You felt a bit out of place at the beginning of the outing but, about an hour passed and you were comfortable enough. The group chats with your neighbors were buzzing and Tanjiro, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Nezuko wanted to see you, so you did a video call positioning the phone on a tree branch so they can see your whole outfit.

"Hello?"

"MANJIRO! FIGHT ME!"

"I will fight you later Inosuke!"

"YOU GUYS ARE NOT LOOKING AT MY BEAUTIFUL SECOND WIFE! YOU KNOW NEZUKO-CHAN IS MY FIRST!"

"I'm not your-"

"It's been a while guys!" They can see you clearly and you can see them clearly. The connection and Wi-Fi were immaculate and you weren't going to move from this spot until you were done talking. As always all four of them complimented you from the top of your head down to your feet. It made you grin and jump happily in place. You loved getting compliments from them they made you happy. You really missed them too! It's been almost two years since you've seen them and you told them all about your move. Nezuko was in her second year of high school and the three boys were in their first year of university. The five of you talked some more before you heard your name being called "I got to go. I'm at an outing with a couple of friends I made! I love you guys!" You blew kisses at all of them hanging up your phone.

"Y/N! Come get it while it's hot!" You turned back to the group and saw that someone brought a grill and was cooking slabs of meat on it. It smelled delicious. You went back to your friends talking with everyone including Yoriichi. He looked like Tanjiro as well as Kokushibo. You had an urge to ask him a question but, he was talking with Uzui and Rengoku. You weren't sure if you should though...

"You're staring awfully hard at them, you find them pretty?" You turned to Mitsuri who had a shit-eating grin on her face. Two can play these games.

"I find Yoriichi very pretty, I was trying to figure out if he has a brother because I know someone who looks exactly like him" Her eye twitched, the smile dropping a bit as she glanced at Yoriichi who was now glancing over at the two of you. You were caught ogling him. Maybe it's okay to ask? Or should you read the room and just leave it alone? You weren't sure, you were curious but, not over the top. You were about to look away when he spoke out.

"Is there something you want to ask me? I don't bite, I promise." 'Well you look like you'll ask for consent to bite, Kokushibo would take it upon himself to do it out of spite.

"Well...I was wondering if you have a brother?" You watched his face fall just a bit before he nodded. 

"I have two brothers actually. We are triplets." You didn't know it was three of them so that was interesting. Well, since you're in deep you might as well bite the bullet. 

"Is one of them named Kokushibo?" His head shot up along with a few others.

"You know Kokushibo." You cringed looking off to the side.

"Unfortunately...Not the nicest person I know." He also grimaced rubbing the back of his neck and taking a bite of his pop tart.

"I'm sorry...Michikatsu is nicer." You waved your hands at the sweet man.

"Don't worry! You're really sweet and pretty, he's just mean, you can't control what your brother chooses to do and how he acts yeah?" He looked at you with a blush, coughing and turning back to his food with a soft smile.

"Thank you Y/N." You giggled and everything went back to normal to everyone talking and just having a good time. It was nice.

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It was the middle of the week and you found yourself in the library studying with Muzan and the others. All of you were doing a couple of different things but, wanted to be together as a group. Muzan was the one who set it all up. You were in between Kokushibo and Daki with Gyutaro on her side, Muzan next to him, Douma on the other side, and Akaza on the opposite side of Kokushibo. You felt like a cow in the slaughterhouse. Kokushibo was not pleased to have you next to him and much rather have someone else. You tried to switch with Daki but, she wanted to be next to her brother. Muzan looked like he would bite as a warning, Douma didn't care and Akaza looked just as mean as Kokushibo. Lord.

"You haven't written anything in a couple of minutes." You jolted turning to Gyutaro who was observing you between the fringes of his hair. He always moved like he was tired but, his eyes were sharp and calculating. You were too much of a people watcher.

"Oh, I was just thinking about something." You went back to work while thinking about how you were going to bring up how you knew Yoriichi. You glanced at him and decided it wasn't worth being yelled at. Maybe you can be casual about it. "Daki is it just you and Gyutaro or do you guys have any other siblings?"

"No, it's just us two! How about you? Do you have any siblings?" You nodded your head holding up 3 fingers.

"They are all older than me with lives of their own. How about any of you guys?" You spoke up loud enough so everyone can hear. It was silent until Douma said loudly.

"I have two, one older, one younger." You nodded and Muzan was next.

"I have 4 that are older." Ah, so he was the baby. Made sense.

"I have one brother." You nodded at Akaza and then turned to Kokushibo who had yet to say anything.

"Do you have any siblings Koku-"

"Don't call me Koku and I have two brothers." You blinked at his rudeness and how hard he was grinding his teeth.

"You cut me off before I can even finish your name, Yoriichi is nicer than you anyway." You turned back to your paper ignoring the way he froze. If he was going to be an asshole you were just going to ignore him. You tried to anyway until he slapped a hand down in front of you to stop your writing. You looked up at him with an eyebrow raised jerking back with how close his face was to yours.

"What did you say?" Oh, he was actually pissed. You were nervous but, stood your ground.

"You heard me. Yoriichi is nicer than you are." You didn't break eye contact until he moved away and left the table with a stomp of his feet and you heard the door to the library slam close. It was a tense silence as you went back to your work.

"I'm going to check up on him, come with me Akaza." You paid them no mind as you continued to do their work. If they wanted to coddle him after you stood up for yourself then by all means go ahead. You weren't going to apologize for something you're not sorry for. Now it was just you, Daki, Gyutaro and Muzan. If Daki left you were leaving.

"You didn't have to say that to him." Your eye twitched.

"He is your friend not mine, I don't care about him, you do. I'm not about to beg or be kind to someone who doesn't even give a shit about me." You were a little angry they were defending him but, it was to be expected. They knew each other much longer than you knew them.

"You guys can be friends-" You looked at Daki fully in the face.

"I'll be willing to befriend him once he treats me like a human and stops pretending like I don't exist. If he can't do that then we will never get along." You decided you didn't want to be in their presence anymore so you packed up your stuff and left without a word. You felt them looking at you, all well. They needed to learn that checking your friends doesn't mean you don't love them or care for them. You were so angry you didn't notice that you were walking right by the three who left.

"Well look what the cat dragged out." You snarled at all of them.

"I wouldn't have to be so harsh with you if you treated me with some respect. I say hello to you, but you don't respond. The moment I became friends with Daki and was invited into the friend group you treated me like garbage. I don't appreciate it. I never did anything to you and you got a stick shoved so far up your ass that nothing but shit comes out your mouth." You took a deep breath enjoying the absolute silence from the trio "I don't like you. It won't change unless you change it. I'm not going to stop hanging out with the others unless they start acting differently. We can be friends. Only if you want it. If you don't, have a good life." You left the three of them there in the hallway as you made it back to your dorm, you had the rest of the week to deal with as well as an online exam to take on Saturday. You didn't need to bother yourself with such trivial things as friendships. Even though the tight feeling in your throat and burning in your eyes told you something different.

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