Begin Again • Kyojuro Rengoku

|Chapter 7|

CHAPTER SEVEN:

A small sigh escaped (Y/N)'s lips as she looks at herself in the mirror.

Twirling around, she checks to see if her uniform had any wrinkled clothing on the back.

Surprisingly, the texture of the fabric wasn't all that bad. Back at her old school, uniforms are not really a mandatory thing.

(Y/N) found this subtle change pretty handy, now she doesn't have to worry about what she has to wear all the time.

"(Y/N), you read- Omai you look stunning."

Mitsuri's head pokes out from the door, mouth agape as she gawks at her little sister. She invites herself inside the room then clasps her hand enthusiastically.

"It's so cute! You look adorable, (Y/N)!" Mitsuri beams at (Y/N).

(Y/N) turns to look at her sister, then returned the compliment with a shy smile. "You don't look too bad yourself, Nee-San." She giggles.

"All that's left is some knee high socks! I have a few pair of striped socks here- Would you want to borrow one?"

(Y/N) went about on their usual day. They sat down at the table during breakfast and ate, all the while chatting about the most absolute of nonsense.

After cleaning up after themselves, Mitsuri dives them both to Kimetsu Academy.

The moment she step foot on the stoney path towards the big halls of Kimetsu Academy, (Y/N) felt a shrill sensation down her spine.

She started feeling nervous, overthinking about every bad little thing that could go wrong.

Mitsuri decided to usher her sister to her homeroom to make sure she gets there safely, that and to be there for moral support.

"You'll be fine, (Y/N). Don't worry!" Mitsuri ruffles the hair atop of (Y/N)'s head.

"Yeah. I guess I'll be fine." (Y/N) nods her head in agreement.

As they near the homeroom classroom, both Mitsuri and (Y/N) spotted the familiar, enthusiastic looking Kyojuro Rengoku waiting for them.

The moment he spotted the two, he waved his hand and politely greeted them.

"(Y/N)! Kanroji-Sensei! Just on time!" He triumphantly says, then he crossed his arms afterwards.

"Good morning, Rengoku-Sensei! I'll be leaving my dear little sister in your care." Mitsuri nods her head, coming in to give her sister a tight hug.

Kyojuro watches the scene unfold, a smile plastered on his face as he watches Mitsuri give her little sister some sugar before she whisks away to her next class.

"Do not fret! I'll take care of her." He reassures Mitsuri.

After Mitsuri said her goodbyes, (Y/N) and Kyojuro were left alone in a semi awkward silence.

Kyojuro turns to look at (Y/N), then gave her a small, comforting pat on the shoulder. (Y/N) made the mistake of looking up to meet his eyes, and she was instantly left in a trance.

There was something else about Kyojuro that left her in a daze, something she still doesn't quite understand.

"Let's go introduce you to your classmates, Kanroji-San."

Kyojuro usher's (Y/N) inside the busy classroom, and everyone went quiet. The silence was instantly cut off when a certain red head stood up and beamed at (Y/N).

"(Y/N)! What a coincidence!" Tanjiro waves at (Y/N), a wide grin plastered on his face.

Her (E/C) eyes grew wide as she caught sight of Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke sitting in the middle of the class.

To save herself from embarrassment, she merely smiles and waves at their direction.

Kyojuro instantly noticed this interaction, and he couldn't help but ask (Y/N), "So, you've met Kamado-Kun and his friends?"

(Y/N) looked at Kyojuro and politely nodded her head to answer his question.

"Oh-! That makes things more easier." Kyojuro cheered.

Kyojuro went to take a seat at his front desk. He bagan to introduce (Y/N) to the class, his every knowing enthusiastic look never leaving his bright face.

"Good morning, everybody! We have a transfer student that will be staying with us till the end of the semester. (Y/N) Kanroji, please introduce yourself to the class."

Kyojuro looks at (Y/N) with determination flaming in his eyes. Having a surge of confidence wave through her, (Y/N) started to speak.

"H-hello-! My name is Kanroji (Y/N), and I just transferred from (School Name). I hope we can all get along!"

After her introduction, Kyojuro assigned (Y/N) to her seat.

Knowing that (Y/N) and the boys have already met, he decided to sit her next to them so she wouldn't feel out of place.

"(Y/N), I am assigning you a seat beside Kamado-Kun. Will that be alright?" Kyojuro then asked her.

(Y/N) nodded in response, a thankful look avail on her facial features as she makes her way to occupy the empty seat next to Tanjiro.

"We're going to be classmates for the rest of the school year? Isn't that great, (Y/N)?" Tanjiro smiled at her the moment she settles in her seat.

(Y/N) replied softly. "Yeah. I'm glad."

Tanjiro then turns to look at a sleeping Zenitsu and Inosuke who was busy cleaning the fur of his boar mask.

(Y/N) still gets nightmares just thinking about that mask.

"Zenitsu, Inosuke- (Y/N) will be joining our class till the end of the semester!" Tanjiro beams ay the two.

Zenitsu continued to be sound asleep, while Inosuke was to busy with his mask to consider Tanjiro's words.

Giving up, Tanjiro turns to look at (Y/N) and gave her a small shrug, his smile apologetic as if he was apologising in behalf of the two airheads that sat beside him.

(Y/N) didn't mind their silence as much, she was just glad that she has someone she can talk to.

Class ended in a blur. (Y/N) spent the day catching up with their studies.

Tanjiro helped her by letting her borrow his notes, and she was more than grateful for his kind actions.

The bell rang, and everybody started swarming to get out the room.

"(Y/N)! Do you know where the teacher lounge is located? I can walk you there if you want."

As (Y/N) was about to answer, she was stopped when she heard a familiar husky voice reply for her.

"That won't be necessary, Kamado-Kun. I'll walk her there myself."

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