Rengoku Kyojuro x Reader || Kimetsu no Yaiba

ⓒⓗⓐⓟⓣⓔⓡ 十二

After a good amount of time searching him you finally spotted the man standing at the terrace, looking out towards the garden. He doesn't seem to notice you at first until you saw his crow landing on his shoulder, probably informing him about your appearance as he soon turned his head towards where you're at.

"There you are, (y/n)! I've been waiting for you! Where did you go earlier?" he said with his usual smile on his face. You froze,"Ah, Rengoku-- I- uh... I was thinking that.... I..  Should... visit Hotaru first before going to my swordsmith, and since Hotaru is Tanjiro's current swordsmith..." you tried to explain, your hands flailing around, giving weird handsigns.
" I ...thought that i should go with... Him...?"

Your tried to look at his reaction after that lame excuse only to find his face merely centimeters away from yours, your tried your best averting your gaze away from his but you can still felt his intense gaze towards you. You know he's trying to check whether you're lying or not. 'Well isn't this intimidating-' you thought.

"Alright! Let's get going then!" he beamed, backing away from you and start walking towards the gate, with you following close behind.

After about five minutes of walking, your start feeling the temperature going a bit colder than usual. You looked at Rengoku but he doesn't seem to notice. "Can't help but notices these fogs starting to form... Do you feel cold, Rengoku?". You asked.

"No, not at all! But if you do feel cold (y/n), you can hold my hand!" he beamed. He doesn't have his cape with him at the moment but if he do, he'll definitely offer it to you. Tho you can feel the warmth he's giving off already after he said that.

"No, it's okay. It's not that cold anyway." cuz you already felt warm in your heArT-- but without warning, Rengoku suddenly took ahold of your hand, and boy, his hand really is warm. You're not sure wether it's his hand or it's your slowly rising body temperature that made it felt warm. "It really is warm...!" you mumbled, but loud enough for Rengoku to hear. "Then let's keep it this way." He smiled.

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Long story short, (Y/n) finally get to visit her swordsmith, who seems to be doing well. He said that her new sword will be finished shortly. The walk home was very comforting, as Kyojuro somehow still manages to hold your hand. It was not long until you heard a scream, that you assume, Rengoku heard too, since his hold on your hand loosened. "Someone might be in trouble! It's coming from this way!" you said, as both of you start running. You looked up the sky to see a bit ray of sunshine shining through the roofed forest. It's still noon yet the canopy shields the forest from upcoming sunlight. Demons could still be lurking here. You thought.

Soon you saw a huge body sprawled on the ground. You thought it was a dead person, until you saw three other figures sitting nearby. Your running came to a stop when you realized who they are.

The three of them seems to notice your presence as they turned their heards towards you and Rengoku. It was Tanjiro and the young boy whom you met earlier, the other one you guess is a swordsnith, given off by the mask he's wearing.

They look too calm for someone who should've heard the scream. So you decided to ask, "did any of you heard a scream earlier? We heard where it came from and ran here." It was dead silence for a few seconds before the boy you met earlier with Tanjiro spoke, "It was Tanjiro-san--"

"But you screamed too!" Tanjiro fought back.
"Tanjiro-san's scream is louder!"

You sighed at the two bickering boys.

"What are you two screaming at anyway?"

           ". . ."

      Again, another silence. But you saw Tanjiro glancing at the body on the ground, who the young boy also threw pebbles at. You eyed the body suspiciously. "He's not dead, isn't he?"