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2ɴᴅ ᴘᴏᴠ (๑˘ꇴ˘๑)
One month later
Your eyes snapped open, your chest heaving up and down in a panicked rhythm. Your mind was scrambled, trying to piece together your past experience.
You remembered that you were in the box with Nezuko, then all of a sudden a sharp object pierced through your chest. The pain it caused was nothing you've ever felt before and it made you feel scared.
Surely it made a mark, right?
You hurriedly opened up your beige nagagi and started to feel around for any hole. After a while of searching, you concluded that there was no gash or mark. You tilted your head in confusion.
That was odd... where did the hole go? You could've sworn there was a hole after the object pulled out of you...
Your eyes scanned the room for any sign of danger, after ensuring there was none, you hopped out of the soft linen bed. In the corner of the room, there was a small brightly coloured sphere.
The spherical object intrigued you, when did that get there?
Slowly, your small feet cautiously approached the object. The closer you got, the more recognisable it became. It was a temari ball! And thankfully, it wasn't frozen!
You picked up the temari ball and listened to the sound of the jingles. The sound made you smile, the sound of jingles always made you relax but you didn't know why.
You played with the ball for several minutes, not minding how much noise you were causing. You played catch with yourself, chased the ball around the room a couple of times, tried to count the jingles it made, you even told it some made up stories.
The door to the room slid open and there stood Tanjiro with a small pack of roller bandages in his hand, his eyes widened slightly before a gentle smile graced his lips. "You're finally awake." He greeted smiling, his eyes then glanced towards Nezuko on the bed and his eyes softened, "She's been asleep all day again, hasn't she?" He asked as he stepped closer to the bed.
You nodded while he took a seat on the bed, making sure he didn't accidentally sit on Nezuko's legs. The saddened expression he had and the way he stared at the floor made you feel worried.
With the temari ball in one hand, you gently placed your small hand on top of his own. Tanjiro looked up at you and his gaze softened, he place his free hand on top of your hand and gaze it a gentle squeeze before looking back at his sister.
"I know the two of you recover your energy by sleeping," He started, "but it worries me when one of you doesn't open your eyes." He shook his head before looking back at you with a smile, "Hey, did you know that I'll be leaving this place soon to go on my next mission?"
