!WARNING! !!PLEASE READ TEXT BELOW!!
NSFW? I guess? At the very end if the chapter there is:
•Talk about Tanjiro's Alone Time,
•His (unofficial) Scent Kink.
A/N: If you're from Quotev and you know, then shh! It's gone! That part of the chapter doesn't exist anymore! Move on with your life!
•Song mentioned: Payaso Del Rodeo - Caballo Dorado
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"So you're telling me... you're 47?!" You ask Gerik with wide eyes.
Gerik laughs and shakes his head, "Yep! Just me, my wife, and our cat!"
"You're so hot though!"
"So?!"
After the whole masturbation revelation, everyone calmed down and went back to eating. Tanjiro refused to tell Inosuke what it meant, but he promised the boar child to explain later when they weren't at dinner.
The girls were already tired, so they had left to retire for the night. Which was understandable, you all have been hanging out for almost a few hours, and it had gotten dark when you all began eating. Aoi wasn't tired, but she felt awkward to stay behind since you couldn't speak Japanese.
You didn't take it to heart, so instead you asked Kanao to stay. She wanted to leave too, but with enough fake tears, she stayed with you and helped you put the food away.
After that, you had Tanjiro help you move the tables to the wall so there was more room to do whatever.
Zenitsu and Genya had been revived, but they couldn't look you in the eye without getting flustered, so that was a bit frustrating for you. But at least they were entertaining themselves with your Kama. Occasionally hitting themselves in the face with the octahedron.
Inosuke and Tanjiro were playing a game you had introduced them to a while back, called 'Sandwich or Salad'. You basically had to categorize every type of food as either a sandwich or salad.
And man, were they getting heated with their argument.
Uzui had left. That fucker. But Gerik was quick to reassure you that he was going to come back soon.
You and Kanao were sitting next to Tanjiro, styling Nezuko's hair.
While you two were doing that, you asked Gerik about himself. He was a bit reluctant at first, but you reminded him that he didn't need to share if he was uncomfortable. And in return, you'd share some things about yourself if he wanted to know. That seemed enough to get him to talk.
"Is your cat a lady or dude?" You ask.
"Her name is Koibito." Gerik grins, "It means Sweetheart."
You dead-ass started to tear up, "Oh God!"
"What?! What's wrong?!" Gerik panics.
You sniff, "That's the cutest fucking thing I've ever heard!"
Tanjiro turns his head to look at you, "(Y/n)? You okay?"
You nod and let go of Nezuko's hair to wipe away your tears, "Your cat has all my fucking uwu's."
"Your... what?"
(This is how I enter my house.)
"WHAT'S UP, FUCKERS?!" Uzui slides into (them DM's) the room flamboyantly.
Oh! Uzui returns!
With your phone?!
"Uzui! Why do you have my phone?'" You frown as you stand up.
("Fuck you, that's why!")
Uzui grins and hands you your phone, "We're having that Hispanic party, (L/n)!"
You look back at Gerik for translation.
"Uzui wants that Mexican party you've been talking about. Also...." Gerik points to your phone, "What is that?"
You slump your shoulders forward, "Uh... It's a... electronic device from America?"
Well, you weren't lying.
"Uh huh...." Gerik, the mad ladd, just shrugs, "Yeah. It seems to match up the other crazy shit you have and know about."
Wait, what?
"That's it?"
"Well, yeah. You're from America, right? The American culture is more advanced than us at the moment." Gerik, the absolute unit, nods.
Well, okay, then.
You look over at Uzui, he had taken your old spot next to Gerik.
You hum and unlock your phone, the brightness was already down from earlier, so you weren't immediately blinded. You look through your songs and try to find playlists with your Mexican music.
Oh.
This playlist.
Hell yeah.
You turn it on at full volume and tug at the back Uzui's uniform shirt. Uzui grins and stands up. You pull him over to the empty space in the room.
"'Aight, first watch, okay?" You instruct.
Uzui nods when Gerik finishes translating.
