Nightmare (InosukexTanjiro)

In-INOSUKE!!!!

*Wakes up*

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!... It was just a dream. That felt so real, but it was only a dream?"

Narrator POV_

When Tanjiro woke up he was in his bed at the butterfly mansion, with Zenitsu and Inosuke sleeping peacefully new to him. He flung up dripping sweat, tears falling onto his blanket, and his hands shaking. Some how his scream didn't wake up Zenitsu, However can't say the same for Inosuke.

Tanjiro still traumatized, just sat there trying to stop the tears with his unstable hands. No matter what he did tears  just kept flowing like a river pooling in his blanket. That's when he saw Inosuke. He's br-breathing! Tanjiro thought.

 A tiny chuckle almost, escaped Tanjiro's frightened facial expression. Even though he could see Inosuke clearly fine, he couldn't relax, the tear puddles continue to expand. 

Eventually all the crying and sobbing annoyed Inosuke so much he couldn't fall back asleep. So like any normal human he turns his head to see who was making the ruckus. When he saw the state Tanjiro was in he shot up 100% awake now, thinking of a way to help his clearly not ok friend.

Inosuke POV_

Is someone crying? Ugh it's probably zenitsu again, but somehow it sounds different then usual. I swear I'm gonna kill him if he's crying because of Nezuko again.

As I turn my head to my surprise it's Chanjiro... crying? Why would he be crying. I should help him, but how?

"chanjiro? Why are you crying?"

For some reason I've never seen him cry before, and it almost hurts to see him cry. I hate it. It feels like with every sob pains get zapped up my back like I'm being struck by lightning. He's the one who always smiles, I want to only see him smile. I wanna help him, but everytime I try to help I make things worse.

*sniff*

"in-inosuke?!!?"

His voice is so scratchy, he sounds surprised. It's almost like he's in denial of me really being here. Why won't I be here. Ugh I'm so confused. Can he just stop crying already it's hurting me and I wanna sleep. I wanna make him feel better, but how?

Tanjiro POV_

It really was just a dream, he's actually here alive. I want to hug him, I want to tell him about my nightmare, I want to tell him how I feel about him. He has to know that I have feelings for him, I can't go through that again.

*inhales shakily*

"Sorry for waking you, I ha-have allergies. You can go back to sleep now, I'm fi-fine"

So why, why can't I tell him how I feel about him, why. I literally just watched him die, his screams for help, his body bleed out. So why won't the words come out? Come on Tanjiro, tell him.

*sniff sniff*

I just can't, it's not the right time. And it's Inosuke, he would never like me. We are way to different kinds of people. He finally excepted me as a friend, I think. Why would I risk our friendship over my selfish feelings. If I tell him I love him I'll just end up loosing him, just like every other person I've cared about. NO. I have to tell him, no matter the out come he deserves to know. But how do I tell him?

Insures POV_

"Sorry for waking you, I ha-have allergies. You can go back to sleep now, I'm fi-fine."

Why would he say that, it's so obvious he's not ok. I can hear the pain in his voice, and he says he's fine like everything is ok. That's when I lost it. I was done sitting down on the side lines while someone that I get a weird but nice feeling from is hurting, and his crying is super annoying, I wanna punch him so he'll stop... Some how I don't want to punch him though, I wanna help him. His crying hurts. It makes me agitated. I'm so angry I wanna scream at him!

*inhales*

"Stop, you're obviously not fine, why are you crying, sorry but tears don't fall like that from allergies! Why were you so shocked to see me, did something happen?! I feel like a want to help you but you also make me wanna punch you! So I guess I wanna help you then punch you!"

I couldn't control myself I was so angry, not because he's mean or something, but rather I feel like he's ignoring me, does he think I'm not good enough to tell me what's wrong!  Does he think I can't help him?! Why does he always try to take care of everything by himself?!  Gonpachiro your such an idiot it's annoying. Just stop crying plz, it hurts me. It makes me think your weak and if your weak then I'm weak, ya. That's why I feel miserable. I wanna find out what happened, but I have to be calm and gentle blah, so he doesn't cry more. Ya lets do that.

"Hey, can you please tell me what happened, maybe you'll stop crying then, then I can go back to sleep."

I managed to not yell at him! I didn't know you could have conversations without yelling, this is weird. My voice doesn't hurt!

Now there's a new problem, My face is starting on fire?!?! why is my face warm and why am I sweating. I'm so confused. Does it make me look weak, I bet I look vulnerable. At least it's dark. Hopefully he doesn't see my face. Ugh. If only I wore my mask to bed. Dammit.

Tanjiro POV_

I couldn't help but feel a little happy, He wants to help me! My face started burning up, and I started to sweat. A smile creeps up onto my face, still traumatized I decide I should tell him about my dream.

*wipes tears*

"he-hey Inosuke, your right. I'm not ok, a-and if you really wanna know why, you can come sit next to me. And I promise I'll tell you everything."

surprisingly he stood up and sat down on the edge of my bed, I've never seen Inosuke like this. I like this side of him, it makes his feminine face even prettier then usual. Ok Tanjiro you can do it, just tell him about the dream, it'll be fine.

"Alright, just listen to what I have to say, don't say anything until I'm done. ok?"

He aggressively nodded but assured me he's fine. his hair flowed around freely.

"Ok, so It started in a dark room..."

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Ok, so I'm gonna make one more chapter. Thank you again for reading this, it means a lot to me. I'll be posting the final chapter between today and Wednesday. Have a good day. :D