۵the true love of my life۵

۵fluff / angst۵

۵suggestion by : muisdeadbrother ۵

Tanjiros pov

"Tanjiro I… I love you!" Giyuu yelled while holding my hands. My heart was beating so fast "he loves me?" I thought as my whole face turned into a light shade of pink.

"Giyuu I love you too" I said smiling. Giyuu's eyes widened as he pulled me into a passionate kiss and I kissed back.

…

Throughout the 2 years of our relationship, there wasn't a single problem… he fought many times.. but always talked it out later…

Until one day

…

I came back home around 8pm. I took off my shoes and was about to go to the shower but Giyuu stopped me. "Didn't I tell you to be home at seven?" He asked with an angry tone in his voice. "Oh you did?" I asked, scratching the back of my neck awkwardly.

Giyuu rolled his eyes "I texted it to you, you left before I could tell you" he said, crossing his arms angrily. "Oh sorry my phone died I c-'' I started but was interrupted by Giyuu slapping me across the face.

I touched my cheek and looked at him with shock. "I am disappointed in you Tanjiro… Don't let this happen again" he said, grabbing my chin aggressively. I quickly nodded.

That was the first time he ever hit me

And it just kept going… over.. and over.. and over again…

Every time the beating just got worse.

First it was only slapping… then hitting different types of my body… then throwing an alcohol bottles at me that left many cuts on my body… and at last... rape.

I tried to be the best boyfriend I could… but it wasn't working… everytime I try to make something good.. I just end up getting beaten up..

Present time

I woke up around 6am with a horrible headache. I slowly sat up and looked next to me to see Giyuu still sleeping next to me. "What happened last night?" I thought to myself and tried to remember.

I gave up after a while and headed to the bathroom to get myself ready for school. I looked at myself in the mirror to see another bruise on my face.

I sighed and grabbed a little bag with makeup. I put some makeup on the bruise to hide it. I buried my face into my hands and sighed deeply.

…

When I got to my classroom, I sat down at my seat and laid my head on the desk exhaustedly.

"E-Exuse me" I heard someone said beside me. I looked up to see a smaller male standing next to me. "I-Is this seat taken?" He asked anxiously.

"Yeah, it is" I said simply "are you new here?" I asked.

He nodded slightly, looking away shyly. "I see, well if you want you can sit down next to me" I said, resting my head on my palm.

"Thank you" he said and sat down next to me. "What's your name?" I asked. "H-Huh?" He stuttered out.

"Your name, what is your name? I guess we should at least know each other's names when we will sit next to each other.

"Oh.. it's Muichiro, Muichiro Tokito… a-and yours?" He said, trying to keep an eye contact.

"Kamado Tanjiro" I replied simply. Before we could say anything, the teacher walked into the classroom. She immediately noticed Muichiro and told him to introduce himself in front of the whole classroom in front of the blackboard.

He slightly nodded and walked in front of the blackboard and started talking. Normally I couldn't care less about new students but he was different, he made me feel different.

His voice was so calming, his looks were a whole chapter itself, and his eyes were beautiful that I thought if I kept on looking inside them I would get lost in them.

I quickly snapped out of my thoughts "w-what am I thinking? I-I am dating Giyuu! I can't find anyone else attractive" I sighed and buried my face into my arms once again.

…

At the first break I stayed in class just scrolling on my phone. Muichiro who sat still next to me turned to look at me and asked “is it okay if you show me around school? Y-You don’t need to it’s just-”

“It’s fine, I don’t mind,” I said and stood up before leaving the classroom. Muichiro quickly caught up to me and walked next to me as I showed him the school.

The only one who was talking was me, saying only what classroom was where and stuff before Muichiro finally said something “h-hey I was wondering… can we be fr-” before he could finish I heard someone calling my name.

“Tanjiro!” It was Giyuu “who is this?” he said and pointed at Muichiro. “I-I am M-” Muichiro tried to say but was immediately interrupted by Giyuu “I wasn’t talking to you!”

Muichiro backed away a bit and looked at the floor. “He’s a new student here, I was showing him around the school” I said, trying to stay calm.

Giyuu crossed his arms and looked at Muichiro "is that true?" he said while looking at Muichiro.

Muichiro just quickly nodded and looked at the floor. "I want to know your full name, age and sexuality," Giyuu said.

"M-Muichiro Tokito, I am seventeen a-and I am bisexual" Muichiro said quickly.

"Is that so?" Giyuu replied before grabbing my hand and leading me away from Muichiro.

He led me behind a corner and pushed me against the wall. "What did I say about hanging out with people I don't know about?! He's bisexual too!" Giyuu yelled out.

"I am sorry.." I said quietly, looking at the floor. Giyuu was always like this, he refused to let me get close to any man with attraction to men as well. He said it made him feel jealous. It made him afraid that the guy might develop a crush on me and I on him.

"This won't happen ever again, got it?! If I see you with him one more time, you know what will happen" he said, placing his arms next to my head.

I nodded. "Good" Giyuu said before walking away. I sighed and rubbed my eyes before going back to my classroom.

…

In the next lesson, Muichiro looked at me and said "I wanted to ask you something before that guy interrupted me… I wanted to ask if you.. want to be friends with me" Muichiro asked.

I looked at him and thought about the response. I don't want to reject his offer, I would feel horrible if I did but I didn't want to make Giyuu mad.

I sighed "sorry, I can't"

"O-Oh.. okay.." he said, looking away from me. I felt horrible about rejecting him but I didn't want to get Giyuu mad again.

4pm

When I finally came home from school, Giyuu immediately came from the other room and walked up to me. I took off my shoes and looked at him.

