Comfort {Tanjiro x Giyuu} -NOT ORIGINAL-

Chapter 4

Tanjiro's POV

".....Tomioka......?"

Giyuu Tomioka was my soulmate......Silence quickly filled my ears, Tomioka's sweet ocean scent filled my nostrils, and my mind began to race.

Tomioka is my soulmate? How could this even be possible? We're both guys. How do I feel about this? How does he feel about this? I don't want this to ruin everything. We've only been friends for a month or two and he's my soulmate?! We were both just saying yesterday that we're not interested in finding our soulmates. What if he and I can't get along? And he doesn't want to be stuck with someone at all times, just for survival. But now this means that I'm going to have to follow him everywhere. I'm just gonna get in the way of his missions. He'll find me annoying won't he? And he'll say that I talk too much, I can be too gullible, I'm too much of a burden, it's irresponsible to take Nezuko with me, everywhere I go, it's pathetic to rely on her, Inosuke, and Zenitsu all the time- Wait....what about Inosuke and Zenitsu? Tomioka won't want the extra baggage slowing him down, but I don't want to leave them.....What if Tomioka and I.....kiss? What if we do more than that.....? How will he react? How will I react? What if he doesn't want to do anything like that? What if I don't want to do anything like that? Maybe it's just a simple mistake........?

When I finally seemed to come back to reality, I was still staring at Tomioka. It felt as if every nerve in my body was trembling as Tomioka and I just stared at each other. Then I did one of the most unthinkable things, I could imagine myself doing.

Giyuu's POV

As I walked up to the butterfly mansion, I caught a whiff of a sweet smell. It was coming from inside and admittedly, it smelled wonderful. It felt like a warm day in spring and a refreshing tropical beverage were embracing each other, tightly. And the closer I got, the stronger the scent became.

But it suddenly became a lot more potent than I expected as I watched the front door open. Before I even knew it, Tanjiro fell to the ground, hard, desperately clamping his hand over his nose and mouth as he stared wide-eyed at me. For a brief moment, I felt as if I was about to fall over. It was Tanjiro.....The sweet, almost addicting scent was emanating from Tanjiro. I froze and just stood there, unable to move as the realization hit me like a two ton boulder. Tanjiro Kamado and I are soulmates.......

Tanjiro is my soulmate? How? It's not unheard of to be soulmates with someone of the same gender but.....me and Tanjiro? He said so himself, that he isn't interested in a relationship. What then? He doesn't want to be stuck to someone else either. Will he want to travel with his friends, his sister, and me? Four other people that he would have to deal with. Surely that'll cause problems......His friends already don't seem to like me, anyway. Will there be enough room for me at the butterfly mansion, as well? Would he rather stay with me? And what'll happen if he wants to become intimate? What if he doesn't want to touch at all? I don't want to make him uncomfortable. We've only been friends for a month and a half. Damn it.....

I eventually came out of my dazed state to find Tanjiro and I still staring at one another. He was trembling. Suddenly, he stood and ran past me and disappearing out of sight into the nearby trees. I clenched my fists as I began to tremble, myself. His scent was nowhere as sweet as before and truth be told, it made my chest tighten and my heart ache. This must be how Tanjiro feels every time someone gives off such a sad and distressed scent.

"Please give this to Tanjiro, when he returns....." I mumbled quietly, handing a box wrapped in a dark red cloth to a girl with black hair, blue eyes, and blue butterfly pins. I turned and walked away, not bothering to listen to what her or any of the others had to say.