"so you must be Moriko, right?" a woman with long black hair asks.
"yeah! Moriko Okamoto" I smile. I've been here for about two weeks but I've only just left my room so Uzui can introduce me to everyone, he said 'working on your social skills is vital! be sure to be extra flamboyant!'
"what's your name?" I ask, I start to sweat when I realize Uzui is standing right behind me, I can tell he's judging my social skills. Having lived with one person for the majority of my life on a mountain, that was never really a necessity.
"Kanae kocho, wonderful to meet you Okamoto" she bows, I'm not used to such formal greetings so I wave my arms to decline,
"t-that's not necessary Kan-miss kocho," I sigh, I do need to work on my speech, don't I?
"you can call me Moriko," I assure her.
"oh! well in that case you can call me Kanae" she smiles warmly. I can feel Uzui place his hand on my shoulder as he says,
"of course Kanae, we'll be on our way now," he flashes a confident smile while he tugs on my sleeve indicating me to follow him. I wave goodbye to the girl while following the man.
"well... it needs some work," I can tell he's trying to soften the blow, so I assure him that I'm aware of how much I suck, so I say just that.
"I'm aware Uzui, I suck" I laugh nervously. "help. me." I say desperately tugging on his uniform.
"Alright, alright, you just need more practice." He explains, "and don't forget to be confident!" he flexes, 'He acts a lot like inosuke, just less...insane' I smile sadly. His smile falters, 'shit he noticed'. he squats down and places a hand on my head. I try to play it off as if nothing happened.
"what's up!" I say a little too enthusiastically to sound natural. he sighs,
"Yeah, what's up with you?" he asks, knowing there's something wrong, I laugh,
"what are the chances I'll get out of this?" I ask, even though the answer is pretty clear,
"slim to none!" he smiles, I sigh.
"I miss my friend Inosuke a lot, The demon that attacked me somehow teleported me away, far away. All because I yelled for help. You just act a lot like them sometimes so...yeah." I explain, still wanting this conversation to end, though I know it's far from over.
"oh my! I had no idea you lived with someone else! Inosuke huh? she acts like me?" he asks,
"yeah...and he is actually a guy," I laugh, I hate correcting people,
"ohhhhhh, a boy you say," he says with a dopey smile, after a moment of confusion the realization hits me,
"it's not like that!" I say with an embarrassed smile while giving him a slight push.
"you suree?" he says while elongating the 'e' to annoy me,
"shut up," I say quietly through my teeth as I try to push him with one hand, he laughs at my attempt.
"I just miss him," I say while puffing air into my cheeks and adverting my eyes from his wide-eyed stare.
"well, no matter! I know just how to cheer you up!" he exclaims excitedly, all while picking me up squeezing all the life out of me. I try to surrender but my lungs are empty from the force of his tight embrace.
"Uzu..i...I...can..'t..brea..the" I manage to squeak out, though he seems to be fully aware of this and laughs just to spite me. he finally lets me go, and I take the largest breath of air I think I've ever taken.
"Uzui...oh my gosh." I say still breathing heavily, " how can someone be that strong??" I ask while confused and intrigued.
"well I do lift a lot," he explains before I cut him off saying,
"I can lift things too!" I say with a little too much confidence, he snickers,
"it's not that kind of- *ahem* anyways, you want to strong?" he smiles, But I can tell he's keeping in laughter.
"yeah! So one day I can finally beat Inosuke at arm wrestling! even though he always cheats by lifting his elbow," I explain, talking like I didn't lose him. Like he was right here. Uzui smiles at my confidence and interest in how strong he is.
"well, you can be strong like me! How old are you kid?" he asks, I jump up at his answer and,
"I'm turning 10!... I think my 'parents' told me that I was 5 and that was five years ago so...5 plus five is ten so...Yeah 10!" I say holding up ten fingers to confirm my age.
"alrighty then! If you want I can teach you how to eat healthy first, and eventually, I'll help you gain some muscles like these bad boys!!" He flashes a smile and flexes his arms to show off the amount of muscle mass he has.
'wow, that amount of muscle must've taken years to gain,' I think about how far I have to go if I want to be big and strong like him.
"Okay! I mean I'll try," I laugh while rubbing the back of my neck, I close my eyes for a moment before feeling Uzui's hand smack the back of my head almost knocking me over,
"HEY, WHAT was...that..for..." I yell before seeing Uzui's stern face I haven't seen him this fierce-looking ever, not even when he killed that monster that attacked me (granted I've only known him for like two weeks).
"you need to learn to be more confident! even if you feel you can't do something you have to manifest it into your life by being as ~flamboyant~ as possible got that!?" he says grabbing the handles of both his swords and striking a flashy pose.
"well some people aren't as egocentric as you Uzui," He freezes and stares at me with a 'the fuck did you say?!' look. I laugh at his reaction I bend over with my hands on my knees to keep me from falling and all I can say through my laughter is,
"so..try" I continue to laugh, soon falling to the ground as I catch my breath. his look morphs into one of a disappointed parent. I snicker at this before saying,
"thank you Uzui, for real this time. I'll try to be more like you from now on, okay?" I assure him.
"Good! but if you give me that shit again..." he says while dragging his thumb across his neck ominously. a cold shiver goes down my spine as he begins to walk away.
'at least I know what gets on his nerves now,' I snicker to myself.
"wait Uzui!" I yell, he turns around and raises an eyebrow to signal me to continue,
"what's a demon slayer?"
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~Acorns~ An OC x Inosuke Fanfiction
FanfictionA young girl who grew up in Japan is used as a lab subject by who she could only assume were her parents. she ran out of her home after finding out the terrible truth about them. She loses her friend and learns about these things called demon slayer...
