Tanjiro's pov

I sat on my bed thinking about what happened the other day.. I heard Muichiro was able to leave the hospital, but him and his family weren't doing so well either after hearing about the same news I got..

As I thought about everything I heard knocking sounds on my window. I opened the curtains only to see Muichiro with a slight smile while signaling me to open the window.

I opened the window and that's when Muichiro practically flew in and threw his arms around me.

"It felt like forever since the last time I saw you," Muichiro sighed hugging me tightly.

"It really has..hasn't it?" I chuckled slightly before my smile nearly faded instantly.

"So..how have you've been dealing with all this lately..?" Muichiro asked.

"I've been trying to keep myself together..but it's a lot..especially for my mom.."

"My parents haven't been doing so well either..Yuichiro won't even let me leave the house on my own anymore, unless he's there with me.." Muichiro sighed as I felt him grip onto me tighter..

"Are you doing okay..?" I asked as I gently patted Muichiro's head before I heard soft sobs.

"Tanjiro..I'm so sorry.." Muichiro mumble..

"Sorry..? Sorry about what? you didn't do anything wrong.." I asked him while wiping a tear from his cheek.

"..I got you into this mess..because of me you don't get to live your full years.." Muichiro sobbed..

"Hey, hey, shh..it's okay..looking for you and saving you was my number one priority at that time..you don't have to apologize for something I chose to do.." I said softly as I hugged Muichiro tightly.

"I just..-"

"Shh, it's okay, okay? I promise..everything that happened to me wasn't your fault.." I whispered while stroking Muichiro's back to calm him down..

It was a moment of silence after that until Muichiro whispered, "can we stay like this for a little longer..?"

I nodded, "of course, whatever you need to help you feel better.."

"Thank you Tanjiro..I don't know where I would be without a great friend like you.."

For some reason..him calling me a 'friend' hurt a little. It left an aching feeling in my chest..

I didn't know what this feeling meant..but I didn't like it.. do I think of Muichiro..as more than just a friend..?

My facial cheeks started to heat up as I thought more about it. 'Muichiro..? As my lover..? Now that's a funny joke..' I thought to myself before sighing deeply.. 'but at the same time.. I really wouldn't mind if I could be able to..be someone special to Muichiro'

I blushed to the thought as I rested my head on Muichiro's..

"Feeling any better..?" I asked him..

"Yeah..thanks.."  Muichiro replied softly..

it was silent once more before I decided to break the silence with a request.

"Hey, I have an idea. How about a sleepover on the tree-house? just like what we used to do before?" I asked, "I bet that'll make you feel even better." I smiled slightly trying to stay as positive as I can.

"Sure..! Let me just go tell my brother real quick." Muichiro agreed, as he let go of me and went back home through the window.

as soon as he left I felt like a part of me had just left..I felt somewhat empty a little. I wanted to know what these feelings were. I left a small note telling Muichiro 'I'll be back in a while' on a sticky note and stuck it onto the window as I went to the only love expert I know. My little sister Nezuko. 

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I knocked on her room door as I waited patiently for her to open the door.

"Wait a second!" I heard Nezuko say as I heard footsteps approach the door until the door flew open. "Oh, Tanjiro! what do you need?"

"I-..I want to ask you something, and I think its important," I told her.

"What is it?" Nezuko asked me as he sat on her bed motioning me to do the same.

I followed Nezuko into her room and sat next to her on her bed, "I wanted to ask you to see, if you knew what it's like to have feelings for someone.."  I asked her as my gaze fell to the floor.

the room was silent for a while until I looked up at Nezuko as her face lit up.

"You like someone!" Nezuko shrieked as she twirled around in her room. "I bet it's Kanao! I mean who wouldn't like Kanao? She likes you a whole lot though!" Nezuko added before stopping her twirling and shrieking to look at me.

"Kanao..likes me?" I asked as my face went pale..

"Oh shi-..I mean! Kanao doesn't like you like that..I meant she likes you as a friend..! So um..who do you like?" Nezuko tried to change the subject, but I already knew the truth but I decided to let it go for now.

"You know what, we'll talk about this another day. Right now I need my first question to be answered," I said as Nezuko sat back down next to me on her bed.

"Right, lets see..." Nezuko thought for a while, until finally giving me an answer.

"Basically, when you look at the special someone, your heart begins to beat really fast. It will feel like you have butterflies in your stomach, you know?"

"Uhm..?" I question trying to understand what Nezuko was trying to explain..

She sighed before thinking up of a different to try to and make it sound simpler. "What do you feel when you see that special someone?"

"Well..whenever I'm around them, my mind starts racing with thoughts and scenarios that make me seem delusional. My heart does beat faster than usual though like you said, I guess..?" I shrugged thinking of different feelings I feel whenever I'm around Muichiro.

