'I've always had really good hearing... One time, I knew what people said while I was asleep, and that creeped everyone out.'

"You okay, Zenitsu-san?" A hand on his shoulder broke him away from his musings, making him look up to find concerned violet eyes staring back into his brown ones.

"Ah, I'm fine, Miyasha-san!" He gave his best smile, watching as she looked over him once again before shifting back to the eldest brother's injuries.

"If you feel pain in your head or if you need anything, please do not hesitate to tell me, alright?" She softly conveyed, her words directed at him. And her words honestly made him want to cry.

'Her heartbeat is so... serene and caring.'

For all his life, Zenitsu had always believed in whomever he wanted to believe in, despite the sounds he heard from them. But Miyasha...

'Her sound is so warm and caring... I don't think I've ever heard anything like it before.' And if he was being honest, then Tanjiro's heartbeats weren't like anything he had ever heard before either.

But where Tanjiro's was gentle and kind, Miyasha's were warm and caring— just like a big brother and an elder sister.

"Here!" Miyasha declared, giving Kiyoshi a bright close-eyed smile as she continued, "Your wound is now all covered up and bandaged! Now, I'll give you a portion of the medicines I applied on your leg so you can apply it once you go home, okay?" Upon Kiyoshi nodding, she proceeded to hand him a small wooden box and patted him, "Apply it at least once after every time you take a bath, okay? Also avoid applying cold water to the wound for at least the initial week— if it, by any chance, gets infected, just apply this medicine with some neem water, okay?"

"Hai, Miyasha-san!" Kiyoshi replied diligently, "Thank you so much for help, onee-chan!"

"You're welcome, dear." She patted him again, making Zenitsu feel a bit... left out, for some reason.

'Can I... get pats like that too?' He shook his head at his ridiculous thought, wondering where that came from.

"Is your head fine, Zenitsu-san?" Miyasha asked again upon noticing him shaking his head vigorously, "Look, if it pains or if your feel queasy, please do not hesitate to tell me, okay dear? Never think that you're bothering me or something, got it? This is literally my work, and if you hide them from me then I won't be able to help you, dear..."

Her eyes shone with genuine worry, making him feel warmer inside. Honestly, her caring for him just made him want start to crying again.

"I-I'm fine, Miyasha-san... I'll tell you if I feel any pain, trust me." He replied shyly, watching as her worry slowly decreased as she smiled at him softly.

"Miyasha-san, Miyasha-san!" Tanjiro suddenly called her, making both of them look towards the younger male in front of them, who was carrying several rocks with him, "Miyasha-san! We are going to burying the bodies... Will you help us bury them?"

"Help 'us'?" She asked suddenly, making Tanjiro pause at her question, "Who is the 'us' you are talking about, Tanjiro-san...?"

"Um, me, Shoichi-"

"No." Miyasha instantly interrupted Tanjiro, "I will help you completely only at one condition— none of the children will help us bury the body. I know it'll take less time if everyone helps but... they do not deserve to do all this at such a young age. And I promise I'll work fast enough so that all the burials are finished before the sunset."

'She's so kind...'

Tanjiro blinked at her sudden demand, processing it for a few minutes before agreeing, "I... understand, Miyasha-san. I'll then tell them to sit beside Inosuke and—"

"No!" Zenitsu interrupted Tanjiro this time, "Don't make them sit beside that wild, insane boar! He'll attack them instantly if he woke up!"

"Don't be so harsh, Zenitsu-san..." Miyasha shook her head, sighing as she continued, "But... I partially agree with Zenitsu-san, here. Inosuke may not feel comfortable with other people so near him when he is not conscious."

She tilted her head to look behind Tanjiro— Shoichi and Teruko were carrying small stones with them for the burial of the bodies.

"Instead," Miyasha started again, once the children were near enough to hear her, "Why don't Teruko-chan and Shoichi-kun help Kiyoshi-kun to pack my satchel? I did make a mess as I treated you all..." she turned to the kids, smiling at them softly as she asked them for their opinion, "Would you like to do that please? It'll help me a lot if you two do..."

"Ah, hai, Miyasha-san." Both the children agreed, instantly depositing the stones near the hole they had dug and proceeded to walk towards where Miyasha's satchel was kept, near their elder brother.

"You help out too, Zenitsu." Tanjiro suggested, to which he instantly agreed.

Why wouldn't he? Anything would be better than sitting beside that wild boar and he really did want to help these two.


