Demon slayer one-shots

Nail clippers🐗

When Inosuke and Aoi had first met they clashed a lot. Aoi constantly being on Inosuke's back to keep him in line and Inosuke because he hated being told what to do. Aoi always groaned at the mere mention of Insouke coming to the mansion knowing that she was the one usually assigned to what she referred to as the disaster trio. She got along well with Tanjiro and sometimes could actually hold a conversation with Zenitsu. She knew their mannerisms and how to get Zenitsu to actually take his medicine which meant that Shinobu assigned them to her to make both her and the other helpers' lives easier.

Though apparently, she had not realized that the other boys had not educated him on proper hygiene. He did smell bad...most of the time, just that his hair was sometimes matted, and his fingernails were dirty which came to their current issue.

Aoi was outside watering the flowers. This was usually something she did just to simply get outside for a bit. She enjoyed the spring breeze on her face as the sun kissed her. Spring was her favorite season. With complete honesty she felt like she could actually relax...if that had been an option. Her moment was soon interrupted by the Mountain king though.

He came running as though he was being chased though she soon saw that he was not. She gave him a confused look as he turned to look at her.

"AIo! I'm hungry!" he told her.

"It's Aoi and lunch isn't until another two hours, idiot,"

"But I'm hungry now!"

"Then starve! Now quit bothering me," she turned back and moved on to the tulips.

He came close to her and watched her do the action.

"I bet I can water faster than you!" he challenged.

She sighed, "Here," she handed the watering can to him.

Though as he began to take it, she took her hand back. "Inosuke, when was the last time you cut your nails?" she asked.

"Huh? Mountain king does not cut them," he informed her.

She scrunched her nose at him. "You need to cut them Inosuke, here," she took out a pair of nail clippers from her pocket and put it in his hand.

He stared at it confused on what it was for. After a few minutes it hit Aoi that he had no clue what these were. She took them out of his hand and cut one of her nails to show him.

"You know what? I think it's better if I just cut them, give me your hand," she extended her hand out to him.

He did not move, and she became irritated. "Give me your hand, Inosuke," she told him sternly.

He shook his head and began to move but she pulled his arm. He quickly pulled away, but she was quicker on her feet. Instead, she lowered his arm and placed her leg over his arm and sat on it forcing him to the ground. Inosuke was surprised at how strong she was but quickly became aware of what was going on.

"Let me go crazy woman!" he shouted at her.

"Shut up!" she answered equally as loud.

He stayed silent for a moment hearing the snaps of the clippers. Once she finished his left hand she moved quickly to his right arm. He was basically pinned to the ground at this point which frustrated him. Finally, he began to move again.

"Get off!"

"Stop moving or I'll end up cutting one of your fingers off!"

"You won't!"

"I will!"

She finished and sat up getting off of him for a moment only. He was about to make a run for it but again she caught him this time not showing mercy and slammed him hard on the ground almost knocking him out. She sat on his lower back getting a hold of his leg sitting on the opposite one.

"Let go of me!"

"Come on, I only have to do your feet!"

"I said no!" he tried rolling over but one of her legs was under him preventing him from being able to move.

"Get off!" his voice cracked.

"...are you crying?!"

"No!" he answered, wiping the tears off of his eyes.

"Yes you are! What the hell do you think I'm going to do to you?!"

"I said I'm not!"

She moved again, finishing his other foot and got up dusting off her dress.

"I'll never forgive you crazy woman!" he shouted, grabbing his mask and running off.

"Stupid boar," she muttered sticking her clipper back in her pocket and turned back to the plants.

In fact, Inosuke did forget. For a while only though. He had more things to worry about that came just as soon as they went by. Bigger responsibilities and more time-consuming things to worry about. Such as mission, being a pillar...a soon father so his mind could be deemed as occupied for the current time.

Aoi sat in her own peace folding clothes and setting them aside. She began to hear steps and looked behind quickly at the intruder, but before she could spot them, she felt strong arms wrap around her. They laid their head on her shoulder and hands on her enlarged belly.

"Inosuke," she said calmly.

"Aoi," he answered, grabbing a piece of her hair.

"I didn't expect you to be home until later, I was just going to start cooking,"

"I already told you to stay put, Shinobu said the baby's going to pop out of you if you keep it up," he scolded.

"Ah, so when we were younger, I nagged you but now you're nagging me?" she asked, turning her face to look at his.

"Speaking of nagging, remember the first time Mountain king cut his nails?" he asked looking at his.

"Yes, I remember very vividly, I had to sit on you the entire time,"

"I think I need to cut them," he began to stick his hand into her pocket.

"I can cut them for you," she offered.

He gave her a glare. "I just told you to stop working," he answered, beginning to clip his nails.

She watched as he did it quickly and then turned to her. She gave him a weird look confused as to what he was thinking. Suddenly he reached over and grabbed her small foot.

"Hey!" she leaned on her arms facing him.

"When was the last time you cut them?" he asked.

"Inosuke does it look like I can bend over?!" she asked angrily.

He stayed silent and all she could hear was those damn clippers. She sighed laying on her back and soon her eyes became heavy.

"Done...Aoi?" he asked once he had finished.

But once he let her foot go, he spotted his wife quietly sleeping on the floor.

'She overworked again,'

He thought as he picked her up.

'She's strong but even the strongest people like me get tired'

He walked to their bedroom and gently set her on the bed and set her on her side. Remembering what Shinobu had told him about how she should sleep. He climbed next to her, setting one hand on their child and another wrapped around her.

'I love this crazy woman' was his final thought before he too drifted off to sleep.