You play the first song and disabled auto-play, now waiting for the first strum of the banjo.
You shift from foot to foot and while lamely pumping your fist in the air with every beat of the drum. It was an unspoken rule that the first 35 seconds of the song was there so people had time to get to the dance floor.
Uzui had taken a step back, with everyone watching you now. You wait for the sudden stop, then once the music started up again, that was the cue to start dancing.
Two side steps to the right, then two side steps to the left, then two steps to the back, one step forward and make a half turn.
You then repeat the whole process until you get bored and have to go home.
The generic-ass Mexican song you'd always hear at Quinceañera's:
Payaso del Rodeo.
Look.
Just because you hated dancing.
It didn't mean you didn't know how.
And it definitely didn't mean you were bad at it.
Well, as long as you knew what you were doing.
Uzui was fucking impressed, though. So maybe you're doing something right with your life.
He moves next to you and quickly catches on and starts to dance with you.
Which quite frankly, offended you. It took you so long to learn that dance and he immediately gets it by watching you for a few moments.
But you couldn't stay mad long, once you caught the grin on his face as he was dancing.
Inosuke cackles and stands up and tries to dance along. Of course, he couldn't get it first try like Uzui.
"HAHAHA!" Zenitsu teases, "You can't even do it!"
Inosuke sneers and runs over and pulls Zenitsu to his feet, much to the blondes dismay.
"Then if it's so easy, you try it!"
"FINE! I WILL!"
Zenitsu-too prideful to let Inosuke of all people have the last laugh-nods and watch you and Uzui for a second before joining in.
Zenitsu sucked just as bad.
("Cruzando la frontera me encontré con el,"
"Era un tipo medio raro pero me cayo bien,"
"Me dijo viajo en carretera espero pronto llegar al rodeo que me espera allá.")
You laugh at Inosuke's and Zenitsu's failed attempt to dance at the God power you and Uzui had set up.
You look over at Kanao and wave your arm for her to join. She shakes her head with the same, small smile she always has. You roll your eyes and jog over to her. Taking Kanao's hands into yours, you tug lightly to coax her.
She sighs slightly through her nose and finally gets up. You grin and pull out to the dance floor and start to dance again. And like Uzui, she learns quickly and has no trouble catching up.
"Nezu-"
Ah, she fell asleep again. That's right. She sleeps a lot now because of the fight with Rui.
("Les digo ven, ven, ven, animalito ven,"
"Ven y sígueme y veras lo que vas a aprender,"
"No ves que soy muy poco artístico muy listo muy gracioso soy payaso de rodeo.")
"Tanjiro! Genya! Don't just sit there! You two have to dance too!" Zenitsu scolds.
Tanjiro and Genya were having a fucking blast watching everyone else dance.
But they immediately tensed up at Zenitsu's words.
(Dance? Hell no. I'm not embarrassing myself in front of a cute girl.)
(Me? Dance? You know I can't dance, (Y/n)!)
"Tanjiro, right? Let's go. You too, Genya." Gerik speaks up in a monotone voice as he stands.
Tanjiro, the ever kind ladd, didn't argue with the adult.
Genya had no trouble saying no to Gerik.
"Genya!" You call to him, "Come on!"
But Genya had a lot of trouble saying no to you.
They both reluctantly got up and tried (and failed miserably) to dance with everyone else.
("Así llevamos largo tiempo luego se marcho,"
"Dejándome un mensaje que recuerdo hoy,"
"Lo peligroso es gracioso lo difícil es hermoso lo mas grande es el rodeo.")
Genya, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke were constantly bumping into you and the other two who could actually dance.
It was actually a bit embarrassing to watch.
You'd think your friends would be good at dancing considering they're on their feet all the time learning how to move the right way to not get killed.
("Les digo ven, ven, ven, animalito ven,"
"Ven y sígueme y veras lo que vas a aprender,"
"No ves que soy muy poco artístico muy listo muy gracioso soy payaso de rodeo.")
