☁︎︎ Third POV

Y/n smacked Tanjiro's head down as both males were on their knees in shame. Tanjiro did nothing after Y/n had smacked him. He kept his head down in shame and apology.

"Now you've done it," Y/n whispered, making sure not to alert Senjuro, who was coming to their room now.

"I know..." Tanjiro whined.

"I feel like I have to keep all three of you on leashes," Y/n said referring to Inosuke and Zenitsu.

"I'm sorry..."

The door of the room opened and in came in Senjuro, holding a small tray of cups with the teapot too. He came in with an inviting yet nervous smile as he sat in front of the two older males.

"Here's both of your tea, please drink it," Senjuro stated and put two semi-filled tea cups down.

"Thank you very much Senjuro, this helps us a lot," Y/n stated, his scolding voice vanished as he was now talking to Senjuro.

"Aah... Thank you," Tanjiro said with a tired look on his face, "I am truly sorry for headbutting your father... Is he alright?"

Y/n sipped a bit on tea, 'Not like he didn't deserve it.'

"I think he'll be fine. When he woke up, he went out to buy some alcohol," Senjuro said.

Y/n glanced at Senjuro from the side of his eyes. He didn't like the fact that when Shinjuro was angry or pissed, his immediate reaction is to get alcohol. He also didn't like the fact that Senjuro looked happy about it too.

Senjuro the bowed suddenly, "Thank you both very much. No words can express my gratitude to the both of you."

"Hmm?" Y/n perked up as well as Tanjiro as they both looked at Senjuro in questioning.

"I fell relieved. Even though my brother was being bad-mouthed I couldn't do nor say anything. I wonder how my brother's final moments went..."

Tanjiro and Y/n glanced at each other, they both seemed to get the idea of what the other wanted to say. They both nodded to one another and turned to Senjuro. Senjuro looked up in surprised that the two went silent and suddenly looked at him.

"If you want to know, we can both tell you," Y/n offered in a soft voice.

Senjuro's eyes widened slightly, "Really?"

Tanjiro and Y/n both nodded with confidence and reassurance.

"O-Okay, please, do tell..."

☁︎︎ Small Time Skip ☁︎

"I-I see," Senjuro stuttered as he leaned into Y/n's arms, "Thank you, thank you so much..."

Tanjiro and Y/n told everything that Rengoku had done for them. Their bonding moments, their conversations, and what Rengoku said during his death and defeat. Senjuro had gotten emotional throughout the conversation so Y/n was next to him to give him support.

"It's alright, Senjuro, it's okay," Y/n said softly as he whipped the boy's tears away from his cheeks with his mother's haori.

"I'm sorry, Senjuro, I'm the one who wasn't any help," Tanjiro stated, "If anything, don't say thank you to me, please, say it to Y/n instead, he'd done so much more better than I could ever do in that situation."

Y/n let out a soft sigh, "You did just as much, Tanjiro-san. I don't need all the credit when you were the one who defeated the first demon in the first place."

Senjuro let out a small giggle, "Please don't worry about it. My Nii-san would've said something like that, right?"

Tanjiro looked up in slight shock at what Senjuro said. Y/n looked down at Senjuro with warm eyes, he would've smiled if he could.

"That's right, Senjuro, just like Kyo," Y/n said.

Senjuro smiled up at Y/n as he carefully got out of his hold. Y/n let Senjuro be as he walked to a storage area in the room. Y/n could only watch as the silhouette of Kai was standing near Senjuro, now him and Kiriya were both like his bother, it hurt a bit.

Y/n didn't really want to listen to Tanjiro's and Senjuro's conversation, knowing that it was them only and not for him. He stared out the opened side of the room and into the backyard as he watched the soft breeze go by.

Today was originally supposed to be a warm day with a cool breeze, but for Y/n it felt a bit chilly since Sabito was hanging around him. Sabito had been keeping a keen eye on Y/n since what had happened with Akaza.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" Sabito said as he became visible to Y/n.

'Yes, it's a shame that fall is coming and the tree will lose it's leaves soon,' Y/n thought in his head, referring to the cherry tree that was in front of him and Sabito.

Sabito sighed and placed his head on Y/n's shoulder, "I guess, but that just means that we should enjoy it now so that we can always relive it in our memories."

Y/n hummed softly, making sure not to hum too loud to alert Tanjiro and Senjuro, who were panicking over the book Senjuro picked out.

Sabito glanced up at Y/n's deadpanned face. His brows slightly furrowed as he was the first one to notice Y/n's slightly duller eyes. He knows that if they continue to get duller, Y/n might lose himself to his own insanity.

Sabito let out a breathe, wanting his thoughts to be cleared at the moment. He looked down and noticed Y/n's hand was in his lap. His own hand twitched, wanting to hold Y/n's hand.

