a̵͎͂k̷̲͂͘į̷͛h̸̲̓ö̸͉̦́͌!̴͍͝ ̴̮̇͂ȁ̵̰̗k̵̻̣͆̚i̴̫̒ḧ̸͙͗o̷͔̿!̴͍̙͛ ̵̺͌̍p̴̩̱̾l̶̲̻͆͝è̸͖̫a̵̹͎͛s̷̢͗ĕ̷͖͍ ̸̧̮̽d̷̳̭̏̆o̷͈̩̅ṅ̶̦̼̕'̸̢͗t̷̰̞̽͑ ̵̢̌͘d̵̢͂i̸̱͍͗̚e̸͉̱̓͐!̶̖͇̏̌ ̴͚̆͂I̶̙͊ ̴̣̆s̸͔̎͘͜t̴͍͚͂̈́i̴̫̍l̵̠͌l̵̰͇͘ ̷̺́ň̶̖̏ẻ̷̖̯ë̵͍̝́̚d̷̡̀ ̶̻͇͛y̴̹̘͒o̵̦̱͋̾ṵ̵̂̋ ̶̧͑t̵̨̖́̿o̸̩̣͆ ̴̘̗̔b̸̲͙͆̍e̵̘̚ ̸̮̃͘w̸̯͖̾̃ì̷̺̗t̷̳̟͌h̶͓́̐ ̷͕͋m̸͎̐̊e̴̡̦͂̕!̵̼̥̀ ̸̮̘̿̓I̶̧͇͋ ̵͇̰̿̄c̷̪̮͒ä̸͇ñ̷͕͓͊'̴͆ͅt̵̝̆ ̴̘̠̂b̶̞̕e̷̞͖͂̈́ ̷̞̮̏̌a̴̜͇̎l̵̳̈́̋ͅo̷͖̬͌n̶̨̩̏̈́e̴̛̫!̸̮̍
̷̛͓̺̓
̵́͜͝Î̷̱̞͘'̴͓͝͝m̸͖̅ ̷̺̳̐s̵̱̺͒̌o̸͚͙͂͛r̴̢̈́̓r̵̖͒̔ȳ̷̑͜.̶̞̙́̅
̴̜̕
̵̗̟̾̚D̵͑ͅö̴͔̖́n̷̤̿'̶̹̀t̸̲̳̾͝ ̷̥̍s̵͔̩̅a̵̖̭͐̀y̷̜̅ ̵̱̠̂ẗ̷̬̎h̷̪̫̓a̷͈̚͠t̶̳̊͘,̴̨͉̈́ ̶̭͊p̷̞̘͐l̵̟͓͂ẽ̸̬̹a̶̝͗s̵̙̳͋̔e̴̡̘̐.̶̫̍.̷͇̿͗.̵̣͋
̸͙̜͊
̶͔̠͑͘R̵̰͆e̸̹͖̾̏m̴̰̾͝e̶̹͌m̵͔̌b̷̨̘̏ê̴̺r̴͇͂͠ ̴̢̉̈́w̵̡̭͛h̵̺͒a̵̛͈͗t̷̠̋̎ ̸͈̑̐y̴͈̌̓o̶̖͒ų̷͛ ̶͈̩̎s̶̢̩͆͠a̸̩̍̀i̸͉̻͗ḏ̵̲̔̅ ̷̪̩̏̕t̸͔̞̓o̴͚͌͠ ̸̬̏̃m̸̳̹̆͝è̸̖͎?̶̭̅ ̶͔̎͠T̶̮́h̶̺͈̔à̸̞t̶͓̓ ̴̨̫͝ī̷̫ͅn̸̻͖͐ ̴͇́t̸̪́͋ȟ̴͎ẻ̵̹̜ ̸̫̒f̷̻̕u̶̠͌ͅt̵̗́̈́ṵ̸̾r̶̦̊͑ę̴̰̇̚,̸͈̭̆ ̸̤̗͐t̸̜̊ḣ̴̛̠̞e̷͈̱̅̇ŗ̸͍͛e̵̟͑ ̵̮̠͊͝w̶̢̝̅͝o̷̬̻̊͋ȕ̴̦l̸̰̞͐d̸̨͎̃̚ ̴̭̑b̵̯̎̍e̸̜͗͗ ̶̰̈s̶̑ͅö̸͈̤́m̴̤̈̐͜ȅ̷̟͉o̵̢͒̾ń̴̠ẻ̸̟ ̸̞̌͠j̴͙͙͑ű̶̱̹s̴̰͔̈́͑ṫ̵̫ ̷̖͑͂l̷̳͓̀̒i̴͈͇͝k̸̢̝̏e̵͚͛̀ ̷̩̭̕m̸̝̓ͅe̶͙̿?̴͈̠̐̚
̷̹͗
̶͙̅W̵̕͜h̶̞̅y̴̗̏̈́ ̶̛͉a̵̘̾̉r̷͙̉ẹ̶̛͋ ̷̖͎̎̑ÿ̵̻͇́o̸̠͋̾u̸̮̟͠ ̵̠̳̎t̸̛̯͕͊a̴̲̐̌ḻ̷̽k̸̹̓͠i̶̘̲̒ṇ̵̛̥́g̶̞̃͝ ̷͇̈a̷͓͓̓͝b̵͈̉͗o̷̗̬̅̐u̶̯̓t̵̙͛͝ ̸͉̓͝t̸͍̅͜͝ḫ̸̘̇í̸͔̚s̷̺̫͑͋ ̵́ͅn̸̢͝o̴̫̓̈́w̷̬̆?̸͖̊̇!̸̘̙̓̄
̶͉̏͂
̵̤̩̏̍H̷̰̀e̴̯̮͝l̸͔͖̿͊p̴̝̭̚ ̶̼̍̽h̶̨̞̄̆e̶͔̿r̵̦͑.̴̝͎̍
̵̲͘͠
̸̥͇̌̉N̸̪͈͂̽ǒ̵̠̣̓,̶̤̂̈́ ̸̡̥̿͠I̷͗ͅ ̴̺̉͋d̷͈͙́̒ȍ̸̳̮n̷̞̐'̸̱́t̶̰͙͐͝ ̵͚̞̉w̸̞̪͝ȁ̴̩n̶̘͔̉̽t̴̝͗ ̵̩͛t̴͉̚o̴̺̽̌!̷̬̈́̍ ̵̢̳̑Ị̵̧̑͝ ̵̧̈̓ẉ̶̨͑ã̶̗͚́n̶̝͇̓͆ẗ̴̘͝ ̶̗̫̈́̊t̷́͜ỏ̸͎͚͝ ̷̳̟͝h̵̺̤̑̏ê̸͖̿l̷̺̼̎p̸̫̾̈ ̵̤͊͝Y̷͇͚̋O̶̥͒̾U̴͇̥̎͠!̵̯̟̔
