/ 𝙏𝘼𝙉𝙅𝙄𝙍𝙊 𝙓 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙍 /

I'm ready (Angst/Fluff)

HUGE MANGA SPOILERS

HUGE MANGA SPOILERS

HUGE MANGA SPOILERS

"TANJIRO!!"

This was terrible. You couldn't believe your eyes. The kindest man, your love, fiancee, turned into a monster. Inosukes arms were planted firmly around your waist, stopping you from running to the love of your life.

Everyone still alive was in shock, watch the new demon king step out into the sun. Your heart dropped, watching ad the beams began to burn through his skin, hearing his painful holler.

"ANYONE WHO CAN STILL MOVE! HOLD HIM UNDER THE SUN! DEMONS MUST DIE HERE!" Tomioka yelled as he stumbled to get up from his position.

"TANJIROOOO!" You elbowed Inosuke in the stomach, running to the new demon at blinding speed. You threw yourself over top of him, blocking the suns glare from disintegrating him.

"D-darling, its okay. I'm here! Muzan is gone now, we can go home. Hold on for me." You whimpered. He threw you off of him, trying to protect you from the monster he became, his consciousness slowly losing the battle between his urges.

Suddenly, he conquered the sun.

Kanoe creeped up behind the man, before bringing her arm down and stabbing the cure into his back. He hollered out in pain, whips springing out of his back. One knocked the cure out of his body, before he passed out.

Everyone sighed in relief, collapsing to the floor. You crawled to him, to weak to stand. You turned his body over, making him rest on his back.

"He's still a demon." You determined after placing your hand over where his heart once had a pulse. Finally, you let exhaustion take over your senses, drapped across your fiance.

•.___.•

You were told that after you passed out, your grip was so tight on him no one could pry you off. After that, the Wisteria cure didn't work anymore. No matter how many times you tried, eventually you all gave up.

His body remained with some human features though. He aged, until eighteen, then his aging process began to drastically slow. Then his body stayed like that, no one had a real explanation. He bled, wound took longer to heal then the average demon. Only having half a cure didn't completely humanize him, but partly.

Ever since then you never let him go, always being by his side, never leaving him. "Would you like to go to lunch with our friends today?" You softly coed, brushing through his hair gently.

He nodded, leaning into the touch of you massaging his scalp. You were both nineteen now, living life at the butterfly mansion.

He turned to you, a pang of guilt struck you as the deep red marks across his face reminded you of your failure. Your fingers traced them softly, smiling at the demon fondly.

"Are my marks scary?" He asked with a guilty and pained expression on his face. You snapped out of your daze, looking at him with wide E/c eyes.

"Of course not my love. Your handsome, everything about you inside and out." You leaned up, planting a kiss on his forehead, before getting up off the bench.
"Now lets go home. Okay?" You looked back over your shoulder, a dazzling smile making the demons face heat up.

"Hai!"

•.___.•

"I'm stuffed!" Inosuke slammed his bowl down onto the table, grinned at his wife next to him.

"I can't believe I married such a boar." Aoi let out an annoyed yet loving sigh, patting the food gently from the corners of her mouth.
"Come to think of it . . ." Aoi turned to you. Tanjiro had his head resting on your lap, not being able to eat human food.
"Aren't you two ever going to get married?"

You thought about it for a moment, before Tanjiro interrupted. "Do you still- want- marry me?" He sat up, his words making your heart break as you looked into his desperate eyes.

"Of course darling. More than anything." You turned to Aoi. "I'll start looking into it. After all, there's nothing holding us back now and we are both ready for that step." I'm ready you mouthed to the boy next to you.

•.___.•

You accepted your fiances warm embrace as you both situated into bed. After a while, you heard his soft snores. Tears pricked your eyes as you looked at the marks, then to the sharp fangs in his open mouth.

His nose twitched slightly, before his deep red demonic eyes slowly opened to meet yours. "What, wrong?" He brought you closer, pushing your face into his chest as more tears kept coming.

"Why? Why do you think your not good enough?" You clutched the fabric of his night shirt.

He quickly caught on to the sense of your grief. "Because, I'm just holding you back. You can't even look at me without feeling guilty. I'm bringing you pain.
You deserve better-"

"No you! You deserve better! You of all people deserve a happy and full normal life. Stop being ashamed of your scars please." You leaned back, looking at him with pure love and adoration.
"I promise to love you. To get married, and have our own little family. We can live on a beautiful veranda, and have our own garden. I'm ready. To let go. Move on, with you. You. "

You leaned forward, capturing his lips in yours. He whimpered softly, melting into your kiss, the kiss that sealed all your promises and hopes for the future, for both of your futures, together.

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