"Yeah, those are all signs of delusion." Nezuko stated bluntly.

"Wait really?!" I asked her feeling a wave of embarrassment run through my body.

"Nah, I'm just playing around. These are actually signs of love, whoever that person is is one lucky person," Nezuko smiled as I sighed in relief when she said that she was joking.

"Anything else brother?" Nezuko asked.

"No, thank you Nezuko!" I smiled as I gave Nezuko a big hug before leaving.

"Anytime Tanjiro!" Nezuko called out right after I had left her room.

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as I was heading back into my room I thought about the conversation me and Nezuko had.

'Could I really..Have feelings for Muichiro..?' 

I was back in my room when I suddenly saw Muichiro sitting on my bed waiting for me.

"Hey! I thought you were gonna talk to Nezuko forever," Muichiro joked.

"Ha, ha, ha, very funny," I said sarcastically, "So what did Yuichiro say about the sleepover?" I added as I sat on my bed next to Muichiro.

"He said it was fine. As long as I don't-.." Muichiro started then stopped talking as his face turn beet red.

Based on his facial expression, I can tell that Yuichiro said something that seemed inappropriate. 

"Anyways.. let's hangout for a while, I brought "Uno"," Muichiro smiled as his face began to cool down a bit.

"You have four different boxes of Uno?" I asked him while looking at the box titles.

"Yep, here is original "Uno", "Uno flip", "Uno, show them no mercy", and "Uno flex","

"Interesting, wanna play "Uno, show them no mercy?" I recommended.

"Bet! don't be upset once I win though!" Muichiro chuckled as he began to shuffle the deck of cards.

"Yeah right," I smirked,

Five rounds later

Muichiro's pov

'How..HOW DOES HE KEEP WINNING?!? out of all five rounds I've lost! Why do I have so many cards??' I thought to myself as Tanjiro was down to his last 3 cards.

I've been close to victory before but each time I was, God has blessed Tanjiro with the 10+ cards!

I sighed in defeat as Tanjiro won the sixth round of the day.

"And you said that you were going to beat me, when?" Tanjiro snickered.

"You cheated! You kept getting the good cards!" I pouted as Tanjiro was putting the cards away.

"But you were the one who was shuffling the cards. How could I have cheated?"

I didn't say anything because there was no use in protesting about it, I did shuffle the deck of cards yeah round..

"The cards are just picking favorites.." I sighed before looking at the time.

Tanjiro looked at the time as well. We both decided that it was time to get our stuff and set it up in the little spot we made in the tree between our houses. We lied there on the floor board in our sleeping bags stargazing in the tree as we talked about many different things.

'I love it when me and Tanjiro hang out. He's just so kind, and smart.' I thought to myself as I felt my face begin to heat up..

I thought it was normal..until my whole body began to heat up as well..

'Oh no...'

Tanjiro's pov

I heard soft panting and groans next to me as I sat up to see what was wrong with Muichiro..

"Muichiro..? are you okay..?" I asked him while shaking him gently.

He was lying on his side while his breathing became choppy.

"Muichiro?!" I yelled out worried slightly as an unfamiliar scent came flooding in my nose and it suddenly hit me like a bus..

"Tanjiro.." Muichiro panted as he turned to face me.

the sent was coming from him..that only means..

"Where are your suppressants..?" I asked him while covering my nose so I won't inhale anymore of the scent..

Muichiro pointed to the bag he had next to him. I sighed in relief, as I leaned over Muichiro to grab his bag.. but something else ended up happening..

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"Muichiro your bag.." I whispered as Muichiro looked over.

it had fallen off the tree the moment my hand reached over to get it.

"Oh my God..." Muichiro groaned..

"I'm sorry!"  I apologized while bowing to show how sincere I was being.

"No..it's fine..I placed it too close to the edge in the first pla-.." Muichiro started then stopped.

"Huh?" I questioned sitting up from my bowing position before I got attacked.

The next thing I knew it felt like we went back in time to that one day at the hospital..

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A/N:

 So...Baysickally.. I got my phone and laptop taken away because my parents and teacher went through my phone. I managed to steal my laptop back, but my phone was nowhere to be seen. So now I shall be posting my wattpads through my laptop which would probably take even longer since I have to do everything in secret now. I rushed through this once again so sorry if it doesn't make any sense..But no really I'm truly sorry for getting all of you guys hopes up for a "decent chapter".

I also want to apologize for not updating more often, my missing assignments for school keep piling up so I haven't had the free time to update my wattpad stories. So I'll try to get all that done.

next chapter may or may not be a scam.. 😏

Till then!