Suggestion by : giyusbutterfly

Muichiro's pov

“A new hashira?” I mumbled, looking away from the cat that was laying on my lap and pulling my gaze at my brother. He nodded and sat down next to me “yea, after Giyuu off’ed himself, guess he just saw a good opportunity to become a new water hashira”

“Oh..” I hummed quietly in response. “Well we should get going now, we don't want to be late for the meeting” Yuichiro said and helped me stand up.

…

“Yuichiro! Muichiro! It's lovely to see you!” Mitsuri called out as we kneeled down next to her, waiting for the master to come out. “It's nice to see you too, Mitsuri,” I said in response, giving her a small smile while Yuichiro kept his mouth shut.

“Excited to see the new Hashira?” She asked excitedly and I nodded “yea! I actually am”

“Can you two shut up for a second?” Yuichiro rolled his eyes, clearly annoyed by us yapping non stop when we are together.

Once master came, my mind went blank for a bit, looking at the clouds covering the blue sky before hearing his voice.

“My name is Tanjiro Kamado, I am excited to work with all of you”

My gaze was immediately pulled away from the sky and onto him.. he was.. pretty.. really pretty.

…

Everyone was introducing themselves to Tanjiro while me and Yuichiro just sat away from everyone but I couldn't help but want to join them..

I felt shy for some reason.. I felt my cheeks grow warm with each second I stared at him. Suddenly I felt a fist his my shoulder “you look like a creep when you stare at people like that” Yuichiro said with a smirk which soon grew wider “heyyy, you're blushing”

My eyes widened as I quickly shook my head, looking away and trying to calm down. “S-shut up..” I mumbled and looked back at him. The blush disappeared but was replaced with a shade of embarrassment.

“Don't tell me you like him already” Yuichiro laughed and my face grew redder “Y-Yui.. we just met him I am not that desperate '' I said, trying to convince myself but.. I very well knew that I was desperate for someone.

“After the incident with Genya it's like you fall head over heels for everyone” Yuichiro said, making me mad “we said that we won't talk about that anymore” I crossed my arms.

“Right right, sorry, just be careful, you don't want your heart broken again, no?”

…

“Oh you must be Muichiro, am I right? Do you need something?” Tanjiro said while wiping some sweat off of his forehead after hard training with Obanai.

I nodded, trying to keep an eye contact with him but it was hard, my eyes kept drifting away from him, the fear of messing up our first conversation was overwhelming “well.. uh.. I was wondering if you.. maybe wanna hangout with me.. a-and my brother..?”

Yuichiro wasn't supposed to be involved in this, I panicked, knowing that I'd most likely get way too nervous, causing us to be more embarrassed and never talk to each other again.

“Oh yea sure, I have time today around 6pm, is that fine with you two?” he smiled and I nodded as well with a small smile. After that I just walked back to the place where Yuichiro was waiting for me.

“By the look on your face I know that you fucked up” he chuckled and I shrugged “I mean.. not really.. but you're coming with us.. sorry I just gor nervous”

Yuichiro groaned and grabbed my facial cheek “it's fine, I'll do it for you this time but don't expect me to be nice to him”

I smiled “thank you Yui, I promise to try!”

Yuichiro's pov - 6pm

I watched as Muichiro desperately tried to keep a conversation with Tanjiro but it was like he was talking to a wall. I saw Tanjiro being so talkative towards everyone else but with Muichiro it was different.

It wasn't like he didn't like Muichiro, it was more so like.. Muichiro was asking such questions that couldn't lead a conversation longer than a couple minutes.

Muichiro looked back at me, clearly asking for help so I rolled my eyes and decided to help out. “Soo Tanjiro, what made you decide to become a demon slayer?” I asked and Tanjiro immediately started to brag for minutes non stop.

I thought that I did well and that I started a good topic but the more he talked, the more it was targeted towards me and not Muichiro “so how about you? You're so young, I was impressed that someone like you was a hashira” he said while looking at me.

Muichiro just looked at us and then looked away, clearly disappointed and embarrassed. Not wanting to be rude, I responded to his question with a couple simple sentences but then tried to turn the sentence into Muichiro which.. didn't quite work.

At this point it was just me and Tanjiro talking and Muichiro was just walking behind me with his head down.

Deciding to at least help out a bit I asked “what about relationships?”

Tanjiro chuckled and said, “Well there is someone I like, I met them not too long ago, how about you?’

Met them not too long ago.. that could be literally anyone from here which made me keep my hopes up.

…

“Alright, I should head back now, it was nice to talk to you, hope we can repeat it some day” Tanjiro said and waved at us before leaving.

