Suggestion by : Ravqueen761

Yes, Nezuko is dead is this 😻

Tanjiro’s pov

“Alright, I am gonna head out now, okay? I’ll come back as soon as I can” I said to my boyfriend who sadly nodded “I know I know, it’s just lonely here without you” he mumbled and I grabbed his cheek playfully “awh come on, I’ll be back in couple days”

“I know you will but still, what am I supposed to do here all alone?” he said and I shrugged “I don’t know, maybe try to talk to others?” I said, knowing damn well what his response would be “I’d rather die” he rolled his eyes and I chuckled “right right.. well, I got to go now”

He sighed and hugged me “please come back as soon as you can” Muichiro mumbled and I nodded “I will, don’t worry, missions don’t take that long, no? You know I am always back in a matter of days”

“Yeah and on life support for next weeks” he said and I chuckled before placing a small kiss on his forehead. Right after that I felt. The thing I was worried about was my safety, if I’ll be able to go through this mission without any problems and come back to Muichiro. I would never think that something would happen to Muichiro though…

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I came back from the mission, excited to see Muichiro after a couple days of being separated from him. It was night and when I came in front of our estate, I saw that all lights were turned off which was weird, Muichiro isn’t usually asleep this early.

I grabbed onto the door handle, seeing that the door was opened which made my heart skip a beat in worry. I opened the door and my heart dropped.. everything was shattered. “Muichiro?!” I yelled out and took out my katana just in case someone was still inside.

“Muichiro, are you here?!” I yelled out in panic once again, looking in each and every room desperately, soon entering our bedroom and seeing him sitting on the floor in the corner of the room. “Muichiro! Are you o-” I was about to run to him but noticed that something was off.

He was shaking and groaning weirdly, his nails digging into the floor, making them bleed. “Mui..?” I said before he suddenly charged at me and pushed me onto the ground. I immediately shoved my katana into his mouth and slammed him onto the floor, getting on top of him so I could take control of him.

“No.. No.. Not again!” I yelled out, realizing what happened to him. He turned into a demon. “Muichiro come on! snap out of it! Look at me! Do you remember me?!” I yelled out but it didn’t help, he just dug his long nails into my skin, making me yelp in pain.

But the second I let out a yelp.. he stopped, his eyes wide with shock. He pulled away and looked at his hands that had my blood on them. I slowly pulled my katana out of his mouth and the second I did, he pushed me away and rushed into another room.

I immediately stood up and rushed after him, hearing sobbing from one of the rooms. I came in and saw Muichiro huddled in a corner, his body shaking with sobs as he looked at his bloody hands.

"Mui.. hey it's okay.." I said and moved closer to him, seeing the pain and fear in his eyes as he pressed himself more against the wall.

I kneeled down in front of him, gently talking to him and moving closer slowly "hey, it's alright.. no need to cry.. we'll figure this out, okay?" I said and moved a little closer but he still didn't move, he just kept staring at me with eyes filled with tears.

He looked over at my shoulders that were soaked up with my blood, more tears running down his cheeks.

"Mui.. look at me.. I know you feel bad and you didn't mean to hurt me but I am so happy you took control of it.. let's go through this together, okay? I won't leave you in this alone" I said quietly and opened my arms.

Muichiro reached his arms out to me and I pulled him into a tight hug. I knew he could lose control any second but I didn't let go, I just wanted to hold him and tell him that everything is going to be okay.

His whole body was trembling, quiet sobs escaping his mouth as I held him tightly, saying "it's okay, don't cry.. it'll be okay.."

He wrapped his arms around me tighter, burying his face into my chest. I sighed as I looked down at him "what now.. I can't go through this again.. not after what happened to Nezuko.."

All those painful memories of her getting burned by the sun flashed through my mind. I am not gonna let the same thing happen to him.. I am not losing another person I love.

…

"How did this even happen?!" Mitsuri yelled out as she looked at Muichiro who was standing behind me "i-is he okay?! Did he hurt you?? Can he control himself?!"

"There's only one way to find out, no? We'll do the same thing we did with your sister" Sanemi said and took out his katana, moving closer to Muichiro.

I was worried about this.. really worried. He lost control yesterday multiple times and I didn't know if now he could resist..

Muichiro looked up at me and I just gave him a reassuring smile before Sanemi told me to back away. I backed away and watched as he slices his arm with his katana, letting the blood pour out "come on? It looks good, no? Don't you want to attack me?"

Muichiro stared at the blood that was dripping onto the floor, his mouth watering. It was clear he was trying his best to hold back but even with his best efforts, he couldn't hold back and grabbed onto Sanemi's arm.

He opened his mouth but then stopped and let go of Sanemi's arm. He backed away and bit into his arm really hard to stop himself.

Everyone was confused at this point "does that mean he passed..?" Mitsuri asked and Sanemi looked down at Muichiro before turning to Oyakata.

