Between Earth and Water|| Demon Slayer

Chapter. 03

"What are you doing?!" Giyu yelled as the girl dragged him inside. She looked around for a moment, taking in the mess that was his complex. Giyu shut up immediately as he realized she was looking around, his face flushing with embarrassment.

The girl dragged Giyu to the living room, gently pushing him down onto the couch. The sudden movement made him extremely dizzy, causing him to put his hand on his head.

"Can you get out of my house...?" He mumbled. His voice was a bit slurred, and he was getting very tired. The girl didn't answer, disappearing to the kitchen for a moment.

Being dragged around while stumbling didn't sit well with Giyu at all. Nausea was a feeling he was all too familiar with, but this was bad. He gagged a little bit, covering his mouth with his hand and holding his stomach with the other.

"Uhgg..." He groaned. He was definitely about to be sick, that was clear.

The girl came back quickly, and somehow she had found a bucket under his kitchen sink. That wasn't Giyu's concern, as he took it and immediately began vomiting into it. The alcohol nor his lunch was going to stay down; it really felt like his internal organs were going to come up next.

"Do you drink often?" The girl asked quietly. Giyu continued throwing up, letting the girl sit next to him on the couch.

"All... all the time." Giyu gasped, trying to catch his breath.

"Ever since... my sister died...  today is the anniversary of her death..." Giyu never liked talking. He always kept to himself, quiet and a loner by choice. However, his drunken stupor had him spilling everything that he was feeling.

"I see." The girl said quietly. She seemed unbothered, which was a relief. The last thing Giyu wanted right now was to be ridiculed for the absolute mess of a person he was right now.

The girl left for a minute, her shoes quietly clacking on the floor. Giyu finished throwing up, putting the bucket on the floor and gasping for breath. When she came back, she was holding a glass of water, a slice of bread, an ice pack, and some medicine.

"Drink slowly, and take the medicine. Don't eat too quickly either." The girl explained. Giyu listened, taking the medicine quickly but doing everything else slowly. He was a mess, too drunk to try and fight back.

After eating the bread and drinking the water, Giyu resorted to collapsing onto the couch. He didn't have a pillow or blanket, but he didn't care. He was exhausted from vomiting, being drunk, and having so many emotions that he couldn't handle.

"Go to sleep. You need it." The girls voice seemed to be fading out as Giyu's eyes began to close.

"Who... who the hell are you...?" He managed to ask in a hoarse, slurred voice.

"Just sleep."

The last thing Giyu saw was the blurry image of the girl standing in front of him, looking down at him with a calm expression. Those eyes... he'd see that shade of green in his dreams.

Sleep hit him in the face before he knew it.