Disclaimer:
I do not own nor claim all the rights to 鬼滅の刃 | Kimetsu no Yaiba | Demon Slayer; all rights are reserved to its respective creator, Koyoharu Gotōge. This is purely a work of fiction; names, characters, businesses, events, localities, and occurrences are all extrapolated from the author's writings and imagination or utilized in a fictitious manner. As such, any direct or indirect references to actual entities, dead or alive, or events do not, in any shape or form, resemble the opinions of the author.
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"..." = Dialogue
'...' = Internal monologues
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"Junnosuke..." a tender voice softly beckoned.
Junnosuke steadily lifted his eyelids open, bringing his mother into his line of sight.
The teenage boy was perched seiza-style adjacent to the mother's futon, where she was seated in an upright position.
The mother was staring straight ahead, away from where her son was situated.
"Are you tired?" she asks with worry. "You have been dozing a lot today..."
The eldest son, not wanting to evoke an insipid appearance, straightens his back and lifts his head in order to add formality to his posture.
"I'm perfectly fine, Mother," Junnosuke reassures diligently. "It's just that the wood chopping yesterday with Father was unusually tiring."
The mother turns her head to the source of the sound, permitting her to face in the direction of her son's current disposition.
"Tell your Father to not pile on your workload," she suggests.
"It's alright, Mother. Besides, Father is teaching me useful things about the trade," Junnosuke answers assiduously.
The Mother lets out an amiable grin, "You don't have to always push yourself, even if you're the firstborn."
"It's the duty of the eldest son to help the Father in caring for the family," Junnosuke was punctilious in invoking the key tenets of traditional family values.
"Yes, but you're still a young boy... You don't have to carry that burden alone. The rest of us aren't completely helpless, you know?" the Mother quips in a placating and soothing manner, exuding the warmth of a mother's love.
"Ah... right..." the son replies hesitantly, as he treated the words uttered by his mother as those carrying tremendous wisdom—even if they contradicted his beliefs.
The Mother smiles warmly, "You and your father are so similar in many ways..."
"Me and Father?" Junnosuke questions.
"Mhm," the Mother hums in response, "both of you are so determined to protect this family. Even if you have to do it alone..."
"..."
"May I request a favor, Junnosuke?" she suddenly brings up.
Junnosuke was a little startled to hear this, but he complied nonetheless, "Of course, Mother."
"Please look after your father, Junnosuke..." she spoke faintly.
"Look after Father...?" Junnosuke said in confusion.
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