Suggestion by : Muichiro810700

I am really sorry I posted late, I promised to post every 5 days because I have a lot of suggestions and I don't want to make people wait so long for them but I had some issues at home, still do but it's fine, I am just sorry I couldn't post this earlier, I'll try to do better next time.

Tanjiro's pov

"God he can't get enough of him, look'' my sister said and pointed at Muichiro who was sitting on Genya's desk. Muichiro was always someone different to me, someone I liked way more than other people but never got the courage to tell him.. and I made the right choice because he likes someone else.

Genya is the guy he likes, he can't get enough of him, it's always, Genya this Genya that.. it's never me.. it's always him.

"It's so annoying how he always forces himself on him, can't he see that it's hurting you?" She said and I sighed "it's fine, Nezuko, don't worry about it, it's not his fault that he loves him.. I just need to get over it"

"He could at least talk to you, do you remember the time he ignored you for his last boyfriend and then forced you to stay on a call with him the whole night cuz he broke up with him and just had to cry his eyes out? At that moment he promised to always be there for you and look at what he's doing again! You're just a friend he has when he has no one to talk to" She almost yelled out.

I clenched my fists "he didn't force me, I stayed on the call because I genuinely care about him, he might focus on someone else now but that doesn't mean that he just has me for moments where no one else is there for him, I can talk to him about it but I won't force him to change"

"God, Tanjiro, he's.. you know what, I don't care, suffer through this however you want but accept the fact that.. he just won't like you back, you've been friends since childhood and never looked at you the way you look at him" she mumbled and I sighed once again, looking at him.

She was right, the way he laughed around Genya was never the same like he laughed around me. He always hung out with Genya and I only did it when he was free.

"You're right.. but I don't know how to get over him you know.. we still walk to school together.. I can't just.. get over him when I see him every day" I said and she understandingly nodded "yea I get that.. I'd say that you just ignore him"

"Ignore him? I can't do that to him! You know how he is!" I said in slight panic but Nezuko just rolled her eyes and said "yea I know, sensitive little baby.. pff, who cares, he has enough friends, and if he's neglecting you this much, he doesn't deserve you"

"I guess.." I sighed and rubbed my eyes "I'll just.. try it out.. I don't know anymore, it hurts so much seeing him with Genya"

Nezuko laid her hand on my shoulder, smiling "it'll be okay, Tanjiro, you'll get over it, I am sure you will.. just give it some time, ignore him and focus on your other friends, okay?"

"Yea.. Thank you Nezuko.." I mumbled and turned to look at Muichiro one more time.

Genya's pov

"Oh! And and! Yesterday Yuichiro was so annoying like- we were eating our dinner you know and I was talking about what we did at school and stuff and he just started yelling at me to stop talking an-" Muichiro said, talking unstoppably.

I didn't listen to what he said, my eyes were focused on Tanjiro who was talking to his sister. Fuck I wish he was the one talking to me and not Muichiro.

"Gen..? Are you listening to me?" Muichiro said, a sad expression forming on his face. "Yea yea I am" I said simply and looked at him.

He looked down "no you're not.." he sighed "why are you not listening? Am I boring you?" He mumbled quietly, looking at me with sad eyes.

"No, I just spaced out, don't worry about it, you can keep talking" I said and Muichiro did start talking but I didn't listen, I just kept looking at Tanjiro. He was just too beautiful not to look at.

We never really talked to each other but I wanted to change that really badly. I am not gonna let him get away like this, I am not gonna ignore my crush for the rest of the high school, I will talk to him and make him like me whenever he likes it or now.

"Gen.. Gen!" I heard Muichiro yell out. "What?" I said and Muichiro said "I was wondering if ehm.. you want to spend a lunch break with me… please?"

I looked down, rolled my eyes a bit and responded with "well, I thought that maybe I could spend it with Tanjiro, I mean, we never really talked, he seems like a cool dude" I said, trying not to give off that I have a crush on him.