I sighed and looked over at Muichiro who again, was staring at the ground, his eyes full of sadness and regret. “You did well, I am sur-” I tried to comfort him but he interrupted me “he didn't even say ‘it was nice to talk to y'all’.. he just said ‘you’ that explains all of it..”

I sighed and gave a playful hit into Muichiro's shoulder “come on, don't give up that easily, you were just nervous, next time just try to go alone with him and see how that goes”

Muichiro's pov - month later

“Do you think that it'll go well..?” I asked, being nervous to finally confess my feelings to Tanjiro.

I tried my best to talk to him and eventually we developed quite a good friendship.. which made my feelings for him grow deeper and deeper.

“I am sure it will, just don't panic again” Yuichiro said and fixed my hair “now go, don't keep him waiting, Romeo”

I chuckled “mhm, thanks Yui”

…

I sat on a bench outside where me and Tanjiro were supposed to meet. He was already late.. really late which made me worried “is this the sign that I shouldn't confess? Is he without someone else?” I thought to myself, placing my fingers towards my mouth and biting my nails in stress.

Suddenly I heard two people laughing. I turned around to see Tanjiro walking here with someone else, it was one of the butterfly girls.. I don't remember her name.

“Hi Muichiro, sorry for coming late” he apologized while still laughing. “It's okay..” I mumbled and looked down, seeing them holding hands which made my heart rage “who is this?”

Tanjiro smiled and looked at the girl, saying “that's Kanao, she's my girlfriend”

“Girlfriend”

“Girlfriend..”

That word echoed through my mind, I felt like I was gonna cry right there on the spot. “T-That’s awesome.. I-I.. sorry I have to g-go now! We'll hang out later!” I said and immediately ran away, not even waiting for his answer.

Not even a couple meters away I just began to cry, I couldn't bear another heartbreak, I was so desperate for someone to love me that.. it just hurted so much..

When I got home I just slammed the door behind me and dropped on the floor, sobbing hard into my knees.

“Mui?” I heard and soon enough Yuichiro ran into the room, straight to me “Mui, hey what's wrong? Did it not go well?”

I shook my head, just reaching my arms towards Yuichiro who immediately pulled me into a tight hug. “Shhh, it's okay, he doesn't deserve you anyway, you deserve someone way better” Yuichiro said while caressing the back of my head but it didn't help.

I was through so many heartbreaks I felt like there was no one for me, no one that could love me the same way I love them.

2 months later - Tanjiro's pov

I say by a table, looking outside through the window while thinking of Muichiro. Since the day I introduced him to Kanao he didn't speak to me once.. even Yuichiro refused to talk to me.

The less we talked, the more I missed him, I just couldn't stop thinking about him.

“Don't tell me you're thinking about him again,” Kanao said with an annoyed voice while crossing her arms “Tanjiro, you said that you'll forget about him!”

“I can't, okay?!” I yelled back at her, slamming my fist into the table “oh please, don't tell me you love him” she chuckled, clearly meaning it sarcastically but then i said.

“Well what if I do”

Her eyes immediately widened in shock. She laughed “you can't be serious, I am your girlfriend!”

“Well shit, that sucks! You know what will fix that?! A break up! That's what!”

“W-What? N-No Tanjiro don't do that! I-”

“Awh come on, don't act like you care, we fight 24/7”

“Tanjiro please!”

“Don't touch me!”

I yelled out and pushed her hand away before walking out of the house. I knew that relationship wouldn't work out, it was obvious from the start when she started being overly jealous and needy.

I headed towards Yuichiro's and Muichiro's house. I knew I made a bad choice, I always felt different about Mui from the first day.. that being why I didn't talk much to him.

I knocked on the door and soon enough Yuichiro opened them. His face immediately turned into a frown, about to close to the door but I stopped him.

“Yuichiro please, I need to talk with Mui” I say desperately and he looked at me with a mad look “why? After two months you finally care enough?”

“Please, i need to” I say and he sighed, nodding and opening the door “you better not say something dumb”

I nodded and quickly went into Muichiro's room. I opened the door and saw him sitting on his bed. His eyes widened when he saw me “what do you want?”

I closed the door and sat down next to him, saying “Mui I am sorry, I ehm- I pushed you away, I was stupid and blinded by this fake love and I just.. I want to tell you that I am sorry and that I love you!”

His eyes widened in shock as he mumbled “really..?”

“Yea.. I am sorry it took me so long to realize I just didn't know what I wanted and what I felt..”

“Tanjiro.. to be honest.. I love you too..”

My heart stopped for a second, immediately relief washing over me “wait really?? After what I've done?”

“Yea.. crazy, huh?” He chuckled.

“I am so glad.. may I.. kiss you?”

A small blush appeared on Muichiro's face and he nodded. I moved closer and pressed my lips against his.

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