☁︎︎ Third POV

Tanjiro woke up with a scream. He sat up in his seat as he held onto his neck since he had just sliced it in his dream, it was dreadful to him. He looked around and noticed that Nezuko was standing near him with a startled look.

"Nezuko!! Are you okay?!" Tanjiro asks in a panic.

Tanjiro than noticed that there was a burnt rope on his wrist. He put two and two together and came up with the conclusion that he has been put to sleep by a demon blood art. Than the realization hit him.

"Rengoku-San!! Zenitsu!! Inosuke!! Y/n!!" Tanjiro called out as he looked at his sleeping comrades.

Rengoku was surprisingly standing up in his sleep, holding onto a girls' neck. Zenitsu and Inosuke was sleeping peacefully as Inosuke was on Zenitsu's lap. Y/n was laying on Nezuko's box as his brows furrowed slightly in discomfort.

Tanjiro noticed the ropes that tied his friends to the kids together, "Nezuko, please!! Burn off the ropes!!"

Nezuko nodded excitedly and immediately went to burn off Zenitsu's and Inosuke's ropes. She than burned off Rengoku's ropes with no problem.

Nezuko went to go burn off Y/n's ropes but noticed that the rope was cutting itself with the help of soft white clouds. She decided to leave Y/n's ropes alone, know that Y/n could take care of himself.

"Y/n!! Wake up!! Inosuke!! Zenitsu!!" Tanajiro called out but than Nezuko went to him for attention, "Ah! There, there! I'm sorry, thanks!"

The girl that was in Rengoku's dream slowly got out of his hold. A certain duo colored male scanned the seats for the other male that he was with.

Tanjiro shook Y/n slightly, wanting him to wake up, "Wake up! No, good, they aren't waking up!" He turned to Rengoku, "Rengoku-sa-"

Suddenly, a girl with braids went to attack Tanjiro with a needle in her hand. Of course, Tanjiro dodged the needle. A boy and another girl got up from their seats with angered expressions. However, only two boys got up with a sad or worried expression.

"Don't get in the way!!" The girl who attacked Tanjiro shouted, "We can't have sweet dreams, because you guys showed up!!"

The duo eyed boy looked up and noticed the other male, the one that looked sick and was crying. His eye shined in slight joy - his other eye stayed dull as it has always been. The duo eyes boy quickly pushed past the girl and went up to the sickly male.

Tanjiro noticed the duo eyed boy pushing through but said nothing. Instead, he let the other three kids yell at him and kept his focus there for now.

The duo eyed male came up to the sickly male with worried eyes, "Fuyu...!" He whispered out.

The sickly boy - now known as Fuyu - eyes widen when he saw his partner, "Haru..." He breathed out through his tears.

The two males hugged each other, comforted by their own embrace. Although they were both different in a way, they both still loved each other even through all this mess. They both parted for a bit before Haru had tears pricking his eyes.

Fuyu whipped Haru's tears away with his sleeve. Haru smiled at the kindness of his partner. There were suddenly three thud sounds that made both of the males look at Tanjiro.

"You both wanted to have happy dreams, didn't you? I wanted to keep dreaming too..." Tanjiro stated.

"No," Haru whispered out.

Tanjiro looked at the duo eyes male in slight surprise of what he had said. Haru had a soft smile on his face as he remembered what the (h/c) haired male had said to him.

"Dreaming is only an illusion we created ourselves to be happy. But really, being happy is to stay in the present and live on," Haru stated as he held onto Fuyu's hand, "We dream of the past too much that we don't know how much the present is important to us..."

Tanjiro looked at the two males before him with an eye shine.

"Thank you," Fuyu said, "Be careful."

"Save us and everyone here, we believe in you," Haru said.

Tanjiro stared for a bit before smiling himself, "Hai!!" He shouted as he began to ran off.

Fuyu and Haru watched as Tanjiro ran off. They both looked at each other with a smile before sitting down on the floor together in each other's arms. They both closed their eyes and slept on their own will, dreaming about a future together.

