Little Devil - Inotan

New friend

A/N: Hello, everybody! It's me, Thunderweeb. I'm sorry for giving you guys such slow updates. I think it's obvious how online school has been so far- it's not that great. I managed to get some assignments out of the way after I forced myself to stop reading yaoi at 3:00 am daily. I will try to update more; I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! ^^

-Thunderweeb

It's been a week since the nerve-racking event, and the blue ombre boy can't seem to leave Tanjiro. He's been staying with the demon for as long as he can, following him, staying beside him, making sure he doesn't run off when they go on a mission, everything. Zenitsu knew his theory was right from the beginning, that his concern over the boy in the box wasn't because of partnership or brotherly love, but something else. He hoped Nezuko would hint at the situation, but she remained clueless about the truth as to why Inosuke acted this way.

"Look, they're the idiot's everyone is talking about!" A group of slayers whispered amongst each other as they walked by the trio.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING IDIOTS, YOU BRATS!" Inosuke stood up to chase them. They didn't hesitate to run; when they were far enough, Inosuke went back to his friends sitting on the bench. It was lunchtime.

"I told you to not listen to them, Inosuke," Nezuko warned, eating her bento, " there is always going to be mean people in the world; you're the one who has the option to be the bigger person or not."

"I was the bigger person, they were all tiny, and the way they ran away made them look more like little girls." Inosuke bragged.

"Like you're all high and mighty..." Zenitsu teased.

"Compared to you, I'm a Lord."

"Oh? How are you a Lord?"

"I got more guts than you, enough for you to call me Lord Inosuke!" He jabbed his index finger in the other's chest.

"Not in a million years, you pig!"

"Pig!?"

"Yeah, you're as dumb as a pig!"

'They're so childish it hurts...' Nezuko thought.

"I don't understand why I'm getting in trouble for defending us. We get criticized on a daily because we defuse to kill your brother, and when I try to teach them a lesson, I get called an idiot."

"Look, Inosuke, just please don't let it they get to you, I see how much you care for Tanjiro, but you don't have to-"

"Me, care for him? What are you mental?"

Zenitsu and Nezuko facepalmed.

When they were done eating, Inosuke went back to Nezuko's cabin to stay with Tanjiro as usual. While he was gone, Zenitsu took this as a chance to explain to Nezuko what was happening. Nezuko was about to head to the butterfly mansion to say hello to one of the medicine girls she made friends with but was interrupted by the yellow boy chasing after her.

"What is it, Zenitsu?" She looked at him in concern.

"We need to talk about something important."

"We're not getting married."

"Not that! It's about Inosuke and Tanjiro..." He whispered the last part, mildly embarrassed for having Nezuko thinking all he thinks about is hitting on her. They walked to a nearby forest and sat down on the grass behind at three big enough to cover their bodies if someone was looking ahead from the other side.