A/N: As I go through each chapter making sure they're edited properly (excluding a typo or two 👀) or consistent with future chapters that are already on Quotev... As I go through these chapters, I can't help but notice:
Damn.
I never shut the fuck up. I talk way too damn much.
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(Y/n)'s Period: Day 2
"Zenitsu, it's time to-Oh. What's the matter with (Y/n)?" Aoi furrows her eyebrows together when she notices your cries when she enters the room.
You have been crying ever since you woke up this morning. Inosuke and Zenitsu were sitting on Tanjiro's bed, observing you and the redhead.
You were laying on your side, cuddling Tanjiro who was stiffly laying next to you with a deep blush. Despite being flustered from being so close to you, he couldn't help the exasperated look on his face.
He woke up to your crying and saw Zenitsu already awake trying to ask you what was wrong. Tanjiro had tried to comfort you too, but you pulled him onto the bed and just cried while petting his hair, his left eye and his left arm.
Which really confused the redhead. Why? His left eye and left arm?
You are so damn weird but his admiration only grows for you more.
But... it's been almost 2 hours, and he really needs to pee.
"What did you do to her?!" Aoi scolds as marches towards the group.
Tanjiro panics at her tone, "Wha-No! Nothing! She was already crying when I woke up!"
"Why are you so pretty?!" You sob, "Are you going on a date with someone later? Is that why you look so pretty?!"
They all look over to you in confusion as you cry. You could say whatever you wanted, they couldn't understand you, so you were safe.
You hug Tanjiro closer to your chest and hope that doesn't awake anything in him.
"You're so pretty and it sucks cause I wanna give you a lil' kiss but you're too pretty to be kissed by someone as stupid as me!"
"U-Um...(Y/n)," Tanjiro clears his throat nervously.
His right ear was on your chest, your heart was beating so fast! He felt so nervous, he might just faint from being way too flustered. But your breasts were soft, so he didn't really mind if this was how it was going to be.
"Oh God! You're so pretty and for WHAT?!"
"(Y/n), we have to go to our training... remember?" Tanjiro tries to pull away.
You let him get out of bed. Once he was standing, you roll over and hide your body under the covers.
"Why don't you like me?!" You sob harder, "You never want to cuddle with me anymore!"
This was the first time you two have ever 'cuddled' though.
Everyone jumps at your yelling. Zenitsu and Tanjiro were more worried. Your scent was so depressed. And your sound sounded so rejected.
Yike.
"Monjiro! Look what you did!" Inosuke shouts over your shouting, "You made her cry more!"
"Wha-I-I didn't even do anything! I-I don't think!" Tanjiro argues.
"It's because you won't lay down with her," Aoi reasons, "Sometimes, women get emotional when they're on their period. So you just need to do whatever she wants when she's in a mood."
Tanjiro's cheeks were painted a darker red. He... really had to cuddle with you if he wanted you to stop crying? All of this was really because of your Lady Problems™?
Well... better if he cuddles with you rather than someone perverted like Zenitsu. (No offense.)
Tanjiro sighs through his nose and tries to pull the covers off of you: "(Y/n), I'm sorry. W-We can cuddle if you like..."
"Leave me alone!" You throw the covers off and sit up to glare at him, "Bring me someone else! I want someone who'll hold me because they want to! Not because they have to! Give me Zenitsu! He'll hold me with some Tender Love and Care™!"
They all turn and look at the blonde. Tanjiro more or less glared. Why did you say his name? Did you want Zenitsu to cuddle with you?
Zenitsu furrows his eyebrows, "Uh...Me? What about me?"
You reach your arms out to him, "Come here!"
Zenitsu bursts into a red hue, "(Y-Y-Y/n)! I-I-"
The blonde catches Tanjiro's small glare: "-I-I can't!"
He bows at a 90° angle, "I have to go to training! Goodbye!"
Zenitsu runs out of the room to presumingly the training room. Aoi huffs before walking towards the door.
"Zenitsu! You need to take your medicine!" Aoi calls out before slamming the door on her way out.
Tanjiro and Inosuke nervously looked back at you.
You weren't crying anymore and you were looking down as you picked at your nails with disinterest. Tanjiro and Inosuke look at you with amazement, wonder, and fear.
You were practically screaming Bloody Murder 3 seconds ago, and now you just stopped?
