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I woke up seeing myself in an unfamiliar setting. Getting up with a groan, I observed the place. It wasn't the same place as where kahira was.
the walls were decorated with lights, looking out the window to see the festival continuing oblivious about the demon attack. Music rung my ears. It was dark outside as the star illuminated the sky. I checked my hands. They weren't covered in blood. Pulling the covers off and feeling my body, bandages wrapped around me with a coat hung over me.
I checked the opposite side of the room to see tomioka sleeping on a chair watching over me while I was still unconscious. Bandages on his cheeks and his head. He looked peaceful. The door to the room opened revealing a doctor.
he smiled and fixed his specs, "how are you feeling?"
feeling my arm where're I got hurt by kahira, it was numb, "fine."
"good to know," he smiled checking in his notebook that he held, "you are good to go but you'll need assistance. The poison has been extracted from you but you'll need several days to heal. Please refrain from doing any heavy works."
I nodded. The doctor placed some medications on the table explaining to me to take them until they were gone. A nurse entered carrying a tray of herbal tea. Tomioka woke up shortly after.
I was instructed to wear a more loose shirt so the nurse gave me a pair of clothes to change in before returning my haori which was sewed back by a local grandma. Seeing this saddens me. I placed it over the shirt as tomioka helped me walk back to a local manor place to spend the night at before we leave tomorrow morning.
"how are you feeling?" He asked holding onto my waist with one of my arm around his neck helping me walk.
"just a little dizzy."
silence enveloped us as we made our way to the manor nearby.
"what happened to my sister," I asked. He shuffled slightly gaze still ahead, emotion unshown on his face as if nothing happened. It was evident that he felt bad for me.
"I killed her," he hestitated before saying something unexpected, "I'm sorry."
my eyes widened as confusion showed on my face, "what for?"
"killing your sibling."
a laugh came out, "eh? So what? I was gonna kill her anyways. It's our duty as demon slayers to kill demon. I know you feel bad but don't. I wanted her to relive a better and a new one anyways. Thank you."
the male watched as tears slowly formed. I let out a small sniffle, "although I can't forgive her for slaughtering my family I know it was against her will. Her instinct drove her mad, and I'm sure she regrets and didn't want to do it intentionally."
"thanks to you, they're free from this curse. They'll be able to start a new life. They're in a better place now," i continued.
we stopped on our tracks. I moved my hand away from his shoulder using it to wipe my tears, "I'm sorry I shouldn't be like this. A pillar shouldn't look vulnerable."
I was too embarrassed to look at him. Letting my feelings took over myself falling into a dangerous trap almost killing the both of us, I can never forgive myself.
I felt as a hand on to of my head. Looking up I saw tomioka giving a small smile.
"it's ok to cry," he said bringing me into a hug.
what the fuck
I returned his hug, embracing him tighter placing my head on his shoulders, arm wrapped on his back letting out silent sobs. He patiently waited for me to calm down. Although tomioka was expressionless reserved and unsociable, he cares. It's probabaly just hard for him to express his feelings.
"what happened?" shinobu escorted me to a room to have me checked up.
"poison and several deep cuts," I replied shortly letting myself lay on the bed sighing.
"you'll need to change up your bandage," she went out and came back with several bandage rolls. It was nice to be back home. I'd probabaly be leaving the butterfly estate after shinobu treating me to go back to the thunder estate.
"you hurt yourself pretty badly."
guilt washes over me. It's not just me who got wounded. I could've handled kahira myself but I was too engraved by my emotions which resulted me in messing things up.
a blush crept on my face as I remembered last night. That hug was everything. I felt warm and safe.
"All done," shinobu smiled, "how was your mission with tomioka-san went?"
"fine."
"Is that all?"
I nodded. I didn't feel like telling about the trip. I could really use some rest. There was too much going on in that mission and I needed to clear my mind.
I thanked shinobu and returned back to my estate. Food, water, my bed, and everything was already made for me. I sat down alone finishing off my meal and going to bed.
"y/n-san," a caretaker called out. I was sitting in the living room sketching in my book while having tea.
"there's a visitor. Zenitsu agatsuma, gamado tanjiro and inosuke hashibira," the caretaker told.
"Oh? Let them in please," I got up placing my haori over my uniform. I've gotten a lot better now and was able to return back to my usual training, and not forgetting to check myself up with shinobu frequently.
"Y/N-SAN," zenitsu smiled running towards me for a hug. I returned one back smiling.
"how are you doing?" Smiling at the yellow boy, I greeted at tanjiro and inosuke.
we chatted for the next hours on different topics. Zenitsu mentioned that sensei was doing well and are training new kids.
"maybe you can be my successor, who knows," I shrugged. Zenitsu was glad that I was doing alright. It has been a while since I've last seen him. They left shortly after I had to go to shinobu for my daily checkup. It was nice getting away from the demon thing.