̸̬̜̈́
̵̨̛n̷̥̥̅̈ô̸͓̬̓.̵͇̎ ̶͍̲́y̸̫̚o̶̪͖͒u̷̙̰͂ ̴̤̠̀h̶͚̖̀̇a̶͈̭̒̎v̶͔̫̀̕ę̵́̊ ̵͚̭͐̋ẗ̵̟́ȍ̵̧̩ ̶̰̌h̴̢͑é̵̯l̷̢̠͆p̶̙̅̌ͅ ̶̮̞́̕ḧ̸͓́e̶̝͇̓r̴̺͕͛̉.̸̖̉̿
.
.
.
Y/N almost jumped from the bed, looking around the room while breathing heavily.
“Another… nightmare? Haah-” She mumbled, covering her face with both of her hands, attempting to calm down.
After her breath finally settled in, the girl got up, going to the drawer beside her bed and opening it to grab something from inside.
The seraphic breathing 'records', which in fact, it was just a diary of a normal girl who feared dying.
'Akiho. I knew that it was a familiar name….
… Why do I keep dreaming about you?
The last time I started having these dreams, was when I still didn't have all of my memories…. What are they trying to say to me this time? I don't understand.'
PECK.
The sudden sound made Y/N jump in fright, the book falling from her hands in the process.
She let out a relived sigh when she managed to caught it before it hit the ground, looking around the room to check if the others didn't wake up.
After confirming that the boys didn't wake up, the girl looked in the direction of the sound, seeing Shiro pecking the window.
“Jeez… You almost scared me to death…” She commented with a pout, opening it and allowing the animal to go inside.
