Slayer of Time (Demon Slayer X OC)

Chapter 10: A Problem

Mizuki POV 

"Hahhhh" I sigh out exhausted from training and walk inside of the little room of Yoriichi's.  The cold wind that seeps through the door and windows nips at my skin, cooling me down as sweat drips from my forehead. 

"Training.  Training.  Training."  I mumble to myself as I lay on the futon.  

I lay there staring up at the ceiling as the light from the moon shines through.  My mind starts to wander yet again, thinking about everything that's happening. 

As I recall the events from last week, my face burns up.  "How embarrassing!"  I yell silently as I roll on top of the futon.  

"Ugh why did I cry???"  I mumble to myself as I cover my face with my hands feeling self conscious.  "It was really heart warming but really....What is this?"  I say as I put my hand over my heart feeling my heart thumping loudly against my chest. And I don't think this is just from training. 

My face heats up yet again and I roll on my side as I get a good view of the moon from the window above.  

'I've never felt this way really about someone real... well as real as this reality is now.  It's still hard to believe that somehow I'm in another world.  But yet it seems I'm slowly forgetting that fact and even things are getting foggy in my mind....Before it seemed like I would struggle in this age but slowly I've becoming accustomed to things here and the way of life.' 

But in all seriousness.  This is my reality now, demons are real, Yoriichi and Michikatsu is real.  Michi-san was real and she died and was right there in front of me.  She was living and she cared for me and took me in.  I can feel pain and exhaustion from training, I still have these frustrated feelings, regret, and confusion, all mixed in.  

I sigh out and wipe my sweat away, propping myself off of the floor.  As I slowly get up, I put my hand over my chest to feel it calm down.  "Just what is this feeling?" I ask myself before heading out to freshen up and go to bed.

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Time Skip 

"Good Morning." I greet Sato-san and Michikatsu as I set the table with breakfast.  I had prepared stir fry vegetables with miso soup and rice.  A small and simple dish.  

"Good Morning."  Michikatsu returns the greeting back with a small smile, causing me to smile back him way before sitting down.  As Sato-san gave me a head nod in my direction as he sat down and picked up his chopsticks. 

"Itadakimasu."  We say before digging in. 

As we finished our meal, I start the day once again with finishing the chores.  But it seems that recently it has become Michikatsu's habit or something to help me clean up or reach higher things which I normally stretch up to reach. 

During these times we spend making small talk followed by smiles and talk of our training or besting each other.  A rival which I thought, a friendly rival and friend which I spend my days training, talking, and almost everything with.  

I can't help but smile and feel my heart flutter when I see Michikatsu send me a smile as he looks my way.  Or when I get to spend additional time together making small talk or jokes, or even going for a walk around the village.  All these things end up making me happy beyond belief.  

I didn't think that my time with the Tsugikuni's could be any better. Sure we had some ups and downs at some parts, but the three of us have been doing fine.  As I would normally do the chores and things like the past years, as I would do training for swordsmanship or building up muscle by bringing water or exercises.