Reincarnated as Nezuko

Chapter 4

Tanjiro's P.O.V.

We'd been walking for a few hours when we had to stop. The sun was beginning to peek out from behind the clouds, and I quickly searched for somewhere Nezuko could hide. After a few minutes, I spotted a small cave nearby.

"Nezuko, I want you to hide in here. You can't be exposed to sunlight." 

I turned toward her, only to see a pink-and-black blur zoom past me and disappear into the cave.

'What the—?'

I turned back around to see Nezuko already huddled at the very back of the small cave. 

"Okay then."

'We can't keep traveling only at night. There has to be some way I can carry Nezuko during the day without exposing her to sunlight. Maybe I can find something big enough for her to hide inside.' 

"Hey, Nezuko, I'm going to look for something that'll let us keep traveling during the day," I told her. 

"Alright. I think there might be a house or something nearby. You might be able to ask them if they have anything that'll help us."

"How do you know?"

"My senses are heightened because of the transformation, so I can smell that there are people nearby." 

"Alright, I'll go ask."

"Stay safe," she told me.

"I will," I told her. I sniffed the air to see if I could pick up on anything and, sure enough, I smelled people nearby. I followed the scent in their direction.

3rd Person P.O.V.

Tanjiro eventually came across some farmland where a man was tending to his crops. Looking around, he spotted an old, worn-out basket, along with some straw and bamboo nearby. An idea immediately came to him. 

"Excuse me. Would it be okay if I took that basket, straw, and some bamboo?" Tanjiro asked the man.

"Sure, you're welcome to it, but that basket is full of holes," the man told Tanjiro.

"That's alright. Thank you, and here's some money for the things."

"No, that's alright. I mean the basket is full of holes. I don't have any use for it."

"No, I insist!" Tanjiro said.

"No, it's alright. You can have the bamboo and straw for free, too."

"I'm still going to pay you for it!" Tanjiro said stubbornly.

"I said it's okay! You're one stubborn kid!"

Tanjiro slapped the money into the man's hands.

"Agh...!"

"Please accept this even though it isn't much," Tanjiro said before running off with the basket, straw, and bamboo.

"Thank you very much!" Tanjiro yelled back to the man.

"Ouch!!" the man yelped, shaking his hand.

Nezuko's P.O.V.

After Tanjiro left, the sunlight began creeping deeper into the cave. So, I decided to dig myself a hole at the very back where it couldn't reach me. Once it was deep enough, I crawled inside. 

'Why is it always sunlight?'

After waiting for a while, I heard someone calling my name.

"Nezuko? Nezuko? Oh no, she's gone." 

I internally facepalmed.

'Okay, I love my brother, but he can be so dumb. He knows I can't go out in sunlight, so I have nowhere to go.'