心臓 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 , muzan kibutsuji

𝟎𝟎𝟑; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧

⚠️: the pov might change from '[name] and [name]'s' to 'you and you'd' throughout the chapter.
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❝ 𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐄 ❞
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> not sure if i've mentioned it, but [name] is 21. <

it'd been a while since the strange boy had arrived at the demon slayer corps. [name] had learned that his name was tanjiro, and that his younger sister nezuko was turned into a demon when the rest of his family was ruthlessly slaughtered by a demon who she once knew very well.

there had been a few complications with the other hashira wanting to behead him for breaking a rule, but things were (luckily) resolved.

she had also met two of tanjiro's friends, inosuke and zenitsu. inosuke immediately asked if she had any food of sorts to give to him, whilst zenitsu was asking where nezuko was currently staying.

master ubuyashiki had assigned both [name] and rengoku on a mission, deciding that the three boys should tag along so they weren't sat around doing the same things everyday.

the flame and plant pillar were good friends, often training together and sparring in their free time. the two had been on many missions together before, so [name] was sure it'd play out the same as it always did. a bit of conversation with the demon, fighting, and their head detaching like cake being cut.

oh how she was so wrong. this battle would only end in one thing — tears.

the five had traveled to the train station a few hours ago, and were now stood on the platform, waiting for their train to arrive.

when the train turned up, inosuke assumed that it was the demon.

[name] placed her hand on inosuke's shoulder. "inosuke, i can very much assure you that this is not a demon. it will not kill us." she said, trying to hold in her laugh. people were staring at them, and she could tell tanjiro and zenitsu were becoming embarrassed with their friends behaviour. on the other hand, rengoku just stood with a smile on his face, arms crossed.

"...yeah, okay, [name]uchou."

'...[name]uchou? that's a new one.' the girl thought to herself. inosuke had a habit of pronouncing peoples names wrong, but it didn't necessarily bother her. noticing the conductors were asking people to board, [name] gave inosuke a slight push, making him trip into the trains carriage.

kyojuro laughed before following behind the two of you, tanjiro and zenitsu trailing not to far behind him.

[name] watched as kyojuro became the 'big brother pillar' to the young kanoe, reaching into her haori and pulling out her diary. for some reason, it's familiar to her, like a fuzzy memory she just forgot. the only thing she could remember about it was a woman with long hair writing in it, seemingly talking about something.