"Good luck, Tanjiro." Inosuke whispers before dashing out of the room.
Tanjiro balks at his sudden disappearance. Crap, Inosuke even said his name right. That meant Tanjiro was in deep shit, wasn't he?
You look up at the redhead with a soft smile and pat the area in front of you as you cross your legs.
"Sit down, Tanjiro. We need to have 'The Talk'." You say as you leaned over the side of your bed to get your backpack.
Nervously, he compiles, not wanting to risk making you cry again. Tanjiro sits down at the foot of your bed, watching as you ripped a blank paper out from your notebook and set it down on your binder. You take out a pencil and begin to draw.
You start to draw yourself on the paper, or a female silhouette with similar proportions. You only gave yourself like 3 strands of hair, though.
"This," You point to the drawing, then to yourself, "Is me."
Tanjiro nods in understanding of what you said.
"Sometimes, when a girl is on her period, she'll want to cry, and scream, and yell, and cry, and cry some more because her uterus is trying to kill itself. So, it feels like absolute fucking shit," You had gotten a blue color pencil and started to draw tears on the picture.
He nods again, a bit nervously this time.
"Because when a girl is on her period, her vagina," You drew a very accurate picture of a vagina next to the silhouette, "Starts to bleed out dead children."
Tanjiro had a large blush on his face.
Did you just draw your... No Way! You couldn't have! That was just too lewd!... Did it really look like that, though?
You took a red color and started to color the vagina, "And when a girl bleeds out dead children, it gets messy."
You furiously scribbled on the vagina with red, "AND SOMETIMES, YOU JUST WANT TO KILL THE FIRST MAN YOU SEE BECAUSE WHY THE HELL ISN'T HE BLEEDING OUT OF HIS VAGINA?! HUH?!"
Tanjiro screams in horror as you color the vagina and the silhouette that was supposed to be you in red.
Why is there so much blood?!
You yell in frustration as you begin to stab the paper with the color pencil.
You and Tanjiro scream as you stabbed your vagina and silhouette with the pencil. The tip of the pencil broke off, putting a stop to your rampage.
You both quiet down, staring at the red, red, drawing of your vagina.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...And that's what a period is like for me." You grin.
Tanjiro stares at you in disbelief and admiration.
Holy fuck, you're so weird and it was so amazing.
But... were you really going to be this emotional the entire rest of the week?
Tanjiro can do this. He fights Demons for a living. Your mood swings should be easy to handle.
This is fine.
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(Y/n)'s Period: 3 Minutes Later
This is not fine!
Tanjiro finally got you out of bed, he had ushered you to the bathroom to do your Lady Business™ but then he heard sobbing from the bathroom. Without thinking, he barged into the bathroom, and there you were, laying on the ground near the door, sobbing.
Why are you so emotional?! Tanjiro knew why, but it almost seems bipolar at this point!
He rushes to your side and tries to get you to sit up.
"What's wrong?!" He asks frantically.
"Tanjiro!" You draw out, "Do you think I'll ever use a normal toilet again?"
Tanjiro frowns, "(Y/n), you know I can't understand you."
You nod as you sit up, "I don't think I'll ever use a normal toilet again."
Tanjiro was taken aback. Your scent was suddenly back to normal. Back to the original sweet smell of Vanilla beans and Honeysuckle flowers.
Literally a second ago, it was so sad.
The constant shift in moods was giving him a whiplash.
"I mean, yeah, I miss my home. I miss my dad. I miss my siblings. I miss my friend Hazel. And I miss my friend Cole. And I even miss (F/n), the possessive bastard-"
-Your scent turned sour at the last part, but quickly changes back-
"-But this is kind of nice too. Even though I miss everyone back home, this is my new home now, isn't it?" You smile softly, "It's my new home, and I guess I really have to thank you for that, don't I, Tanjiro?"
Tanjiro sits down in front of you, close to you.
What about him?
"I mean, if you didn't take me with you to your mission with Zenitsu then at Mt. Natagumo, I would have never gotten into this wonderful mess. I would have never met the Pillars, never would have met Aoi, Kanao, Sumi, Kiyo, and Naho. I would have never been hit on by Rengoku, which by the way, I still think it was all in my head. But I also wouldn't have gotten closer to you, Zenitsu, and Inosuke."
