Love? - Inotan

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦

𝘐𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘖𝘝

Since we defeated Musac Kimusuki I've had time to finally relax from all these stupid demons. Everyone was happy this nightmare was over, but I know a lot had to be sacrificed to achieve this. Most of the pillars died, and so did other people. Gonpachiro and Monitsu had injuries, especially Gonpachiro. I feel dumb for not defeating the guy, although I am glad he is dead.

"Welp, I guess it is time for Lord Inosuke to return to his land!" I said, getting up from Gonpachiro's hospital bed after lying there for a while.

"You mean you're going back to the mountains?" The blonde asked.

"Yep!"

"Wait, what!? Inosuke, please stay! We've come a long way; I don't think it's right for you to live- I mean- it's not like you have a real house. You can stay with Nezuko and I! We are thinking about going back to our old house since we've lived there almost our whole lives." Monjiro added as his sister agreed

I didn't know what to say. After hearing that, I got that weird feeling in my stomach again. It isn't enjoyable. The mountains were my home; he got that wrong. But he is partially correct. I don't own a property or house or whatever. I wondered what it's like to live in one. Part of me wanted to go back to where I belonged, but there was some force holding me back from that decision.

"Fine! I'll stay with you guys for a bit," I replied, hesitating at first.

"Yay!" Nezuko blurted as Monjiro smiled

"Hey, um, guys, I-I was wondering... can I maybe come along as well?" Monitsu said

"Of course, Zenitsu, you are all welcome; you've become my family so there's no way I'd refuse."

"Guys, the doctor said we can leave now," Nezuko spoke. "Ok, let's go, everybody, time to go home!"

After walking for a while, we arrived to a place I've never been to before.

"This takes me back." Kamaboko said in a cheerful tone, yet I could feel a sadness behind it.

I looked around for a couple of minutes. It had several rooms and was more extensive than it looked. They said I could pick a room to stay at, so I chose the one closest to the kitchen. Monitsu tried to pursue Monjiro into letting him share a room with Nezuko, but he was denied.

I entered my new room and inspected it. There was a bed and some random things, including a wide door. "Hey Kamaboko, where does this door lead to?!" I shouted.

"You mean the closet?" Closet?... I opened the door to reveal nothing but tiny shelves. I was confused about it at first, but then Gonpachiro explained what it was. "So we are going to have to get you some new clothes to put in there. And no, you can't buy the same outfit, and also no, you can't get away from this." He knew I wasn't going to listen; his attempt was worthless.

It was nighttime now, and Monjiro was making dinner. I sat on the floor with the others while waiting for my food, not making conversation since I was starving. Even if I wanted to, Monitsu was too busy talking with Nezuko, so it didn't matter.

"Alright, dinner is ready!" Monjiro said while giving us our plates full of food. I quickly took off my mask and snatched the plate from Monjiro. Since I was so hungry, I finished half of it in the blink of an eye. I'm not going to lie; he is really good at cooking. Every time I ate something he made, it made me feel like I could do anything, something I don't get from other people's food, so I decided to compliment him.

"Your food is yummy, Gompachiro!" I said with my mouth full, not being able to get enough from the taste.

"O-oh th-that's surprising coming from y-you, thank you, Inosuke." I looked up to nod and saw his face bright red. I was confused at the sudden change of color, so I got up to touch his forehead like the nurses did for him. It was burning hot, but not only his forehead, his cheeks as well, and hell, every part of his face-

"I-Inosuke, what are you-"

"You're sick," I said, holding both of his cheeks to show him my reasoning. Instead of praising me for figuring out his issue, he covered his face with his hands and rolled on the ground. Was he turning into a demon again?

"Oh my God! Tanjiro!" Nezuko chuckled, covering her mouth with one hand; her face was also slightly red, so I proceeded to do the same I did with Monjiro. Only to get my hand slapped by Monitsu after barely touching her forehead.

"DON'T TOUCH NEZUKO-CHAAAAAAAAN!!!!" He yelled while hugging Nezuko tightly, making her yelp.

"...What the hell did you just do to me?..."

"I- OH GOD TANJIRO HELP ME, GET UP, I'M GONNA DIEEEEEEEE!!!"

"Stop it, you two; we're eating dinner! Tanjiro, do something!" I was fighting with the blonde brat, so I didn't hear what Gompachiro said, but Nezuko's reply confused me.

"You're helpless onii-chan, and to be honest, it's hilarious."

Gonpachiro eventually regained his strength and ended our fight. He seemed upset, and his face was still red. I didn't want to make him mad or anything, so I waited for everyone to go to sleep to assist him with his sickness. I walked towards his room and quietly opened the door. I was hoping he would be awake, but he was sound asleep. For some reason, I couldn't get my eyes off of him. He looked so calm, without a problem in the world. He was hugging a pillow too, that's adorable- wait what-

"I-Inosuke?..." 

Ah shit, I woke him up-

"Yo Gonpachiro, what's up?" I felt nervous, so I put on my boar mask again.

"What are you doing in my room? Do you need something?" He said sleepy.

"I think you're the one that needs something," I replied, almost whispering as I sat on his bed. I saw his face getting red again and told him that was why I was here.

"Inosuke, are you really here because of that? Have you never blushed in your life?" He giggled.

"B-blush?..." I took off my mask, no longer feeling nervous but intrigued.

"Yeah, blushing is when your face gets red, as you saw earlier. It normally happens when someone says something nice and things like that, hehe."

"Blushing, huh... I thought you were getting sick" I leaned in a little still, not sure if he was making this up.

"Wha- no, I'm ok! So you don't have to worry about me, now go to sleep, I'm sure you won't want to be tired in the morning" Monjiro smiled.

I was glad he wasn't sick, but I wanted to feel this 'blash' thing or whatever it's called. "Gompachiro, can you make me blush?" I asked

"Y-you want me to to make you blush? Why?"

"See, you're doing it again! I want to know how blashing feels like!"

"It's blushing- and I don't know if I can do that, I can't think of a way to do it. I'm sure you'll blush soon enough, and when you do, you'll know if you haven't experienced the feeling before. Now it's sleepy time..."

"Ugh, fine, but I'll let it slide this time. Next time you refuse an order from a Lord, there will be a fight."

"Mhm, goodnight~" He said, closing his eyes. I left the room holding my boar mask, wondering what in the heck blushing feels like. I have to find out soon; I have to find out tomorrow.