You go to turn around for the next section of the dance, but Tanjiro was right next to you, trying to turn the opposite direction you were going. You had a better momentum built up than Tanjiro, so you ended up tripping over him.
"WAH!"
"WHOA!"
You fall on top of Tanjiro oh so (un)gracefully. This causes a chain-reaction, because of course it does.
Genya trips over Tanjiro's legs, and reaches out to grab something to stabilize himself.
Unfortunately, that something was Zenitsu.
Zenitsu falls forward and ends up knocking Inosuke down with him.
Inosuke falls forward and grabs Uzui's uniform shirt.
Uzui was able to hold himself up, but he did stumble to the side where Inosuke pulled, his elbow hitting the back of Kanao's shoulder.
She was the graceful one, so she ended the reaction and manages to not bump into Gerik.
You were all in a painful mess.
A laughing mess.
But painful nonetheless.
You didn't bother to get off of Tanjiro, seeing as he made no sounds of complaints or discomfort.
And it looked like everyone else had the same idea.
They all just stayed at their spots on the ground. Tanjiro was too flustered to make any movement, the feeling of your body flushed against his own might make him pass out.
"Yoohoo!"
Everyone snaps their head up to look at the Hashira who had suddenly appeared.
"Shinobu!" Tanjiro grins, he had to tilt his head back to look at her.
Shinobu's eyes scanned the room for a moment. Her face, if only for a millisecond, scrunches up in disgust at the sight of Genya. Her eyes finally landed on Kanao and her gaze softened up.
"Were you all having a party?" Shinobu smiles.
Uzui grins, "(L/n) was showing us how to preform a Hispanic dance! It was flamboyant! You should've seen it!"
"That sounds incredibly fun! Unfortunately, I was out on a mission and had only just returned. I'm surprised you're here, Uzui!"
"Right, um-"
Uzui clears his throat, the faint blush on his cheeks could have passed from dancing, but Shinobu knew it would take more than that to tire him out.
"-I originally came here to talk to (L/n) about where she was from. I was curious about it and I wanted to learn more-"
Liar. Tanjiro and Zenitsu thought.
"-But then Kamado had mentioned her nichirin blade arrived and I also wanted to see it and now we're here."
"Oh, Shinobu you should've seen it!" Tanjiro gushes, with you still laying on him, "It's has two different colors-"
"-Three." Genya corrects.
"-Huh? Oh yeah! Her Kama has three different colors! And she even made up her own breath style!"
"Damn," You mumble quietly, "Must be nice to know what everyone is talking about."
Gerik smiles, "Lady Kocho had asked if this was a party. Uzui explained what we were doing and Tanjiro is telling her about your Kama and new breath style."
"You know, I should pay you for being my translator," You comment as you lay your head on Tanjiro's chest.
(Tanjiro was going to burst a blood vessel. Don't be a creep. Don't smell her hair. Don't be a creep. Don't smell her hair. Don't be a creep. Don't smell her hair. Don't be a creep. Don't-)
Gerik spiritually vibed with that, a silent tear escaping his eye, "I should... I should be paid...."
"And who might you be?" Shinobu cuts off Gerik's train if thought.
"Me?" Gerik points to himself.
"Yes, you."
"My name is Eno Gerik, I'm the Mistress' sword-smith. I was invited to stay for the meal."
"I see. Well, it's already late. It would be safer for you to stay until sunrise." Shinobu finally says, "You as well, Uzui. I'm sure you're tired out from your social gathering. Gerik, come with me, and I'll show you where you can stay for tonight."
Uzui went to protest, but Shinobu already left the room. Gerik got his mask before he and Kanao followed.
"Well then," Zenitsu smacks his lips, "I guess we should head to our room...."
"You're right. But um...." Tanjiro points at your still body.
You fell into a food coma on top of Tanjiro.
You did wake up earlier than the boys for your training, and hadn't rest since. It's no surprise that you passed the fuck out the second you relaxed.
