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"Are you Kanroji-san's favorite?" A slayer asks Tanjirou the same morning they're supposed to start their training with the love hashira.
Tanjirou chuckles at the question; he knows she's curious because she, along with other group of slayers, watched as Kanroji jumped into his arms as soon as she saw him yesterday. But that was just because they spent time together in the swordsmith village and he's the only one she already knew.
"Not at all," he smiles gently. "I just spent time with her before that's why she reacted that way; I'm sure she'll be as friendly with you as she's with me after she gets to know you better!"
"I don't really care about that, I just wanted to know if you were available," she grins, confusing Tanjirou.
"Available to do wha–" but he gets cut off by a giggle, right before she kisses him on the cheek.
Other slayers narrows their eyes at her.
"We just sent you to find out, not to make a move!" Someone complains, however, they all shut up as soon as they notice something over Tanjirou's shoulder.
"Enough chatting," Kanroji says, startling Tanjirou and prompting him to turn around only to realize she's standing really close to him. "Let's start with the training session!"
She's smiling, but Tanjirou can smell she's really upset for some reason.
"Are you alright, Kanroji-san?" He whispers, a little bit worried.
She smiles back at him fondly before running her fingers through his hair.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. I just have to make some things clear for them," she whispers back before turning to face the other slayers: "Now please sit wherever you want so I can explain the exercises to you first! Tanjirou, you'll be sitting on my lap."
Her face turns red as she says the last bit, but there's no hesitation in her voice, so Tanjirou just nods, even though he's a little confused, although he supposes there's a reason behind it.
She starts telling them about the training session while her arms wrap around Tanjirou. Then, she leans closer to kiss the back of his neck. It surprises Tanjirou the first time, but he gets used to it, because it seems she needs to kiss him every five seconds.
Although it seems to make her happy, Tanjirou can smell it in her scent and notices it in the way she nuzzles against his hair and the way she giggles afterwards.
Kanroji is usually very friendly and kind and Tanjirou notices in her gentle demeanor as she keeps talking to them, however, towards the end, something in her voice changes.
"We'll start by stretching first! And you have to choose someone to help you!" She grins before her happy energy turns into something else: "Tanjirou is off limits though. I'm the only one who'll help him stretch, are we clear?"
They all nod and the slayer who talked to Tanjirou right before Kanroji arrived looks kinda defeated now.
Tanjirou wonders why, maybe he should ask her after their training session to see if he can help her.
However, a kiss on the back of his hand distracts him for a moment. Kanroji is smiling sweetly at him, but there's something in her eyes...
"Stop looking at her, Tanjirou!" She pouts. "You have to focus on me!"
"I'm sorry, Kanroji-san!" He says, immediately. "I won't get distracted again, I promise!"
"Good!" She grins before pulling him closer and giving him a couple of kisses on his cheeks. "That's all I want. And please call me Mitsuri from now on."
After that, Tanjirou starts to think that maybe Kanroji just wants to be his friend in particular, because she doesn't ask anyone else to call her by her first name, although perhaps that'll change after she gets to know them better.
Tanjirou really hopes so, because they all look like good people.