My fucking tongue piercing got stuck on my smiley and it started GUSHING BLOOD. I'm not kidding it was whole pool worth of blood.

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{third POV}

"Bye bye Urokodaki-san!" Giving the old man a hug as he held Sabito's hand and walked away from the small house, set on their first mission after they had rested from final selection.

"My crow said it'll be a long journey so we need to stop at nighttime then set off again in the morning" Giyuu informed, walking next to Tanjiro with Makomo by his side.

Tanjiro hummed affirmatively and squeezed Sabito's hand "that'll be fun! Like a sleepover? I was never allowed to go see anyone" Tanjiro smiled, holding fluffy underneath his other arm as the others looked at him questioningly.

There was something weird about the way Tanjiro talked. Almost as if he was isolated from people his whole life, then there was the extraordinary skills of which he acquired. He seemed to be very clingy for affection, maybe he was used to it?

Maybe he was deprived of human contact? Deprived of warmth? Is that why he was so touchy? Why was he not allowed to go back home just yet? Where was his home?

Who were his parents?

a storm of questions circulated their minds, as they watched Tanjiro happily chase his humming bird around the dirt path; letting the sunlight warm his pale skin as he pranced in circles.

The trio suddenly turned their heads in curiosity as Tanjiro hummed a little tune to himself while skipping along;

"Hush now young one
Don't make a peep
Just close your eyes and go to sleep
I'll save you soon from this world of fear
Look out your window
I'm already here~"

Sabito turned frightened to Giyuu with a look that just said; 'fuck this shit I'm out' to which Giyuu returned the exact same expression.

"T-Tanjiro who taught you that song?" The ravenette stuttered, making Tanjiro whip his head around to look at them whilst still walking "oh! Mummy always sang to be at bed time, she makes lovely songs!"

"Who would sing a child such a song?" Makomo whispered in Sabito's ear, making the boy shrug his shoulders admittedly.

"Tanjiro what're your par-"

"If tomatoes are a fruit, then isn't tomato ketchup technically a smoothie!?" Tanjiro yelled out of nowhere, cutting of Sabito mid sentence.

"U-umm I'm not sur-"

"A flower! This would look pretty in you Makomo-san!" Tanjiro beamed, picking a small blue wildflower from a nearby bush and putting it in the girl's hair.

"Thank you Tanjiro"

"No problem!"

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"Please follow me to your room demon slayers" the kind old lady spoke, giving a closed eye smile and leading the four to one of the available rooms for a night stay.

"I want this one!" Tanjiro squealed, chucking fluffy on a mat which was right next to a window and prancing around the room happily "hey Tanjiro calm down" Sabito hushed, afraid of making a scene.

"It's quite alright, young ones can be quite energetic" she laughed, placing a change of clothes on the floor along with a decent meal.

"Sabito can I eat now? I'm really hungry" Tanjiro wined, staring at the food lustfully with wide eyes.

"Hold on a second Tanjiro" he smiled, handing him his own little pile of clothes and telling him to get changed before eating.

Almost as soon as he was given the clothes, Tanjiro had already changed and had started scarfing done his food, slowly followed by the other three.

"Giyuu-san do you wanna try some?!" Tanjiro asked, shoving a piece of meat on his chopsticks extremely close to the male's mouth.

"Umm no I'm ok Tanjiro thank you" he replied, to which Tanjiro saddened a little. Sabito rolled his eyes at Giyuu and gave him a little kick under the table "Tanjiro, Giyuu would love to try it" Sabito urged, winking at Giyuu to take the food.

Tanjiro lifted his head happily and placed the food in his mouth with a grin "nice isn't it?!"

"It's lovely thank you"

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Sabito, Giyuu and Mokomo had been asleep for a while now. It was around midnight and Tanjiro was waiting for a certain someone to tap on the window.

As if on que, a light scratching sounded behind Tanjiro's head and making him spring quietly of his mat.

He was met with a wide smiling Akaza, waving to him behind the window.

Tanjiro grinned and waved back before grabbing fluffy and sneaking out of the little house and into the open.

Akaza crouched down and spread his arms out wide, to which Tanjiro leapt into his embrace and nuzzled his head into the crook of his neck "Akaza! I'm missed you so much!" He smiled, wrapping his little arms around the demon's chest.

"Everyone misses you too Tanjiro. You should see Douma... he won't leave me alone for one second about going to see you" he chuckled, lightly placing Tanjiro back on the ground.

"Why didn't he come?..." Tanjiro asked dejectedly, to which Akaza laughed "he did Tanjiro"

Akaza moved out the way to reveal Douma practically vibrating with excitement "hey little one!" He sang, sweeping up Tanjiro in his arms and twirling him around in a circle.

Tanjiro giggled as he was put back to the floor sat down calmly with the two demon's sitting down either side of him.

"Akaza you should see my sword! It's such a pretty golden colour! Urokodaki-san said he's never seen anything like it!"

Their eyes widened at the mention of Urokodaki.

"You've been staying with Urokodaki?" Douma asked.

Tanjiro nodded his head vigorously and squeezed fluffy "yep! And I've made three new friends called Makomo, Sabito and Giyuu. Their sleeping in there right now" Tanjiro pointed to the window and looked at the demon's with wide shining eyes.

"I'm glad your having fun Tanjiro" Akaza smiled after a moment of pause "no one has been mean to you have they?" He asked with a hint of malice, to which Tanjiro laughed quietly "nope! Although Giyuu-san can be a little grumpy sometimes" he giggled, giving them a closed eye smile.

"That's good, make sure you tell us if anyone hurts you ok?"

Tanjiro nodded his head "yep! Oh and I got given a really colourful birdie, he's all sorts of different colours and it really fast. He even talks!" Tanjiro practically vibrated while telling the two everything that's happened, his smile never dimming once.

"Are you going to name your bird?" Douma smiled, holding Tanjiro's hand "hummm... maybe sunny, because his feathers are really shiny in the sun!"

"What a lovely name, I'm sure sunny will like it" Douma grinned, his hands reaching for something behind his back.

"Here, make sure you eat plenty. We don't want you getting hungry do we?" Douma chuckled, producing a small box packed to the brim with Tanjiro's favourite sacks and treats.

His eyes shon with amazement as he engulfed Douma in a hug "thank you thank you!"

The upper moon sent a victorious glare towards Akaza, knowing full well he was stealing all of Tanjiro's attention.

"You better run along and get some rest, we'll see you soon ok?" Akaza whispered, prying Tanjiro from Douma's grip "ok! Tell daddy I love him"

The demon's waved to him as Tanjiro slipped back indoors with a cute smile, disappearing into the building.

"Your an ass you know that" Akaza grunted, his smile disappearing as soon as Tanjiro did.

Douma dramatically gasped and clutched his heart "how could you say such a thing!" He exclaimed while following Akaza out of the garden.

"Leave me alone"

"Nope! Where are we going?!"

"To dig your grave"

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I'm pretty sure I have a stalker. As long as he ain't an old man it's fine ig