Warnings: profanity/bad words, violence
Tanjiro Kamado: POV
Winter will be here before long
I need to prepare the charcoal next
Gathering more wood to be cut later today. When her scent grows closer. Turning my focus away from the work and in the direction of her.
Y/N is standing very still as she fidgets with her clothes. Her cheeks have a slight pink and she refuses to make eye contact. I take a step forward to ask if she is alright but she speaks first.
"Hello, Tanjiro-Kun."
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Her tone of voice and hearing the honorific to my name sends a fluttering sensation through my body. Widen my eyes as I stare at her.
Finally her beautiful e/c eyes looks at me. Her blush grows bright. Her voice is a higher pitch and the words come quickly.
"Kenji was teaching me honorifics. I-i thought I would try it out. Sorry. I hope I didn't offend you somehow. I... what should I call you?"
Letting the axe handle slide from my hand as it softly lands in the grass as I slowly walk towards her. This isn't the first time kun has been used after my name but the way she says it...
"Hmm.. Kenji-san, huh?"
Her head bends as she looks up under her eyelashes. My heart rate increases. "Yes."
"Will you say it for me, again?"
Finally she smiles and slightly rolls her eyes before looking back at me. "Are you teasing a kind foreigner?"
"Kind?! You." I slightly joke then wait for her. She seems to understand my hesitation because she finally says it again.
"Tanjiro-Kun."
Hearing this my own face feels red. "I like that."
"Kenji says friends use this saying and that it's mainly used for males." She nervously explains then adds, "Women may also use this term to refer to males they are close to."
Sometimes lovers also use the honorific
I stay quiet for a moment longer before grinning, "Thank you. For thinking of me as someone you are close to." Pausing before finally saying,
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FanfictionAged up Tanjiro x Reader slow burn romance. ✨New chapters every Monday & Friday Reader is abducted by a time-traveling demon and taken to the Taishō era. The Kamado family took you into their home. They teach you Japanese and are very generous. Th...