3 (edited)
You didn’t know what to do.
Your heart was pounding, your ears ringing from all the chaos. Every step felt heavier than the last and your brain was basically screaming at you to curl up in a corner and cry.
"OH WE’RE GONNA DIEEEE!" Teruko wailed.
"Teruko?! Teruko, where are you?!" Shoichi’s voice cracked as he shouted, panic dripping from every word.
"Shut up! The monster can hear us!" Teruko hissed, eyes darting around the dark hallway like she expected the demon to crawl out of the walls.
Shoichi turned to Zenitsu with that dead serious, I’m-so-done look only an older brother could pull off.
"Why do you even carry a sword if you can’t use it? How have you survived this long if you’re just a crybaby? Really?! You’re letting a non-demon slayer girl and a literal kid handle the situation while you scream like a banshee?!"
Zenitsu gasped like Shoichi had stabbed him straight in the soul.
"OH… That cut my core deeply…"
You didn’t need to know every word to get the gist. His face said it all. Honestly, you kinda felt bad for him. Poor guy was fragile enough already.
But then Zenitsu’s voice changed, almost like a different person had taken over.
"I DON’T CARE ANYMORE!" he shouted.
Before you could process, he snatched your hand and Shoichi’s like you were a couple of balloons about to float away and just started running. He bolted down the hall, flinging open sliding doors like a maniac who was speedrunning for his life.
"EH?! I REMEMBER THE EXIT DOOR WAS AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE, I SWEAR..WAHH!"
He kept opening and slamming doors in pure panic.
Slide. Slam. Slide. Slam. Slide. Slam.
It was a whole workout just keeping up with him. Your arm was going numb from how tightly he was holding your hand.
Until..
"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"
Zenitsu yanked open one last door and froze.
"EHHHHH?! IS THAT A BOAR HEAD?!"
It was Inosuke.
Your eyes lit up instantly. Oh my god. Finally. Inosuke! Yes, the chaos incarnate had arrived to spice things up.
But then...he just screamed something weird, spun around, and bolted out of the room like an untamed zoo animal.
"...Why did he leave?" Shoichi blinked.
You stood there, staring at the empty doorway, brain short-circuiting.
‘Bruh… what.’
𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕡
You guys were walking again, kinda chill, kinda traumatized. The air was thick with that quiet "we just almost died but no one wants to talk about it" energy.
And then it appeared. That disgusting tongue demon.
The second you saw it, your stomach turned. The way it slithered toward you, slimy and twitching, made your skin crawl.
Zenitsu screamed and immediately took off at the speed of light. He didn’t even hesitate. One second he was standing next to you, the next he was hauling you like a princess in one arm while clutching Shoichi’s hand in the other.
"NOPE NOPE NOPE!!!EWWWWUGLY DEMON ALERT!"
Your brain had only one thought:
‘Ew, he’s even nastier in person. Disgusting little worm-looking bitch.’
Zenitsu barreled through the hall, slammed open another sliding door, and practically flung the three of you inside before dropping to the ground.
He collapsed onto his knees, clutching his chest.
"I CAN’T RUN! Eighty percent of my fear is stuck in my legs! You guys go on without me! I’ll just die here!!"
Shoichi shook his head furiously. You did too.
"No one’s leaving, drama queen," you said, hands on your knees, trying to catch your breath.
The demon’s claws scraped across the floor as it slowly slid the door open. You could hear the saliva dripping in its voice.
"Delicious children… ehehehe…"
You rolled your eyes so hard it hurt.
‘COME ON, ZENITSU. FAINT ALREADY. FAINT, YOU NEED TO, BITCH.’
And then BOOM.
He passed out. Just flopped over like a puppet with its strings cut.
‘FINALLY.’
In an instant, his body moved on its own. The timid Zenitsu was gone. In his place was something terrifyingly precise. Like lightning, he slashed the tongue clean off before the demon could react. One strike, then another, and the demon’s head went flying.
SPLAT.
The room fell silent.
You and Shoichi stood frozen, staring at the disintegrating corpse.
"Woah."
"Woah."
You blinked slowly.
‘So he becomes strong when he sleeps? What kind of anime-ass bullshit is this?’
Three minutes later, Zenitsu groaned and sat up, rubbing his head.
"H-huh…? Did I faint again?"
You wasted no time. You ran up to him and threw your arms around his neck, hugging him so tightly his soul nearly left his body.
"Zenitsu, THANK YOU SO MUCH, POOKIE, BABE, BABY, BAE, POOKIE BEAR, LOVE, HUN, HONEY, AMOR, MON AMOUR… THANK YOU."
You kissed his cheek and squeezed him tighter.
Zenitsu was stunned. Completely paralyzed. His face turned scarlet in half a second, his brain short-circuiting like a fried computer. He didn’t know if he was confused, speechless, embarrassed, crying internally, or… honestly, starting to fall in love. Probably all of them at once.
He looked between you and the crumbling demon head on the floor with tears threatening to spill.
"Angel-chan… You saved me… THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU WAHHH YOU SAVED MY FREAKING LIFE!"
You just patted his head again like he was a golden retriever.
𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕡...
You were just sitting there, waiting. Legs crossed, arms slumped, brain half asleep.
Waiting for that exact moment. The moment you’d get yeeted out of the house like in the anime.
DRUM.
The floor shook.
WHOOSH.
And then BAM. You were all thrown out of the mansion in one violent sweep.
Wanna guess who took the worst landing?
You. Of course.
Because why not.
You slammed flat on your back with the force of a dropped anvil. And just to make things worse, Zenitsu and Shoichi landed right on top of you.
Your lungs practically imploded.
‘Welp. No dramatic slow-mo scene for me. Guess I’ll just break my spine like a champ.’
Shoichi scrambled up, eyes wide. "Y/N?! Are you okay?! You’re bleeding!"
You blinked, vision spinning like a broken carousel.
Zenitsu was full-on losing his mind. His voice cracked higher and higher.
"SHE’S BLEEDING! SHE’S BLEEDING! SHE’S HURT! WAHHHHHH!"
Meanwhile, you just laid there, staring at the sky, mentally tearing yourself apart.
‘WHY did I take the fall?! Owwww it hurts so bad. Damn it! This isn’t even fair…’
A loud groan escaped you as you clutched your side.
"UGH, GIVE ME A NAP, DIPSHITS!"
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