chapter 7

Credits to Ruchi-chan for the VA idea. ^^
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"Now listen to me! Here's the deal... My point is this, okay? It's not about the money! What I can't forgive is your lack of intent to eat my udon, all right?!" As always, you were too pent up to take this baldy seriously. You just wanted food to regain your lost energy and you were going to make sure it would end up being replenished one way or another.

"I'm so sorry! Please serve us two another bowl!" Tanjiro apologized to the man who rebuked you two nonstop. You kept your mouth shut, not wanting to actually tire yourself up by speaking to this dude who blurted triviality. "So you two are gonna eat it?" The baldy asked, and Tanjiro went to answer for you two.

"You two are definitely going to eat it?!"

"Yes, we shall!" Tanjiro shouted with the same enthusiasm. You didn't really care, since as long as you got the food, you'll be more than satisified.

"You too! If you're gonna eat udon, take of that bamboo thingie first!" And that's when you snapped back into reality the moment you realized he was pertaining to Nezuko who just sat there idly, watching the whole spectacle. 

He was about to take of Nezuko's muzzle when you butted in, halting his actions by grabbing his wrists. "I'd eat the two bowls of udon! Including hers!" Who knew that protecting Nezuko was enough to bring you back into action. "O-Okay," the baldy stuttered, still shocked with your sudden barging.

Tanjiro just looked at you with grateful eyes, thankful since you stepped in just in time to make sure that that man wouldn't remove the thing that was on Nezuko's lips. You slurped and slurped the noodles, quick enough that you'd finish it without taking half an hour, but slow enough that you wouldn't choke on it. As you ate, rationality slowly seeped itself into you. Now feeling slightly reinvigorated, your mind remembered how you acted during your meeting with Muzan.

A certain thought struck you, causing you to stop eating, well, it was the last noodle anyway. 'Don't tell me... I'm becoming like Bakugou?!' Well, ain't that horrific. Just imagining yourself behaving like him gave you the shivers. Gosh, that'd be the worst case scenario if that were to actually be the case.

"Thanks for the meal," you said right after Tanjiro. How the hell can a small boy such as him eat that quick as if he was vacuuming up all the food- 

Finally done with eating, the owner yelled out once more, "As long as you get it, it's all good! Thanks for your business!" You could just feel your eardrums bursting just from the sheer intensity of that man's loud voice. 

"Sorry about that Nezuko," Tanjiro started. You quickly followed his words with your own ones, "Yeah. Leaving you behind like that is such a douchebag move." Rubbing the back of your neck sheepishly, you said your sorry's to the female.

She abruptly stopped, and now, you and Tanjiro were now cautious because of that. "Nezuko?" You called out her name, in hopes that she's point out whatever it is that made her cease her walking. You turned your neck to look at what she was glaring at, and you recognized him to be the one who was beside that enthralling woman.

"What's your business here?" You stepped up and stretched your hands out in a way to protect Nezuko if ever this male was planning something wicked. "I was told to bring you to see her," replied by him. His voice... sounded similar. It was akin to a dear friend of yours who you realized just now that actually missed so much. Along with your other friends that you left behind..

Without being conscious of your actions, you sauntered towards him, Tanjiro watching in closely just in case. "Mido... riya..." You trailed off, using your index and your thumb to tip his chin upwards. Now that you had the chance to look at him closer than before, it was funny how he had the same shade of hair as your other friend. 

"W-What are you doing?!" His squeal made you more aware of what you were doing. "Oh, ah, sorry." You held your hands in front of you for defense. What, it's not your fault that you were feeling homesick for the first time ever since you arrived to this world.

"You think sorry is- Ugh, whatever!" He coughed into his balled fists to rebuild whatever composure he has left after your little shenanigan. You could see the slight tink of pink from his cheeks, whether it may be from anger or irritation, you didn't know. But what you did know was that it disappeared as soon as it was made visible to the naked eye.

"Back to what I was saying, I was told to bring you to see her," he reiterated his previous statement. With Tanjiro now clutching the back of your clothes to make sure that you wouldn't do anything rash again that would cause you to bring harm to yourself, he replied, "I could've tracked you by your scent."

"She's in a place that's under a cloaking spell. Anyway, isn't that woman a demon?" He pointed towards Nezuko, conspicuously showing his distaste with the way the skin inb his brows were all scrunched up. "And an eyesore to boot." 