"S-She fell asleep." Tanjiro squeaks.
"That's rough, buddy." Genya comments.
Genya knew if he was in Tanjiro's shoes, Genya would probably cry from being so close to you.
Uzui grins, "Now you can have a flamboyant night together!"
Tanjiro's face burst into flames, "Wait, what?! Wait-wait-wait! Can't you just help me?!"
Inosuke cackles as he makes his way out the room, "How pathetic that your end has come to this!"
"Inosuke! Wait! Genya! Genya! Come on-" Tanjiro pleads quietly to not wake you, "-Help me!"
Genya would help, but....
"No way. You broke my arm. Suffer in silence." And with that, Genya speeds out the room.
Tanjiro gawks at his disappearance. He looks over to Uzui for help but-
"He's gone?!"
Zenitsu picks up Nezuko into his arms, "Sucks, man. I would help you, but I have to take Nezuko back to her room. You know how it is."
Tanjiro might actually cry: "Zenit-"
"-Anyway, goodnight! Try not to be shameful!"
And with that, Zenitsu closes the door behind him and was gone.
Now in this slightly cold room and dark room, was just him and you.
Okay. This isn't so bad. Tanjiro was the eldest son, he could control himself. Definitely. He's strong. He's got strong willpower.
Tanjiro is-
You shift in your position. Now you had both your hands clutching at the fabric of his hospital shirt against his chest. Your head had moved up, your were facing away from him with your hair close to his face.
-Tanjiro is going to have an aneurysm.
He can feel the heat rush to his face and below his waist. His heart was pounding against his chest at the feeling of a knot in his stomach.
Tanjiro is 15 years old, and in his life, Tanjiro never had time to focus on him. But it doesn't mean he's never had a few moments alone himself. It was just unfamiliar to him, Tanjiro never really felt that sort of desire before. Of course, when puberty hit him at its strongest, he found himself being curious about his own body.
It was an awkward time for Tanjiro. He can remember the first time he fully explored his desires. And he found himself wanting to do it again.
But he just felt like the filthiest sinner alive. So he filed that away as something he shouldn't do so freely. And he never indulged that part of himself unless he really couldn't control himself.
Unexpectedly to Tanjiro, that changed when you became a part of his daily life.
Ever since Tanjiro realized you used to masturbate on the regular, he had been finding himself thinking about his desires more often. Almost everyday, he wanted to find a secluded room where no one could find or hear him and let himself relax.
Of course, he never did for multiple reasons:
1. Tanjiro was always needed for something. Whether it was to train, to help out around the estate, or simply just to be with him, he was never alone.
2. Zenitsu could probably hear him even if Tanjiro was all the way across the world. Tanjiro realized after the second time he's ever masturbated, he was actually a bit loud.
3. You are his friend! It would be so disrespectful to think of you that way while he touched himself.
And, as good as that last reason was, that wasn't even the main reason that was stopping him. It was the first reason.
Tanjiro really is a despicable man.
But would it really be so bad if he just gave into his desires only a little bit?
Tanjiro spent a lot of time worrying about his sister, about training to become stronger, about the demons roaming the Earth.
Would it be so bad to let himself have at least this?
Tanjiro freezes up, every single muscle in his body is on lockdown when that thought violates his mind. The tiny voices in his head were screaming bloody murder.
"OH MY GOD! WE'RE GOING TO HELL!"
"WE MUST COMMIT SEPPUKU TO ATONE FOR OUR UNFORGIVABLE SINS!"
"WE'RE GOING TO HELL!!!"
Your soft snoring brought Tanjiro out of his train of thought.
Well, it wasn't really a train of thought.
More like seven trains on four railroad tracks narrowly missing each other while all of the conductors are screaming bloody murder.
How could he have such impure thoughts? There's no way he can act such a way! He lets out a final sigh before loosening his hold on you and leaning his head back.
Hopefully he could just sleep and the weird feeling in his pants will go away on its own by morning.
He's also hoping this didn't awaken anything in him.