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𝓑𝓾𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓑𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮

"Haha! There!" Inosuke shouted, looking expectantly at Tanjiro and I.

I turned to look in the direction he was speaking of, the opposite way of Rui.

I didn't care for the demon, I didn't care for anything honestly, but for some odd reason, I wanted to speak with him before his last moments. Maybe grant him a sense of peace.

'Damn, Tanjiro really has rubbed off on me.'

"Yami, let's go!" Tanjiro shouts, running past me into the forest. I catch up to him fairly quickly, slowing my pace to match his after a while.

"Tanjiro, I think I'm going to go look for the Kizuki, do you two need my assistance before I go?" I ask, keeping my eyes ahead of me.

"Are you sure?" Tanjiro asks, worried as always, "I wouldn't want you to get hurt..." 

I turn to glance at him, giving him a short nod.

"I'm strong, I don't doubt I can do it, and I don't doubt you either."

A slight blush comes to Tanjiro's face, probably from my sudden encouragement.

"O-okay, promise... promise me we'll meet back up on the other side of the mountain?"

I nod, drifting away slightly before completely breaking off from their group, leaving me alone to my devices.

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*TANJIRO'S POV*

'What was that!'

Never before had he felt this way. His palms were sweaty, his heart was beating fast, and his face was hot, despite the chill of the wind. 

He didn't know what this feeling was, but he didn't mind it.

Especially because it came from her.

Sure, there had been other girls he liked before, but none of them felt the same. This feeling was fuzzy, yet rough around the edges, tying his stomach into knots anytime she smiled at him, or their hands brushed against each other's. It was bright but brought out thoughts that he'd never thought before. 

"What if she smiles at me when I do this?"

"What if she frowns..?" 

"What if  she likes something else?"

"What if she likes someone else?"

The thought of her weighed heavy on his mind, a constant in his stream of thoughts, no matter the category.

Flowers?

Digitalis. She makes his heart beat just a little bit faster.

Food?

Udon. The day she met her.

People he loves?

"MONJIRO!" 

He snapped out of his thoughts with a shake of his head.

"Y-yes Inosuke?" He said, cringing slightly at the crack in his voice.

Inosuke didn't care.

"I've been calling your name!  Where'd Yami go?" He shouted impatiently.

He cleared his throat before speaking this time, "She went to go look for the boss demon,"

...

"ALONE?! EVEN I KNOW BETTER THAN THAT! DON'T YOU EVER THINK TONIKO?! THINK! THINK! THINK!" Inosuke said, hitting Tanjiro on the head with the handle of his sword multiple times.