Sanctuary | Tanjiro Kamado x Reader

9.

The sound of laughter filled Zenitsu's sensitive ears causing him to wake up.  As he looked around, he noticed Tanjiro was missing so he decided to investigate.

Zenitsu followed the sound of laughter out of the room and into the kitchen. "What's going on?" he asked, rubbing his eyes.

"Good morning, Zenitsu." Tanjiro was the first to greet with a smile.

"Good morning, Zenitsu!" you greeted after.

"Morning.." he said sleepily.

"Did you sleep well?" you asked, setting Zenitsu's breakfast in front of him.

"Yes, but I bet I could've slept better with you in my bed." he whined half jokingly.

"Zenitsu!" Tanjiro huffed as Zenitsu whined again.

"Oh, I have to wake Inosuke!" you remembered, taking Tanjiro for a ride. "Inosuke?" you called. "Inosuke!"

"Yea yea, shut up!" Inosuke yelled, jumping up.

You laughed and walked back into the kitchen, Inosuke strutting behind you.

"Here you go, Inosuke!" you placed Inosuke's food in front of him.

"Woah!" he awed at his food, taking off the boar head he put on sometime in the night.

"Oh, I almost forgot the tea!" you said, frantically taking it off the stove and pouring it into cups. "There you go." you said, placing the cups of tea next to each boy.

"Hey, lady, why's Manjiro on your back??" Inosuke questioned.

"Inosuke, her name is (Y/n)!" Tanjiro scolded.

"Heh heh, I almost forgot you were up there. Well Inosuke, this 'lady' found Tanjiro trying to train and he ended up opening his wound." you informed him.

Tanjiro looked away from embarrassment as Zenitsu glanced at the both of you. "So why's he on your back?"

You sarcastically huffed dramatically, "He couldn't walk afterwards and the fish started to burn so I had to carry him in quickly and couldn't sit him in bed, which he thought was hilarious." you started to giggle.

The blonde and the boar looked at each other and then their friend, sighing and but putting on a smile.

"Hey, Tanjiro, I'm gonna put you down now, okay?" you looked up at him.

He nodded and you carefully lowered him enough for him to stand. You stretched really well and took a nice, deep breath before putting Tanjiro's food in front of him.

"Thank you." Tanjiro thanked.

"Of course." you smiled. You then looked out at the beating sun through the window and got an idea. "I wonder if I can.." you mumbled, closing all the curtains near you and making sure no light was reflecting off of any mirrors.

"(Y/n), what are you doing??" Zenitsu questions, stuffing his face.

"I'm trying to get it nice and dark in here. Be right back!" you say, running off.

You go into the boys' shared room and look for Tanjiro's little box, "Nezuko.. Nezuko.." you whisper, trying to coax her out of her box. "Remember me? It's (Y/n)."

Nezuko's sleepy eyes fluttered open and lit up with recognition. "Mmph Hmmph!" she waved her arms.

"I made it nice and dark so you can join us in the kitchen. Would you like to come?" you asked, arms open to pick her up.

She nodded as cute little puffs of steam came out of her nose as she raised both arms up and down. She jumped into your arms and the two of you went back into the kitchen.

"Look who I brought back!" you cheered, holding Nezuko like a trophy.

"Nezuko!" Tanjiro and Zenitsu said in unison, lighting up like Christmas lights.

Nezuko hopped down and hugged Tanjiro as you smiled and watched Zenitsu try to coax her into hugging him too.

"(Y/n)?" Aoi called, walking into the kitchen.

"Yes?" you turned around to face her.

"I can take care of things here - there's someone here to see you." she walked up to you. "It's a hashira, Master Tengen Uzui." she whispered, passing you.

You nodded, "Understood. I'll be back, everyone finish up!" you waved to everyone and headed to the entrance to the butterfly mansion.

You began to shake in anticipation, "What could a hashira want with me?" you asked yourself.

As you got closer to the entrance, you saw an overwhelmingly large shadow. "Oh. My. God." you thought, starting to panic.

"Hey!" a voice called. "Hey you, kid, are you (Y/n)?"

"Y- Yes.." you stammered, frozen in fear.

"Perfect." the voice mumbled.

In the blink of an eye a huge man stood before you, duel bladed with hair hair tied back. You stumbled back, startled. "This must be the hashira, Master Uzui." you thought.

"I apologize for scaring you." his voice softened as he got on one knee. "I'm the hashira that summoned you: Lord Tengen Uzui." he said, kissing your hand. "Now if you don't mind, may I escort you to Master Kaguya?"

You held in a heavy breath of anxiety, face turning red. "Y- Yes, sir.." you stammered again.

Tengen stood back on his feet, easily towering over you, "No need for the formalities, just call me Lord Tengen." he said, interlocking your arms together.

"O- Okay, Lord Tengen.." you said nervously as he began to walk you out of the butterfly mansion. "So, Lord Tengen, why are we going before Master Kaguya?"

Tengen looks down and smiles, "To make you my wife of course." he announces.

You completely shut down and rebooted, almost falling. "WHAT?!"