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Zenitsu blinked slowly, had he imagined it? Yes, there was no other explanation, that should be. There was no way Inosuke would have asked that.
"Why are you asking, Inosuke?" Tanjiro's voice sounded the same as always, but there was a small tension between his brows.
Agatsuma cursed Kamado, of course he would kill his intention to completely ignore what Inosuke had asked. Not that the question itself was something from the other world, that is, they were all adults, but there was something really weird about having to answer that question to another adult. Right?! Right?!
Inosuke watched him as if he thought he was the biggest moron to exist in the planet. "Because I want to know, what a stupid question, Kompachiro, so where do babies come from?"
Silence spread over them, Zenitsu was almost certain that he could die of mortification, why did God make him go through such situations? Did this implicate being a couple of Kamado Tanjiro and a friend of Hashibira Inosuke? Was this his punishment for something he had done in his past life? Did the Gods hate him?
“Zenitsu! Babies come from people like Zenitsu” the enthusiastic voice of Kamado broke the exhausting silence of a full minute, he sounded happy with his answer and Zenitsu totally wanted to punch him right in the face. Of course Tanjiro would say something so stupid.
Was Zenitsu really dating this guy?
"But Shimpizu isn't round, he doesn't look like the pregnant boars I saw on the mountain" Inosuke immediately countered.
Tanjiro, who was next to Zenitsu and looking at Inosuke, turned his face in the direction of Agatsuma. Tanjiro's face screamed sadness, as if the fact that Inosuke was right had personally betrayed his whole family. His cheeks were a little swollen and his eyes drooped, he looked sad, like a puppy getting wet in the middle of a strong storm.
Tanjiro should not being allow to do such expression in front of a really weak Zenitsu. Smug and ungrateful bastard.
"What with that expression, Tanjiro ?!" Zenitsu punched him right in the shoulder, but Kamado was not affected in the least, "And what with that answer?! That is not clarifying Inosuke's doubt. Not in the least!
"I'm sorry, I was thinking Zenitsu would look beautiful while pregnant." Tanjiro had the nerve to look apologetic.
Zenitsu's face was burning, he knew that he was flushed, his skin was screaming at him for some mercy. The worst thing is that he could not identify if his face in red was a consequence of rage, shame or other emotion that for the moment he did not want to name. Ugh, sometimes he didn't understand how he loves that idiot!
Well, Tanjiro and Zenitsu have been dating for two years, they had officially started calling themselves a couple after defeating Muzan. Tanjiro had bit his neck the first time they made love, Zenitsu loved him and Tanjiro too, the mark that Tanjiro had left was one of his greatest pride, Zenitsu could admit that much. However, they were not married and much less had talked about children, both were pillars and had a lot of work to do.
There were still demons out there, although the number had dropped significantly after Muzan's death, even so, the theme of a family of his own, something Zenitsu had always wanted, seemed somewhat distant and imposible. A dream too beautiful and intangible for someone like Zenitsu.
"We are not married" Agatsuma found himself saying, his mouth had moved on its own. The experience was a bit out of body if someone asks him.
Tanjiro put an expression full of horror "It's true! I'm sorry, Zenitsu, we've been working so hard that I keep postponing it, I'm sorry, I shouldn't mention babies before being properly married” Kamado looked angry at himself, his smell was a bit bitter denoting his disappointment and anger at his lack of tact in the matter.
"It’s fine, I also forgot it for a moment, we live, eat and sleep together, we are practically married at this point Tanjiro" the blond took Tanjiro's hand with his, he took advantage of the situation and drew circles with his thumb on the back of the other's hand. An attempt to calm him.
"Either way I wish we could get properly married, I want to see Zenitsu wearing bridal clothes at our wedding. Maybe you can add my last name to your name…" Tanjiro's eyes were a little cloudy both for love and for something else. Something that made Zenitsu melt inside every time that Tanjiro just touches him.
"Nezuko-chan can help us with the preparations" Zenitsu murmured almost breathlessly just before Tanjiro took him by the waist and not long after kissed him.
Neither of them noticed when Inosuke left the room ten minutes ago.
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"I think Kompanchiro finally asked Zepinso to marry him" Inosuke commented as he ate rice balls. His cheeks were full of food and his words were a bit unintelligible, but for Nezuko, who was already used to his antiques, the sentence made perfect sense.
“Oh, thanks, Inosuke! I knew I could ask for your help, onii-chan can be a bit…” the girl decided not to finish the sentence and instead sighed.
Both Inosuke and Nezuko were on the porch of The Butterfly Estate. The moon was beautiful and apparently the moon was the only one who witnessed an improvised plan between the two friends. That same moon that had been present when Shinobu, years ago, had explained everything about where babies came from to Inosuke.
“I’m claiming their future children as my new minions!” Inosuke shouted in the middle of the night.
Nezuko laughed.