𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 6

English is underlined.

Japanese is normal.

All thoughts are normal.

(F/S) = Favorite Song

(F/S/A) = Favorite Song Artist

TW: Swearing, Mentions of Self Neglect, Blood, Death
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↳SECOND POV
↳TIME SKIP

You, Tanjiro, and Zenitsu were now walking along a dirt trail surrounded by perfectly square patches of grass.

Chuntaro peacefully rested on your head as you held hands with both boys, walking with the two of them at your sides.

You originally were holding just Tanjiro's hand, but Zenitsu started crying about Tanjiro stealing his future wife.

You hummed (F/S) by (F/S/A) while Tanjiro and Zenitsu simply listened.

Tanjiro had a soft smile on his face despite the pain you knew he was enduring.

Zenitsu had dried tears on his cheeks and still looked to be on the verge of tears.

Something looked different though.

Tanjiro's smile was slightly wider, while Zenitsu had a small smile and flowers surrounding his aura.

You raised an eyebrow but shook it off as a coincidence. Right now you were concerned with your own problems.

You (S/C) skin was becoming tinted red, a sunburn forming. (It doesn't matter what amount, but a sunburn is developing wherever your showing skin.)

It stung, but not to badly. 'That's weird, it not even that hot out. (Even though I easily get sunburned, it's usually not this easily/And it takes a lot for me to get sunburned.)'

As soon as the thought came the sunburn disappeared without a trace. 'Did it just..heal itself?' You thought, your mouth agape.

'That reminds me!' You felt your cheek for the scratch that you thought you got from Kokushibo throwing that box at you.

It was completely healed. Now that you think about it, you don't have any injuries! What a coincidence..

"Are you better?" Tanjiro asked.

"A bit..but now I'm feeling really hungry." Zenitsu answered.

"Do you not have any food? Or rations on you?"

"No.."

Tanjiro stared at Zenitsu for a few seconds before gently letting go of your hand, and rummaging through his haori.

He pulled an onigiri out and handed it to Zenitsu with a kind smile.

"Really? Thank you so much." Zenitsu took the onigiri before taking a small bite.

You knew he was a big crybaby and sort of annoying. But.. 'AWWW! HES JUST SO ADORABLE EATING THAT ONIGIRI!!' You internally screamed and squealed.

You stopped walking, causing both boys to stop as well.

You turned towards Zenitsu before wrapping your arms around his neck and squealing.

(A/N: Remember, you grew up where you got little to no social interaction. So you don't have the common knowledge of small things being right or wrong, or if you should be embarrassed about something, etc.)

Zenitsu turned bright red. His face color put Tanjiro's hair to shame.

You pulled away from the hug and intertwined your hand with Tanjiro's.

Tanjiro as well turned bright red.

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↳SMALL TIME SKIP

After a few minutes, both boys eventually calmed down.

Zenitsu hadn't taken another bite out of his onigiri luckily.

"Aren't you guys going to eat anything?" Zenitsu asked both of you.

"No..that was all I had." Tanjiro answered.

"I don't understand Japanese."

Zenitsu had a look of realization towards you, before it quickly turned to worry and empathy for both you and Tanjiro.

Zenitsu gently let go of your hand to be able to split his onigiri in half.

"Hey uh- you take this half." Zenitsu handed the onigiri piece to you and Tanjiro.

"You sure about that? Thanks a lot!" Tanjiro gratefully accepted it.

Tanjiro was about to take a bite before glancing at you.

He stopped himself and gestured for you to have it.

"Here! You take it Y/N! You must be very hungry."

You didn't understand much. You understood your name, the word 'you', and 'hungry'.

You also understood the gesture for you to take it.

You shook your head. "No..hungry." You stated in broken Japanese,

He looked at you worriedly. He could smell you were hungry.

It's true, you haven't eaten in a few days. But you could handle it. Due to the neglect you received from your parents, nobody ever reminded you to take care of yourself.

Hell, even you forgot to take care of yourself.

Stuff like eating, drinking, going to the bathroom, and sleeping, all became difficult to remember at times.

So having gone on an unintentional hunger-strike quite a few times, you knew you could handle the pain in the pit of your stomach.

And on top of all that, Tanjiro had a mission! He had to fight a demon while you didn't.

Tanjiro continued insisting you have it, while you kept insisting he has it.

Finally, you just huffed and turned around not facing him.

"Y/N? Y/N! Please don't be mad! I'm sorry!"

You understood sorry, so you turned back around and smiled in a slightly passive aggressive way, before pointing at the onigiri, and at him.

He sighed in defeat before taking a bite and continuing to devour the piece of food.

You just smiled in victory.

You continued walking before Tanjiro started to talk to Zenitsu, probably about what Chuntaro said about him.

'lmao imagine a bird talking shit about you.'

Your thoughts were interrupted by an obnoxiously loud voice.

No, not Zenitsu.

"CAW! START RUNNING! START RUNNING! RUN TANJIRO! RUN ZENITSU! BOTH OF YOU MUST HEAD TO YOUR NEXT DESTINATION! RUN TANJIRO! RUN ZENITSU!"

You had enough of this birds shitty ass voice.

"YO YOU BIRD FUCKER! SHUT UP YOU BITCH ASS HOE-! THATS WHY YOUR DAD LEFT YOU YOU FUCKING DISAPPOINTMENT! WHORE! SLUT!"

You were interrupted by the feeling (of someone hugging you/of being shoved into someone's shoulder/of being shoved into someone's chest).