Tanjiro was only half listening, not like it would make much difference if he had his full attention on your words, anyway. He didn't know what you were saying.
Your smile was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen, so he couldn't help but zone out. And your voice was so calm and tranquil, you must've been a singer before with that voice of yours.
"Sometimes when I wake up, I think I was dreaming about the whole thing. That I'm dead or in a coma, because there's just no way I'm actually here with you," You look up at Tanjiro to see he was already staring at you with a small smile, "But then I look to my side, and there you are. There you are, already awake and looking at me with that same smile you have now."
You boop his nose and that had taken him out of his trance. Tanjiro's face turns pink and he looks at you sheepishly.
"I'm really glad I got to know you personally, Tanjiro. You're really important to me, and I'm going to do everything I can to help you so you don't have to hurt so much anymore. Because you deserve everything that is good. Because you didn't abandon me when we first met. Because you always stayed with me. Because you always cared for me when you didn't have to," You run your hand through his hair once before pulling back, "So, thank you, Tanjiro."
Tanjiro's face flushed a darker shade at your touch and gratitude.
"Yo-You don't have to thank me...Wait, why are you thanking me?" Tanjiro tilts his head to the side.
You grin and stand up on your feet, "Let's go, Tanjiro! I'm sure Aoi would be upset if we skipped training! And you need to get your ass kicked by Kanao for another 4 days before you learn about Total Concentration Constant."
Tanjiro sighs through his nose and smiles, standing up next to you.
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(Y/n)'s Period: Day 4
"So, (Y/n)," Tanjiro smiles nervously, his face red, "H-How are you?"
Oh! His English is getting better! But you don't remember teaching him that.
You were sitting outside on the patio (You still have no idea what it was actually called, not until a few more chapters) alone. You had asked Aoi (Mimed for about an hour and a half) if you could start trying at a separate time than the boys.
Maybe it was because of your period, but you felt self conscious to train in the same room as them. So you had to wake up earlier than before to train first, then right after your time was up, the boys would come in.
They must've just finished training, because Tanjiro had left the room to sit down next to you.
His face was red and he kept fidgeting.
He's been trying to "flirt" with you, you noticed. Like putting a flower in your hair, or drawing you a picture, or singing you a song.
The thing was, the flowers always had thorns, he really can't draw, and he is insanely tone deaf.
Which was honestly fine, really!
No one ever had gotten you flowers before. No one has ever bothered to draw you something before. And everyone would refuse to sing to you when you asked.
So it was really sweet, it was the thought that counts, and the effort that matters.
But, he's been doing that a lot recently since you received your period. So, you didn't think much of it. Thinking he's probably doing this so you don't lash out on him when you were in a mood like you would do to Inosuke and Zenitsu.
Which fucking sucked for Tanjiro, by the way. He's trying to court you! But you keep ignoring the message he's trying to send with his actions since he really can't tell you in words! The three younger Butterfly girls have been giving him romance advice, and it seemed like it wasn't effecting you at all!
So today, he's taking a more...bold approach.
(Not really, but it was considered bold to Tanjiro.)
"I'm the living embodiment of 'It could be worse'," You sigh.
Tanjiro falters. He was hoping you'd say something simple like "Good" or "Great". He did not understand that. At all.
"I'm good, Tanjiro," You grin, "And you?"
Tanjiro smiles, "I'm..."
Crap, what was the word for better than good and great? It started with the english letter E...!
"I'm..." He brightens up in remembrance, "I'm excellent!"
You chuckled at his pronunciation. It sounded more like "Esellent" than "Excellent". But you understood it well enough, so you didn't comment on it.
"I'm glad to hear that," You mutter.
Tanjiro watches you from the corner of his eye. You had a beautiful profile, your nose was cute too.
Tanjiro's face burns in embarrassment as his heart beats wildly in his chest when he remembers what he came here to do.
He takes in a deep breath and leans forward with pursed lips.
"Hey, so do you think-mph!"
You stare wide-eyed at the redhead who was staring right back at you. You turned to ask Tanjiro a question about his opinion on close quarters combat.
This situation was so fucking cliche, you wanted to laugh. But you couldn't since his lips were on yours. Your heart was hammering in your chest and ringing in your ears.
