𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓰𝓮 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓒𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓕𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀 || Muichiro × Reader

・❥・ Chapter Five

Muichiro was sitting at the edge of (Y/n)'s bed, holding the wrist of the unconscious girl. He stared down at her now clean face. When the four teenagers had arrived from their battle with Lower One and Upper Three, everyone was unconscious and dirty. Muichiro had been there when (Y/n) was cleaned off, but not when Aoi took her to the washroom to get under her clothes.

Muichiro looked at the door as it opened ajar, showing Shinobu there. "How is she?" She smiled. "She's fine." Muichiro huffed and stood up. "I'm leaving." Shinobu giggled, grasping (Y/n)'s wrist to feel at her pulse. "Alright."

Muichiro's footsteps clamped on the floor. News quickly spread that Kyojuro had died. Upper Three had come to the train crash. Everything was in shambles after that.

Muichiro yearned for (Y/n)'s laugh and smile. It had been one month since she had come back from the Infinity Train, and she still hadn't woken up. Muichiro began to worry but kept it to himself. He understood that (Y/n) lost a lot of blood. He just wanted her back. After the horrors she'd seen that night, he just wanted to ask her if she was okay.

The terror of that night ruined (Y/n). She came back with tear stains, deep wounds, and dried blood everywhere. She had seemed in horrible condition. She must have been crying very hard. Muichiro's heart sank. He just wanted her to be okay.

He went to his estate, clutching his sword hilt. He was so angry. He wanted that demon dead, who left Kyojuro dead and (Y/n) in such a state that she couldn't even move.

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Zenitsu walked with a tray of bean paste buns in his hands. "Tanjiro! I snagged us bean paste buns!" He held one of them up, smiling brightly. "Let's eat!"

One of the small girls leaped up, smashing the back of her head into Zenitsu's nose. "Help! Mr. Tanjiro and Lady (Y/n) have gone missing! Lady (Y/n) just woke up this morning, and she's already gone! She shouldn't be walking!" It was Kiyo. She was crying.

"Oh! Mr. Zenitsu! I'm so sorry!" She covered her mouth and watched Zenitsu bleed from his nose on the floor. "Don't worry about it." He held up a hand and sat up, nose bleeding. "I'll be okay... eventually." His eyes were rolling. "You look like you just got hit by a train! Please forgive me, sir! But Mr. Tanjiro and Lady (Y/n) can't be found! Even worse, Tanjiro's wounds haven't healed, and he's training again! Lady (Y/n) didn't even have time to heal anything! And she's gone, too!" Kiyo held a rag to Zenitsu's nose. "Mrs. Shinobu came in this morning and told both of them they should be resting in bed, but they didn't listen, and now we don't know what we should do!"

"So he's training with all those wounds? And Lady (Y/n) is gone? Are they dumb?" Zenitsu looked at the beds where Tanjiro and (Y/n) laid the night before, now empty and made. "Good grief..."

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(Y/n) staggered along the gravel path. She was panting, clutching her stomach wound. "Tanjiro!" She called, crying. "I can't do this!" Tanjiro looked back. "You're the strongest person I know, stronger than me! You can do this!"

(Y/n) watched the water below her on the bridge. It flowed beautifully. It reminded her of Muichiro's hair. She giggled and caught up to Tanjiro before gagging again. "Owch!"

"We should be there soon -" Tanjiro fell to the ground, clutching his leg. "Tanjiro!" (Y/n) bent down beside him, one hand on his back and one hand cupped under her chin. "Hey... Senjuro?" She then looked up after sensing a familiar aura. She'd seen him before when she visited here with Kyojuro one time. She whimpered. "Nice to see you again."

Tanjiro and (Y/n) stood up and walked over to Senjuro, bowing. "I take it you know about Kyojuro? I'm so sorry." (Y/n) placed her hand on Senjuro's broomstick handle. "Lady (Y/n) -" She stopped him. "Don't be formal." She hated how everyone used Lady with her. She wasn't that special.