𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚? | 𝙐𝙯𝙪𝙯𝙚𝙣

Part 6 of the 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨 Series

❞He grasped his dress tightly, in need of grounding himself, and sought for any ways to relieve this heavy tension in his body. He inhaled deeply, and gathered his words. "A-ask me.". He wanted to turn around, and to fall into his best friend's arms, but he couldn't. Not yet. Not when they were... like this. Restrained by spoken and unspoken things.
Small steps could be heard, and a warm hand landed on his back, right between his shoulder blades. He visibly flinched, not seeing it coming, and Tanjirou reeled back as if burned. Once more, an alarm went off in his head. "Did he...", he gulped audibly, not even wanting to think about it, "He didn't force you into anything, did he?". Zenitsu gasped in shock, and turned around quickly.❝

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(Or: It's the final day of the school festival, and after too many weeks of silence, Zenitsu and Tanjirou talk again, both hoping to finally make up.)

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