A sudden scream interrupted the peaceful atmosphere, making Miyasha and Tanjiro look up to the approaching source of noise.

Zenitsu was scream-yelling as he ran towards them with a rock in his hands as Inosuke follows him while screaming to fight him.

Zenitsu instantly hid behind Miyasha as he reached them, as she and Tanjiro stared blankly at Inosuke, who was staring back them just as blankly, if not more.

"What the hell are you guys doing?" Inosuke asked somewhat accusingly, pointing his finger at them as he scowled.

"It's a burial." Tanjiro answered back simply.

"Hah?"

"You help out, too, Inosuke." Tanjiro repeated what he had said to Zenitsu earlier, as he placed the rock in his hand on top of the grave, "There are still some people who were killed inside that house who need a proper burial."

"What's the point of burying the corpses of those creatures?" Inosuke asked aggressively, "I'm not doing that! I'm not helping out! Forget that! Fight me!"

'Man, he really is a loon.' Zenitsu wondered, still hiding behind Miyasha, 'What does he mean, what's the point?'

"I see." Tanjiro said, "You can't do it because your wounds are hurting you."

"Hah...?" Even Inosuke was surprised by his statement, his eyes twitching in anger as Tanjiro continued speaking as if he completely understood what he meant.

'Those two are beyond help! They're both crazy...' Zenitsu thought in despair as Tanjiro kept on rambling how Inosuke should get some rest.

Miyasha simply shook her head and started working on the next burial instead of simply standing there and wasting her time. Noticing her start working again, Zenitsu began helping her as well, ignoring the now screaming and fuming Inosuke.

'Ignoring them might be the best, for now.' Zenitsu thought absent-mindedly as he followed Miyasha inside the house to bring out another body.


It was almost sunset by the time they were done burying all the bodies of the victims.

'Miyasha-san really did keep her word...' Zenitsu pondered as he discreetly watched the said female join her hands before the last grave, praying silently.

For such a small and frail looking female, she had a lot of strength— even more than him or Tanjiro at some instances. Because of that and her single-mindedness, they got the work done pretty quickly and more efficiently.

Zenitsu slowly took in a deep breath and closed his eyes, praying for the dead just as the other people around him were doing.

"What is that person doing?" The young girl asked from behind them, making her brothers simply reply to not look there, especially when Inosuke gave out another war cry and slammed his head against a tree.

It was the voice of Tanjiro's crow though, that got his and Tanjiro's attention.

"Descend the mountain! Descend the mountain!" It repeated again and again as it approached them, flying down the orange sky.

"That crow is talking!" Shoichi exclaimed, to which his brother replied, "Just don't think anymore."

Zenitsu heard Miyasha give out a small laugh as she got up— everyone following her lead as the crow kept asking them to follow it again and again while flying above them in circles.

"Kiyoshi-kun, Shoichi-kun, Teruko-chan?" Miyasha called their names individually, making them stop and look at her innocently, "Walk ahead of me. And please tell us which way your home is; if needed, I'll walk you there—"

"Hey! Where are you going?" The wild boar asked them as he noticed them leaving.

"We're descending down the mountain." Tanjiro replied simply.

"We're not done with our battle yet!"

"You're tired, aren't you? Come on, we're heading down."

"Hah?! I'm not tired!" He suddenly rushed towards them, intending to slam onto Tanjiro as he yelled, "Let's fight!"

Miyasha immediately pulled Tanjiro behind her by his haori, stepping in front of him without a moment's notice as Inosuke came hurtling towards them. Inosuke stopped just an inch or two away from ramming into her, glaring at her as she calmly stood there.

"Oi, what the hell are you doing, woman?!"

"Watch your tone, Hashibira." Miyasha ordered sternly, making everyone stiffen at her harsh tone, "If you want a fight, you'll get your fight— only when we are down the mountain, you understand that?" She glared up at him, her violet eyes gleaming in the last rays of the sunset.

Zenitsu shivered at her tone, being reminded of exactly why she scared him in the first place— because even with her soft smiles and caring sounds, her heart had a fierce beat to it which was not only due to her protectiveness.

Strangely enough, Inosuke complied— silently moving back to let them through. Miyasha took that as her sign and gently prodded them towards the road.

"Come on, we need to go." She gently insisted, her tone back to her normal soft one, "I would rather prefer we reach our respective destinations before the night falls..."


"You sure you three can go by yourself...?" Miyasha asked once again, genuine worry reflecting in her violet eyes.

