A Unexpected Love

Chapter 4) An Evening To Rest

Rengoku and Tanjiro reached the Inn in a matter of minutes, and entered the Inn. The Inn was very beautiful on the inside, and It had a bathing house as well. Tanjiro looked at it, awed by its beauty. Rengoku walked up to the Desk.

"Hello! Welcome to the Hatsumi Inn. How may I help you?"

"Hello! I would like to take a room please!"

"Yes, and would that be for just you?"

Rengoku was about to ask for two rooms, when Tanjiro grabbed him gently by his haori. Rengoku looked down at Tanjiro, surprised.

"Kamado?"

"I don't mind sharing a room, we can have two beds in it right? Besides, It'll save time for getting around in the morning."

Rengoku then smiled and then looked back at the person at the front desk.

"Do you happen to have one room with two beds?"

The person at the counter smiled and nodded. "As matter of fact we do. Would you like that room then?"

"Yes!"

The person behind the counter then gave him a tag with the room number and a 'do not disturb sign'. Rengoku paid for the room, and bowed slightly.

"Thank you, good sir!"

The man was slightly startled at Rengoku's loud voice, but shrugged it off. Rengoku then looked at Tanjiro.

"Come young Kamado, Let's go to the room to refresh, and then have a nice bath!"

Tanjiro smiled and followed Rengoku to the room.

"Ah, Here we are!". Rengoku opens the door to reveal a nice and contemporary room. Nothing too extravagant, but also not too plain. The room contained two beds, along with a nice contemporary table in the room, and included 4 outfits. Two being Nice Kimonos and the other 2 being robes. Tanjiro set his sword down in the corner of the room and sat down at the table, letting out a sigh of relief. He really needed a break, if only for a minute. Rengoku set his sword down by Tanjiro, and hung up his haori. He then sat down in front of Tanjiro.

They stared at each other for a good moment. Tanjiro couldn't help but blush at how Rengoku was just staring at him. Rengoku noticed how Tanjiro was averting his eyes, and how his face had turned red. Rengoku turned pink, realizing that his staring caused Tanjiro's face to blush.

"Young Kamado, would you like to join me? I hear that they have excellent bathing rooms here."

Tanjiro looked at Rengoku and then smiled nervously. "Sure!"

"Excellent! Then I shall grab us some towels and meet you there!"

Rengoku then stood up and left the room in a hurried motion. As he left, he couldn't help but think of Tanjiro's red and cute face.

Has he...always been that cute?

Rengoku felt his cheeks get hot and grabbed some towels, hoping his face wasn't red (even though he knew it was). He admitted to going against Nezuko being in the demon slayer corps, But his opinion changed when he saw she hadn't tried going after Sanemi as well as his opinion of Tanjiro. He felt something when he saw Tanjiro, but wasn't sure what it was. The way he had defied the Hashira to protect his sister...well, that was some guts, and spirit. Rengoku after that moment questioned whether he could ever do that...If it were Senjuro who would have become a demon...

Rengoku pressed a hand against his temple. No matter how hard he tried, his thoughts seemed to go back to Tanjiro. That moment when he helped him with his ankle flooded his head and he felt himself blush.

I shouldn't be feeling this way...Tanjiro is just someone I'm on a mission with...And I can tell if I tried anything, It wouldn't work, and he would probably reject me as well. I'm his senior after all...

He remembered the way Tanjiro was blushing and avoiding his gaze in the room, the way his lips looked so soft...

Damn..

Rengoku covered his mouth slightly, as he could feel the blush on his cheeks.

 He had already begun to have feelings for Tanjiro...