The Dreaming Pillar ✩ Kimetsu no Yaiba

💠Special #5💠

Not exactly what you requested but I hope it's good enough.

Requested by Mui_Mochi

Drabble: "Friends are annoying."

In which friendship is forced.

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"Are you alright?" You slightly bent in front of the boy who held the blankest expression you've seen so far in your demon hunting days (which are zero). You held your hand out to him with a warm smile. "Are you hurt?"

"Why did you even bother saving me?" he asked, his voice as cold as ice.

"Why wouldn't I save you? You were about to be killed by that demon," you answered back.

"Mind your own business." He slapped your hand away as he helped himself up. "If I can't even defeat that demon then I can't be qualified to join the demon corps."

"Don't be like that buddy," you said, following him. "Demon hunters gotta work together to defeat evil, you know."

"Since when did we become “buddies”?" He stopped and turned to glare at you.

Despite how his glare that would strike fear in future demon hunters, it didn't seem to affect you in the slightest. "Um, now?" you said, unsure of yourself. "Besides, you look like the type who has no friends."

"I don't." He continued on forward, irritated you were still following him. "Making friends is a hassle and it's pointless in the end."

"I see," when Muichirou didn't hear anything else from you, he naturally assumed you left. Turns out you just appeared in front of him again and took hold of his hand.

"You! What are you doing?" he scowled, taking a step back.

"Well, then. I'll take the initiative and be your friend till the very end!" you said happily. You didn't plan to let go of his hand until he agreed to your friendship.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" He raised a brow. Confusion, irritation, and slight anger was written on his face.

"Like I said, if you won't let me be your friend then I'll make you my friend!" the sound of a demon rampaging could be heard near them and it would only get closer if they stayed there.

"Oi, do you not hear that?" Muichirou spoke. "There's an incoming demon. Let go."

"Then be my friend," you said once more.

"Can you just stop with the joke already!" he snapped at you. "There is a demon coming here and it's going to kill us!"

"Then hurry up and agree to be my friend," you continued to smile at him, waiting for his answer.

Muichirou, left with no choice and the demon coming closer, bit the bottom of his lip. "Fine already! I'll be your friend! Just hurry up and let go!"

"Yay!" you cheered, raising your arms in the air. "Well, to celebrate our friendship then I'll do you a favor."

The demon was already behind you yet you didn't seem worried. You just unsheathed your sword and decapitated it.

"You–you're just plain weird," he sighed, sitting down on the ground. "Thanks for taking care of that demon, I guess."

In truth that demon was something the either of you could hand alone. The demon that left Muichirou breathless earlier was about to kill him until you came. Of course the demon was significantly weakened so you just landed the killing blow on him. Nothing special.