"Hai, Onee-chan." Kiyoshi replied smiling gratefully at her, "Thank you for treating me and taking care of my siblings—"

"Hold out your hand!" Suddenly Tanjiro's crow came down, flying in front of Kiyoshi.

He reluctantly did as the crow asked— holding out his palms as suddenly the crow spat out a small violet bag into his hands.

Kiyoshi's face turned green at the bag, but after the crow relayed that the bag will ward off any demons, he looked at the bag intently.

"You with marechi blood, keep that on your person!" The crow declared, finally settling back on his owner's shoulders.

"Hm, it smells like wisteria." Tanjiro remarked.

"Wisteria...?"

"It is a flower that demons cannot abide." Miyasha answered, staring at the small bag in his hands, "Always keep it on your body when you go out— especially at night, and it will repel any demons planning to attack you."

"Demon repellent!" The crow declared, flailing around his wings as it repeated the two terms again and again.

"Ah... arigato, crow-san..."

"We should take our leave now then." Kiyoshi commented, bowing (which his siblings did as well, following his example) as he thanked them, "We're truly grateful! Thank you for everything. We can get home on our own, now."

"Take care, then!" Tanjiro replied, waving his hand and Miyasha patted them and smiled as she bid them farewell.

"Take care and be safe!" Zenitsu waved as well, as he heard Inosuke slamming his head against the trees in the background.

"Now then, follow me!" Tanjiro's crow took off again, "Follow yours truly!"

"Ah, this path takes us back to the town, right?" Zenitsu asked as he remembered the pathway vaguely.

"It indeed does." Miyasha answered, looking up at the fading orange sky as they walked down the path, "I really I hope we move out of the forest before the night fall; I'll rather like to avoid stepping onto any kind of snake—"

"Fight me!" Inosuke interrupted Miyasha, suddenly showing up beside Tanjiro as he pointed at him aggressively, "We are already down the mountain! So, fight me! I swear I'm gonna find your weak point and bring you down, loser!"

"We are not yet down the mou—" Zenitsu started, but Tanjiro interrupted him by declaring that his name was not 'loser'.

"It's Kamado Tanjiro!" He introduced himself again, which Inosuke butchered up by calling him 'Kamaboko Gonpachiro.'

Zenitsu could hear Miyasha laughing silently as Tanjiro fumed over his butchered up name.

Honestly, he couldn't see the humour in this situation; not to mention his head was aching with all their shouting.

"Can you both talk any louder?!" Zenitsu yelled over the other two males, startling them with his unexpected loudness as he noticed Tanjiro almost stumble in surprise, "Shut up already!"

The only thing that could be heard after that was Miyasha's soft laughter as she kept on shaking her head in amusement for the next ten minutes.

At least the sound of her laughter was more pleasant than the other two screaming at each other.


"A wisteria family crest..." Tanjiro mumbled as they stood in front of a huge wooden gate with wisteria crest painted on it.

'This crest...' Zenitsu frowned, 'Wasn't this crest on the bag of Wisteria the crow spat out?'

"Cawrr! Rest time! Rest time!" Tanjiro's crow started off suddenly, startling everyone standing there, "Since you've sustained injuries, you're to rest until you're fully recovered!"

"Eh? You sure it's okay to rest?" Tanjiro asked his crow as Zenitsu looks at the sparrow on his hand who nodded vigorously, as if to agree with his crow companion, "I just fought a Demon while injured, you know."

"And that is even more of a reason for you three to rest." Miyasha interjected, gently caressing the crows head as it went "Ke-ke-ke."

"Ke-ke-ke...?"

"Let's eat this thing." Inosuke suggested, making the crow stiff in shock.

"He's more useful than that." Miyasha commented, looking down at the crow who now looked very uncomfortable in Tanjiro's grip, "Don't waste his potential by eating him. Not to mention it'll be cruel to the ones who trained him to help us."

"Anyway," Miyasha continued, looking at the wooden gates once more before turning to the three males she was traveling with, "My journey with you ends here. This manor will provide you with all the medication and care—"

"W-Wait, journey ends here?!" Zenitsu yelled in shock, his mind still trying to process her words as he stuttered out his next, "B-But weren't you Tanjiro's travelling partner?! How can you leave us alone like thi—"

"I was travelling with you all till you could get the proper medical attention you needed." Miyasha smiled wistfully at Zenitsu, "And since now you can get all that in this manor, you have no need for me. So, I was th—"

"N-No!" Zenitsu yelled, going back into hysteria as he instantly clutched Miyasha's shoulders and kneeled down in front of her in desperation, "I won't have it! I won't have it! I won't have it!"

