By your side [Tanjiro x oc]

Chapter 9

Chapter Nine
The Flame Hashira

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When we finally made our way inside the train, we could hear a loud voice repeatedly saying, "Tasty!" We all looked at each other, confusion on our faces.

We made our way through each of the train carts, the voice getting louder and louder. People gave us looks of confusion, wondering why we were just going through each cart, and not finding a seat. But it's not like we cared about that.

When we finally made it to the cart where the voice was coming from, we were shocked. "Mr. Rengoku?" I questioned, tilting my head to the side. I saw his head of yellow and red hair, a bento box in his hands. Rengoku looked towards us, a bright smile on his face.

"Ah! It's the little nurse!" Rengoku said, making his way towards me, and patting my midnight blue hair. His happiness was undeniable, but Rengoku was a naturally cheerful person. The boys gave me a shocked look, well, I wasn't sure about Inosuke, but I assumed so.

"You know him, Hoshi?" Tanjiro asked, his eyes beaming in excitement. I shrugged, "He came into the healing center one time to retrieve a medicine. I happened to be the one to give it to him."

Before we could talk any longer, the train lights started to dim, and the cart started to shake. "What in the world?" I muttered, putting my hand on my sword. The others did the same.

All of a sudden, the door busted open and a huge demon came crawling in. I couldn't help but cringe at the sight of the demon. It looked disgusting.

Rengoku waved his hand off, "Get everyone out of the cart, we can't fight without getting them injured." We all nodded, well, except for Inosuke. When we were getting the last person out, he had started to fight the demon, nearly injuring the civilian.

Zenitus scolded Inosuke for not listening to Rengoku, when a bright light filled the room. They both shut up as we turned our heads to look at the source of the light. It was Rengoku and his flame breathing style. Truth be told we were shocked.

I was shocked.

He was able to take out the demon in an instant, leaving all of us shocked. We had wanted to help more, but he just took out like it was nothing.

The lights had returned to their normal lighting, the demons body already disintegrating. The boys had immediately started fan girling over Rengoku, with him being in the middle, smiling brightly. Not in a cocky way, but like a proud mentor or older brother.

Speaking of brothers, I could hear the boys asking him to be their big brother. I thought it was adorable seeing Tanjiro so excited.

I slid into the booth Rengoku was sitting in beforehand. I saw the multiple bento boxes sitting there, some empty but most untouched. Not being able to resist my hunger, I grabbed a box, and opened the lid.

The smell of the food was glorious. The rice balls being perfect shaped into their triangles. The steam of the vegetables wafting in the air. The perfect smell of the pork meat. It smelled and looked amazing. But the taste was better.

I wasn't sure how to describe it.

But I for sure knew that it felt like an explosion of food goodness. The flavors all mixing together perfectly. The sauce added the perfect amount of saltiness to the vegetables and meat. The simple white rice taken to the next level with the secret spices in it.

I was taken out of my state of heaven when Rengoku sat across from me and Tanjiro sat next to me. Inosuke and Zenitsu were in the booth across from us, arguing about something. I turned back to the two, catching a site of deep red eyes looking at me. Tanjiro quickly looked away and down to the bento box in front of him.

Was his cheeks red?

We continued talking about the whole mission and how we could return back to the Butterfly Mansion. A couple "Tasty!"'s came from Rengoku as we did conversate and ate.

The train ride was going smoothly before I felt suddenly sleepy. I yawned and rubbed my eyes, I didn't know why I was so tired suddenly. I was getting enough sleep and enough to eat. My eyes went to the others who were also showing signs of tiredness.

Tanjiro's head landed on my shoulder, I looked down to him. He looked so cute like this...

Before I could stop myself, my eyes closed, and my head landed on top of his. I had fallen asleep and I couldn't explain why.

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A/N: GUYS I FINALLY UPLOADED A CHAPTER

I've been having so many hyper fixations I had a hard time coming back to this one. I have future ideas, but it's kinda hard to get there lol.

I've also been spending more time on yt, editing, making videos, and all that jazz. But yeah, short chpt, hoped you liked it!

Bye bye :'