SERENE || Kimetsu No Yaiba

O28

•°•☆ 𝙺𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚘 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚋𝚞 ☆•°•

"Spare my life! I promise I won't eat another soul!" The demon pleaded.

I looked at him directly in the eyes before shaking my head slightly. With a smile on my face, I took the proper stance I needed to do.

Turns out there were really a couple of demons barging in and out of houses here. Tomioka has already decapitated the other one.

"I hope you find your friends in another world." I smiled before sprinting towards the demon and injecting wisteria poison.

The demon shut its eyes and touched its neck. He stood still and opened its eyes slowly. He looked at me, hand still on his neck, before speaking.

"My head's not— ACK!" He choked and gasped for air. "H-Help!"

I watched as its body started reacting to the poison. I watched as the demon itself started screaming for its life.

I don't think I can be merciful after witnessing so many deaths of innocent people. There's no way I can pity them after what happened in the past.

"Don't think you're safe just because you aren't beheaded." I smiled before putting away my blade.

Seconds later, he stopped moving, stopped breathing, and had his eyes close slowly. I sighed before gazing at the demon's dead body.

Violet lumps could already be visible throughout its body; horrible yet satisfying things to see at a demon's body.

Does this mean our mission is finally done?

I turned to look at Tomioka to check if he's really done with his business. Surprisingly, was also looking at me.

He was looking at me intently.

Damn.

I don't know if this is the best time and place, but I'll go for it. I want to clear my feelings. I wanted to make sure if these are really real. I wanted to be free from these doubts haunting me.

We're on a mission right now and I know I shouldn't be doing these kind of things and be professional instead. At the same time, I think it'd be nice if I clear everything now.

I tried to look around to check if there were more demons around. fortunately, there were none.

I took a deep breath first before I spoke up.

"I have something to say."

"Can we talk?" He asked at the same time.

"Oh, okay." I pursed my lips and looked elsewhere.

Too embarrassing.

"No, go ahead." He shook his head and leaned on a tree, "What is it?"

I regretted opening my mouth and saying those words from earlier. Where did I even find the guts to do that?

Now, I feel like I want the ground to eat me alive. But then I thought, if I open up now then that means I won't get bothered anymore. Is it goodbye thoughts, though?

"Tomioka-san." I started out and felt him still staring at me.

Can I just sprint away this instant?

"I don't know how to start actually..." I exhaled and looked away from him. This is for the better.

I can't believe I'm going to share my thoughts about him to him. I can't believe I'll be doing this in my life. I can't believe I'm actually falling for someone unexpectedly and it's making me insane.

I gathered all the courage that's left in me and took a step forward. I walked towards him and stood up infront of him.

This is now or never. I don't care if he finds it funny or what. As long as I can get these feelings brewing up inside me, then I'm fine.

I lifted my chin and faced him.

"You might find this weird or funny, but that doesn't matter to me." I took a deep breath. "It started when all pillars stayed at the Butterfly Estate."

The moon gave enough light for me to see him looking at me. He kept his mouth closed and listened carefully to what I'm about to say.

"At first, I was annoyed. I was irritated how you distance yourself from others like we have diseases or something." I started off, "I tried approaching you in the nicest way I could and you just told me you wanted to have peace."

"Nicest way? That's nice?" He crossed his arms on his chest.

I gave him a sarcastic look, "If you wanted to have peace badly then you should've just told me. I'll make sure you'll rest in peace."

"Was that a death threat?"

"As I was saying," I ignored his question, "I hate how you try to ignore me then later on pulling of weird actions. Suddenly, you're annoying me, then suddenly you..."

I paused and thought if this is really the right time to pour everything; every bit of feelings I have. My hear started pumping even more. I'm starting to wonder why I'm not having a heart attack with this pace.

"You do things that's not good for my heart." My voice shrank as I finished my sentence. I don't think I can say more cheesy things like that.

My cheeks were in full heat and my lips were trembling. I started panicking.

"You're breathing is uneven, Kocho." He remarked not paying attention to what I told him earlier making my cheeks heat more.

I am embarrassed.

"T-This is not me..." I whispered and hugged myself slowly.

It became quiet. Too quiet.

I broke my eye contact with him and tried to regain the proper breathing I was supposed to have. There was nothing else I could hear aside from my heart beating and crickets in the forest.

Suddenly, all the confidence and courage i had vanished like a bubble. My presence shrank again. In fact, I want to run away now while I still have the energy to.

I want to run... I will run.

Just as I was about to turn my back, he spoke.

"Are you confessing?" He furrowed his eyebrows.

"E-Eh?" My lips twitched unexpectedly as I blink several times. His eyes were still on me.

"Do you like me?" He rephrased his question from earlier and all I did was look at him.

I looked at him with lips pursed and fists closed tight.

I was about to sprint when he held out both of his arms making me flinch. All of a sudden, he starts shutting up them pulling off weird gestures like what he's doing right now.

"Wh–"

"You're confes– this is the part when a man hugs the woman, right?" He blandly said, with not too emotion on his face; like it's just normal for him and he's not terribly affected.

I widened my eyes. My heart was still shaking.

"Now?" Tomioka slightly tilted his head while waiting for an embrace.

"What the he–"

"Or shall I kiss you again instead?" He placed both arms down before sighing.

Did you just sigh?

He looked at me directly in the eyes before taking few steps that were in between the both of us. I tried sprinting away, but my body won't cooperate. It won't do as I desire, like it had its own mind.

Maybe I'm still in a state where I'm too shocked to process whatever words just came out of his mouth.

The gap was decreasing and he was still stepping towards me.

Out of the frustration and embarrassment I was feeling, my hand automatically flew its way on Tomioka Giyu's face leaving a loud sound.