The crow just flied around her, dropping a small branch with some small red fruits in her hands. “Is that for me…?”
Even in her other lives, Shiro had always been a weird crow.
She seems to understand her, but she doesn't really talk or hold conversations like the other crows of the corps do, she only talks when she needs to give instructions to a mission.
“Thank you.” As always, the animal didn't respond or acknowledged that it understood her, turning away from the girl and flying off in the distance.
She stored the branch together with the diary in the last drawer, and went back to her bed with the intention to recover her lost time of sleep.
That was, until someone tugged her covers.
“ugh- What is it this time??” She angrily asked, sitting up to see… “Zenitsu? Did I wake you up? Sorry-”
“… Can I sleep with you?”
“…. It depends. If I'm talking to sleep-zenitsu right now, then the answer is no because I don't trust you, and if I'm talking to normal Zenitsu, then the answer is still no because I trust you even less.”
“… Please?”
“Adding a 'please' doesn't make any difference, now shoo, shoo-” She said, making a signal with her hand for him to go away.
“… I won't do anything weird, I promise.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Ugh- fine, but stay like- Two feet away from me.” She said, moving over to give him space, her back facing him as she covered herself with the blanket up to her neck.
After he settled down beside her, she went back to set out to sleep, but some noises made the girl open her eyes again, only to see Inosuke's face inches across from hers.
“GYAAAAAH- INOSUKE WHAT THE HELL-” She screamed and sat up with a scared expression, internally thanking the fact that he wasn't using his mask, since she would've probably had died by a heart attack if he were.
“I'm going to sleep with underling too!”
“What- No way! Go back to your bed!”
In response, he only stared blankly at the girl, starting to climb on her bed despite her protests. “ARE YOU DEAF??”
She didn't have time to complain more, as Zenitsu suddenly pulled her to lay back down and hugged her. “YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING-”
“Zzzz-”
“W-wake up! Hey! Inosuke, a little help here-”
She turned to the boar, but he was already snoring. “how did you sleep that fast?!”
And that's how Y/N had a very uncomfortable night of sleep, even more when she woke up in the next day feeling extremely hot and unable to move, somehow Tanjiro also managed to climb in there while she was sleeping.
She tried several times to get up, but one of three boys would always just pull her down again, so, her last hope was…
“Hey! It's already morning! You guys have to stop being lazy!”
“Aoi! Heeeelp!”
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY Y/N???!!”
『••✎••』
“You three- Really! You all have your own beds, don't cause trouble to Y/N!”
Aoi lectured them while everyone was eating breakfast.
“Y/N, here! Say aaah!” Zenitsu said with a smile, holding his chopsticks with a tempura in it in front of her face, with she ate without any hesitation.
“Ah! There's a bit of rice there-” Tanjiro commented, wiping his finger in the corner of her mouth. “Oh- Thanks!”
“YOU!! STOP BEING LOVEY-DOVEY TO HER!!” Zenitsu screamed angrily, pulling Y/N into a hug at the same time she was about to eat another piece of tempura, making her drop the shrimp in the floor.
“my food-”
“What do you mean 'lovey-dovey'? You aren't making much sense, Zenitsu…”
“DID YOU THINK I DIDN'T HEAR YOU ASKING HER HAND IN MARRIAGE THE OTHER DAY??”
“Oh-”
“Underling, what's marriage?” Inosuke approached her.
“Hmmm, marriage is when two people that like each other start to live together, and they do things like kissing and hugging, I guess…? It's kind of hard to explain.”
“LET'S MARRY, UNDERLING!”
“SHE'S NOT MARRYING YOU!”
Aoi interrupted them : “ARE YOU GUYS EVEN LISTENING TO ME???!?! IF YOU BOYS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE THIS, THEN GO TRAIN OR AT LEAST USE THAT ENERGY IN SOMETHING USEFUL!!”
.
.
“… And that's how they were all kicked out to the garden.” Y/N explained to Daki as she was bandaging the arm of one of the injured demon slayers.
In the past few weeks, Daki's relationship with the people of the butterfly mansion changed a lot.
“Daki! Can you lift that box?”
“Sure thing!”
The obi's that's fast enough to decapitate someone and even cut them to pieces in one swipe was now being used to lift and move heavy things, what a change.