"O-Oh.. ehm.. I hang out with Tanjiro.. quite a lot actually! I can.. introduce him to you.." Muichiro said and hugged his knee before laying his head on it, staring at Tanjiro for a bit before turning back to me.

"Okay, sounds good" I replied and Mui smiled "great!"

…

"He should be here any second.. he always comes here to get his lunch.." Muichiro said, waiting for Tanjiro to come. I was getting impatient, I thought this was one of his tricks to get me to hangout with him again but soon after, Tanjiro actually came.

"Tanjiro!!" Muichiro yelled out and grabbed Tanjiro onto Tanjiro's arm. "Wanna eat lunch with us, Tanjiro? It'll be fun! Genya would love to get to know you!"

Tanjiro looked at Muichiro and then at me, it was like he was thinking really hard about it, not knowing what to do. After he just slightly pushed Muichiro away and nodded "fine" he said simply with an annoyed tone.

This seemed to surprise Muichiro, he reached his hand to Tanjiro but stopped himself and just pulled away "okay, let's go" he forced a small smile and walked away, me and Tanjiro following behind him.

"Damn, he seems annoyed by him too, we have something in common already" I chuckled and followed behind Muichiro, quickly eyeing Tanjiro before looking in front of me once again.

Muichiro's pov

We all walked into one of the classrooms, luckily we were the only ones there. I sat down at one of the desks and waited for Tanjiro or Genya to sit next to me but.. they just sat in front of me.

Tanjiro took out his lunch and started to eat, same thing Genya did and no one said anything. I was starting to feel very nervous and awkward, no one was saying anything and I didn't know what to do.

Suddenly, Genya turned to look at Tanjiro and began to ask his couple questions. Tanjiro, who still seemed a little annoyed and mad by something, responded nicely.

They continued to talk like that for a bit while I just sat there, eating my food, trying to join the conversation and responding to a couple of Genya's questions as well but the only thing I got in response was a simple nod or just a weird look.

Both of them were acting distant to me, I don't know what hurted more. If Tanjiro ignoring me hurted more because he's my childhood friend and he never acted like this, or Genya who was my crush.

Genya was always acting a bit rude to me but it was never like this.. maybe he's just acting like this in front of Tanjiro? But why.. Why would he act like this..? And same with Tanjiro.. why is he acting like this?

"Can I get your phone number? You seem cool to talk to so maybe we could hang out together" Genya said and Tanjiro nodded "sure" he replied simply and gave him his phone number.

"I have time on weekend, we can hang out" Genya said with a smile and Tanjiro nodded with a smile as well "sounds good"

"I-I ehm.. ca-can I.. join too..?" I said quietly. Genya turned to look at me with a cold look and shrugged "I don't care, sure I guess"

I turned to look at Tanjiro, hoping for a better answer but he just looked away. I looked down "okay.." I mumbled, not really knowing if I should take that as a yes or no.

2 days later

It was Saturday and today me, Tanjiro and Genya were supposed to hang out. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go, for some reason Tanjiro seemed so distant to me and Genya was just.. rude and just talked with Tanjiro more.

"Geez, you look like you saw someone die, what happened?" My brother Yuichiro said while he was standing in the doorway.

I sighed and hugged the plushie I got from Tanjiro on my birthday, not responding. "Ohh, so it's something with Tanjiro, hm? Did he get bored of you or something?" He said sarcastically but when I just looked down and buried my face into the plushie, his face fell.

"Oh shit he did.. well.." he said and sat down next to me "you guys are supposed to hang out today, no? That's good"

"Yes but.. with Genya too.. I wasn't even invited at first.. he's so distant.. it's like.. he hates me and is trying to take Genya away from me" I mumbled and Yuichiro nodded understandingly "hey, he's your childhood friend, you guys from each other since kindergarten.. it's basically impossible for him to hate you"

"Yeah right.. it's just.. it hurts" I said and Yuichiro patted my shoulder "I know it does, just talk to him about it, or give it some time at first, maybe today will be different"

"I hope it will.."

…

I sat on a bench where me, Tanjiro and Genya were supposed to meet. It was already 20 minutes past the time we were supposed to meet but I kept waiting, hoping at least one of them would show up.

