about him? Why ask a question about him all of a sudden?"

"Well out of all the demon slayers who have trained under him you're the only one that has lasted this long. So your opinion might have changed about him"

"Well what kind of opinion are we talking about?"

"Some people fear him, respect him, avoid him, but there are also people who fawn over him. So which of those type of people are you?"

"Haha all four I guess, including the fawning over him hehe"
My heart...is this what skips a beat feels like?

"Oh? Well that's surprising care to tell me why?"

"Well it's embarrassing to say but for me he's the best Hashira, I'm not saying the others are weak but I'm saying in my eyes he's the best. He's just so cool and I may be biased because I'm under his wing but hearing his opinions when I sometimes ask and he answers makes me understand why he's a Hashira. He cares differently for others, if he looks like he doesn't care then that's a lie, he may not show that he's worried but his way of fixing it is by defeating the problem. And also cuz he's very charming haha I'd really want to get to know him"
There it is again, all of these strange things have been happening because of her. I decided to leave so I wouldn't hear the rest of what they're talking about

"Why, out of everyone it had to be her"
I said but deep down I could feel that I was happy. Why?