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Protect You Part III (Fluff)

Prompt: Reader is a demon who ran into Tanjiro in a forest. Tanjiro begins to chase after her, before realizing the demon is similar to Nezuko and decides to take care of her.

Note: It's taking everything in me not to add more details and storyline into this and make it its own book. Thank you for 900 reads!

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-Erii

•.___.•

"Y/n-san, this is your bedroom. It has . . . " Her words faded out in the demon girls mind as she thought of one boy. It was as if everything around her was drowned out, coated by the desire to see the burgundy haired boy again.

"Y/n-san . . . Y/n-san?" Shinobu's finger tip lightly ghosted over Y/n's shoulder, the girl gasping, blood demon art activating and creating a puffy cloud of smoke around her.

"You zoned out . . . are you alright?" With a simple wave of her arm the smoke had dissipated, leaving the girl out in the open.

"When will I see Tanjiro again?" She asked, startled and afraid of this new and homey surrounding.

The Insect hashira sighed. It seemed like the only thing Y/n could focus on was the boy.

"Alright, this is how we will pick out your name. We have all these note cards, and whichever ones you pick will be your first and last name." Aoi explained, laying out the candidates for a last name first.

The girls eyes glazed over the options. Kocho, Kanzaki, Tsuyuri. She had no idea what to pick. No one had told her what these names were, what they meant.

"This one." The demon placed her pointer finger on the left most slip of paper.

Aoi beamed with joy, containing her excitement but beginning to blush. "Kanzaki. That's my last name. When two people share the same last name they are family. Traditionally, when a woman meets a man whom she marries, her last name will change to his."

Aoi crossed her arms, the girl stared at the floor processing this information. "What is, 'marries'?"

"When two people have a ceremony, bonding them together for life." Aoi explained, smiling warmly at her new sister.

Tanjiro.

The one name on the girls mind.

"Tanjiro has to fulfill his duties as a demon slayer." Y/N didn't seem to satisfied with the answer, urging Shinobu to continue. "If you wish, you could accompany him on missions and help defend people from demons. That simply would be the only time you would get to see him, other than his recovery periods of course-"

"I'll do it." Shinobu's eyes shined with a glint of amusement, Y/n shrinking down with a soft blush on her face. "I-I mean, I do owe him. He saved my life. Who knows where I'd be without him."

Shinobu gave the girl a smug smirk, not completely buying her excuse. "Alright. Tanjiro is still recovering, sending him out on the mission where he found you was a stretch. I predict he'll still be recovering for at least a week longer. I will teach you all I can about the world."

•.___.•

"Hello." You gasped, Tanjiro jogging up to meet you as you walked around the butterfly mansion.

"Hi."

"How is everything?" He asked, the warmest smile on his face while he looked at you, not as a monster but as an equal.

"Everything is fine. Everyone here has been treating me very kindly, over the last couple of days Shinobu-san has began to teach me about the world." You smiled shyly, looking down to the floor.

"Lady Shinobu told me that you wish to accompany me for demon slaying." You looked up to him, confused by his solemn facial expression.
"You don't have to do that."

He seemed anxious by the idea of you entering the battle field, shocked when he heard a laugh come from you. An enchanting sound he craved to hear more of while your E/c eyes made contact with his wine ones.

"I know. Yet I feel inclined to anyways. I have a gift, Shinobu-san thinks so anyway. I can help you. And I will. Besides, I don't like the idea of you traveling alone." He smiled, turning the corner along with you.

"I don't travel alone. I usually have my comrades Zenitsu and Inosuke to keep me company. And either way I always have Nezuko." You sighed, shaking your head as he seemed to miss your point. Walking out into the garden as the stars twinkle above.

"I still wish to help. In some way." You looked up wistfully, the boy beside you enchanted by you in every way.

"I have been given everything since I have arrived here. A loving sister, Shinobu-san, you. I want to give the world something as well." Tanjiro shook his head, knowing his words did not change how you currently thought about demon slaying.

"Besides, if I travel with you I know that you are safe first hand. I could not imagine letting you leave for long periods of time, not knowing if you were safe." His face flushed at your care for him, letting out a sigh of acceptance.

"Alright then. I guess I'll see you around a lot more then Y/n-chan." He took a hold of your hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Yes."

To be continued . . .

Word count; 992