ÈRA | demon slayer

fourteen

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Y/N SHINAZUGAWA'S POV

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"i'm not gonna ask if you're okay or not.... clearly you're not." i said slowly as i watch tanjiro grip the wooden floor too tightly due to him not getting enough oxygen.

"i feel like my heart gonna come out from my ears!" he sobs and i awkwardly pat his back. "d-don't force yourself, do it slowly..." i tried to comfort him. i don't know if it helps tho.

tanjiro must sense my awkwardness of trying to comfort him when he give me a small wide smile.

"t-thank you, y/n-san!" he coughed at the end so i still had to pat his back carefully. once he calmed down, he sat beside me, taking a lot more oxygen into his lungs.

"so you need to do this total concentration breathing even when you're not fighting a demon?" i tilt my head a bit and tanjiro nod. "that's what the girls said. apparently it'll help me to focus and strengthen my body more." he said and i scrunched my face.

"wouldn't it be such a hassle to do it even in your sleep?"

"if i practice more, it probably wouldn't be!" he speak positively. i sweatdropped, "being a demon slayer must be hard.."

he sigh softly, "it's alright, as long as i can save nezuko and turn her back to human. it'll all be worth it." he said, determined. i only stare at his determined face quietly, digesting his words slowly.

"talking about nezuko, your sister isn't it? the last time i saw her was during the trial. i didn't get to fully see her from that spot so i've been wondering when am i able to see her." i said and my mind flashes back to the moment where sanemi stabbed his sword directly into the box nezuko was in.

honestly he's so brutal.

"tanjiro, y/n! we brought a rice balls!" the three girls spoke cheerfully as they put down the tray beside us and sit down. i tilt my head when i saw naho put down two gourds on the ground.

"ah, thank you so much!" tanjiro thanked them before taking one and munched on it.

"what's this for?" i said gesturing to the gourds as i take a rice ball before biting into it.

"you have to blow into it." sumi said and tanjiro appear confused.

"blow into the gourds?"

"yes, kocho-sama used to train kanao-sama by blowing into the gourds." the girls said and tanjiro hum. "that's cool, does it make any sounds?"

"no, she blow into it and destroy it."

i was eating peacefully while listening to their talks just for me to spit out the rice ball out of shock. tanjiro was digesting the information rather slow as his mouth turned agape right after the information entered his mind.

"destroy-?! this hard thing??" he look at them in disbelief. i look at the gourds intently before picking up one. "no way, this shit is definitely hard as fuck. even if you throw it against a rock it probably wouldn't break it right away." i cussed.

the girls sweat dropped, "you're exaggerating a little, but it's true that this one was harder than normal ones."

"and everytime, it was increased in size. kanao-sama are able to destroy...." they all show us the biggest gourds i've ever seen.

"this one."

both me and tanjiro can't hide our surprised face anymore.

"this is ridiculous, why are all these demon slayers training are so damn hard..?"