"You can't go, Miyasha-san!" He yelled again, feeling his heart almost drop as he felt her gently caress his head. It made him cry as he felt the gentleness in her touch— even her heartbeat seemed so conflicted, then why did she want to leave?

"Zenitsu-san—"

"You said you'll save me! You were the one who saved my life when I fell out the window!" Zenitsu whined, honestly not caring if he was too loud this late in the night. He just didn't wanted her to leave— and that's all he knew.

"Miyasha-san," Tanjiro interjected, smiling sadly at the female as he continued, "Please stay with us... at least till we are here? Aren't you injured as well?"

"What?!" Zenitsu instantly stepped back, looking horrified, "Did I hurt you?! I'm sorry for clutching you so tightly!"

"I-It's okay! I'm f-fine, I assure you!" She tried to comfort him, "And Tanjiro, this manor is made for demon slayers, I don't think they'll allow me here—"

Without a moment's notice, the gate opened and an old lady of quite small stature came out, stopping Miyasha in between her sentence.

"Yes...?" She looked over at the four of them, smiling as Tanjiro apologized for bothering her so late in the night.

"It's a monster! A mo—" Miyasha instantly cut Zenitsu off, gently smacking upside his head as she hissed at him to behave.

"Who the hell are you?" Inosuke rudely asked, making the three of them stiffen as he moved towards the old woman.

"I see you're a Demon Hunter." She said in a sweet voice, bowing to them as Inosuke approached her.

"You look pretty weak..." Inosuke pondered out loud, touching her her hair with his forefinger.

"Hey!" Tanjiro yelled while Miyasha bowed deeply and apologized for other's rudeness.

"Come in." The old lady simply said, smiling at them kindly as the three demon slayers started following her.

"I..." Miyasha was hesitant though, her eyes darting towards the old lady who looked at her with a strange knowing look, "I'm not a demon slayer, ma'am... I'm just a doctor—"

"Please allow her to stay with us, oba-san!" Tanjiro loudly spoke up, bowing deeply which Zenitsu did as well, "She's injured just like us! Please let her stay with us!"

The old lady simply smiled, nodding slightly before opening the doors of the gate wide enough for them to come in, "Any person who protects the innocents from demons are welcome here..."

"A-Arigato, oba-san." Miyasha thanked the older woman bashfully, as Tanjiro and Zenitsu beamed at the good news.


"Here is your meal..." The old lady relayed, bowing slightly as she sat near their prepared meals.

"She has to be a monster, Tanjiro! That old lady's a mon—"

"Please refrain from shouting so loudly at someone else's home, Zenitsu-san..." a female voice stated, making the three of the males to turn back and notice Miyasha standing there, with her long raven hair open from the usual bun she had. "What... happened? Is something on my face?" She asked, bemused at the way the three were suddenly staring at her.

'She's so... beautiful.' Zenitsu thought as he blushed slightly. She was wearing a simple yukata with the same stripped design as his but in a pinkish shade with a lighter coloured obi. Her waist-length hair was gathered in a loose side pony, seeming wet at first glance.

"Ah, it's nothing Miyasha-san!" Tanjiro smiled, "It's just, you look very pretty with your hair open like that!"

Her eyes widened at the blunt complement; a laugh escaped suddenly her lips as she entered the room after them.

"You're too kind, Tanjiro-kun." She smiled as she sat beside him, gently tucking her hair to her back to avoid getting any into her hair.

"N-No, Miyasha-san, you really do look v-very beautiful." Zenitsu insisted, feeling very shy for some reason. Maybe because she looked very different with her hair open...?

Miyasha smiled, gently patting him in the head as she turned to give him a close-eyed smile when he looked at her.

Zenitsu's heart warmed at her caring smile, all his shyness disappearing as he realized that she was still the same motherly female as before.

'She just... looks much younger than she did earlier.' He absent-mindedly thought as they started eating.

Since it was four of them, they had made a loose circle as they sat and ate; everyone but Inosuke eating quietly.

Inosuke, meanwhile, was making a mess as he stuffed his mouth with several dishes all at once with his hands, instead of using chopsticks like everyone else did.

In fact, he even went as far as stealing food off of Tanjiro's plate, making everyone stare at him in puzzlement before Tanjiro offered him more of his food.

