KNY | The Boat Of Humanity (Tanjirou x Muichiro)

Chapter 15 - Regenerativam Aqua Infernum Vermis

Zenitsu’s POV

Me and Rui walked down the hall, we both had knives in hand. We were supposed to be on the lookout for slime on the floor. Even though Giyuu said this was a serious thing I couldn’t help but think about just how much I disliked Rui. He was the one person on this boat that I just couldn’t stand, he hadn’t done anything to me directly. But he was into Nezuko, and that automatically made us enemies. 

Tanjirou even gave him permission to court her! That traitor, I would’ve asked but Rui beat me to it. Also who asks!?

And it’s not like I was only into her for her looks, she was really kind and sweet, also she’s really pretty. It’s obvious she cares very much about Tanjirou which makes her committed and she can cook really well. I’ve tried some of what she’s made and it tastes like she put a lot of love into it. 

I’m going for a gentle and caring approach to get her to fall in love with me, Rui however was a lot more laid back. So I believe he thinks he likes her but doesn’t really, I ACTUALLY have a crush on her. 

“So, what do you think of this whole monster thing?” he asked, making small talk as we walked the halls of the ship. 

“I’ll believe it when I see it, I’ll play ball until they all realize they’ve gone crazy” I mumbled. 

“So you really think this is all fake?” he asked. 

“Yes” I mumbled. 

“The slime all over Tanjirou’s back isn’t fake though” he said with smugness in his tone.

“He would have slipped on old slimy water for all you know” I grumbled. I did not want to talk to him, he was obnoxious and annoying. 

As we walked the tension between us just got worse, I think he knew that I liked Nezuko, and he knew that I knew that he liked her too.

“You’ve got no chance, you’re a pussy” he said suddenly. 

“What are you talking about?” I asked sharply. 

“You know exactly what I’m talking about” he snapped, “I know you know, you know I know. We both know the other knows” 

“I’m not a pussy, and you’re wrong” I snapped back. 

He raised a brow, he was about to spew another insult when we heard some rustling in a storage closet down the hall. 

We both looked over to see the door of the storage room open, but the door was facing us so we couldn’t see anything from across the hall. I hummed and went forward, I subconsciously gripped the knife in my hand as we both went to the closet.

“If you’re not a pussy then you’ll go first” he whispered to me with a certain smugness that really pissed me off. 

“Fine, I’ll go” I mumbled back.

I was not about to let him call me a pussy, I was going to go first and stick it to him. He stayed back a few feet from the open closet door while I went forward. I grabbed the edge of the closet door, then peeked over the side of it to look into the closet. 

When I saw the slimy slug thing on the ground I instantly believed everything that Muichiro had said. And then I screamed as loud as I could. 

Inosuke’s POV

I was stuck with the tight ass Binio or whatever the hell his name was. He was an annoying priss. We were supposed to explore the front of the hull, there was another group at the back  so I wasn’t entirely worried about running into this monster.