𝙄𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝘼 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝...

Only a bit...

The first time Sanemi Shinazugawa laid his eyes on you, he thought you were no more than a pest- always getting into things that you shouldn't, and seemingly oblivious to the irritation you caused him.

No one else seemed to share his frustrations about you, so why was he the only one who felt it?

Soon it changed into a feeling of possessiveness- he needed to make sure you wouldn't get hurt since you seemed to not care about yourself- he would make this feeling go away one way or another.

You stood in the training fields with some friends, laughing and talking about upcoming missions, past missions, and basically anything and everything under the sun. But Sanemi... he leans against a wall watching you, his eyes focused solely on you, and no one else. You don't notice and continue talking to your friends as one of them suggests you should all train together.

Sanemi's eyes narrowed, he wanted you for himself, and you being tied up with others for training made him uneasy. Still, you all began to train together. Your friends were lower ranked than you, but were still strong, as you're all demon slayers. You, to Sanemi's dislikes, end up getting cut on the cheek.

His eyes soften as he looks at you, blood now running down your face. He didn't like seeing you hurt.

His masculine voice calls out to you. "Come here. I'll heal it." He says, with a cold but comforting tone. "Ah, but sanemi-kun," You reciprocate. "It's just a small cut, nothing too important." He approaches anyway and cleans up your face before putting a small bandaid on the cut.

"Don't talk back to me. Just accept the treatment." "fine, fine, thank you!" You say, a small tint of blush appearing on your face. He stays kneeling in front of you for a few seconds more, seemingly adoring your face. His voice now turns more soothing.

"You should get back to training. I'll be out here making sure nobody else bothers you." He says. "O-Ok, Sanemi-kun.." You say shakily. *God, that would've been a perfect time for him to make a move~!* You think to yourself. He gets up and leans against the wall again. He watches, and every time someone comes close to you, you see him tense up slightly. You and a boy in your friend group do a 1v1 with wooden katanas, and you get a huge bruise on your face. This was it. Someone had made you hurt.

You see a furious look on Sanemi's face as he stands up again and slowly approaches the boy, grabbing him by the shoulder very forcefully. You hear him growling something under his breath before he punches the boy in the face and knocks him out cold. "S-Sanemi!" you shout. His eyes lock onto yours, and it seems as though he's about to yell at you before he stops himself.
He sighs and says somewhat quietly "Are you okay?" His voice is back to sounding cold, if anything, annoyed.
"I-I'm completely fine, don't worry, but what about that boy?" you mutter, loud enough so he can hear. He looks back at the unconscious boy and nudges him with his foot, to no response.

"Don't worry. He will recover within a couple of hours. The most he'll have is a headache." He responds, coldly. You stare at Sanemi in shock. He turns his head back to you

His expression seems to soften when he sees your face again.

"Don't look at me like that, okay? He brought this on himself." He says, trying to calm you. He crouches down to your level.

"Look, do you need any more treatment for that bruise? I don't want you to get injured again." he says, worriedly. "I-It only hurts a little bit..."