Comfort {Tanjiro x Giyuu} -NOT ORIGINAL-

Chapter 1

Hello, hello! As you can already tell, this is Tanjiro x Giyuu. And for the record: this is not mine. Well.....technically it is. I loved reading this story and I love the creative ideas behind it because I've never heard of this kind of Soulmate AU. And yes, it's a Soulmate AU. Anyway- since the author just lost motivation to continue writing this or something, they ended it pretty quickly and I was not satisfied, to say the least. So this is gonna be my version of 'Comfort {Tanjiro x Giyuu}' by Arianna983. Shout out to them for creating this, in the first place.

Example because this is hard to explain: If Tanjiro and Giyuu are soulmates, they can only smell each other's scent (unless they have a crazy good sense of smell like Tanjiro or Urokodaki) and by smelling each other's scent, they can calm down faster. Also, after they meet, they frequently have to smell each other's scent because the longer they go without smelling each other's scent, the weaker they get until they eventually die. Oh, and both people have to be 16 for them to be able to smell each other's scent so even though Giyuu and Tanjiro met already, Tanjiro was 13 so nothing happened. And I know he's currently 15 so I'll probably have this story take place when he turns 16. And then that's when everything starts. Also- because of the weakness from lack of their soulmate's scent, it's normal for demon slayers to travel with their soulmate, to keep their energy up.

Oh, and let's pretend Giyuu is 18 instead of 21 so there's only like a 2-3 year difference between him and Tanjiro. I think that's it. I know it's a lot, sorry. I'll try not to change it up too much. Anyways- Enjoy!

~After Tanjiro's and Nezuko's Interrogation at HQ~

No one's POV

'It's really them.....And they're both still alive....' Giyuu thought as he stood, motionless, watching the Kamado siblings as they were carried off by two kakushi.

It had been over two years since Giyuu last saw them and here they are.....Tanjiro, a demon slayer and Nezuko, a demon who still has yet to harm a human. Relief seemed to flood through the hashira's chest. He really had made the right choice of sparing Nezuko......

~A Week Later~

Giyuu's POV

It had been a week since Tanjiro, Nezuko, and their friends arrived at HQ. A week. And I hadn't seen them since. But I couldn't seem to think straight. It felt like my mind was going a mile a minute but I could only think about one thing: Tanjiro. Even as I laid in the water, filling the bathtub, the only thing I could think about was Tanjiro. I laid there, soaking in the hot, soapy water, with my eyes closed for nearly an hour before I finally got out.

The moment I put on my robe, there was a knock on my front door. I sighed, drying my hair with a towel as I made my way outside. 'It better not be Kocho....' I thought to myself, sliding the door open. It was a boy. He seemed to be about 5'5 or 5'6 in height with burgundy hair and dark red eyes....

"Tanjiro?"

 Sure enough, Tanjiro was standing before me, smiling, "Hey, Mr. Tomioka! How are you?"

"Oh, I'm fine....How about you?" I mumbled. "I'm good. Ms. Kocho, Ms. Aoi, Sumi, Kiyo, and Naho have been taking really good care of Nezuko, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and I," he said, "Anyways, I'm here to give this to you." Tanjiro held out a box wrapped in a cream colored cloth. I took it, slowly untied the cloth, and opened the box. It was filled with mochi and rice balls with a small cherry blossom flower sitting on top. "It's a thank you gift from Nezuko and I. Sumi, Kiyo, and Naho helped me make the mochi and rice balls and Nezuko picked a flower for you. I know it's not much but I'm not entirely sure what you like and this is the most we can do, right now," Tanjiro's smile only seemed to grow. "Thank you," I nodded, "But I don't really care for mochi." Tanjiro sighed and began apologizing before I cut him off, "Would you like to come in a have some?"

"Are you sure?"

I nodded and stepped aside, watching Tanjiro walk in before we walked to the living room. "Woah, your house is so spacious, Mr. Tomioka," Tanjiro smiled as he sat down across from me. We sat in silence as we began to eat. And the silence definitely didn't seem appealing to Tanjiro. If anything, it seemed to made him nervous, "So, uh.....Is there anyone else that lives here, with you?"

"No," I mumbled. "Really?" Tanjiro looked at me. I shook my head before taking a bite of my rice ball. "Oh....I'm sorry to hear that. Unless you like it this way, that is!" the shorter male chuckled nervously. I merely shrugged.

"I'll be going, now. Thank you, Mr. Tomioka," Tanjiro smiled, putting on his sandals. I nodded and watched Tanjiro wave as he walked away.

"Tanjiro."

"Hm? Yes, Mr. Tomioka?" the boy asked, stopping in his tracks.

"Just call me Tomioka," I mumbled.

Tanjiro's smile grew, "Okay, Tomioka."

"Tanjiro."

"Yes, Tomioka?"

"You have some mochi on your cheek."

Tanjiro chuckled, wiping his cheek, "Thank you, Tomioka."