'These two loons...' Zenitsu thought in utter disappointment, noticing how Miyasha just proceeded to ignore those two and focused on her food.

'She ignores their foolishness a lot...' And now he noticed it, she only intervened something serious was going to happen.

'Maybe that's the smarter way.' Zenitsu thought as he took a bite of his food, noticing Inosuke aggressively eating as he stared at Tanjiro, 'He totally forgot about that box!' Zenitsu could feel his vain popping, his irritation for the boar increasing more and more by each passing minute, 'Gimme a break, you thug! Moron! Eyelashes!'


"Goodnight, you three." Miyasha suddenly spoke, making the three turn to him.

"Hah? What do you mean by that?!" Inosuke questioned her rudely, though Miyasha did not look annoyed by it.

"Ah, I'm bidding you farewell for the night, Inosuke-san." She smiled calmly at him as he turned to the other two boys, "My room is just next to your room. If you need three need anything, do not hesitate to just come there, okay?"

"Wait, you're not going to share a room with us? Tanjiro asked innocently as he tilted his head, making Zenitsu want to slam his own head against the wall.

"Of course she isn't?!" Zenitsu yelled, "She's a female, you moron! She cannot share a room with some males!"

"Ara, ara, Zenitsu-kun... no need to be so harsh with him..." she awkwardly tried to calm him down, "Let's just settle into our rooms and— oh, wait, a doctor is supposed to arrive and give us all a proper checking..."

"Eh?" Zenitsu turned to the female, "You aren't going to treat us...?"

"This is someone else's domain, and I'm currently here as a guest... so, I'm a bit reluctant at doing so." Miyasha answered simply, "But, I am thinking to talk about it with the doctor here, and maybe ask their opinion on it."

"Regardless of that, I'll meet you three at the hall, alright?" She waved slightly as she moved passed them, towards her room.

"Hai, Miyasha-san!"

.

.

"Here is the doctor." The old lady declared in her soft, sweet voice.

The doctor bowed along the lady, smiling all the way as he sat and started check the three demon slayers first.

"Hai, severe!" He declared rather cheerfully as he was done checking the three males.

"Severe in what sense, doctor...?" Miyasha frowned, "Do all three of them have broken ribs?"

"Hai." The doctor agreed, "How did you know, young miss?"

Miyasha smiled as she replied amiably, "I have some experience in treating people... not as much as you, but a little bit so."

"Oh! That's wonderful! How many years, miss?"

"Around four years... you can say. Even though my sensei started teaching me at a much younger age, I did not start proper treatment before I met another doctor and assisted him with his own patients."

"Ah, I see. I see." The doctor nodded, "So, do you know what injuries you have?"

"Hai, doctor. Mostly pain in my joints and a somewhat severe pain in my wrist..."

"Let me see, young miss!" The doctor gently took her right hand into his, slowly moving her right wrist, making her flinch in pain. Tanjiro and Zenitsu's eyes widened as they noticed her swollen wrist for the first time.

'Her baggy haori hid her hands a little too well...'

"Hai, you got a very severe sprained wrist! I'll apply a bandage around it so that the swelling decreases." The doctor declared, taking out some bandages from the bag he carried with him.


After Inosuke relayed about his past, a comfortable silence fell in their room.

'Should I...' He turned to look at Tanjiro, who had closed his eyes but hadn't yet fallen asleep.

"Tanjiro, no else is asking this, so, I'm gonna ask this myself." Zenitsu declared soberly, sitting up in his futon, "Why are you travelling with a demon?" He finally got the question off of his chest.

Zenitsu turned to look back at Tanjiro, hoping that he wasn't disappointed at him for asking this, but upon seeing his kind smile as he too sat up, made him feel warm inside again.

"Zenitsu..." Tanjiro started, his eyes turning softer as he spoke, "You knew about that and still protected the box, huh? You're really a great guy, you know that? Thanks!"

Zenitsu blushed as laid down on the futon and wiggled, "You really shouldn't heap so much praise on me!"

"I've got a keen sense of smell." Tanjiro said as he pointed at his nose, "I knew it from the start, how kind you are, Zenitsu... and how strong—"

"No, I'm not strong." Zenitsu deadpanned, feeling as if he was been mocked, "Don't give me that."

Tanjiro stumbled upon his words, not sure how to recover from Zenitsu's earlier statement when suddenly scratching sounds started emitting from the wooden box Tanjiro always carried.

Zenitsu jumped on his feet, moving away in fear at hear that noise. "It's trying to come out! It's trying to come out!"