"So that guy sits next to you too, huh?" he said, making my heart race. "What is he going to do?! He's clearly mad at me!" I thought to myself, panicking.

Giyuu grabbed me by my collar and shoved me against the wall "I tell you not to fucking talk to him and you just let him sit next to you?! Are you fucking serious?!"

"I am sorry, okay?! He asked me if he could sit next to me! He looked really nervous and anxious! I couldn't reject him" I yelled out, feeling Giyuu's hands wrap around my neck.

"I don't care! You will tell him to leave you alone! You won't sit with him or talk to him! Got it?!" He yelled out.

I quickly nodded. He pulled his hands away from my neck and kicked me into my stomach with his knee, making me fall on the floor due to the pain.

He then left for another room, leaving me laying on the floor alone. I held my stomach in pain, starting to feel tears forcing themselves into my eyes.

"I hate this… I hate this so much.." I thought for myself, sobbing. I wanted to break up with him so many times but every time we fought he always came to me and apologized.

I always said to myself "he's the love of my life" but throughout the time the thought began to disappear. Day by day the feelings for him were getting less and less intense.

I slowly sat up while grabbing my stomach in pain. I sighed and wiped my tears quickly so Giyuu won't see me.

Couple days later

I walked out of the washroom, looking at my phone before hearing someone laughing. I looked up to see guys from my class grabbing Muichiro's bag and throwing it to each other while Muichiro was trying his best to grab it but without success.

I was considering if I should help him or not but before I could decide one of the guys threw the bag at me. I looked at the bag and then at Muichiro who was slowly walking towards me.

"Tanjiro! Throw it at me!" One of the guys yelled out. Muichiro walked up to me and I handed him his bag "t-thank you" he said quietly, looking down at the floor.

"God you ruined all the fun" one of the guys said before leaving together with his friends.

"You okay?" I asked Muichiro who hugged him bag tightly, sighing "yeah, I am fine, thank you for the help"

"No problem" I said simply before walking away, Muichiro grabbed my hand, making me look at him.

"E-Ehm I was wondering i-if I can join you at lunch… if that's okay" he asked. I wanted to say yes so badly, I saw him always eating alone, he was alone most of the time at school in general.

Maybe if we pick a place where Giyuu won't find us I can be with him "fine" I replied.

Muichiro's eyes lit up as he smiled "yay! Thank you!" he said.

That smile was beautiful, this feeling was something I missed so much for the past months. In the relationship with Giyuu I completely lost the feeling that made me fall in love with him.

Lunchtime

Me and Muichiro walked around the school, looking for a spot to eat our lunch. I kept on looking around me, making sure that Giyuu was not behind us.

When I looked behind me I heard "T-Tanjiro, watch out!" Muichiro yell out. When I looked in front of me, one girl carrying a bucket with water bumped into me, spilling some water on my face and chest.

"Oh I am so sorry! Are you okay?" The girl yelled out, her face red from embarrassment. "Yeah I am fine, it's just water, don't worry about it"

The girl bowed in apology before rushing away. I wiped my face with my sleeve before hearing Muichiro say "Tanjiro.. your face". Then I realized "shit, my makeup" I thought to myself and pulled out my phone to see what my face looked like.

Most of the makeup was gone, the bruises were all revealed. "Don't worry about it, let's just go" I said and began to walk.

Muichiro nodded and followed behind me.

When we found a spot we both sat down and began to eat in silence.

Soon after, Muichiro looked at me and asked "I am sorry for asking but… are you okay? Where did you get such bad bruises?"

I stayed silent before feeling tears filling my eyes, soon flowing down my cheeks freely.

Muichiro's eyes widened, I could see him clearly panicking. I completely broke down, I couldn't stop crying.

Muichiro sat down closer to me and pulled me into a hug. I quickly returned the hug and continued sobbing.

…

After a while I calmed down. "You don't need to tell me if it's such a sensitive topic for you.." he said, rubbing my hand softly.

I shook my head "it's fine… I-I guess it'll be better if I tell someone.."

Muichiro nodded and listened to me "I-I have a boyfriend… he's.. he's pretty abusive.. i-it's just that I don't have the guts to break up with him… I am scared of how he will react… I hate it so much.. every day living in fear of being beat up again." I said between sobs.

Muichiro looked at me with a sad look and pulled me into another hug "I am so sorry… I can't imagine such a thing happening to me… it must be terrible.."

I nodded and buried my face into his shoulder "are you still in love with him?" Muichiro asked.

I shrugged "I don't know… it's complicated… the times he beat me up I just hate him… but the times I remember the nice memories we made together… I-I just don't know.."

Muichiro nodded "I see.. Did you try talking to him about it? About your relationship and stuff?" He asked.

I shook my head "no… we can't even lead a normal conversation without it turning into another fight"

"Mhm… well I think it would be best for you to break up with him… I know it's hard but.. you can't keep ignoring his behavior in hopes of him changing"

I nodded "yeah.." I said simply and wiped my tears away "thank you for listening to me like this.. it made me feel a bit better"

"I am glad," Muichiro said and smiled slightly.

…

Throughout the next month a lot happened. I broke up with Giyuu finally. It was a rough talk but it eventually ended in a good way.

After the break up, I moved back to my parents and continued hanging out with Muichiro.

The feelings towards him kept on growing more and more and I eventually developed a crush on him.

The day I confessed to him was the best day of my life. I clearly remember the words he said "Tanjiro… I love you too.. you don't even know how happy I am to hear you say such things" before pulling me into a kiss.

From that point on I knew that he was the true love of my life.

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