𝙼𝙴𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙷𝙾𝙻𝚈. | Haganezuka x reader

Loss.

"It should have been me."

"Be careful out there okay? Don't let your guard down!" (Y/N) crouches down to Sabito's height and pinches his cheeks.

"I know I know Oneesan!" Sabito swats her hands away.

"That goes for you two as well." she turns to Giyuu and Makomo, patting their heads.

"Yes.." they both say in unison

"I expect all three of you to come back in one piece got it?" (Y/N) says with crossed arms.

"We promise!" Sabito held out his pinky, his older sister happily intertwined her pinky with his.

you promised.

"What..?" (Y/N)'s eyes widen as she continues to read the letter. Her fists clenched by her sides.

Sabito is dead. Makomo is dead. They're dead.
They're dead. They're dead. They're dead. They're dead. They're dead. They're dead. They're de—

(Y/N) could feel her head spiraling, she starts pulling her hair.
"This has to be some sick joke! It has to be—" she paused

Calm down.
"Lullaby Breathing technique First song: Lullaby's Embrace." she whispers as she starts humming a relaxing tune, her body growing more calm as time passes.

Dusting herself off, she then walked towards her foster father's house.

"..Sekonji?" (Y/N) looks around and sees him sitting on a rock. She slowly made her way towards him.

"Have you heard?" his head turning to you slightly.

"Yes."

"I see."

She couldn't hold it in anymore as she started sobbing with her hands covering her face. Sekonji envelopes her into a hug, hoping it would ease the pain even just a little.

"It's gonna be okay." his voice cracking as he speaks, rubbing circles on your back.

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"Caw! Caw! Letter from Haganezuka Hotaru!" (Y/N) lifts her head up, nervous about the letter since she has recently broke her katana in two.

"You piece of shit! I'll kill you!—" she stops reading as she could feel that the letter was only filled with vile words.

(Y/N) didn't mind being cursed at because of something she can't really control. She finds it admirable that someone is that passionate about something.

She knows that he doesn't really mean it and he's just agitated. Although she wishes that he could be a little bit nicer with his words.

(Y/N) sighs and started walking towards the training grounds. There she saw Giyuu, repeatedly hitting and cutting dummies nonstop.

"Giyuu maybe you should take a break." Her words only fell on deaf ears.

"..I made you onigiri, please eat. I'm worried about you." she places the food by her side.

"It's okay I'm not hungry." he huffed.

"You haven't eaten all day!" she tried her best to stay calm and collected.

Silence..

"Giyuu..?" (Y/N) reaches out her hand to see of he was okay.

Sniffle

Her eyes widen, she instantly pulled him into a hug, rubbing circles on his back just like her father does to her.

"What's wrong?" she worriedly asked

"..It should have been me." she flinched

"Don't say that!" her brows furrow, knowing what he meant by that.

Silence..

(Y/N) sighs
"You just need some rest." she says softly, humming a lullaby while cradling Giyuu on her lap in attempt to make him fall asleep.

"I'm.. not a.. baby.." Giyuu yawns and closed his eyes to sleep for the first time in who knows how long.

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She puts him to bed at the Lullaby mansion, soft music playing in the background. Leaving the room quietly and walking towards the garden, she sits down.

A knife comes flying towards her as she barely dodges it.
"Ah Haganezuka-san! I didn't know you were coming." pulling the knife out of the wall, an irk mark on her forehead.

"I said I was coming in the letter, dumb woman." he scoffed while pulling out a nichirin sword.

"You better take care of this one you little shit." he hands her the sword with murderous intent.

Until she hands him dango, (Y/N) could feel his eyes light up behind his mask. He immediately starts munching on the dangos.

(Y/N) could only see the lower half of his face, it made her curious about what he really looked like.

"..sorry." he muttered out, food still in his mouth. She could only laugh at his apology, it was like this everytime. He insults her and then he apologises.

"It's okay." she smiled softly at him.

The wind flows through her hair, the sunlight making it look like as if she was glowing. She looked like the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen. Atleast to him she was.

His mouth agape, he could feel his heart beating faster.

"..damn you." he whispered

A boy with burgundy coloured hair, with his hair tied up into a ponytail pops up.
"Now for a Taishō-era secret! Urokodaki (Y/N) loves to sleep! Most people say the Lullaby mansion has the softest futons and that you could fall asleep just a few seconds after laying down."

A/N: This chapter happens in the past, a few years before Tanjirou joins the demon corps. This book will follow the Kimetsu no Yaiba storyline from next chapter onwards.