"Its alright...!" Tanjiro tried to calm him down, but Zenitsu was too scared to see reason.

"How can it be all right? Huh? Huh!?"

"Shh! It's the middle of the night, Zenitsu!"

Suddenly the box opened, making Zenitsu scream in hysteria, "Oh my gosh! It's not even locked?!"

"Shh!"

"P-P-Protect me! Someone please protect me!" Zenitsu yelled, moving away from the box for as far as he could, "Even you'll do Inosuke!"

"Stay away from me!" Inosuke kicked Zenitsu under the chin, resulting him being sprawled across the room near the very box he was trying to run away from.

"It's out!?" Zenitsu screamed, crawling away from the box as the demon slowly got out of it, "I gotta hide! I'm so scared!"

Zenitsu had almost climbed into the closet, before he noticed that the demon was a rather small female, with a big bamboo muzzle in her mouth.

"Nezuko!" Tanjiro cheerful greeted the demon, his smile was very evident in his voice.

Zenitsu paused as he noticed the demon grow in height and turn into a rather cute young woman in front of their eyes.

"Hah?" Inosuke looked at Nezuko once, before stretching both his hands on his futon and saying, "That's too much thinking." He then proceeded to sleep, not caring for all this drama much.

But for Zenitsu...

"Tanjiro..." he started soberly, his voice dropping an octave as he continued, "Listen to me."

"Z-Zenitsu...?"

"Just who do you think you are?!" Zenitsu growled, "So, you've been travelling with a girl this cute...? With a girl this cute in tow, day after day, you've been travelling, and you've been on cloud nine the whole time, huh?"

"Zenitsu, it's not like—"

"Give me back all the blood I shed!" Zenitsu yelled, pointing his finger at Tanjiro accusingly, "I didn't give it my all just so you could spend time in la-la land, making out with a girl! That's not why I got pulled and kicked by that wild boar, right?!"

"Zenitsu, calm down! What's gotten into you all of a sudden?" Tanjiro friend to calm Zenitsu down, but to no avail.

"DEMON SLAYER CORPS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU'D JOIN FOR FUN?!" Zenitsu yelled at full volume, "Guys like you gotta be purged! Immediately—"

Suddenly the door in the room slid open to show a very confused and somewhat annoyed Miyasha glowering at them, "What in the name of Mother Nature is happening here?!" She demanded.

"Tanjiro has been carrying his demon girlfriend in that box!" Zenitsu yelled it out, making Miyasha blink at him blankly.

"Nezuko-chan is not his girlfriend, Zenitsu-kun... She's his sister who turned into a demon. She's travelling with him in that wooden box because he wants to protect her from other slayers and wants to turn her back into the human she once was."

Zenitsu blinked twice at this information, his anger immediately deflating.

"Oh..." Zenitsu finally said, looking awkwardly at the siblings as he fumbled over his words.

Miyasha sighed at this whole ordeal, shaking her head slightly as she started, "Zenitsu-kun, Tanjiro-kun, please go to sleep. It's almost too late for all this ruckus, and I'll rather like to finish my work before the sun rises, so please quietly rest."

"And Nezuko-chan," she turned towards the female demon, "Would you like to rest in my room with me?"

Upon Nezuko turning to look at Tanjiro, he nodded as said, "I'll bring the box to your room then—"

"No need," she waved him off, entering the room to carry that box with her, "You two go to sleep— we'll talk about this tomorrow. In detail. For now, just rest."

"And Zenitsu-kun," she turned towards him, patting him on her way out, "Don't overthink things."

The door slid close behind her, leaving the two friends staring awkwardly at each other.

"I'm sorry... Tanjiro..."

What an awkward night it was.


(~End of Drum House Arc~)


Yep! This arc is finally complete~!

I hope you all liked Zenitsu's POV— it was slightly difficult for me to write this, but if you feel I didn't do him justice, then please write a review and tell me! I'm open to criticism and will love to learn more from you all!

Other than that, the Mountain arc is almost here~ That means we'll be meeting the Hashiras~
And that means it's gonna be more difficult for me to write! Yay! xD

May Lord save my soul, lol.

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natonatonii: Your kind comment made me so motivated and happy TwT I'm glad you liked the details I added it was even worse for Miyasha, cause she hadn't slept for like, 48 hours and cause she sleeps in the day xD so, yeah— that's why it was making her somewhat more tired and 'meh, I Can't care less.'

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