"AHH! Y/N MY WIFE! HELP ME! THAT BIRD IS TALKING! WAHHH!"

"Hey! Stop touching Y/N without her permission!"

You sighed.

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↳TIME SKIP
↳TAISHO WHISPER: "I heard that one time, a fan of Y/N in her real world wrote a fan fiction about her! She was quite embarrassed and a little creeped out, yet a tiny bit flattered!"

You were walking in the forest, approaching the house that contained the three demons.

You originally were clutching onto Tanjiro's haori to which he didn't seem to mind, but naturally Zenitsu got jealous.

You were now holding Zenitsu's hand while walking behind Tanjiro.

Zenitsu said something that you could identify, because, well, you can't speak Japanese you dumbfuck.

Tanjiro didn't reply to Zenitsu, 'He's probably having his main character inner monologue.'

A house came into view as you slightly squeezed Zenitsu's hand, which was slightly clammy as he also had a pink blush on his face.

You couldn't tell if it was because he was anxious, or because you were holding his hand.

The birds chirped as all of you stood side by side, staring up at the house.

Tanjiro had a determined face with his eyebrows furrowed. While Zenitsu's face was contorted into an uneasy fearsome look.

"I can smell blood."

'Girl, I can't understand you.' You deadpanned.

"It's strange.." Tanjiro continued.

"Wait, you can smell something here?" Zenitsu asked.

You almost immediately got bored of their conversation that you couldn't understand.

You glanced over to the bushes where the kids were hiding.

It rustled the slightest bit under your gaze, you smiled pitifully at it.

You slowly walked over, leaving the boys confused.

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↳FLASHBACK

You and Tanjiro were walking through a small town.

The small town had tiny and cute shops selling a variety of objects and food items.

You passed by a particularly colorful shop, you glanced at the window to see candy.

You stopped, causing Tanjiro to stop.

You pointed at the window displaying the unknown sugar treats.

"Candy? Konpeitō?" Tanjiro pointed at the konpeitō.

"Candy?" You repeated back in Japanese.

"Yes. Very good! Would you like some?" Tanjiro asked.

"Candy?"

"Yeah! You want some?"

"You want some candy?" You repeated like a machine.

He sweatdropped, "No, do YOU want some candy?"

"Candy?"

"AGH- NO-!"

He ended up buying it for you, you stashed it in your pocket for safe keeping,

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↳END OF FLASHBACK

You took out six of the candy, or 'konpeitō' as Tanjiro specifically called it.

You took out six so there would be three for the boy, and three for the girl.

You slowly walked over to the bush.

You kneeled down, with the candy in your palm.

You used your free hand to move the bush to the side.

Both children jumped back and tightened the hug they were in.

They trembled as they had cold sweat running down their faces, as well as tears. Some new some dried.

You smiled the most we-arent-gonna-hurt-you smile you could muster.

They both seemed to have calmed down in the slightest, but they still kept their guard up.

"Me! No hurt, you! We help!" You spoke softly in broken Japanese, but the kids still seemed to understand you.

"Here!" You opened your palm to reveal the candy you had.

They hesitantly took it, but after they did they collapsed on the floor.

Tanjiro was now at your side, starting to ask the kids questions.

Your blood ran cold, 'Oh no! I by mistake took the scene of Tanjiro and the kids together! Ughhh! Dammit! What if I messed something up!? AND WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THEM I SOUNDED LIKE A KIDNAPPER-!' You thought in a panic.

You walked back to Zenitsu, hoping to mess around with him or something.

Zenitsu had his hand around his ear.

"Hey Tanjiro? What's that strange sound? It's really unnerving. It never stops. It sounds like.. a drum."

'Oh shit! I recognize this scene! Shit fuck!'

You took off Kokushibo's box and gently placed it down.

You ran in front of the window that the man would be thrown out of.

You now heard the drum as you calculated where the man would fall.

As if the world was telling you "ya snooze ya loose." The man came flying out of the window.

You caught him in your arms, making you stumble back and fall on your ass.

'OW FUCK!'

Even though you softened his fall, blood still splattered on you and your clothes.

'EW EW EW! Oh shit! This man must be going through so much pain!'

"Even though.. I..was able to.." he choked on his blood as you stroked his hair and cheek, in an attempt to comfort him.

"Escape..from that.. horrible..place..and make it..here..was it..not enough.?" He continued.

"No..it's ok."

"Am I still..gonna die.?" He asked.

"No. Your gonna be okay." Wow! Your Japanese skills are so good!

"Really..? Thank..you.."

He took his last breath as you teared up, you didn't even realize Tanjiro was at your side.

'Come on! Toughen up you idiot! If your gonna live here now you have to get used to this!' You scolded yourself.

You stared down at the now cold, dead body.

'Well, better get a move on.' You thought as you stood up.

You sighed sadly.

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↳TAISHO SECRETS

★ Tanjiro was slightly jealous that you were walking with Zenitsu and not him, but he didn't let it show.

★ The children thought you were pretty

★ The man was happy he got to die in the hands of someone so beautiful

★ Kokushibo is still asleep

A/N: I AM SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO COME OUT!! I have been so busy with school, homework, and my mental health struggles as well.

I'm sorry for the slightly shorter chapter!! :(( And this one didn't have many special events either :(

BUT TYSM FOR OVER 800 READS!! IM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU!!

SORRY I KEEP SAYING SORRY BUT SORRY FOR THE ABRUPT ENDING 😭😭

Hope you enjoyed!!