Am I Home? (Demon Slayer x Fem!Reader)

Chapter 5: Recovery

The idea of how badly you were hurt from the fall slipped your mind until Kocho arrived just after Aoi.

They had to move you around as they assessed your body. Making sure that you were all wrapped up and taking the right medication at the right time. As you still had no way to translate their words, they stuck to moving you themselves or gesturing for you to roll over at times.

You couldn't help but look away any time they changed the bandages, it left you in pain and it all made you feel squirmy at the sight. At the end, after rolling over and lifting your limbs to help them, Aoi handed you a cup of what seemed to be tea. It didn't take you long to realize that it wasn't just tea, but medication. She watched as your mouth turned down, but before she could say anything you drank the whole cup. There's no way you'd recover quickly if you were picky about the medicine.

With a happy look on her face, Aoi helped you lay back down giving a quick bow to Kocho as she left. Your eyelids felt heavy, glancing at Aoi from time to time as the medication kicked in. A more gentle expression fell on your face watching her. "Thank you." A small chuckle escaped your lips at her expression before you finally fell asleep.

The next few days were a pain. Laying down and not doing anything had always annoyed you growing up. The need to move around was alluring, but every time you turned to get off the bed, one of the girls were there to stop you.

Surprisingly, your saving grace came in the form of a very tall white haired male, Uzui. His visits were more frequent than you thought they would be. Every time he did, the conversations between the two of you were both in English and Japanese. It seemed like Uzui was trying his best in staying patient with you as you slowly got the grasp of the language.

It wasn't until you were finally in the physical therapy stage that you could barely hold a simple conversation with the staff of the Butterfly Estate.

The happiness that radiated from you was obvious that day. "Good morning Aoi!" The named girl sent you a nod in reply, gesturing for you to try to stand from your bed. She could see your eyes sparkling with excitement as you tenderly placed your feet on the ground.

You stood there wobbling for quite a while, Aoi having to hold back her snickers at the pout on your face. "It's not funny!" You wined out to her, having to grab her shoulder for support as your right leg almost gave way. This was expected, you've been laying down recovering for close to two weeks.

In the time of your recovery, you would have to teach your legs how to function again. Now that you think about it, it's not just your legs, but your arms that you'll need to work on.

Aoi guided you out of the room slowly, your feet scuffing across the floor as you struggled to lift your legs. A burning sensation trailed up you right leg, making you squeeze Aoi's shoulder. "Are you ok? Can we keep going?" You let out a huff, you'd have to bear through it if you wanted to get better soon. You sent Aoi a grimace, "Let's keep going." She let out a sigh this time, taking it even slower.

Pain continued to blossom from your leg, the frown on your face become more prominent. Aoi was about to turn you around when a voice boomed across the hall. "How flamboyant (Y/N)!"

Uzui's loud voice startled Aoi but you made no move. After growing up with two brothers, Uzui and his 'flamboyant' voice didn't even make you flinch. The Butterfly Estate girl was about to turn and give him a piece of her mind. The estate was still a place of healing, no one needed to go about the hallways shouting their lungs out.

Before Aoi could even glance at him she felt you being pulled out of her grasp. "Woah!" You couldn't help but exclaiming out as the guy had your shoulders in his grip. "Uzui! Good morning! What are you doing here so early?"

"I'm glad you asked! Are you ready to do some more studying? It's about time I start teaching you how to read and write now!" Aoi could see the tears in your eyes from both Uzui's words and your leg. He moved to pick you up but you had to hold out a hand to stop him. "Could I work on walking and talking before we go right to studying? I need to get my legs working again."

"By all means!" Uzui then proceeded to spin you around so that you were facing the original direction you were walking earlier with Aoi. The Butterfly girl moving to the side and following behind the two of you to make sure that Uzui or you weren't pushing yourself too much.

It was silent the first few steps, your grip on his arm tightening every time you took a step with your right foot.

"Uzui, will you teach me how to fight?" His eyebrows (Those are nonexistent) at your question. Quickly you followed up with a better explanation. "What I mean is, I see the twin blades on your back and I thought that you would be the best to ask to help me work all my muscles back to health. My arms included." You wiggled your free arm in front of you. It was thin, thinner than before you were sucked into the manga. Any sort of muscle you had from before gone from laying in bed recovering.

You reason rang true to his ear, but the look he gave you made you pout. "If I were to train you right now... you wouldn't make it." His eyes strayed to your right, you didn't need to follow his view to know he was watching you start to limp.

"You're right." You huffed out, having to tap on his arm once or twice to get him to stop. "But I have to start somewhere."

The look in your eyes made Uzui smile. "First things first then. Let me talk to Kocho." Without warning, he let go of you and began his trek over to Kocho's office. "I'll be right back!" Your arms waved back and forth to keep yourself from falling, letting out a relived breath when Aoi came to your rescue.

You let out another huff from his abruptness. Turning to face Aoi and giving her a nod of thanks. "We should head back to the room, I feel like I'm about to fall over."

Agreeing with you, Aoi turned the both of you around. She carried more of your weight as the pain in your leg became more prominent. By the time you made it to the room you were ready for a shower to wash away all the sweat.