IF MUZAN WAS KIND (Muzan x Tamayo)

Chapter 20: The Joker and The Queen

(Taisho/Present)

The authorities came to their home, leaving the investigation of Inosuke's disappearance to professionals.

Kotoha been feeling a deep distress. She sat at the porch with the gloomy sky above.
Douma approached behind her, holding a blanket above him incase sunlight hit him.

"Kotoha...", Douma called but she was in dazed, unable to focus onto anything else but her beloved son.
"Douma, please go back inside...", Kotoha spoke as she shivered slightly from the cold breeze passing by her.
"I won't go unless you go first.", Douma said as he sat bravely next to her with the risky high chance of him dying at any moment if the thick group of clouds reveal the bright sun above them.

"I'm worried. So worried.", Kotoha said with her voice cracking from the overwhelming emotions she held tightly as it was about to release from her chest.
"I know. The others are too.", Douma said "I just hope Inosuke is safe out there. I know— we know that he is strong. Don't you believe so?", Douma added as he pressed his cold hand tightly against Kotoha's soft warm hand.
"I know you might be thinking that he may be in danger at this given moment but even so, we know that he's strong— both mentally and physically. He'll try to fight back over and over again to prove himself stronger than the other. We know, right? Since we're his parents. We raised him together that's why we know.", Douma continued as he brought her hand infront of him as he kissed the back of her hand gently.

Douma was trying to lighten Kotoha's mood in some way since he didn't like seeing her lonely and depressed like at this moment.

Kotoha turned to him with tears running down her cheeks out of worry for Inosuke.
"Douma, I never told myself that. Inosuke might be strong as you say but I see him as a reckless kid and I'm worried about him.", Kotoha cried out.
Ever since Kotoha had Inosuke, she couldn't loosen her guard down from protecting and caring for her son.

Douma wiped off her tears away as he pulled her into a comforting and gentle hug with the blanket now sheltering the both of them.

•Meanwhile at Kakunodate•

The next day, Muzan and Tamayo were going to visit the Ubayashiki family later in the afternoon.

Muzan and Tamayo were fast asleep while Inosuke was out at the post office to deliver the letter Tamayo written back home.

As he walked down the street filled with a lot of weeping cherry blossom trees left and right with the clear blue skies above, Inosuke then saw a small crowd forming.

Inosuke was curious as he squeezed himself through the crowd as he saw a girl- no, a man with a short bob cut, tucked to the side with two strands of his hair a little longer as he was performing a magic trick.
"Now, for our next trick; I'll be doing a card trick, but before that! We have to introduce to you Blossoming Rub! It's an ointment recommended for rubbing on your sore areas, burns, runny nose! And~ it comes with a free necklace for only... *blah blah blah*", the 'magician' kept talking.
Inosuke was invested but deep in his gut-feeling, something was very wrong with this little magic show.

"Ugh... that magician has been endorsing that for several times..."

"Hmm.. this 'blossoming rub'. I think I should buy one."

"Free necklace he say..?"

"This guy is probably a scammer.."

"Erm.. I've been here for an hour now. I think I should go home."