"Inosuke! Is that you? And.. Aoi?" A voice calls out, startling the two who are embraced underneath the pouring rain.
A teenage boy with blonde hair, with a shorter raven haired girl beside him waves them down, beckoning them to come inside from the downpour.
They break the distance quickly, both of their faces blushed over in fear that he'd overheard their conversation, and they both quickly dash up and stairs to the safety of the porch.
"What were you two doing out in the rain?" Zenitsu questions, and Inosuke groans before shaking out his wet hair.
"Pfft! You have bad timing, Kanitzu!"
Zenitsu, who doesn't even care to correct his mistake or ask further just sighs. "Whatever. Let's just get you two dried off. Nezuko~ could you grab them some towels?"
The girl beside him nods, turning inside and heading to the bathroom. Zenitsu leads them inside, letting them slip off their soggy shoes and leave them at the doorway.
The interior of the house causes Aoi to be washed over in drunken memories from the house party that feels a like a million years old, but Inosuke collapsing onto the couch with his soaking clothes still on shakes her out of her reminiscing.
"INOSUKE! YOUR CLOTHES ARE STILL WET!" Zenitsu screams, tugging the boy off the couch despite his struggles.
"What? It'll dry!" Inosuke yells, kicking his blonde friend away from him. Just in time, the girl emerges from the bathroom with two gray towels in hand.
"Thank you." Aoi thanks her, taking one of the towels from her arms. The girl smiles, and even Aoi admires her youthful beauty as she walks over to give Inosuke the remaining one. She looks oddly familiar, in a way that she can't describe.
"That's Nezuko Kamado. My beautiful girlfriend!" Zenitsu announces proudly, crossing his arms over his chest.
"It's nice to meet you." Nezuko smiles, turning to stand beside her blonde boyfriend while Aoi works the water out of her hair.
"Kamado?" Aoi blinks in surprise at the familiar last name. "I feel like I've heard that before."
"Oh, you must have met my brother!" She smiles, eyes lighting up at the mention of her sibling.
"Is it--" She searches for a name for a moment, and her jaw drops in shock once she finds it. "Tanjiro! You're his sister?"
"Yes!" Nezuko grins, and Zenitsu pulls her in by her waist closer to him with a smile. "Tanjiro is my best friend, and it took a long time to get his blessing to date his sister."
"That's sweet." Aoi smiles, and turns to the now pouting Inosuke who is still sitting on the couch. "What's wrong with you?"
He turns his head, remaining silent.
"It's because I called Tanjiro my best friend. Even though I've told him a million times that he's my best friend too."
Inosuke's aura lightens, and he turns back around with a grin. "Really? I'm your best friend?"
"Inosuke. We live together, for gods sake." He sighs, facepalming. "Shouldn't you get Aoi some clothes? She's your guest after all."
'His?'
"Mine? Will they even fit?" He questions, turning to the girl with wet hair on the side of the couch with a confused expression.
"What else?" Zenitsu says broadly, secretly knowing what he's doing.
"Whatever you say." He shrugs, getting up from the couch and heading up the stairs. Aoi exhales lightly, her hair now only damp while she pats her face.
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FanfictionDISCONTINUED!!! "because the way he said her first name just then felt like lighting on a hot day in july, and she hated every second of it. mostly because it felt like it hadn't been the first time she'd heard it. and certainly not the last." - ino...
