{I'm sorry for grammatical errors, wrong vocabularies, etc. because English is not my main language, but I hope you can enjoy my story :)}
When all the ashes have disappeared, a warehouse appeared where there was demon slayer's corpses, Suzumi really wanted to cry when she saw those who died tragically. 'I'm really sorry, I can't help you all.'
She called in several kakushi to take care of the bodies of the demon slayers then left that terrible place.
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Kimetsu no Yaiba
Credit : Koyoharu Gotouge
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Chapter 3
After giving a report to Oyakata-sama, Suzumi went to her house, she held the pendant necklace she was wearing tightly all the way.
"Nee-chan, are you going to die someday?" Suzumi asked, she was very afraid that her only sister would leave her alone forever.
Kurumi smiled, patted her sister's head. "Yes, I am, but you too, Suzumi."
Suzumi's question didn't mean like that, she had bad feeling she couldn't with her soon.
"Don't worry, we can meet mama and papa if we die, Suzumi."
"Until that time, I will always take care of you."
'But you broke your promise to me, you left me first.'
When Suzumi was about to arrive, she saw a yellow haired boy standing in front of her house, she immediately wiped the tears from her eyes so he wouldn't see it.
"Konnichiwa, Zenitsu-san, what are you doing here? How's your treatment?" Suzumi greeted.
"Ah, Suzumi-san... It's ok, Shinobu-san has allowed me to come out for a while."
"So that's it."
"Ummm... Suzumi-san, actually I came here because I have something to talk with you."
"I see, then come in."
"Suzumi-san..." Zenitsu called, he even didn't move from his position.
"Yes?" Suzumi turned her head.
"Don't you remember me?"
Hearing that question, Suzumi lifted one of her eyebrows. "What did you ask? Have we ever met before?"
Zenitsu sighed, he began to doubt whether Suzumi who was standing a few inches in front of him was his best friend.
"You're not here just for that question right? Just come in, it's getting cold outside."
When Suzumi would turn her body to left, Zenitsu's eyes caught the pendant necklace she was wearing.
"Suzumi-san... No, Suzumi-chan," Zenitsu called with both his eyes closed by his hair bangs.
Suzumi gasped when she heard Zenitsu calling out her name with '-chan', she can only stare at Zenitsu without doing anything. Zenitsu walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders.
"Long time no see, Finally we meet again."
Zenitsu hugged Suzumi, he was very happy to meet his best friend again. But not for her, she felt scared instead, she pushed Zenitsu away from her body with all her might.
"W-what are you doing? Why you hugged me? I don't even know who you are!" After saying that, Suzumi ran away to the forest, during this time there has never been an unknown man who hugged her arbitrarily, she was so afraid.
"Suzumi-chan, wait!" Zenitsu ran trying to chase her, lucky he could run so fast that he could follow her easily.
Meanwhile, Suzumi who knew that Zenitsu managed to chase her felt that her legs became weak and trembling because of her fear.
"Suzumi-chan, do you hear me? I'm Zenitsu, we haven't seen in a long time since few years ago." Zenitsu yelled, but she didn't want to hear his explanation or... might not be heard by her.
'Where should i go? He will definitely always follow me.'
Suddenly she felt her heart ache, making her legs weak and stumbling against the stone until her body fell to the ground.
"SUZUMI-CHAN?!" Zenitsu yelled, he was very surprised when he saw Suzumi suddenly fell down.
"Suzumi-chan, are you okay?"
The helpless Suzumi could only look at Zenitsu who approached her without being able to do anything, she wanted to run but couldn't, her eyes blurred until finally everything turned black for her.
"Suzumi-cha-"
"Suzumi-san have a weak heart from birth, so she could pass out at any time." Shinobu explained.
"Sorry to say like this, Zenitsu-san, but I think she won't live much longer."
"W-w-what?"
Shinobu sighed. "Don't worry, this is just my guess, if she can control her heart, I'm sure she can live long."
"How can?"
"With gems breathing, she can do it, because of that she never pass out during the fight,"
"but I don't know why she doesn't do it in normally."
"How about the medicine?"
"Weak heart isn't an illness, but I give her some vitamins to support her heart health."
Zenitsu looked Suzumi who was sleeping peacefully on the patient bed, his heart felt broken, why did he find out her 'illness' now even though they had been friends for a long time?
After Shinobu left the room, Zenitsu walked towards her and sat beside her bed.
'Suzumi-chan, I'm really sorry to surprised you.' Zenitsu said in his heart while his hands holding her hand.
After a while, Zenitsu let go of his grip on her, he pulled the two of pendant necklaces out of his pocket. Yes, he kept Suzumi's pendant necklace with him. When Zenitsu opened her pendant necklace, he saw two photos, one photo is Suzumi with her sister and one photo is Suzumi with... him.
'She never even forget me.'
"Hey, Zenitsu, where did you go?" Tanjirou asked when Zenitsu went back to their room.
"Monitsu, you should give me your dinner, I'm so hungry now!" Inosuke said loudly.
Zenitsu was just silent and walked to his bed.
"What's going on?" Tanjirou and Inosuke stared at each other in confusion with Zenitsu's strange behavior.
"Whoaa, what a beautiful pendant necklace, is it yours, Zenitsu?" Tanjirou asked.
Zenitsu didn't answer, he just shook his head. "Give me it, I want to see it too!" In an instant Inosuke snatched the pendant necklace from his hand.
"Hey, That's not mine!"
"Hey, isn't this Suzumi-san?" Tanjirou pointed to the photos.
"Hmmm... you're right, Monjirou, but... hey, isn't this Monitsu?!" Both of them were surprised, what happened actually? Gems pillar was in the same photo with black-haired Zenitsu! How can?
"We're close friends until I moved to another town without telling her, she must be very angry at me and remove our memories from her mind."
"Why you said that?"
"I tried to tell her but she avoided me and said that she even didn't know me."
"Zenitsu, I'm sorry but I don't think so, she never forget you, that's why she has kept your photo in her pendant necklace."
"But..."
"She just doesn't know who you're now, because your hair color has changed since she last saw you."
Zenitsu was amazed, might be Tanjirou's words were right, not long after he smiled. "Thank you, Tanjirou, I think you're right, sooner or later she will definitely recognize me."
Tanjirou smiled, he was happy because his close friend could smile again. Actually at first he was so surprised that Zenitsu had a pillar girl who was his best friend.
Chapter 3 - end
