Ino Yamanaka, a beautiful 20-year-old blonde woman, has lived a life of unimaginable pain. Orphaned emotionally and physically by her father, she is constantly reminded of the tragic death of her mother, Maha, who died during childbirth. Her father, overwhelmed with grief and anger, has blamed Ino for his wife's death for as long as she can remember. His love turned into hatred, and throughout Ino's childhood and teenage years, he subjected her to brutal beatings and emotional abuse. He saw her not as his daughter, but as the living reminder of the wife he lost.
On Ino's 20th birthday, the abuse reaches its peak. Her father, in a drunken rage, beats her until she bleeds, screaming that she was the reason for everything wrong in his life. Finally, he drags her out of the house and throws her into the street, leaving her broken and alone. Humiliated, bleeding, and in emotional turmoil, Ino stumbles through the rain and ends up at the cemetery where her mother, Maha, is buried. She collapses by the grave, crying out in desperation, begging for her mother's comfort and love, which she never got to experience. Her heart is shattered, and she feels utterly lost.
B. L. U. E. (InoAoi // Inosuke x Aoi // Kimetsu no Yaiba)
30 parts Complete
30 parts
Complete
"So tell me, Aoi - tell me, why do you, a person who doesn't even want to lift a sword, can make a strong man like me feel sick and weak without you?"
"You annoy me, kiss me when you're not supposed to and always steal food. But you broke my walls down and made me fall, real hard, in love with you too."
Inosuke is a short-tempered young man who grew up in the mountains. He learned about affection and love through his two best friends, Tanjiro and Zenitsu. The women he cared for in his life are dead.
Aoi survived the Final Selection, but she thinks of herself as weak and incapable to defeat demons. In turn, she becomes a helper at the Butterfly Mansion and is always attending to the sick and injured.
As he spends more time in the Butterfly Mansion, waiting for his best friends to wake up, Inosuke realizes that he gets drawn to Aoi.
How is that possible? They fight all the time.
"What are you looking at?" Aoi growls.
"I use my eyes to look at whatever I want!"
Later, seeing Kanao getting together with Tanjiro and Nezuko falling in love with Zenitsu; sometimes Inosuke wonders if a strong man like him doesn't need a woman.
He is wrong. He isn't immune to love.
Warning: Slow-burn romance. I depict realistic circumstances related to the age of characters, historical period and their respective personalities.
[p/s: This story takes place after the defeat of Muzan. The male main characters and the girls are already seventeen. The universe is still exclusively following the manga/anime. Non-manga readers, you have been warned]