𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙙 |kimetsu no yaiba x reader|

ㄒ山ㄖ

"You're all talk but no bite, guess you're just like the other lowlifes, huh?" you tauntingly said before grabbing a huge rock and trapping his hair underneath the stone, causing the demon to writhe its heard around. "For trying to hurt my lord, what shall I make you go through? Shall I gouge your eyes out or pluck your teeth one by one?" you paused before flashing your sharp black-colored nails to him. "Or maybe I could just do both at once!" you cackled. Tanjiro sweatdropped at your violent and sadistic tendencies, and he knew he had to do something to snap you out of it. As you were about to contine your actions, Tanjirou's voice rang in your ears.

"What is it that you need, sire?" you asked as you knelt in front of him, one knee lower than the other since it was planted on the ground. He waved his hands around frantically as he sheepishly smiled. "You don't have to bow, um-"

"My name's Y/n. How insolent of me, forgetting to introduce myself to the one whom I serve. Grant me punishment as you please!" you said, though to him, it was a little bit dramatic to say the leastㅡ but made him still feel quite flustered.

"Ah, Y/n- please stand! And it's alright, you don't have to beat yourself over it," he explained to you and you just nodded before promptly standing up. Your bow was still there, something which he actually wasn't quite fond of since he wasn't some royalty. Nevertheless, it didn't shake him off from what the real problem on hand was.

"Should we finish him off already?" he asked, though what shook you off was that the empathy from him was releasing in waves. With your cold dead non-existent heart being touched, you couldn't help but place his hand on your chest, causing him to flare a dark deep red. He was now fumbling over his words, but the soft smile on your face never diminished. "You're so kind, my lord!" you exclaimed, sparkles emanating from you.

"But fun time's over, I need to kill 'it' or else you'll be harmed," and as you readied to crush its head, it seemed that the morning sun has already beaten you into doing your supposed act. With your keen senses, you knew that someone was here. To be more specific, it was the person whom you and Tanjiro was looking for. Though, you did not say anything but instead remained quiet before moving towards the side of your master. It seemed that he was shocked from your sudden appearance and decided to tell himself that he should get used to it soon.

"You know, you should stop calling me 'my lord' or whatever it is," he chuckled as he rubbed the nape of his neck. "Why? It is to show the difference between I and the person I am serving," you said as if it was the most logical thing. But Tanjiro couldn't help but disagree with your statement.

"I'm not your master nor are you my servant. We are now what you call as 'friends'," he finished of with a smile of his own whilst he patted your head, causing your eyes to widen a smidge. A friend? Oh, such a delusional way of thinking. A demon like you being friends with a human, moreover, your master? The notion itself is unacceptable.

"But-" you tried to contradict what he was saying, but he knew first before you tried to do so. "As your 'master', I order you to stop treating me as one and treat me more as a friend," his hand remained on your head as you tried to find a loophole to his statement. You did, a hundred ones exactly. But, who are you to defy him? "If it is of your utmost desire, I shall have no choice but to follow it, Tanjiro," you sighed, your smile gone from awhile ago, but now, you felt its sides tugging upwards.

"Beautiful," he whispered underneath his breath. He already knew it, that you were someone who's not a human from the moment he wrapped his head around on your scent. Yet with your cheeks having a rosy glow, your thick and long eyelashes fluttering over your own optics, and your mouth donning a scarlet hue, it was safe to say that you were someone who people label as 'attractive'.

Choking on his own words, he tried to keep his 'calm' exterior. Ultimately failing since the heat of his cheeks caused it to be slightly pinkish, causing you to chuckle. "It's not the right time to fall for me, master. Let's get going," you said. Tanjiro just sighed, no matter what he tried to do, you never seem to stop with this nicknames. It is not known by him what the real reason was though. You just loved having a little bit of a tease, and even though he was your master, it never made your habit lessen its frequency. But what made him go through the process of being flustered once again was your former statement. F-Fall for you? Romance? Thinking of it made his stomach  churn with newfound nervousness, and he knew that now really  was not the right time for his heartbeat to start accelerating. 

As you two walked, you saw a white-haired man with a blue haori draping over his form. It seemed that he was paying his respects to those who've died by also making a proper burial for them. The man opened his mouth and spoke without ever turning to talk face-to-face with you both. "I'm Sakonji Urokodaki, and you two must be the ones Tomioka has sent," he said with his gruff voice. You remained on standby, not moving an inch nor opening your mouth to say some form of retaliation.

"Two demons and a human, quite surprised that you aren't gobbled up by them yet," he said, and with that, an irk mark popped from your head. "I never liked human flesh to begin with," with gritted teeth you said, causing Tanjiro to look at you before shaking his head, a soft smile on his face.

"I'm Kamado Tanjiro, and here's Y/n. My sister, Nezuko-" he introduced, but was cut off by the man who appeared. "Say, if your sister  devoured a human, what would you do?" he suddenly asked, leaving Tanjiro to ponder and think for the right answer. And as he opened his mouth to say his answer, Urokodaki bolted towards him, ready to slap his cheeks.

"With all due respect, I can't just let anyone harm my lord, do we?" you said as you immediately caught the wrists of the man whose name was Urokodaki.

What kind of servant would you be if you'd even let a single scratch appear on his body?