A monsters treasure

Chapter 15.2

3rd POV

Tanjiro stood before Rengoku's bed. Staring at him while fiddling with his fingers a bit. The faint bit of sunlight coming through the curtains of the open window. Small amount of sunlight didn't affect Tanjiro one bit, not even a red mark could be seen on his skin. It was just as smooth as always.

"Hmm, I guess you must be really lucky for him to spare you. Even if he was supposed to massacre you along with your family".  Rengoku looked down on the blanket and then at Tanjiro. Giving off a smile that looked a bit concerned but yet so beautiful.

"I'm sorry that I didn't save you from Akaza earlier...if I did then maybe you wouldn't be laying here recovering from the injuries he gave you". 

He looked away, like as if he was ashamed of what he did. But to Rengoku, it didn't matter at all. It wasn't his fault for literally getting manipulated by the demon king himself.

"No need to blame yourself for not coming earlier, it was fate after all. You just weren't yourself back then, so don't blame yourself for it. Alright?"

"..."

"I can try I guess..." Tanjiro scratched the back of his neck.

Rengoku looked at him with admiration. An innocent yet so beautiful person was something he never thought he would of met.

"Tanjiro!" Nezuko shoved the door all the way to the side and froze for a moment.

The three of them were looking at each other.

'H-how is he able to be that close to the window?! It's in the middle of the day...! And how is he able to be so close to Rengoku without him being pretty defensive since he's a demon?!'

Nezuko blinked a few times before letting go of her thoughts.

"Hey, um, how's your recovering going so far?"

Nezuko dragged a chair to the bed and sat down on it. Tanjiro sat down as well, but on the floor and moved closer towards Nezuko.

"Pretty well I must say, but my eye is still healing. So I'm gonna get an eye patch next week, hopefully I will be able to start going on missions again".

Nezuko smiled and patted Tanjiro's head, making him let out small muffled noises. He grabbed her hand to show that he likes it.

She chuckled a bit and looked outside the window. The sun was slowly going down and the sky darkened.

"I think it's best for us to go and rest a bit, I need to get up early for a mission tomorrow".

"I agree. It was nice having you here!".

They said their goodbyes and left the room.

Nezuko took her brothers hand and led him to his room.

"Goodnight Tanjiro".
She there after closed his door. Leaving him alone in his room.

He undressed himself and put on a spare yukata that layed beside his bed on a small table. He slid under the blanket and made himself comfortable.

'I hate this already'.

He squirmed around in the bed for a few minutes before giving up.

'The bed sheets are a bit itchy...'

A faint sound of the wind could be heard through the window. Almost unrecognizable, but Tanjiro heard it, he felt the cold wind making contact with his skin. He turned to look at the window, only to be met by a pair of yellow eyes, almost as bright as gold. He knew who it was.

"Akaza..."

He jumped down onto the floor and approached the bed. Walking slowly in order to be as quiet as possible. Tho, he never thought that Tanjiro would have gotten his memories back.

Tanjiro sat up and shuffled a bit to the side. Which kind of surprised Akaza.

"Are you..scared?" Akaza sat down on the bedside, making a small creak.

"What are you doing here...?"

"Well...I thought it would be nice to meet you again, now don't you think so?" He narrowed his eyes and gave off a smile. Although, Tanjiro didn't take it welcoming.

"No, I don't want to see any of you" He didn't hesitate to say the truth. It was better then lying or making up excuses in order to get away from his problems.

Akaza's smile faded. Instead, his face looked rather serious. Tanjiro could feel the change in the air.

"Have they done anything to you Tanjiro...? You're very different then last time".

He kept quiet. He sighed and looked down on his hands, gripping hard onto the blanket.

"That was last time Akaza. And don't think that I've forgotten a damn thing because I haven't".

Tanjiro could feel his body being pushed down onto the bed. Hands gripping onto his wrists. He looked straight into Akaza's bright yellow eyes, almost as yellow as gold.

"Now don't get too bitchy Tanjiro, we came here to get you back, not to start making new friends".

His grip tightened. Tanjiro let out a small whimper as he could feel his nails sigh into his skin. Akaza lowered his head, only inches apart from each other.

"You don't want Muzan-sama to know, right?"

"N-no..."

"That's what I thought".

Akaza let go of his wrists and sat up, licking the small amount of blood on his fingers. He smiled and jumped out of the bed, standing on the cold floor.

'Disgusting sh!t...'

"Well, are you coming or do you want me to force you instead?"

"..."

Tanjiro didn't want to go back to that shit hole of his. He wanted to stay here, with his sister. But considering the consequences of staying here was something he thought of first, instead of thinking of himself and what could happen if he said no.

"Why do you act so different Akaza?"

He turned quiet pretty quickly after hearing the boys question.

"Why did you suddenly treat me like a slave? Is that what I really am, a marionette that you can control all you want?-"

"Shut up!"

This time he was actually shouting at him. Which was a mistake since this is a hashira's estate. He quickly grabbed him and lifted him up on his shoulder. Hopping out of the open window that he came in from.

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Is it just me or is Sanemi like a chihuahua with rabies?

Anyways, here's chapter 15.2! I'll upload the next one in a week or two. Tho, I feel like something's missing in this, like a relationship or sum. I would really like to know if y'all want me to add something.

If so, then please comment so that I'll perhaps fix something for future chapters <3

Thank you for reading!~