☁︎︎ Time Skip ☁︎

Y/n snapped his eyes opened after what had happened in his dream. He sat up quickly and began to look around at where he was. His eyes were slightly widened in shock of what had happened.

Y/n noticed that Inosuke and Rengoku were slowly starting to wake up. He sprung up from his seat, slightly stumbling because of the sudden usage of his legs. He went up to Inosuke and lightly shook him.

With a grumbling Inosuke was awake, but groggy. Y/n sighed in relief and went up to Rengoku. This time he shook Rengoku a little harder than when he did with Inosuke. Rengoku only stirred a bit.

"Rengoku-San!" Y/n called out, "Rengoku-San, wake up!"

Rengoku was a heavy sleeper and stayed asleep for a little longer. Y/n furrowed his brows at this and slightly huffed in annoyance.

"Oi! Wake up!"

Rengoku didn't wake up yet.

Y/n huffed, "Sorry, Rengoku-San."

Y/n raised both of his hand and slapped them on either side of Rengoku's cheeks. The sudden feeling of being slapped and the loud clap startled Rengoku awake. Rengoku woke up with a start and flinched slightly.

"Wake up, Rengoku-San!! We've been put under a demon blood art and Tanjiro is fighting a demon all by himself!!! Wake up now!!" Y/n shouted once more.

Rengoku's eyes widened when he saw Y/n in front of him, his mind than started to process what Y/n had said.

"Y/n!! Thank you for waking me up sooner!!" Rengoku called out as he grabbed Y/n's hands and pulled them away from his stinging face.

"Sorry, Rengoku-San, for slapping you, but it was was only way to have waken you up."

Rengoku smiled at Y/n, brightly, "It's quiet alright, Y/n!! You got me to wake up, which is better than letting me stay asleep!!"

Y/n nodded and turned to Inosuke. Inosuke was grumbling under his mask as he was stumbling to stay standing.

"Inosuke-San!" Y/n called out.

Immediately Inosuke snapped out of daze moment and was right next to Y/n in a flash. Y/n petted Inosuke's boar head as a reward of some sort.

"Inosuke I need you to go to Tanjiro-San alright? Consider this a challenge on how long you can last with the train demon!"

Inosuke had stars around him but soon let out a cackle, "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!! Here I come Kamboko!!" He yelled out as he jumped through the train roof and ran off.

Y/n slightly sweatdropped at the hole in the roof, "Not what I was expecting, but okay..."

"You seem to have a lot under control Y/n!! That's very amazing of you!!" Rengoku complemented.

Y/n slightly flinched at the sudden attention. He looked away with a small blush on his cheeks from the compliment, he'll never get used to them no matter how hard he tries.

"Thank you, Rengoku-San..."

Rengoku smiled at the sight of Y/n's blush, "It's Kyojuro, my boy!! Please call me that!!"

"Kyo-Kyojuro-San..."

"Hmm! Close enough!!"

Suddenly, the train started to be covered up in a weird flesh like object. It started to feed on the humans but were unlucky since Rengoku and Y/n were quick to cut them up with their blades that they had immediately drawn when they noticed the flesh.

"It seems like things have turned while we were taking a nap, Y/n!!" Rengoku claimed.

Y/n sliced a piece of flesh, "It does seem so doesn't it. How unfortunate."

"As a pillar I am ashamed of myself!!"

"Don't be. For now let's go and warn Tanjiro-San and the other about this."

Rengoku agreed immediately and sliced multiple pieces of flesh away from the passengers. Y/n did the same with the other side of the cart. Suddenly, they both disappeared from sight as they made their way from the back of the train to the front, where Tanjiro was.

"It seems like the mate is with the flame pillar~," Enmu said to himself as he could feel and see Y/n, "How adorable they are~ So cute~ So small, yet they are so strong and no where near weak~ They truly are someone to love deeply~"

Enmu laugh echoed to himself as he waited for the right time to capture Y/n off guard and kidnap him for himself and the king. If he was able to give the mate to the king, Muzan would be happy to let Enmu use Y/n every once in a while, but of course, that's what Enmu thought.

"Fu fu fu~ My mate~ You will come to love me and the demons very soon, my dear~"

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