Mist Pillar's Tsuguko || Muichiro T.

Chapter 3.

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It's been a week. Nothing has changed, I still have a massive wound in my abdomen. I took my medicine but it didn't have any fast effects besides pain relief.

Right now I'm sitting infront of the Butterfly Estate with a bag of the little belongings I own, waiting for Muichiro to pick me up.

I feel so nervous, will he be upset that my condition hasn't changed since our first meeting?

As I was lost in thought someone suddenly started running towards me.

"Y/N! Y/N!" The figure shouted at me. As they came closer I finally recognized him, its my fiancé.

I was told by Aoi that usually your heart pounds when you see the person you love, but my heart hurts when I see him. Was my past self really in love with him? My brain says maybe, but my heart tells me no.

"Zenitsu— what brings you here?" I probed the boy.

He took a seat next to me and said "I heard you're leaving- I wanted to see you one more time before you're gone." He gave me a charming smile. I smiled back at him.

"Oh! You're brother wanted me to give you this letter." He took a letter out of a bag that I didn't even notice he had. "He also bought a present for you. It's also in here somewhere." He started rummaging through his bag.

"Here it is!" He took out a decent sized box and handed it and the letter to me. I took the stuff from him and carefully set the box down.

I opened the envelope that the letter was in and read it to myself.

Dear Y/N,

Today Kuwajima told me you planned on joining the Demon Slayer Corps. if I'm being honest I was frustrated to hear that. If I was with you now I would do my best to convince you to change your mind but I doubt you would listen to your little brother, you never have. This may be the last time we will be able to talk for a while so I want to tell you that I love and miss you.

How awful must I be to not miss nor love him? I felt nothing reading the letter.

I put down the letter and picked up the box. There was a ribbon around it, with a small note attached.

I hope you like it, mother always said red looked good on you.

I removed the ribbon and opened the box. I saw a beautiful red haori that had orange and yellow leaves decorated all over it. I picked it up and it was so smooth, like glass.

"It's beautiful." I muttered to myself.

"Are you going to try it on or what?" Zenitsu questioned me. I forgot about his presence.

I nodded him a yes. I put the haori on and it fit like a glove. The way the silk felt on me was like heaven, I felt like I was dirtying it just by wearing it.

"..Can you tell my brother that I love it? Tell him I appreciate it very much." I looked over at Zenitsu and his eyes were wide.

"What? Does it not look good on me?" I asked pouting a little.

"No! You look beautiful! It's just— you seem so at peace, every time we're together you look so on edge. You're truly beautiful, Y/N." The more he talked, the more he became visibly flustered.

I chuckled at his tomato red face.

"Are you two done yet?" I heard a voice ask from behind us. I turn around and see Muichiro staring right into my eyes.

"Muichiro!" I gasp and quickly gather my stuff up.

"Is he going to be your teacher?" Zenitsu asked me.