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a special present °¦

Christmas au special 1 out of 4 ft. Tanjirou x Kanao

Kanao can't wrap gifts to save her life.

hope y'all are having a great time. here's a special chapter featuring different ships to commemorate one of the most special events of the year~ i've decided to publish each by chapter because i just can't write a drabble with a 1000 word limit jdlsjele
enjoy!

Word count: 1.6k words
Warning: UNEDITED

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"That's the last gift wrapper we have left. Kanao, are you sure you want to have the rest of these presents wrapped all by yourself?"

Kanao watches as her older sister picks up the crumpled residues of the gift wrapping paper she had wasted for the past thirty minutes. Her gaze fell on the box on her lap containing a sparkly pair of pink ribbons. They look dazzling, beautiful, and neatly done, completely different to scenario of discarded transparent tapes and dirty scissors around it.

She heaves a soft sigh, feeling slightly hopeless and frustrated that she's still at zero percent progress in completing her mission of wrapping the gifts before the party starts.

Her older sister, Shinobu, looks at her with eyes full of concern. She knows how her sister handles things in her own way. Any problem that comes to hinder her and her goals would always be solved without any wasted time. And to see her in the verge of failing a challenge like this is quite surprising and worrying at the same time.

"I can ask Aoi to lend some help. Kanao?" Shinobu inquired once more, trying to get her younger sister to respond. To her delight, the younger seems to acknowledge her call.

"I'll be fine. I'm going to finish this before 3 so you don't have to worry."

Lucky for Kanao, her sister bought her assurance and left her alone to finish. Now she just has to figure out how she's going to fix her mess.

She knew she can't call and ask Aoi for help. The poor girl already has everything in the kitchen under her shoulders, and she Kanao can't bear adding herself the burden. So instead, she decides to look for more materials to finish.

In that moment, she heard the front door of the mansion open with a big slamming sound. She whips her head to the direction of where the sound came from and saw an all too familiar group of four going her way.

"Shinobu-san! We're here!"

Standing at the front door are Zenitsu, Inosuke, Nezuko and Tanjirou, all dressed up in red and ready to party, even though the event is still four hours away from starting. Although it does look like half of them only came to eat the desserts Aoi is preparing.

"Welcome. You guys are early," Kanao comments in her usual soft voice. She had always wondered if they can hear her whenever she speak. And of course, her voice wouldn't be left unheard by a certain person.

"We're always early and dang ready for the food. Now, where's the cake?"

Right that instant, Inosuke disappeared, following the path to the kitchen with Zenitsu and Nezuko behind him. With that, she's left with one person in the room.

Kanao froze on her spot. Before she could dispose all evidences of her not so successful gift wrapping journey, a mop of burgundy went past through her line of vision and settled on the spot beside her.

"Gift wrapping, eh? I see you've made yourself busy, Kanao. Do you need some help?"

It was how Tanjirou sat so comfortably beside her that made Kanao became somehow uncomfortable, not because she doesn't want to be anywhere near him but because she's too afraid he'll notice how conscious she has become whenever he's around.