Soulmates (Yoriichi x Muzan)

🔪☀️Chapter twelve☀️🔪

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Yoriichi was laying in the local hot springs, completely exhausted. How could he waste that kind of opportunity when he was so close to getting it, the answer to everything was handed to him on a silver platter lined with gold. He's a failure, maybe if he wasn't so stuck in his thoughts he would have gotten there faster and would have found the demon that had caused him so much pain. He failed himself, he failed Uta, he's so stupid. Who knows if he will ever find a chance like that again, it could possibly never happen again. He came to the hot springs in hopes it could calm him down, even just a little bit. He was missing something though, but what?

"I was thinking you were here, correct me if I'm wrong but this doesn't look like working."

Yoriichi knew who it was before he even turned his head, he was longing for someone to comfort him but he didn't think Muzan would actually show up. He guessed that was that fuzzy feeling in his head, the soulmate bond. He didn't expect it, but Muzan hopped into the water and took a seat beside him. Yoriichi blinked and looked at his soulmate, Yoriichi never found a problem with being in a hot spring before, it was a traditional thing that people would participate in without wearing clothes. But having possible feelings for Muzan and being this close to him made it all the difference, he blushed a bit but the steam covered his face enough to make him look normal enough.

"Hey, you still didn't tell me what you're doing here."

"Sorry, um... just thinking, relaxing- I- what are you doing?" Yoriichi looked over at Muzan submerging most of his body into the water including his head. The demon popped his head out and let out a chuckle which Yoriichi found amusing.

"This is much better than a hot shower, and here I almost wasn't invited."

"Apologies, I just got done with a mission... so... yeah."

"Hm..." Muzan sat up properly and laid his head against the edge. "And how did that go?"

"Not the greatest."

"How so? You don't seem injured, did someone die?"

"Not exactly, I just..."

Yoriichi was wondering whether or not he should tell Muzan about what happened yesterday. Maybe Muzan could help him out with it, he was the progenitor of demons after all. But the demon looked so peaceful, he didn't want to stress him out as well. By now though he was sure Muzan could tell there was something wrong with Yoriichi, he couldn't lie without getting caught. Maybe he could sneak around it without directly saying it.

"Do you know about any demon that can withstand wisteria?"

"I told you, Yoriichi, if I knew I would've absorbed them by now."

"Right... well, there was a demon..."

"Yeah?"

"The demon was near a... well a village."

"Where are you going with this, Yoriichi?" Muzan was ringing out some water from his hair when he looked back at Yoriichi. "Are you feeling alright?"