Sabito was being hesitant, he wanted to hold Y/n's hand yet he was scared to do so. Why? He doesn't even know why, he was just scared - no - nervous was the correct word for the butterflies in his stomach right now.

Sabito's hand hovered over Y/n's slightly, it was even shaking a bit. He sweatdropped as he slowly put his own hand on top of Y/n's.

Suddenly, Y/n let out a small airy laugh that was silent for Tanjiro and Senjuro. Sabito blushed as he looked up at Y/n who was glanced down at his hand.

'Took you long enough, silly,' Y/n said in his head.

Sabito blushed red as he looked away and snuggled into Y/n's shoulder a bit more. He felt Y/n's hand shift so that they both were holding each other's hands, Y/n being more confident that Sabito, of course.

"Shut it," Sabito mumbled.

Y/n said nothing. He looked down at Sabito, closing his eyes in a happy manner for a second before looking back up at the cherry tree in front of him. This was nice and calming for Y/n after everything that had happened.

☁︎︎ Time Skip ☁︎

"I'm glad that I could talk to you both. Please be careful on your way home," Senjuro said as he bowed to both Y/n and Tanjiro in front of his estate.

"It was out pleasure," Y/n said as he bowed back.

"Yes, thank you very much, Senjuro," Tanjiro added.

"Oh and Tanjiro-san, Y/n-san, here," Senjuro said as he pulled out two cloths, "This is something that my Nii-san would've wanted you both to have."

Tanjiro immediately started to unwrap the cloth as Y/n only looked at Tanjiro. Y/n wanted to open the cloth later.

"Tanjiro-san, that was the guard from my Nii-san's nichirin blade."

Tanjiro immediately started to panic as Y/n's eyes slightly widened in recognition, "I-I can't accept something so valuable...! I..."

"I want yo to take it," Senjuro said with a smile, "I'm sure it'll protect you."

"... Thank you..."

Y/n had his head down slightly as he held the cloth close to his chest. Tanjiro and Senjuro noticed Y/n's stance and tilted their head slightly.

"Y/n?" Tanjiro questioned.

"Yes?" Y/n asks with a small blush of embarrassment on his cheeks.

"Are you alright?"

Y/n looked at the ground before looking at Senjuro. He sighed and opened one side of his haori and pulled out a yellow and red-tipped flower. Both male's eyes slightly widened at the flower.

"I... I wanted to give this to you, Senjuro," Y/n stated as he lifted the flower up to his face to examine it one last time, "Kyo gave me this when we first met and I've been holding it dearly to me. However, I want you to have it, Senjuro."

"B-But I shouldn't! Nii-san gave it to you right? So it's yours, I don't want to have something that you love!" Senjuro stated.

Y/n let out a small chuckle with closed eyes. This chuckle took Senjuro and Tanjiro off guard. Although, Y/n wasn't smiling the two knew that Y/n was happy, very happy. Tanjiro blushed a bit at the chuckle, it felt so free and light.

"I don't mind at all, Senjuro. Besides," Y/n held the clothed item Senjuro given to him close to his chest, "I think that this will be the thing I hold close to me."

Senjuro's eyes shined a bit as tears formed slowly. He took the flower away from Y/n as he looked at it with appreciation. He held the flower as if it were glass and looked at it as if it was a diamond.

"Okay," Senjuro finally said, "I'll take care of it, I promise."

Y/n's eyes closed in a happy manner, "I know you will."

☁︎︎ Time Skip ☁︎

Y/n laid on his bed as the night sky shined through his small window. He sighed softly, having no feeling to needing to sleep tonight. Now that he thought about it, He hasn't had been on a regular sleep schedule. Oh well.

Y/n sat up from his laying position. His eyes wondered off to the - still clothed - item that Senjuro had given to him. His brows furrowed slightly but he picked up the item and finally started to unwrap it.

Y/n's eyes widened when he saw a simple silver ring with floral embedding in it. There was a singular red gem in the middle of the flower as simple designs wrapped around the ring.

"Kyo..." Y/n breathed out.

"You're... You're the one Kyojuro's been talking about... The one he wanted to marry..."
Shinjuro's words repeated in Y/n's mind.

The simple ring that Y/n held in his hand, was the ring that Rengoku wanted to propose and engage Y/n with. The ring obviously didn't cost much but it meant so much to Y/n that he didn't care, he never cared.

Y/n held the ring to his chest, "Thank you, Kyo, for teaching me how to love the right person."

The rest of the night for Y/n was just examining the new ring he had. In the end, Y/n pocket the ring in his uniform for safe keeping, and good luck. To Y/n, it will feel like Rengoku will always be there for him, even if he's not physically here in person nor in spirit.

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[A/n: Thank you
@Marryme_tomioka
@Sweetie-Dolly
For the fanart]