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"Yeah, Tanjiro, just like this!"
Muichiro said, smiling at Tanjiro meanwhile he was training with him.
He was proud of how good Tanjiro was and how Tanjiro was able to stand his ground against him despite him being a hashira meanwhile Tanjiro is not.
Tanjiro was having a hard time sparring with Muichiro since he was definetly stronger then him, but he was doing good enough.
Good enough until he decided stop trying to defend himself, try and launch an attack to Muichiro.
He took the position that would allow him to attack, but just when he tried, Muichiro blocked his attack with his wooden katana.
This caused Tanjiro to lose his balance, trip over, and fall right on top of Muichiro before neither of them noticed what was happening.
Almost everyone in the room gasped out in suprise from the scene that was happening right in front of them.
Muichiro's eyes widened when Tanjiro fell on top of him, and accidently pinned him to the ground beneath them.
He looked up at Tanjiro, and saw Tanjiro was blushing heavily, and also he was frozen from the shock of the stutation, so he wasnt moving at all, just laying on top of him.
"Shit."
Muichiro thought to himself.
"It will be hard to get him out of his trance."
But he decided to try anyways because eh, if he didnt he would be trapped here, in front of his students, for a long time and that was definetly something he didnt want to happen.
But the main reason he didnt want this, was because it was happening in front of his trainees, the same people that he needs to look strong in front of, not like this.
He was supposed to be a role-model.
While he was thinking this, his thoughts made him realize that now he wasnt making any move to get out of here, Tanjiro was already like in a trance from the shock of the stutation, they were just staying still in a position that was way too intimate, and this will definetly cause everyone to think they enjoy this, there was something more then a friendship between them.
Hell, some trainees were already suspecting it. Muichiro wasnt dumb, he could understand that they were thinking there was love among them from the way they look at him and Tanjiro meanwhile he was training him.
Everyone was thinking Muichiro's in love since the first day they saw how he treats Tanjiro.
And now since this happened during training, everyone was gonna think they were lovers.
And did this thought made him uncomfortable?
No.
If he was lovers with Tanjiro, would he be happy?
Yes.
These two questions he asked himself in his mind and their answers made him realize he had already fall in love with Tanjiro.
He felt overwhelmed, and kinda stupid to realize his own feelings after some (if not all) of his trainees does.
He raised his head one more time and looked at Tanjiro, looked right into his eyes, and this finally got Tanjiro out of the trance he was in.
"Finally..."
Muichiro muttered under his breathe, and Tanjiro thankfully didnt heard him.
"I-im so sorry, Tokito-kun!"
Tanjiro yelled, meanwhile trying to stand up, but his body was literally making fun of him by making him fail and fail again, causing their bodies touch each others repeatedly.
Tanjiro was sure he was gonna die from embarrassment. Why he fucking couldnt get up?!
He finally tried to get up one more time, but ended up falling, his face right onto Muichiro's chest.
He felt himself blushing, then he raised his head to look up at Muichiro.
He was definetly calmer then he was, but yet, even him was embarrassed.
"He looks so cute when he is embarrassed..."
Tanjiro thought to himself, lost in Muichiro's eyes.
That was until Muichiro finally decided to speak:
"Uhm...When will you get up, Tanjiro?"
Tanjiro immediatly got out of the trance he was in, and blushed even more.
This was one of the most embarrassing moments during his whole life.
"S-sorry! I will get up now, Tokito-kun!"
He said, before trying to get up again, and finally succeeding this time.
When Tanjiro got off of him, Muichiro let out a relieved breath because now he was able to move again, then he stood up too.
"Todays training ends here."
He said, because despite being all stoic and cold, at the end of the day he was just a 14 year old boy, and he had feelings too.
Also he was doing this for Tanjiro too, since he knew Tanjiro was probably embarrassed as fuck, and was about to apologize to him for like a million times.
His trainees heard him and immediatly listened to him, getting out of there as fast as they can, before he changes his mind.
When they were all leaving (or running away from what can possibly happen to them if they dont listen to Muichiro) both Muichiro and Tanjiro could see that some of them were still so surpised, some just wanted to get out of here, and some were straight up amused.
But there was no doubt everyone in the room where this accident happened was thinking the same thing:
"This memory will always stay at a corner of my mind..."