Die Young, Dream On

Mission

(This will contain spoilers for the movie and season 2. You have been warned!)

Pov: Zenitsu

Looking back. It should've been more obvious. He was obviously trying hard not to look at me. Figures. I wasn't strong enough to help him, nor the others. All I'm good for is absolutely nothing. I'm useless. Rengoku nearly dying was all my fault. And I'm sure Tanjiro knows that too. But still. I yearn for Tanjiro, and his reassurance. I yearn for his smile. He has such a beautiful smile. It warms my heart to behold something so beautiful as him. As I was lost in thought, I heard it. The screams. "What the!" I said, turning back, leaping off the bed with only but my nightgown on. "What's going on here?! Is everyone okay?" As I looked around, I saw nothing. No one. Only but food on the floor, still hot. 'What the hell. Where is everyone?' I thought to myself. I searched and searched, but nothing happened. So, as always, I cried. I didn't know what else to do. No one was here, I was scared, I was alone. Tanjiro usually was here to comfort me and help me through this, but he obviously wasn't here. So I ran back to our room and curled up in his sheets. I missed him. God, I missed him so much. But he was out on a mission.

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Pov: Tanjiro

Its been awhile since I've seen Inosuke nor Zenitsu in awhile. I do miss them. Hopefully they are doing okay. I've been feeling really cold towards them both. It's not like I'm upset with them, I've just been thinking. Well, I've been thinking what if they have died. I couldn't imagine myself living without them. The thought hurts to the point I can't even look at them. Isn't that pathetic? But I've noticed Zenitsu seemed more taken aback by it, like, I stabbed him in the heart. Which honestly, I did. But it's so hard to look at them after nearly seeing Mr. Rengoku's death! I can't bare to think about them dead. God, no. They mean everything to me. Should I... make it up to them? Yes. As the eldest son, it would be immature of me to not make this right. I'm old enough to know when I have made a mistake, and this is one of them. I don't know how I'll do this exactly, but, I have a couple of ideas.

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Pov: Zenitsu

"What... what time is it?" I said quietly, trying to get my fuzzy eyes to work properly again. But that was when I felt it. A hand rubbing through my hair, and hearing the sweet tone of the person I call 'friend'. "It's almost dinner time, Zenitsu. I'm back from my mission." I raised my head and chirped "Tanjiro! You're back! When did you get here?" All he did was smile, then threw himself back on his bed. "Just now. It was really tiring. But, the demons I was sent to slay are now resting easy. I hope." Tanjiro always felt sympathy for demons, and honestly, I never truly understood why. Well, besides Nezuko. She's his sister after all. "Oh." I didn't really know what else to say. Speaking this was the first time he's spoken to me since the Train Mission. "Zenitsu..." said Tanjiro, while slowly bringing himself up to face me. "I-..." There was a long pause before I broke it with holding his hand. "Tanjiro. Just say it." It felt weird holding his hand, I could feel my face turn red, but, this wasn't the time to feel embarrassed. "Zenitsu, I am sorry. I shouldn't have ignored you for so long, its just- I was so scared of losing Mr. Rengoku, which I'm glad he's alive, but I couldn't help but think of you or Inosuke in that position! I was so scared to look or talk to y'all because I kept thinking about y'all dead!" Tears started to form in his eyes, kinda like waterfalls. I knew he was telling the truth. I can hear his voice, clear as day. He sounds broken, like, his heart had shattered. "Tanjiro-" before I could finish, he had pulled me in for a hug. "Zenitsu... please. Please don't blame yourself..! I should never had ignored you. You're my best friend!.. you and Inosuke.. you and Inosuke are all I have left, besides Nezuko! You guys are my family.. I can't lose y'all because I'm too weak! So, please, ... don't blame youself..." I couldn't speak, his words sounded so sad. Like a melody you could cry to for days on end. "Tanjiro... it's okay. I'm just glad you are talking to me again.. and I've been so worried about you. I wished you would've talked to me sooner, but, I know now why you didn't. But, thank you for telling me now." While we were talking, he still never moved from our hug. He just kept us there until Mrs. Shinobu called us for dinner.

I'm going to stop here, speaking it's 11:22 PM and I need to get up in a few hours lol.
I'll try to make the next chapter longer for y'all ^^ hopefully some of y'all enjoyed it, goodnight.

(I'll also explain more of what happened to Zenitsu in the beginning of the story with the screams and stuff, just too tried to keep going lol)