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“Kanao!” Tanjiro said as he ran down the steps and joined her.
Tanjiro looked over at Kanao’s lunchbox and said “That looks really delicious Kanao-chan.”
Kanao just nodded her head. Tanjiro opened his own lunchbox and asked “Did Kanae-chan make that?”
Kanao nodded her head again.
They both ate their lunches in silence until someone came up to Tanjiro and hugged him. “Taaaaanjiroooooooo”
“Zenitsu!” Tanjiro said, and then proceeded to kiss his cheek. Kanao just continued to eat her lunch.
“Oh! Kanao that looks really good!” Zenitsu said. Kanao nodded again while chewing a mouthful of her lunch.
“Uhhh, math was so hard. It seemed to drag on foreeever” Zenitsu complained.
“Yeah, it’s getting so complicated, And Michikatsu-san is really ruthless.” Tanjiro said.
They called their math teacher by his first name since his twin Yoriichi Tsugikuni also a teacher at their school. Both Yoriichi and Michikatsu clarified on the first day that it would be fine (and a lot less confusing) to call them by their first names.
“Hmmmm, being called on when you didn’t know anything close to the answer was terrifying.” Zenitsu said.
“You were sweating a lot, I could see it from the back of the classroom.” Tanjiro replied.
“I was?”
“Yeah”
“Oh” Zenitsu said. And then his eyes widened as he got an idea.
“Kanao-chan, you’re good at math right?” Zenitsu asked. Kanao nodded her head.
“And you have good grades in math too, right?” Kanao nodded again.
“Would you be kind, help a few idiots out? Pleeeeease?”
“Ok” Kanao replied.
“AHHH THANK YOU SO MUUUUUUCHHHHHH” Tanjiro and Zenitsu said as they cried at Kanao’s feet, feeling ever so blessed to have a kind and smart friend like her. When they were done crying, Tanjiro asked Kanao if she was free to come over today. Kanao said it would be alright, she didn’t have anything planned today anyways. Kanao then texted Kanae, to let her know that would be going to Tanjiro’s house instead of coming home. Tanjiro also called his mom to let her know that they would be having an extra guest. Though at this point, Zenitsu was more like a family member than a guest.
“Kanao-chan,” Tanjiro started “Meet me, Zenitsu, Takeo, and Nezuko by the main stair-case after school, since you’ll be going home with us today!”
“Alright” Kanao smiles, she seems calm on the outside, but on the inside not so much.
‘Nezuko, Nezuko was going to be there.’