CinderTanjiro (Giyuutan)

Chapter 14

The two finished the first dance as everyone in the crowed clapped for them. The crowed was amazed but not all of them, Muzan and his children questioned who was the boy the Hashira was dancing with.

"Who's that papa?" Yahaba asked.

"I'm not exactly sure, but this will not go well." Muzan said in response   

"That's an amazing Kimono he's got." Yahaba admitted.

"And amazing shoes" Susamaru added.

"concentrate!" Muzan scolded at his children, hitting the back of thier heads. "Now get out their, you fools!" he whispered too them, nudging them.

"But we didn't ask anyone to dance." Yahaba stated.

"Lady and fellow gentlemen may I present my children, Yahaba and Susamru." Muzan said to near by lady and gentleman as everyone then got into the dance floor as the second dance was about to start.

Everyone started dancing as the music played. Everyone danced with ether the same partner or with someone different, but Giyuu danced with Tanjiro.

everyone was having a fun time as they dance.

"Come with me." Giyuu whispered.

The both of them walked out of the dance floor and walked into a private room as Giyuu closed both doors behind him.

"So your a Hashira!" Tanjiro said.

"Not a Hashira, exactly." Giyuu explained. "There are a bunch more of Hashira, I'm only a Hashira." 

"But your name is Giyuu?" Tanjiro asked.

"It is, but the rest of the Hashrias call Tomioka which they really don't like  as much, but am still learning my trades."

"Oh gosh." Tanjiro said while walking around the room.

"Please forgive me, I thought you might treat me differently, if you knew." Giyuu pleased walking along with him. "I mistook you for a good honest country boy, now I see you didn't want to over all plain solid."

"little jokes of that." Tanjiro said.

"No more surprises?" Giyuu asked as he held out his hand to him.

"No more surprises." Tanjiro said in response as he held his hand.

"Is that you?" Tanjiro asked walking up to a painting that should Giyuu.

"I hate myself in paintings, don't you?" Giyuu asked.

"No one's ever painted my portrait." Tanjiro answered

"No? Well they should."

The two looked at each other.

Meanwhile in the ball room.

"Who is he?" Shinobu asked one of the
Kakushi.

"He gave no name, Lady Kochou!" The Kakushi replied in a panic.

"you didn't ask!?" Tengen asked.    

"W-well I w-was out o-of -breath, on the racial accountant, introducing the p-people."  The nervous Kakushi explained.

"Oh shut up." Tengen said.

"Oh! y-yes lord Tengen." said the Kakushi.

Meanwhile-

Tanjiro and Giyuu walked outside in the garden, fireflies flying around gently in the night skies.

"Won't they miss you at the ball?" Tanjiro asked.

"Maybe..." Giyuu replied. "But let's not go back just yet."

The two walked in silence for a minute, before speaking up again...

"what's wrong?" Tanjiro asked.

Giyuu let out a small sigh. "When I go back, they will be asking me where have I been and if I ever decided to fall in love with someone outside of the demon slayer corps they will lecture me about rules and ways."

"Oh, whose charge?" Tanjiro asked. 

"That is a good question." Giyuu replied.

The two stopped and looked at each other.

"Surely you have a right to your own heart." Tanjiro said.

"I must weigh that against the rules but I don't know." Giyuu sighed.

"Perhaps, they'll change someday." Tanjiro said.

Giyuu just sighed sadly. "And I hope you're right.

"Poor Giyuu."

-Butterfly mansion-

"People are saying, he's an outside demon slayer." The Kakushi said. "Master Giyuu seems quit taken with him."

"He did went straight for him." Master Kagaya.

"Surely if he's a demon slayer, this may be good." The Kakushi said.

-Back with Giyuu and Tanjiro-

Giyuu lead Tanjiro to a secret part of the demon slayer coros. They soon reached a door..

"I've never shown this place to anyone." Giyuu said opening the door. As soon as he did, Tanjiro gasped in amazement...

"A secret garden!" Tanjiro said speechlessly.

There was a single wooded swing and flowers around.

"It's amazing!" Tanjiro said.

Both of them made thier way to the wooded swing.

Giyuu walked behind the swing, offering Tanjiro to sit on it....

"Please."  Giyuu said.

"I shouldn't" Tanjiro responded, politely.

"you should."

"I shouldn't."

"you should."                 

"I will." Tanjiro finally said, with a smile.

He gently sat on the swing as Giyuu pushed Tanjiro gently swinging him.

Tanjiro giggled out as Giyuu did as well.

The two were laughing with joy they were having so much fun.

As Giyuu kept pushing Tanjiro.

Tanjiro felt something slip of his foot that made a small cling sound.

The two stopped for second.

Giyuu walked around in front of Tanjiro to see what had fallen and found the glass shoe as he gently picked it up.

"It's made of glass." Giyuu said, looking at Tanjiro with a gentle smile.

"and why not?" Tanjiro giggled.

Giyuu helped Tanjiro slip back on his glass shoe.

"Thank you."

The both of them looked into each other's, locking eyes.

"Won't you tell me who you really are?" Giyuu asked.

"If I do I think everything might be different." Tanjiro said, nervously.

"I don't understand, can you at least tell me your name?" Giyuu begged.

"My name is-..."