Oh boy, he wasn't allowed to say that without receiving shrieks of disapproval. "Who in their right mind would call her an eyesore?!" Tanjiro shouted at him as he jabbed a finger towards the announcer's direction. "Only a person who lacks the ability to differentiate ugliness from beauty would!" You added, hands flailing and moving about as you made your point clear. How dare he! You take it back! He was nowhere near Midoriya! The Midoriya you know wouldn't even be capable of looking at females let alone insult one!

"Just take a look at her! The beauty of our hometown, Nezuko!" And albeit you weren't a part of the place he used to live in, you nodded your head vigorously to shot the notion that you agree with whatever the burgundy-haired male was saying. 

He didn't look like he was impressed at all. He now pointed to you, who jolted in surprise because of him. "And you, you lacked the reserved nature a lady should have. You're too brawny, plus, you're too bold." You had no qualms with what he said, hell, you were even agreeing since that was clearly a fact. However, it looked like the same couldn't be said with it came to Tanjiro.

"And now L/nㅡ Have you even seen her in the right light?! She's the epitome of elegance!" You deadpanned at him. Yeah, those were all lies. "Let's just go." The green-ette was fed up, if that wasn't obvious enough. And surprisingly, you agreed with what he said.

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"Oh, I know what it is! It's the muzzle, right? And also, L/n's outfit is cloaking her femininity!" You pinched the bridge of your nose. As much as you appreciated Tanjiro for defending your status as a woman, you couldn't care less about that green-haired boy's comment about you. So for the love of god, couldn't Tanjiro just rest the case?

The demon just passed through the fence like it was just draped over by curtains that were set up just for people to make their way through. Tanjiro finally stopped, thank the lords, and his attention was now directed towards what had just happened.

"Hurry it up while no one's around." You didn't argue with his words but instead just complied. "Tanjiro, Nezuko, let's go now."

Now on the other side, Tanjiro's mouth was wide agape. Your reaction was the same as his since no one in your world actually had a quirk that could do this so this was certainly a first for you.

"There's a house behind the dead-end!"

"Get over here!" The green-ette crankily beckoned for you two follow in his lead. "Listen. Make sure you don't offend that person in ang way." Yeah, you weren't looking for trouble so you had no plans in doing that.

"Personally, I couldn't care less what happens to you two. But I brought you here because she insisted!" He closed in on the duo, and you gulped with how threatening he actually looked like as of the moment. He must really idolize the person for his attitude in regards to them to be this way.

"R-Right..."

"Yeah..."

"Come in," The ravenette said once the knock on the door became audible to her ears. "I have returned."

"Welcome back," the doctor in the house greeted as she sat on the chair beside the bed the woman was resting in. Bowing right in front of her, "We're very sorry that we left you to take care of things that transpired hitherto." Tanjiro did as well, paying his respects to her.

"How is the lady?" Tanjiro queried, concerned for the bitten woman's condition. "She's doing very well. Unfortunately, I have to keep her husband in the basement for precautionary measures," the woman with the purple eyes replied as her eyes scanned the one who was on the mattress.

"Isn't treating human wounds unbearable for you?" The person who had the same voice as Midoriya's had hit Tanjiro on the chest, and you, for one, felt that it was just. "Tanjiro... I knew you asked that out of good will, but that was insensitive of you," you remarked.

The green-ette took his turn to speak, "Yes, and you think that demons treat humans while choking back their drool at the smell of blood?" Tanjiro now looked apologetic, causing you to pat his back. "Sorry..."

"It's alright. Everyone is capable of making mistakes, after all," you comforted him. How you were conducting yourself right now was because of how you wanted to make sure that there was a decline in your likeliness with that blonde explosive bastard. Like seriously, you liked the boy as a friend but with how he carries himself out, he was a negative one out of five bananas for you if were to rate him as a person overall. But hey, he also had good moments though those only happened once in a blue moon...

She looked at you with a smile, feeling quite jovial with the kindness that you were exuding. But her smile withered in an instant when she faced her companion. "Stop that. Why must you resort to violence?" She scolded him. He lowered his head down to show that he was feeling regret because of his act of hurting someone, not.

"I never introduced myself, did I? My name is Tamayo and that boy is Yushiro. I hope that you two'll be his friend," Tamayo introduced herself and the quite unruly boy that was next to you three. 

Yushiro gritted his teeth, looking so pissed off it was actually inducing fear inside of you. Yeah, you two wouldn't exactly hit it off with being friends, unfortunately enough.

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