Zenitsu Pov
ow my face! what happened where am i!? everything hurts like i'm stiff. *gasp* tanjiro!
i sit up lightning fast (no pun intended) and start going light headed.
"TAN- jirooo,"
oh i see him! he looks angry.
ahh! why is he running towards me! is he angry because i passed out? WAIT DID HE CARRY ME! oh no of course he's mad if he had to carry me. zenitsu your such a dummy.
"tanjiro i'm so-"
h-he put his hand on my mouth. what for!? is he really that mad? he starts looking around and sniffing then he stops. at one spot. he brings his face right close to mine and whispers.
"there's someone in that bush over there, you need to stay quiet, they could be dangerous,"
i feel myself blush as his words enter my ears and through my body. i'm sure he was aware of it too. he moved his hand and told me to hide. he waited for me to take that cover and he placed his hands on his nichirin blade and demanded for them to reveal themselves.
"HEY! COME OUT HERE NOW!"
and with that said two little children appeared from the bushes with tears streaming down their faces.
"o-oh i-" tanjiro stutters
i walk over to him and stare at them.
"hey hey don't cry! look what i've got." he reaches into his pocket and pulls out my sparrow.
"h-hey that's mine!" i say
"look it's a cute little sparrow," he says as it does a little spin.
the children look at one another then collapse in each other's arms. tanjiro clearly worried and concerned asks for them to tell him everything that happened. i zone out thinking about how close tanjiro and i were. i feel myself go red again. w-what is this feeling i have!? no i don't- gramps always joked about it but i couldn't right!? tanjiro is nice and all but.... not that type of nice!
"zenitsu why are you so r-?"
"AHHH! TANJIRO DONT SCARE ME LIKE THAT!"
"oh sorry my bad!"
he's just so innocent tho i could never get angry over someone like him
"this is what i found out, so these guys have an older brother and he got taken away but they follow........belongs to a demon..... dead or alive.......possible danger......"
he looks different when he's focused. but a good different. kinda cute different though.
"ZENITSU!"
"AHHH!!"
"we're you even listening,"
"y-yes! no...."
"what do you even think about to space out like that? u better have a good reason."
"uh i uhhhh welll i um think about uh dying?"
his facial expression changes from confused to slight anger.
"hey! don't ever let me hear that out your mouth ever again!"
my eyes widen in shock and confusion. what's he saying?
"i only just met you a couple hours ago but you don't know how much pain i would feel if you died."
those words..... MAKE ME WANNA CRY HES SO PERFECT. T-T
tears form in my eyes just by hearing those words. at least i managed not to tell him that i was thinking of him. all of a sudden i hear footsteps.
"t-tanjiro i hear walking," i say pointing to a balcony.
he look up and put his arm out in front of me slowly forcing me to back up, with his other hand still on his nichirin. he wait a few second before hearing the footsteps himself and just as the steps got to the climax we see a body dive off the balcony. i stand there. frozen in fear. the boy covers his sisters eyes before tightly squeezing his shut. i look at the body and turn pale.
"t-tanjiro," i say grabbing his arm that he placed in front of me.
"don't worry is ok, just stay calm. it doesn't smell like a demon"
tanjiro slowly steps closer to the body as i tighten my grip on his arm. as he moves forwards i pull him back indicating that i don't want him to go. he's way too strong though.
"come on zenitsu he could be hurt!"
"yeah and he could be a demon!"
"it's still better to check."
he says as he wins the little tug of war session. why can't he just be normal. is he not scared!?
i let go of his arm and curl into a ball watching him.
"sir, are you alright? are you hurt?"
we hear him speak.
"e-even though *cough* i m-made it out i'm still going to die. aren't i?"
tanjiro crouches down rapidly to his height and holds the mans upper half up staring in his eyes.
"don't say that you will live!"
"thank you-"
the man said before closing his eyes.
"hey wake up!"
it's no use. i could hear his heartbeat before now it has stopped.
"tanjiro..... his heart has stopped moving...."
i watch the burgundy hair boy in silence. i understand that he's upset that he didn't get here in time. it's my fault. if i wasn't such an idiot to that women then i wouldn't have wasted his time. my eyes start to water.
"was this your brother," tanjiro says as we all look up at him in shock.
"was it?" he repeats turning himself around.
"n-no he wasn't wearing that."
he stood up.
"sir i promise we will give you a proper burial when i come back." he whispers something then starts walking over to me. i wipe the tears out my eyes and look at him.
"we need to find this demon, fast"
"y-yeah,"
the anger in his voice is almost intimidating. he waves his had at the children telling them to come to us.
"we are all going to walk in there together ok?"
"what! we have to go in!" i scream.
"yeah we are not staying out here! we are going to stick together and enter each room one at a time. as for you two," he points at the kids "you wait out here with this box, it's worth more than my life so look after it!" he say with a slight softening to his voice.
"let's go then zenitsu!"
