✓Day Of The Dead (MuiTan - TanMui)✓

Chapter Twenty-three - First Day Outside

Two days later -  Muichiro's pov

I sat on my bed, nervously fidgeting with my fingers. I really didn't want to go outside, I was scared that someone would get hurt or worse, die.. I couldn't bear the thought of losing someone again.

"Ready?" Tanjiro asked when he peeked into the room. I slowly shook my head and looked down at my lap "I am really scared.. I don't want to go outside again after.. you know.."

Tanjiro nodded understandingly and sat down next to me, grabbing my hand into his "hey, I am sure we'll be fine, Sanemi seems to know more about this than any of us. He's very skilled too and now that you are feeling better, you can fight too, I might not be the best at it but I can fight too.. and I am sure that with the help of others, we'll get through it, okay?"

"What about Yui.." I mumbled and Tanjiro looked down. "I am sure we won't be out for a while. I fed him a lot now so I am sure he'd be just fine for a couple days" he replied and I gave him a tiny nod.

"Alright, thank you, Tanjiro" I smiled a little and he did too, about to kiss my cheek but I grabbed his chin and pressed his lips on mine for the first time.

He melted into the kiss, his hands roaming around my cheeks and neck while he continued to kiss. Once he pulled away, he immediately smiled once again and said "finally, you don't even know how long I've been waiting for this"

I chuckled "mhm, honestly.. me too.. I feel like this was a good time to finally do it.. I still feel bad for Genya but.. I think you're right.. he'd want me to be happy and move on" I smiled after finishing the sentence and Tanjiro smiled even wider, hugging me tightly.

"Come on you two, let's go" Sanemi said and we both nodded. Tanjiro grabbed my hand and led me out of the room. As we got closer to the door, I felt the fear rise again. I grabbed onto Tanjiro's hand tighter and started breathing a bit heavily.

"Hey, it'll be okay, all we have to do is keep quiet and look around, I am sure everything will go well" Tanjiro said, trying to calm me down but it didn't help much "I know.. I am just.. scared"

"I know you are but try to relax a little, okay? I'll be right next to you the whole time, I'll make sure nothing bad happens to anyone" Tanjiro said with a smile and I smiled back "okay.. I'll try.."

Once we got to the door, everyone was waiting there, prepared with their bags and weapons. Kotetsu walked over to me and grabbed my hand. I held his hand tightly, knowing he must be scared too.

I looked over at Mitsuri who was eyeing Shinobu the whole time, she didn't take her eyes off of her and Shinobu didn't seem to mind, she just stood there, making eye contact with Mitsuri from time to time which made her cheeks redder and redder.

"Let's go," Sanemi said and everyone nodded. He opened the door and we all walked out. The second I was outside again, I felt chills run down my spine. The city looked even worse than last time.

Kotetsu clung onto me more, clearly scared, so I decided to pick him up and hold him in my arms instead so he feels a bit safer. He wrapped his arms around my neck and held onto me as we all began to walk.

The big hole wasn't far away from our shelter but it was still quite a bit of walking. As we walked, the cold weather started affecting everyone. Everyone was trembling from the cold even though we all had warm coats on us.