Since she's good at pretending to be human, she can walk around without many worries, she just needs to be careful to not go to a place where the sun reaches.
She often goes to Shinobu's office to make check-ups and such, Y/N kind of hopes that Shinobu studying the blood of an upper moon way early than in the manga like this helps in the demon medicine.
Gyutaro's doesn't come out often, in fact, Y/N haven't seen him ever since that time with Zenitsu.
But all in all, things are….
“YYYYYY/NNNNNN!”
Peaceful…?
“Hi to you too, Zenitsu.”
“THEY ARE TRYING TO FEED ME SOMETHING WEIRD, HEEEEELP!”
“Come on Zenitsu! Vitamins are good for you!” Kiyo, accompanied by the other kids entered the room.
Ignoring his screams, Y/N turned back to the swordsman she was patching up first and said : “Sorry about that. You're fine to go.”
“Y-yes-” He hurriedly escaped from the chaos.
Kanao entered the room next, immediately going to Y/N and staring at her with a flustered expression.
“… Kanao…?”
Though Kanao doesn't use her coin anymore, she still needs some time to process and to take up the courage when she wants to say something to Y/N.
“… Y-Y/N!”
“Yes?” She flashed a smile at her.
“… Please go out with me!!” She bowed in front of her with a red face.
Zenitsu and three kids, who were still fighting in the background, stopped screaming to look at the two girls with exasperated expressions : “WHAAAAAAAT??!?!”
『••✎••』
Kanao didn't convey properly her words, but what she wanted to say is that they were going out to buy groceries for Aoi, but to the rest it sounded like she was attempting to ask Y/N out on a date.
“I-I'm so sorry for that misunderstanding…” She said to her as they were walking down the road.
“Don't worry! I would've had accepted even if you were to be asking me on a real date anyway!” Kanao's face exploded in red with that statement.
To her, Y/N looked like someone impossible to reach.
Everyone else was making so much progress, while her… she wasn't even able to say a proper phrase to her.
But even though she acted so weirdly around the girl, Y/N was still so kind to her! Even saying those things that could easily make her misunderstand that she likes her!
Of course, someone as slow in emotions like Kanao wasn't able to process the fact that Y/N was being serious when she said she would've had accepted to go out with her.
“Oh… It's flowers!” Y/N got distracted with a flower shop, going in its direction and looking around. “This red one is so pretty!”
“It's a begonia…” Kanao commented beside her.
“Hm? And what's this one called?” She pointed to a purple one.
“Phlox…”
“And this one?!”
“Pansy…”
“Wow! I didn't know you knew so much about flowers!”
“I… it's nothing that important…” Kanao said with a red face, looking down at her feet.
“Jeez, don't talk down to yourself like this! I, myself, think it's really cool!”
In response, the girl looked at her in awe, before pointing to another flower with a flustered expression. “T-that one is a Lisianthus…”
“And this one is…?” Y/N kept motivating her to talk for some more minutes.
“Are you two going to buy something or…?” The owner commented, seems like he was starting to get annoyed with them playing around in front of his shop.
“Oh! Sorry! This one, I will buy two!” Y/N said with a happy smile, pointing to the white camellias.
After he handed her the flowers, she put one of them behind Kanao's ear, and one behind hers. “Here! We are matching now!”
“E-eh?!”
“It looks cute on you, Kanao!”
“It… you look cute too…”
“Huh?”
“T-The flower!! It means 'you're adorable!”
“Oh, wow! I didn't know you knew about the meaning of the flowers too!”
“A- ahaha-” She let out an awkward laugh in response.
Unfortunately, she's still too much shy to compliment Y/N out loud.
When they got back to the mansion, saying that everything went into chaos was an understatement.
“… For her to receive a flower from Y/N, so lucky….”
“I want one too….”
“Guys, don't be like that-”
Uzui and his wives once again had come to visit, though it just ended up being a gloomy meeting after the girls saw Kanao walking happily with the flower Y/N gave her.
“I-I'm so sorry, if I knew you guys were coming I would've had bought more-” Y/N said, trying to make things a bit better.
“R-really?” Suma turned back to her with a teary face.
“Yeah, I'm sorry!”
“Okay! If you really do feel sorry, then you should come live with us." Makio exclaimed, curling up her arm around Y/N's.
'IT WAS A TRAP-'