Fɪʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ Hᴇᴀʀᴛ || 𝕋𝕒𝕟𝕛𝕚𝕣𝕠 𝕩 𝕄𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕠

ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟ ᴇʏᴇs

Tanjiro was laying down silently in the infirmary bed, staring up at the ceiling. He still couldn't fullly rap his head around everything that had happened these past few days. Meeting number 6 of the lower moon demons.. meeting the Hashiras.. then one of them threatening Nezuko.. now he is in rehabilitation training in the butterfly manor. It all was so new for the boy, he was raised in the mountains after all.

He slowly turned his head to his side, seeing his two dear friends. Zenitsu was... well he was Zenitsu. At least he was getting better with taking that medicine Aoi keeps yelling at him to take. Inosuke still had his boars head on.. Tanjiro wondered if he ever got hot, or if he had trouble seeing. He was just fine in combat so he assumed that he was ok with it on no matter what. A smile went across his face, he had his friends had went through a lot, he was so happy they were in good health now.

Tanjiro eyes wondered down his friends boars head. He noticed that some of Inosukes blue faded hair was poking out. That reminded him of one of the Hashiras he had met a few days prior. The boy with crystal blue eyes.
What was his name again? I don't think anyone told me it..
Tanjiro thought to himself. Now that he thought about it, that boy didn't look much older than him, and he didn't have even the slightest interest in the trial. He only listened when Muzan was mentioned or when their master talked.. It was so strange to him, he was a pillar wasn't he? Shouldn't he be interested in a trial? Tanjiro let out a soft sigh, he should stop worrying and get to sleep.. he had more training to do tomorrow.. he turned his head back up to the ceiling and slowly closed his eyes, drifting off into a deep sleep.

Sunlight shines through the window, waking up the sleeping Tanjiro. He sleepily sat up and rubbed the tiredness from his eyes. "Tanjiro-San! You're awake!" One of the three girls said. That's when he noticed they were at the foot of his bed. "Oh, good morning," he said with a sweet smile. "Are you ready to head to the training room? Miss Shinobu is here to spar today to see how you've improved so far!"
That's right, Shinobu had said each week she'd spar with us to see our improvement..
Tanjiro kept up his sweet smile. "Yes! Let's head there!" He cheered. He stood up carefully and walked with the three girls to their destination.

The training was the same was the days before. The stretches always hurt the most! After the training portion was completed, he, Zenitsu, and Inosuke sat down with Shinobu. Zenitsu was up first.. and he basically refused to even touch the older woman. Miss Shinobu didn't seem to mind it though. She then moved on with Inosuke. He definitely fared better against the insect pillar. Though with his barbaric way of fighting and Shinobu's incredible speed, he couldn't really land a hit on her. Then it was finally his turn.

The two started, Tanjiro couldn't match Shinobu's speed, not a chance. So he had to get her at her openings. When he landed form a jump or when she was slowing down. Mostly her stomach and chest were left open and that was his opening. He lunged at the pillar, but she quickly moved out of the way. Tanjiro headed for the opening but Shinobu saw it coming and dodged once more. This continued, why was he getting so slow? Why did it feel like his thoughts were drifting?

Suddenly, Shinobu stopped their session. "Tanjiro? You seem distracted, you were nothing like this the last time we sparred. What's on you're mind?" The pillar asked in her calm voice. Tanjiro thought hard, long and hard. He searched through his mind for what was so distracting. Then.. an image appeared in his head.
The boys eyes! His crystal eyes!
"I was wondering.. that pillar, the one with the blue eyes and faded hair.. who is he..?"

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