He thought for a bit before nodding slowly. I smiled and walked over to Muichiro slowly, kneeling down next to him "you okay?" I asked quietly, making sure that he's keeping himself under control.

He pulled his arm out of his mouth, staring at Sanemi's blood that stained the floor. He nodded a bit and moved closer to me, shrinking a bit and nuzzling into my arms.

I looked over at Mitsuri who was looking at Muichiro with big eyes, saying "he's so adorable!!" She yelled out and moved closer to me "let me hold him!!"

I picked him up, him being small enough for me to lift him without any problems, being the size of a small baby. She was right, he looked absolutely adorable like this.. even before he was irresistible.

"Awwwhh! He's so a-" Mistruri was about to say again but Obanai interrupted her "are we just gonna ignore the fact that we literally lost a hashira? He's a fucking demon now!"

"We didn't lose him, I am sure he can fight like this" I said and Mitsuri nodded "mhm! Just like Tanjiro said!"

"Tsk, this stupid" he said and stood up, walking away right after. "Well.. let's just go to your estate, no? I am sure you need help cleaning there" Mitsuri asked and I nodded.

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"Will you.. take Muichiro with you on missions?" Mitsuri asked while we were cleaning my estate. Flashbacks from Nezuko's death flashed through my mind. I completely froze and looked over at Muichiro.

"I.. don't know.." I mumbled and looked down. Mitsuri put down a broom and kneeled down next to me "it's okay.. he'll understand if you won't take him with you.." she said reassuringly.

Muichiro stood up and went towards me. He didn't talk to anything.. he just laid his hand on my shoulder and patted it reassuringly as well. "See? He understands" Mistruri smiled and looked over at Muichiro who gave her a big nod.

I just nodded but.. I couldn't help but think more about it.. I knew that Muichiro was very understanding but when it came to my safety.. I knew he'd do literally anything it took for me to come home safely..

No matter what mission I was on, he kept sending Ginko to check on me and if he knew that I wasn't doing well and might fail, he would come as fast as possible.. and I knew that this will be the case now too.. no matter if he's a demon.

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It's been two weeks since Muichiro has turned into a demon and it was.. harder than I thought. I missed how we used to talk and laugh together.. now it was just silence.. and I wasn't taking it well.

Before a mission I was sitting on the porch, watching the sun go down. Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me and I knew that Muichiro came to sit with me but still sat a bit far away from me due to the sun still shining where I was sitting.

"Why is it so hard to accept it.. why.. why can't I get used to it.. I should be happy like with Nezuko.. be happy that he even survived and only turned into a demon.." I thought to myself but.. it was so.. so hard to be happy like this..

I suddenly felt something on my back. I turned around and saw Mui covered with a blanket, carefully crawling towards me. He peeked over my shoulder and smiled but.. instead of smiling back I just.. pushed him away.

Why..? I don't know.. I just did.

His eyes widened as he just sat there, looking at me with a shocked look. I just grabbed my katana and left to go to my mission.. I don't know how I felt.. was I sad? Angry? I really didn't know but.. at this point I was just so desperate to have my old Muichiro back that.. I just couldn't even think straight.

I wiped some tears away from my cheeks and took a deep breath "it's fine, Tanjiro.. calm down.. you'll get over this.." I thought to myself and continued to walk.

…

I fell to the ground, my back hitting it really hard, making my voice hitch. I looked over at the demon who was slowly approaching me, trying to stand up but I could barely move a muscle.

But with a blink of an eye, I just saw mist forming and then the demon was gone. With another blink, I saw a figure standing in front of me.

"Muichiro..?" I mumbled as the figure looked back at me. I was him..

Before I could say anything else, he charged at the demon and started fighting it, giving me more time to recover and start fighting if as well

…

The sun started to rise, making my eyes widen "shit.. Muichiro! Hide!" I yelled out in panic but Muichiro didn't listen, he just didn't stop fighting the demon.

"Muichiro the sun is rising!! You need to hide! The demon will have to run away anyway!" I yelled out but he still didn't listen.

Suddenly, I heard a sharp pain in my head, causing me to blackout almost immediately.

…

I began to wake up.. feeling something laying on my chest..

I opened my eyes and saw Muichiro laying there, desperately trying to cover himself from the sun. I looked at the sun, seeing that it's almost afternoon.

"He was.. laying here for this long..?" I thought to myself and pulled my gaze back to Muichiro, mumbling "Mui..? Are you okay..?"

He lifted his head up, revealing his tear streaked face. I pulled him close, taking my haori off and hiding him even more. "It's okay, Muichiro.. come here.." I said and pulled him into a tight hug.

At this point tears were streaming down my face as well. He could have died if he didn't hide.. I could have lost him too..

I hugged him tighter "I love you, Muichiro.. I am so sorry for treating you badly" I sobbed out and he only nodded and bit, nuzzling closer to me.

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