Tanjiro just wanted to kiss your cheek, hoping that would be enough to show he was interested in you. But you just had to turn your head, didn't you? His face felt like it was burning, and his heart wouldn't shut the fuck up!
Neither of you pulled away, too much in shock to make a move.
Tanjiro could feel his hands shake as he inhaled through his nose. It was now or never. He has to be better than Inosuke with this kiss! This was his chance, so he was going to use it!
Tanjiro brings a calloused hand to cup your left cheek and tilts his head to the side a bit. He doesn't break eye contact as he starts to slowly move his lips softly against yours.
"Hey, is (Y/n) here-"
"-AH!"
"-AH!"
"-AH!"
Aoi had slammed the door open, causing you both to break away and shout in surprise.
You smack your hand over your mouth as you stare at Tanjiro with wide eyes and red face. Tanjiro looks back at you and Aoi, mouth gaping like a fish out of water, face beat red as well.
Aoi's face was pink as she looked between you and Tanjiro.
Tanjiro waves his hands frantically in the air, "Wh-I-I-Wha-I can-I-I di-I-"
"-Are you assaulting (Y/n)?!" Aoi shouts accusingly.
Tanjiro tense and panics, "No! No! No! No! No! I-It was an accident! It was an accident! I swear! I swear!"
"It didn't look like an accident!"
"W-Well, that part wasn't an accident! B-But the first-the first part was an accident!"
Aoi huffs in anger then looks at you. You've been in the same position from before. Hand over your mouth with a red face. You snap your head to look at Aoi.
She jerks your head towards the door she just came from. You nod and look back at Tanjiro.
You remove your hand from your mouth, revealing a smile that has been there for a while.
Tanjiro's blush worsens, he was about to call out to you but you quickly got up and ran inside.
Tanjiro's body seems to deflate at your disappearance.
Ah fuck.
Tanjiro feels like he fucked up.
Did he fuck up?
Ah, he probably fucked up.
Aoi huffs again, "Word of advice from a girl, take her on a date first before you try to kiss her again? You really don't want her to be getting the wrong idea."
Tanjiro nods, "R... Right..."
"And, maybe, just maybe, try to get to know her first too?"
"B-But I do know her!"
Aoi shakes her head, "What's her favorite color?"
Tanjiro smiles smugly, "It's (f/c)!"
"What are some of her habits?"
"Whenever she is happy, she brings her shoulders up and she smiles like crazy. But she always tries to hold back her excitement." Tanjiro smiles more fondly this time.
"When's her birthday?" Aoi asks.
"It's... I-It's um..." Tanjiro's smile falters.
"Do you know about her past? What's her favorite thing? Not necessarily a hobby, but just in general. Do you know what can fuel her temper? Do you know any memories of hers that makes her cry?" Aoi continues, "What are her dreams and aspirations? Do you know what kind of humor she's into? Her frustrations? Her defeats? Her failures she's not proud of? Do you know if she's had anyone else in her life she was romantically involved with?-"
-Tanjiro suddenly remembers the name (F/n) that you would bring up sometimes-
"-Was she with anyone before she showed up here in Japan? Did anyone ever break her heart? What's some of the craziest things she's ever done?" Aoi sighs, "You might know trivial things like favorite color and favorite food and whatnot. But it's not about those trivial things. It's about knowing those less significant things about another person. It's about noticing the little things they haven't even noticed about themselves. Get to know her. And make the effort too, otherwise, she might take your attraction for just a physical one."
Tanjiro had resorted to staring at his lap.
Aoi was completely right.
You always seemed to know everything about everyone. But, Tanjiro doesn't really know you. At least, not in the way Aoi had described. And he had a very strong feeling, that you knew all of those things about Tanjiro.
That just made him feel worse.
Though, Tanjiro can confidently say he wasn't only just physically attracted to you, you were an amazing person.
He's met cute girls before, but he never felt any romantic interest in them before because of their personality.
But you were really a beautiful person inside and out.
"Aoi," Tanjiro mutters, "Can... you make me a list of things I should know about her? I'd like to get started on it as soon as I can."
Aoi smiles, "Sure. But after I give (Y/n) a check up. That's why I was looking for her anyway."
Tanjiro blushes in embarrassment, "R-Right! Sorry for keeping you!"
Aoi shakes her head before walking back inside.
Yeah.
She definitely needs to keep you busy now.