~Remember me~ KokuDou

What am i supposed to do?!

I first want to apologise for not uploading a new chapter, i was busy with studies, and i got my report card, and guess what! I fucking failed, anyway, this chapter focuses on Ubuyashiki and suspicions among the Hashiras raise and some decided to take matters into their own hands

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Douma couldn't stop panicking once the realisation hit him. He tried to deny it but here we are.

Michikatsu noticed Douma's panicked state and asked about it.

"What's bothering you?"

Douma looked up to meet his eyes, just to quickly look away and doing his utter best to avoid eye contact.

'I'm not in love with him, it's nothing, it's nothing, it's nothing, it's nothing' he repeated in his head and tried to reassure himself.

"Douma"

"I'm sorry Kokushibo, I-I uh thought I saw someone from the demon slayer corps" he lied and begged the gods for Michikatsu not to pay attention to his stutter.

Michikatsu just shrugged it off and they continued talking.

Few hours later

"Douma, do you perhaps have an idea what time it is?"

Douma in response, looked at the moon and guessed that it was 3am.

"I guess it's 3am, is it time for you to go?" Douma asked him. Michikatsu nodded and pulled his nichirin closer to him.

Michikatsu noticed from the corner of his eyes the way Douma uncomfortably sat in his seat, and Michikatsu sighed.

"It's just in case a demon attacks me, no need to worry" Michikatsu reassured him, and waved goodbye to Douma.

With the Hashiras

The Hashiras, excluding Michikatsu, sat in line with Ubuyashiki at the front. There was a moment of silence before it was interrupted by Yoriichi.

"Greetings, master, what brings us here tonight?" He calmly asked Ubuyashiki, and several noise of agreements filled the room.

Ubuyashiki looked around for a quick second, and sat cross legged on the futon.

"It's about Michikatsu" with that said, he got everyone's attention on the spot. Everyone were confused as to why Michikatsu was the center of the topic, but they stayed in silence nevertheless.

When Ubuyashiki saw everyone catching on, he continued.

"Right, as I noticed, he's been absent very often, especially at night, around 11pm or 12 pm. I don't know what he's up to, or where he is going" The fragile man finished, and many Hashiras were intrigued by the absence of the moon Hashira.

The water Hashira was the first to speak, and he tilted his head to meet his master's eyes.

"It's been like that since the demon encounter, right?" Ubuyashiki nodded, and was about to continue, "yes but I doubt tha-" and a chaos erupted among the Hashiras.

The loud noise was too overwhelming for the master, his eardrums were about to burst any second, maybe the fact that he's extremely sick plays a role here.

"silence" he tried to calm them down, but it came nowhere close. They still argued. He tried over and over again, but they still didn't listen. His heart was beating very fast, and he tried to take a breath but it resulted in his heart beating faster and faster with every passing second. He put his hand against his chest, where his heart was.

"SHUT UP!" he grabbed his hair in a fist, and tried to calm his breathing down. At least everyone got quiet.

"Master!" Rengoku stood up to comfort him, but the master held up his hand to stop him. "Sit down, everyone just sit!" He breathed out, and did his best to calm himself. So much noise..it reminds him of how frequently his parents would argue, scream, and fight. He loves praise because his parents rarely..said something kind to him. It made him feel like he was good enough.