𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊˚ʷⁱˡᵈ ᵒⁿᵉ‗ ❍ ⁱⁿᵒˢᵘᵏᵉ ˣ ᶠ.ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ [ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ ]

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The girl feels her eyebrow furrows as she hears the sniff emerge from underneath his matted mask. It was only washed recently at their most recent trip to the Wisteria house, but it was already covered in dirt and cobwebs.

"Hey, what's wrong?" She asks as she breaks away from the hug slightly to place her hands on his mask. The wind felt as if it had changed direction, and it was now blowing through her short h/c locks. Inosuke lifts his head up slightly and she removes the mask. She's shocked to find glassy, emerald eyes staring back at her, and his cheeks are tear stained. This is odd...very odd. Lord Inosuke would never cry, in fact he calls people that cry weaklings. 

He places his hand over her own, and he sniffs once more.

"Why is he better than me?" He spits, and it all clicks in (Y/N)'s head. He felt overwhelmed, and like he wasn't important enough at this moment in time. She shakes her head slightly as she pats his dark hair.

"Don't be silly, Lord Inosuke. You both have your individual strengths, don't ever compare yourself to others. You're strong in your own way" She smiles and his eyes widen. Her face was so kind- and he could tell she was being genuine. His heart beats a mile a minute as he takes a deep breath, and he looks into her e/c eyes. She's seen such traumatic things, but that doesn't stop her kindness. He nods gently as he presses his forehead against hers. Just as he's about to open his mouth they hear panting behind them.

The maroon haired boy comes into view with his sword clenched in his hands, and his breathing was erratic. They quickly break away from each other and jump to their feet as they rush towards the boy. The warmness he felt from her hands was now gone- it was now time to work.

"Are you guys alright!" Tanjiro yells, and Inosuke places his hands on his hips. He now had his mask back on- and it was time to equip his feral facade once more.

"Never mind that! Did you kill it?" Inosuke grumbles and (Y/N) tuts her tongue slightly, causing Tanjiro to sigh in relief. Apart from the now bleeding wounds on the boar mans arms they seemed to be okay.

"Yes...yes I did!" Tanjiro smiles slightly as he looks at Inosuke's arms. She recognized the look on his face as disappointed, and she sighs sadly. He must be blaming himself for Inosuke's injuries. She rummages around in her pockets quickly and finds the bandages Inosuke dropped from his swords earlier and she quickly gets to patching him up. He tenses up at first, but quickly calms down as she ties the bandages.

"This should curb the bleeding" She mumbles as she finishes tying up the bandages and he nods. Underneath his mask he was sweating bullets and his face was bright pink. Even her touch was gentle and sincere. 

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The sound of lightning strikes through the air as the trio walk towards the steady stream. Tanjiro sniffs as he looks around and a confused look graces his face.

"That's strange. There was lightning just now, but I'm not smelling a storm?" He mumbles and (Y/N) cocks her head slightly. She looks over to Inosuke, who's hopping around on one of the stones in the water.

"Be careful" She says sternly and he blows a raspberry at her. His wounds were beginning to bleed through the bandages as he moved around a lot. A gasp causes them to jump slightly, and they snap their eyes to across the river. A young girl stares at them, anxiety plastered on her face. She was wearing all white- and she had a strange smell about her. She was obviously one of the forest demons.

"I'm gonna rip you to shreds!" Inosuke spits as he grabs his swords. The demon girl gasps slightly as she runs back towards the forest, and (Y/N) outstretches a hand. She knew she was a demon- but she seemed so scared, and her sisterly instincts began to shine through. Inosuke jumps from stepping stone to stepping stone as he tries to follow the girl.

"Father!" She yells as she submerges herself in the trees and a rumbling fills the air. A large figure jumps from one of the trees and lands with a huge force- knocking Inosuke backwards harshly. (Y/N) quickly runs over to him and helps him up as they back away. In front of them was a demon bigger than she had ever seen before. It had the same markings as the little girl, but it's face was the most disturbing. It had so many eyes- just like a spider. They stand frozen as they stare at it.

"DON'T COME NEAR MY FAMILY!" It screams in a gurgled voice as it balls it's hand into a fist and slams it onto the floor. (Y/N) grabs her sword as she backs away, the boys following her movements.

"That's a big ass demon" She murmurs as she observes it's movements. Inosuke gets propelled in the air as the demon sends a fist flying his way- and she quickly reacts.

"Love breathing: First form! Shivers of first love!" She yells as she throws herself forward to launch her attack. The blade gets stuck in the demons arm and she feels her blood run cold. With all her might she tries to slice her blade through, but it gets stuck. Tanjiro also unleashes an attack, Inosuke following in suit as they try to hack at it's thick arm.

"What the fuck!" She hisses as all their blades get stuck in it's arm. This demon must be...one of the Twelve Kizuki. Just the thought alone made her panic- they were no where near strong enough to face one of those things yet. The demon flings them off it's arm and sends them all flying. Luckily, she manages to catch her footing and lands on one of the rocks, sweat forming on her forehead.

"STAY AWAY!" The demon cries as it focuses on her and sprints towards her with it's fist extended. 

"Get away from her, you big ass demon" She hears Inosuke yell from behind the demon as she hops away just in time. As the demon's fist collides with the rock it sends water flying- soaking her uniform. She hisses as the cold water sticks to her, and she averts her eyes back to the demon.

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With a swoop of it's muscled arm it sends Inosuke flying, and she cries out. How was this thing so strong? Tanjiro was nowhere in sight as she ducks around the demon to run towards Inosuke. He seemed even more beaten up than before and she could tell he was disorientated. She quickly loops his arm around her small shoulder and she guides him towards the end of the lake. The ice cold water trickles gently around their feet as she tries her best to shift his weight. The ground vibrated as the demon sprinted towards them with it's fists ready, and she sucks in a breath as she awaits the strike. But it never arrives.

Hey all! Just a little authors note. Thank you for over 100 reads, that makes me so so so happy! So I had a little idea. Would you like if I wrote a cute Oneshot to insert into this where reader chan and Inosuke are already dating? Obviously i'd continue with the main story, it's just if anyone wants some fluff while they wait :)

                                      - Bunny!