Forbidden Love | 炭治郎

06| sweet scent

"Thank you for letting us rest!" I bowed in front of the elderly woman with a smile as we prepare to depart and continue our missions.

"It's nothing, dear," said the elderly woman. "please be careful on your journey."

"We will!" I grinned as we all said our goodbyes and followed the path to our next destination.

As we walked, I noticed Inosuke looking giddy after the elderly woman said something to him. I gage out a small giggle, causing him to look at me.

"You look quite happy, Inosuke." I chuckled. "You must be in a good mood after what the woman said to you."

He nodded his head proudly and started talking about how he's prepared to decapitate someone, breaking me into a sweat knowing he could kill us if he wanted to.

"Hey, (Y/n)?" I hear Tanjirou call me name, causing me to advert my attention towards him. "Could you smell anything weird in the air? My sense of smell is still recovering."

I nodded and took a few whiffs of the air around us. A faint smell of blood came off from everyone expect Nezuko and there was also this incredibly sweet smell that I've never smelled before.

"There's this really sweet smell coming from somewhere..." I said as the scent started growing faint.

"Can you track it?" Tanjirou asked.

"It's growing faint so it'll be hard to track it down," I said with a sigh. "I don't think it's nothing special, so let's ignore it and just keep going to our destination."

Tanjirou said it was fine and gently smiled at me Then, that sweet scent came back. I couldn't tell where it was coming from, and that bothered me greatly as it was unusual to smell something so sweet as something this sweet smelling could possibly kill someone if it was something humans can consume. I wanted to ignore it, but it lingered for a while until it disappeared.

"Hey, (y/n)?" Zenitsu called my name, which caused me to advert my attention towards him. "Do you really not know what the sweet scent you're smelling is?"

"Ah, no. I don't." I shook my head. "It's incredibly strong is all I can tell you, but it's hard to pinpoint where it's coming from..."

"Hmph, kinds of useless to me." Inosuke grunted as he crossed his arms.

"I-Inosuke! Apologize!" Tanjirou and Zenitsu both exclaimed, but I smiled and waved my hands.

"Guys, it's fine!" I chuckled and turned to Inosuke, still smiling. "You don't have to apologise, Inosuke. I'm just glad you're here with us."

I petted his head gently. Inosuke's aura shifted to a warm and pleasing one, making me laugh a little as I turn back to Tanjirou and Zenitsu before embracing both of them in my arms. Zenitsu panicked as Tanjirou tensed up, but they soon relaxed at both places a hand against my back in return as I pulled away.

"Thank you for looking out for me." I gave them a closed-eyed smile and softly pet both their heads.

Both their faces went a bit red as they both smiled. Continuing back on our journey, I lead the way as everyone else followed as I was the only one to fully recover back to normal. For some reason, I felt extremely happy, and I can't really say I hate it either.