Suddenly I heard laughing and when I turned to my right, I saw Tanjiro and Genya. "Oh, hi Muichiro, sorry we came late, we were getting something to eat"

I slightly nodded "it's okay.. well.. where should we go now..?" I forced a small smile and Genya looked at Tanjiro "we wanted to go to my place and play video games, you can join"

"But.. you have only two controllers..?" I mumbled and Genya shrugged "we'll switch after some time, come on, let's go now' Genya said and started to walk with Tanjiro right next to him while I walked a bit behind them.

…

I sat on Genya's bed, watching Tanjiro and Genya play together. I was starting to get mad, the sadness that was threatening to overwhelm me before was now turning to anger really fast.

I just stood up and grabbed Tanjiro's arm, taking him to another room. Before Tanjiro could say anything, I yelled out "why are you being like this?! What did I do wrong?!"

Tanjiro's eyes widened as he crossed his arms "I don't know what are you talking about"

"You know very well what I am talking about! You treat me like I am nothing! All you do is ignore me and hang out with Genya! You are stealing him away from me!"

"Don't make me laugh! I am just treating you the same way you've been treating me for all these years! It doesn't feel that good when I do that to you, huh?! And, me stealing Genya away from you?! What the fuck is that about?!"

"You know! Genya has been treating me like shit since you began to talk to each other! You know how I feel about him and yet you still do it!"

"I just talked to him! It's not my fucking fault he doesn't like you back!" He yelled out and my eyes widened.

"You.. like me?" I heard next to me, seeing Genya standing in the doorway. "M-Muichiro I didn't mean to say it.. I was just.." Tanjiro tried to say but Genya interrupted him  "Muichiro, this is not Tanjiro's fault, I just don't like you, okay?"

My heart shattered into a million pieces as tears filled my eyes completely. I just ran away, hearing Tanjiro calling out my name but I didn't stop, I just ran and ran until I got home.

…

That night I cried like never before, I lost my best friend and got rejected by my crush, this day couldn't get worse.. it was basically impossible for me to feel even worse than I already was.

All those words Tanjiro said were echoing through my head uncontrollably, making me feel worse and worse as minutes passed.

"Was I neglecting Tanjiro that much? Is this all my fault that this happened? Am I the bad one..?" I thought to myself, hugging my plushie tightly. Just now I realized how important Tanjiro is to me and that I can't lose him like this.. I just can't..

I knew I had to do something, I had to apologize for everything and make this right.. I just couldn't bear the thought of losing someone else.. mainly Tanjiro.. I couldn't lose him.

…

The next day when I went to school, all I was talking about was.. what will I say to Tanjiro? How will I apologize for all those years I've been neglecting him.

I got to school and peeked into the classroom, seeing that Tanjiro was not there yet so I decided to wait close to his locker.

Soon enough, Tanjiro finally came together with his sister. I couldn't hold myself back and just ran to him, wrapping my arms around him and sobbing into his chest, apologizing repeatedly.

Tanjiro seemed shocked, he clearly didn't know what to do, he just slightly pulled me away and tried to calm me down "hey, Mui, look at me, it's okay, don't cry, let's talk about it somewhere in private, okay?"

He nodded, still sobbing, trying to wipe my tears away but they kept coming.

Tanjiro then led me somewhere where we could be alone. He stopped and turned to look at me, waiting for me to say something.

"T-Tanjiro I-I.. I am so sorry for neglecting you f-for so many years.. I-I didn't realize how bad I was treating you a-and what happened yesterday.. I deserved that.. I-I just.. don't want to lose you.." I looked at him with teary eyes, apologizing once again, my heart pounding out of my chest.

Tanjiro sighed and came closer to me, wrapping my arms around me "I can't lose you too, Muichiro. I am glad you realized that you've been hurting me by your acting.. and you have to promise me that you won't ever treat me or anyone like that again"

I nodded repeatedly, wrapping my arms around Tanjiro tighter "I-I promise.."

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