A Nightmarish Change || Demon Slayers x Little Nightmares reader/oc

Chapter 2: Good Things Don't Last Long

Amira had lived with the Kamados for around 3 months or so.

As time passed, they learned how to communicate with the odd girl and quickly accepted her into the family.

At first, it was a bit awkward, especially trying to talk to her or stop her from doing the chores in her weakened state. However, they quickly learned that she was quite strong for someone with twig-like arms.

Another thing was how she woke up so early just to clean the house and try to cook something, which she failed at since their kitchen wasn't as large or well-equipped as the one at the Maw.

Imagine their surprise when they saw her hanging from the roof as she brushed away any spider webs she spotted.
She had been immediately brought in and put to bed with one of them beside her to keep her from leaving the room so she could properly rest.

One of the best days was when she was trying to say their names, but because of how bad her throat was she had taken to calling them with nicknames like Tan or Ta for Tanjiro, Shi for Shigeru, Ha for Hanako, Ne for Nezuko and Rou for Rokuta. It was easy to call Kie by her name, thankfully.

She didn't learn much about the world she was in other than the fact there didn't seem to be any problems and the Signal didn't exist, which she could tell by the fact she was able to think with clarity. So it seems she was finally able to be happy. 

How long would that happiness last though?

It was a normal day like any other. Tanjiro was making his way down to the village with Amira beside him, holding the back of his haori. Something she had made a habit of. She resembled a lost toddler to most.

Now she kept her face hidden with her black hair to hide her eyes from others, she still wore bandages around her body to hide her wounds and scars.
She also wore a faded brown outfit with a dull red haori that she was given by Kie, they were around her size though they were for a man instead since it was the only one that could cover her properly.

She remembered the day clearly when she was given her clothes. She remembered how Kie had spoken about...Tanjuro.. the mother's late husband.

Amira tried to refuse the clothing and instead use her outfit but she was stopped by the mother.

" No...I'm sure Tanjuro would have been fine with letting you use his clothing. " She spoke to her with her usual soft manner that had a bit of stubbornness mixed in.

Amira accepted hesitantly but until now she still worried that it was going to end with her being punished.

She shook her head concentrating once more as they reached the village while Tanjiro looked at her in slight concern, only he smiled as she moved closer to him.
Though it did make it seem like she was threatening anyone that came close which wasn't the case.
She was just anxious.

Tanjiro moved to gently pat her head "It will be fine Amira, we just have to sell some coal then we can go home like always." He smiled at her only to get distracted by an older lady who was sweeping the snow away from her door.

She smiled at them softly." Oh, I can't believe that the two of you will come down the mountain on a day like this. You're both such hard workers ." She tilted her head " You might catch a cold, you know ?" She looks at the two specifically the taller one.

All the villagers already knew of Amira, they treated her as warmly as they could and did worry about her especially how thin she was.

"This is nothing, really and Amira is properly covered...she didn't want me to go alone." The young boy spoke smiling at the woman as the girl in question shifted to be behind him, making a soft hum as she bowed her head at the woman in greeting.