𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗧𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮

ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ.

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⚠ᴛᴡ : ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴜɪᴄɪᴅᴇ⚠

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ᴢᴇɴɪᴛꜱᴜ'ꜱ ᴘᴏᴠ:

'𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘪𝘳𝘰.. 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘪𝘳𝘰.. 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘪𝘳𝘰..' It just kept repeating in my mind. He just looks.. dead. Ever since he got kidnapped by three or four men in a village he hasn't been the same. He couldn't use anything to defend himself since he was kidnapped when he finished defeating a demon so he basically had no energy left in him to fight them off. I couldn't imagine what they did to him, it makes me sick. Now he was just soulless. He had no energy left in him at all, was he tormented by them? Or even worse, tortured. I was just so worried, seeing so many red marks on him just made me feel so guilty. I wasn't there for him  yet he was always there for him and everyone else.

Why was he the one that had to suffer?

He goes through pain almost everyday just to be traumatized? I was with Aoi, she was currently rubbing some stuff on my back ever since what happened in a mission. I was kicked to a tree but luckily god was on my side today and I didn't broke any bones.

Aoi : "There, all good!"

. . .

Aoi : "ZENITSU!"

Zenitsu : "UPAH-! I'M HERE!

I yelled out and she gave me a face declaring she was annoyed. She pressed onto my back harshly making me yelp out in pain. But then, I had this weird feeling. It was a feeling telling me to get up and check on Tanjiro. I wanted to ignore it since all it does was make me freak out around him but it was desperately telling me to go.

Aoi : "Hey! Where do you think you're going!?"

I didn't talk back. I only allowed my body to take me to where ever. I was greeted by Tanjiro's door and when I entered I was shocked on what I saw.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬.

He nails were bleeding on how desperate he was on trying to get out. I ran towards him only seconds sparing until it gets worse and he might end up dying. I lifted his  body up onto the chair so he could stand up and quickly untied the ropes around his neck. They were on tightly. It was a bit of a struggle but I manage to do it. Once I did he dropped down onto me panting.

Zenitsu : "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?"

I yelled out with my back still paining. He was coughing a bit and blood was dripping on the floor. Did he change his mind and wanted to live?

Or was it just his survival instance that kicked in.

I held his chin to look up at me and his face just looked exhausted. Not only was that he was so much skinner than before, was he not eating? I picked him up and rested him onto the bed, he didn't fight back or even argued with me. I went towards the drawer and took some bandages to wrap around his wrists. He looked at it for a while and went back down to lay down on the bed while I just hovered above him.

Zenitsu : "What were you thinking!?"

. . .

Zenitsu : "Are you an idiot!?"

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Zenitsu : "...Tanjiro, please answer me, I'm serious."

I said and he tilted his head to the side. A tear drop soon went down his face. He was trying his hardest not to cry but it failed him. Did those men really took him to his last straw that he wanted to kill himself?

Zenitsu : "Come here.."

I said in a soft tone trying to get him to calm down. At first I thought he wouldn't but he did came and he rested his head against my chest gripping on it tightly. I allowed him to.

Zenitsu : "You don't have to keep hiding your feelings, let it out."

Zenitsu : "I'm fine by it."

I said, and just like that he started to let all of his emotions out, sniffing his nose and crying. I only embraced him closer and stroked his hair  letting him know I'm here,

ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ.

ᵐᵐʰ. ᴬⁿᵍˢᵗ